Ben did it!!

Things are going the wrong way for plenty of Salemites, but they know whom to blame.

Steve tells Kayla that he would have had his professional lock-pick set with him, but Ben told him he that wouldn't need it.

Mami is sure that Ben is behind Melinda's cruel prosecution of Rafe.

Sarah just knows that Ben is responsible for her being on Kristen's island and far, far from her beloved Xander.

Nancy is absolutely convinced that Craig is gay because of Ben's bad influence. It doesn't matter to her that Ben himself is not gay.

EJ just knows that Ben's pull with the warden has landed him in a cell with Clyde. He's also certain that Ben persuaded the judge to find him guilty despite the glaring lack of evidence against him.

Gabi assures Jake that they'd be in control of both DiMera and Titan by now if it wasn't for Ben's interference.

Ava lies awake at night trying to think of ways to prevent Ben from sabotaging her effort to frame Rafe.

Father Louis strongly suspects that Ben is to blame for Salemites never coming to St. Luke's unless a friend or family member is seriously ill or has just died.
 
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The Devil may be causing all sorts of trouble in Salem, but the local keep blaming Ben.

Salemites who are shocked to see Clyde working at the Pub are sure that Ben talked Roman into it.

Sami is sure that Ben's bad influence made her family members susceptible to possession by Satan.

Renee DuMonde just knows that Ben is plotting with Anna to keep her away from her Tony.

Xander has a sneaking suspicion that Ben talked Dr. Rolf into turning Sarah into Renee

Victor now believes that Philip leaving town had nothing to do with Chloe -- he left because Ben told him it was a good idea to take a break from his allegedly toxic family.

Belle plans to salvage her legal career by blaming her awful performance as EJ's attorney on Ben's interference.

John is simply positive that Ben is behind Mr. Burns's plans to fire Doc Evans.

D.A. Trask is now telling anyone who will listen that Rafe was acquitted because Ben tampered with the jury.

An angry Nancy now has a feeling that Craig got involved with Leo because Ben convinced him that he was gay.
 
Rumors are flying that Ben is dead, but Salemites still blame him for everything.

Allie tells Ciara that Ben has only himself to blame for being dead.

The cemetery administrators tell EJ that Ben was behind the invasion of the family mausoleum.

Leo now believes that Ben, not Will and Sonny, wrecked his plans to marry Craig.

Leo also is sure that Craig would take him back except for Ben badmouthing him all over town.

When people complain to Mr. Burns about Kayla being fired, he always says: "Don't blame me, blame Ben."

Gwen is now certain that Ben was behind Abigail ruining her wedding.

Johnny had been planning to blame his past mistreatment of Chanel on Ben if she didn't buy his possession story.

EJ is now convinced that the gullible Shins put Gabi in charge of the family company because Ben told them what a great businesswoman she was.
 
Ben has sailed away, but Salemites looking for scapegoats know whom to blame -- his father Clyde.

Those who didn't want Ben, Ciara, and Baby Bo to leave just know that Clyde encouraged them to do so.

Chad is now totally convinced that Clyde is a serial killer who murdered not only Abigail, but also Andre, Stefano, Deimos, Haley Chen, Charlie Dale, Jan Spears, Paige Larson, Serena Mason, and Willow Stark.

Leo now believes that if he's arrested for murdering Abigail, it will all be Clyde's fault.

Evan Frears is certain that Clyde has cruelly plotted to keep his son away from him.

Eli now wonders if Clyde is a criminal mastermind who shot T.R. and then hypnotized Lani into thinking that she committed the crime.

Eric now blames matchmaker Clyde for encouraging Nicole to marry Rafe.

When anyone dumps on Johnny for wearing his red suit, he tells them that Clyde said that it would be a great fashion statement.
 
Salemites have discovered that it's just as much fun to blame Clyde for everything than it was to blame Ben.

Ava strongly suspects that the mugger who murdered Jake is a friend of Clyde's.

An angry Chad suspects that Clyde is interfering with the police investigation of Abigail's murder.

Rafe has a strong suspicion that Clyde is secretly behind the pardoning of the criminal all-stars.

Lucas is telling anyone who will listen that Clyde gave him the idea of kidnapping Sami.

When people ask Eric why he always looks so gloomy, he says: "Having Clyde working at the Pub depresses the life out of me."

When Roman angrily tells Orpheus to stay out of the Pub, he said: "Hey, Clyde invited me."

Allie and Chanel now believe that they are getting wretched Yelp reviews because Clyde is badmouthing their bakery.

Abe is worried about his political future because he fears that Clyde will carry out dirty election tricks on behalf of opposition candidates.
 
Mud-spattered Evan suspects that it was Clyde who rescued Jan from her potential watery grave.

Annoyed at the hostile reception that she's getting from one and all, Kristen suspects that Clyde is badmouthing her all over town.

Every night while trying to fall asleep, Leo still worries that the diabolical Clyde will somehow incriminate him in Abigail's death.

The friends and family of Chad believe rumors that Clyde has been at the Pub encouraging him to get soused.

Alex worries that Clyde will somehow sabotage his path to dominance at Titan.

After hearing that Lucas now is planning to plead guilty to kidnapping the Salem screecher, an enraged Kate is convinced that Clyde talked him into it.

After puzzling over how Chanel could have picked foolish Allie over his handsome self, Little Johnny comes to the conclusion that she heard Clyde trash-talking him.

Rafe is heartily tired of having to send cops to deal with Nancy's violent arguments with average Salemites who are blaming Clyde for all their romantic and financial misfortunes.
 
Half of Salem naturally now suspects that Clyde was somehow behind the stabbing of Sonny.

Leo now fears that Clyde wants to see him convicted and was behind him being represented by the inept Sloan Peterson.

Melinda is certain that Clyde will try to sabotage her slam-dunk conviction of Leo.

Rafe worries that Clyde is somehow the cause of Nicole's continuing Eric obsession.

Rafe is also worried that Clyde will help Leo and/or "Nurse Leona" escape justice.

Li Shin is sure that Clyde is to blame for his father arriving in Salem to meddle in his personal life.

Gabi worries that Clyde will somehow tamper with the next CEO vote, which would leave her out on the street.

Alex is concerned that Clyde will badmouth him to Stephanie, which would ruin his chances with her.

Kristen is now convinced that Clyde is poisoning Brady's mind against her, ruining her chances to be with her daughter.
 
Half of Salem naturally now suspects that Clyde was somehow behind the stabbing of Sonny.
Having been proved correct about Clyde stabbing Sonny, Salemites are sure he's still texting from his cell, hoping to cause more trouble.

Kritter Kristen now believes that Clyde blackmailed the judge into ruling for Brady at the custody hearing.

Brady and Chloe are sure that Clyde is encouraging Kritter Kristen into continuing to make trouble over custody of Rachel.

An angry EJ is suspects that Clyde is sabotaging his efforts to oust Gabi at DiMera.

A worried Gabi now believes that Clyde is secretly aiding EJ in his efforts to put her out on the street.

Sitting alone in his cell, Orpheus frets that Clyde will help John and Steve find a magic orchid.

Leo is certain that Clyde is somehow sabotaging his efforts to find true love and a well-paying job.

A frustrated Alex is certain that Clyde is badmouthing him to all the attractive young women in Salem.

Every day, Susan Banks tells Roger the Elvis impersonator that mean, mean, mean Clyde is ruining her darling baby boy's career prospects.

Rafe is worried that to get revenge for being arrested, Clyde is encouraging Eric to add Nicole to his list of possible fornication partners.
 
With Clyde locked up and Ben trying to keep the Fancy Fancy II afloat, Salemites are looking for a new scapegoat. This week, they're blaming Xander for everything.

Candidate Timmons is certain he didn't win because of dirty election tricks carried out by Xander.

Paulina's first instinct is that the surprise murder charges against Chanel were trumped up by Xander.

Before learning otherwise, Sloan was sure that Xander had stolen her file.

Jealous Chad suspects that Stephanie now has a favorable view of Alex because Xander has been talking him up to her.

A worried EJ is certain that Xander is behind the plot to kidnap Susan and that Ava is holding her prisoner for him.

Gabi simply knows that Xander engineered the plot to oust her as DiMera CEO.

Gabi is also convinced that Stefan Zero has soured on her because Xander asked Rolf to mess with his mind.

Already sick of tropical Jakarta, Rolf believes that Xander was behind his exile from Salem and its perfect weather.

An angry Rafe suspects that Nicole's too-cozy relationship with Eric is being encouraged by Xander.
 
After a go at blaming Xander for everything, people have settled on a new culprit — Nicole.

A weeping Eric blames Nicole for Jada’s abortion.

Eric also now believes that if it wasn’t for Nicole, he’d be a happy, positive person.

EJ now suspects that Nicole suggested to Ava that she drive off a cliff with Susan in the car.

EJ also has a feeling that Nicole has been poisoning Johnny’s mind against him.

Li is telling everyone that Nicole suggested to Rolf that he brainwash Stefan O.

Gabi suspects that Nicole is telling everyone to skip her wedding to Li.

Paulina has a feeling tha Nicole is behind Sloan’s plot against Chanel.

Xander now wonders that if push comes to shove, he can get away with saying that Nicole was behind the Susan-Bonnie kidnapping.
 
Nicole is still being blamed for everything.

Bonnie is now telling gullible Justin that it might have been Nicole who helped Mr. Clown/Xander.

Li now suspects that Nicole poisoned Gabi’s mind against him.

Gabi just knows that she can’t get through to Stefan because of Nicole’s meddling.

Rolf suspects that Nicole told Rafe that he was hiding out in Jakarta.

Wei Shin is starting to think that Nicole encouraged Li’s involvement with Gabi.

Xander is worried that Nicole is turning Sarah against him to get revenge for the crawl-space and Greek cage incidents.

Justin fears that Nicole will try to undermine Bonnie’s credibility by reminding everyone about the weird Mr. Bones affair.

Lonely Lucas wonders if Nicole is discouraging Salemites from writing to him.

An enraged Kritter suspects that Nicole reenacted the Sydnapping by snatching Rachel.
 
Even though he’s long gone, people are back to blaming Ben.

Alex thinks that if he didn’t look like Ben, a panting Stephanie would be in his arms by now.

Allie is certain that Ben is pushing Chanel into a sordid relationship with Little Johnny.

Gabi just knows that Ben sabotaged Rolf’s programming device.

Kristen suspects that Ben is suggesting to Rafe that she be served slop at the Salem jail.

Stefan Zero wonders if sneaky Ben tipped off EJ about his plot.

Li is sure his towel routine failed with Gabi because Ben unfavorably compared his physique to Xander’s.

A angry Eric suspects that Ben is encouraging Nicole to get cozy with EJ.

Gwen worries that Ben is cruelly encouraging Xander to drink.

Sloan is so sure that Ben is mocking her legal skills in the Salem media that she’s planning to sue him.

Leo has a feeling that Ben has joined with Will in a nasty effort to ruin his relationship with Sonny.
 
Once again it’s open season on Ben.

Alex is sure that Ben talked Maggie into pulling the plug on Bella.

Alex is also certain that Ben talked Victor into passing him over for CEO.

Paulina is fuming because she thinks Ben is giving the inept Sloan sage legal advice.

Jada suspects that Ben wanted to ruin her romantic chances with Rafe by talking Mayor Abe into the new no fraternization rule.

A furious Jenny wants to confront Ben because she just knows that he talked Jack into giving the paper to Xander and Gwen.

Zero wonders if Ben is somehow sabotaging his efforts to drug EJ.

A enraged Li is convinced that Ben is turning Gabi against him.

Sami is very unhappy with her “son” Ben because she thinks that he talked Allie into shipping out for the land of sheep and kiwi birds.
 
Taking their cues from Paulina and Chanel, people are now blaming Sloan, not Ben, for everything.

Rafe suspects that Sloan talked Abe into his new, annoying no-fraternization policy.

Zero has a feeling that Sloan tipped off EJ about the hot dungeon tryst.

Li just knows that Sloan is poisoning Gabi’s mind against him.

Trippy fears that Sloan is talking up Little Johnny to Wendy.

Every time an item at the bakery doesn’t sell well, Chanel blames Sloan’s nasty lies.

Old Man Shin thinks that Sloan maliciously got Li to make a major fool of himself over Gabi.

Megan is certain that a vindictive Sloan deliberately ruined her treasured plans to reunite with Bo Brady.

An angry Steve suspects that Sloan is behind Bo’s bad treatment of his Sweetness.

Leo fears that Sloan will convince every person he writes about to sue him for libel.
 
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