
Drowning by Numbers
Number Locations
Locations of numbers 1 - 100
(all times recorded approximately from the PAL video)
1. On a tree trunk. Time 3 minutes 7 seconds

2. On a tin bath. Time 5.55

3. On Jake's shirt. Time 7.10

4. Jake's speech - FOUR in hand, a card game. Time 8.07
5. Jake's speech - FIVE card stud, a card game. Time 8.08
6. Beside Madgett's telephone. Time 11.33

7. On a table beside Smut's playing cards. Time 11.48
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8. On a digital alarm clock in Hardy's bedroom (very small). Time 12.18
9. On a key-ring in Hardy's bedroom. Time 12.22
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10. Smut shouting TEN has he jumps out of a barn. Time 13.48
11. On a photo of Smut jumping out of a barn. 13.59

12. On a photo of Smut jumping out of a barn. Time 13.59

13. On the side of a barn that Smut is jumping out of. Time 14.07

14. Beside Madgett's telephone in his bedroom. Time 14.08
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15. On Madgett's cricket pad. Time 14.08

16. On a wheelbarrow carrying Nancy. Time 15.05
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17. Smut's mark of a dead cockerel. Time 15.14

18. On Nancy's rabbit hutches. Time 15.32
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19. On Nancy's rabbit hutches. Time 15.35
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20. On Nancy's rabbit hutches. Time 15.39
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21. On Nancy's front door. Time 15.44
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22. Nancy's book, Catch 22. Time 15.54

23. Age on Nancy's birthday card. Time 15.54

24. Smut counting dog hairs. Time 17.32
25. Smut counting dog hairs. Time 17.33
26. Smut counting dog hairs. Time 17.34
27. Smut counting dog hairs. Time 17.35
28. Smut counting dog hairs. Time 17.36
29. Corpse ticket in Smut's matchbox. Time 21.15

30. Amount of matches in Smut's matchbox. Time 21.15

31. Corpse ticket tied to firework. Time 21.23

32. Corpse mark on road. Time 21.24

33. On Smut's stake marking Jake's death. Time 23.18

34. Number of years Cissie 1 says she was married to Jake. Time 24.56
35. Smut mentioning a star, Groombridge 35. Time 26.17
36. On Cissie 3's swimsuit. Time 27.20

37. Insect in Smut's book. Time 31.04
38. Insect in Smut's book. Time 31.04
39. Insect in Smut's book. Time 31.04

40. Dominoes in Madgett's bedroom. 31.54

41. Location of a corpse told by Smut to Sid the Gravedigger. Time 34:12
42. On a beehive. Time 36.04

43. On Cissie 3's swimming cap. Time 36.22

44. On two items in a cubicle. Time 36.51

45. On a bee. Time 38.14
46. On a bee. Time 38.14

47. On a wooden stake in a churchyard. Time 38.18

48. Counted by Cissie 1. Time 38.56
49. On a water tower. Time 40.50

50. Large numbers near a beach. Time 41.42

51. Madgett's speech: 51 runs scored by a batsman. Time 44.18
52. Madgett's speech: Summer of 1952. Time 44.33
53. On a canvas sheet. Time 45.05

54. Sid's speech: A corpse number. Time 47.10
55. On a photo of Nancy. Time 47.51

56. On Madgett's cricket bat. 48.28

57. On the back of Madgett's camera. Time 48.28

58. Madgett's speech: Runs scored by a batsman. Time 48.54
59. On a bowl in Madgett's bedroom. Time 49.00

60. On Smut's shoulder. Time 49.27

61. In Smut's book. Time 51.57
62. In Smut's Book. Time 51.57
63. In Smut's book. Time 51.57

64. On a night time runner. Time 53.28

65. In Hardy's letter. Time 59.36
66. In Hardy's letter. Time 59.36

67. Cissie 2 writes on typewriter. Time 1:03.23
68. Cissie 2 writes on typewriter. Time 1:03.23
69. Cissie 2 writes on typewriter. Time 1:03.23

70. On a runner. Time 1:02.16
71. On a runner. Time 1:02.16

72. In speech: Page 72 in a book. Time 1:07.27
73. On a pew in a chapel. Time 1:07.45

74. Hymn number. Time 1:08.30

75. Smut's speech: 75 players needed for Hangman's Cricket. Time 1:10.22
76. On a live cow. Time 1:11.17

77. On a live cow. Time 1:11.21

78. On a dead cow. Time 1:11.40

79. On a dead cow. Time 1:11.40

80. In Smut's textbook. Time 1:17.08
81. In Smut's textbook. Time 1:17.08
82. In Smut's textbook. Time 1:17.08

83. On a wall entering Smut's bedroom. Time 1:17.38

84. On white paper on a wall entering Smut's bedroom. Time 1:17.45

85. On a key-ring around Cissie 3's neck. Time 1:18.50

86. Cricket score on radio. Time 1:21.02
87. Around Nancy's neck. Time 1:24.12

88. On a motorbike. Time 1:26.00

89. On the back of a clipboard. Time 1:26.45

90. Above a bar. Time 1:27.10

91. On Smut's tree. Time 1:27.49

92. On a dead fish. Time 1:31.41
93. On a dead fish. Time 1:31.41
94. On a dead fish. Time 1:31.41

95. On a hare in front of skipping girl. Time 1:36.25

96. On a runner. Time 1:41.14

97. On a taxi's number plate. Time 1:40.13

98. On a car's number plate. Time 1:40.13

99. On paper hanging from Smut. Time 1:43.20

100. On Madgett's rowing boat. Time 1:48.55

