I just got the best back-to-back Arkham Encounters in the general store.
First, the shopkeeper's wife said "Take whatever you want, hon" because she was having a fight with her husband. I took an item for free, but her rant about marriage delayed me. Next turn, the shopkeeper informs me that his wife was in an "accident."
Uh huh, I'm sure she was, shopkeeper. I should have talked to Deputy Dingby about this.