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The Best Part of ‘Only Murders’: The Charmingly Bonkers Character Names

THE NAME GAME

A standing ovation for the delightfully bizarre names—Sazz Pataki! Bunny Folger! Professor Dudenoff!—and an attempt to figure why they’re integral to the show’s success.

Meg Walters
Meg Walters 

Freelance Writer

Mabel Mora, Christopher-Haden Savage, Oliver Putnam, Vince Fish and Bev Melon characters from Only Murders in the Building.
Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Hulu
Meg Walters

Meg Walters

Freelance Writer

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