Every Case File in the Archive
Each murder mystery below is a complete, self-contained investigation: a police report, a crime scene, four suspects with full interrogations, and a trail of evidence that points to exactly one killer. Start with the free case, then work your way through the archive.
- The Last Curtain Call (Easy · Free) — A celebrated actress is found dead in her dressing room after a standing ovation on opening night. The champagne was poisoned — but who among the four suspects served the fatal glass?
- Shadows Over Blackwood Manor (Medium · Premium) — Lord Edmund Blackwood is found dead in his locked study. The door was bolted from the inside, and a half-finished glass of whisky sits on his desk. How did the killer escape a sealed room?
- Death at the Grand Imperial (Hard · Premium) — A legendary hotelier is found dead in his penthouse suite during the hotel's glamorous New Year's Eve gala. 400 guests were celebrating below — but one of them slipped away to commit murder.
- The Vanishing Violinist (Medium · Premium) — A world-renowned violinist is found dead in her private rehearsal room at the Königsberg Conservatory. Her priceless Stradivarius — worth $15 million — has vanished. Was it murder for the instrument, or something far more personal?
- Blood on the Canvas (Hard · Premium) — A world-famous painter is found dead in his locked private studio during his sold-out career retrospective in Paris. His final painting — worth an estimated $30 million — has been slashed to ribbons. Who destroyed the masterpiece and its creator?
- The Final Voyage (Medium · Premium) — A shipping magnate is found dead in his private cabin aboard his luxury yacht during a dinner cruise off the Amalfi Coast. The galley door was locked, the sea was calm, and six guests sat at the table. One of them is a killer.
- The Midnight Auction (Easy · Premium) — A legendary auctioneer is found dead during a secret after-hours auction of a stolen masterpiece that resurfaced after decades. The cyanide in his scotch whisky silenced him forever — but which of the four suspects poured the fatal dram?
- Ashes of the Lighthouse (Hard · Premium) — A true crime podcaster investigating a 40-year-old disappearance is found dead at the base of a remote Scottish lighthouse during a violent storm. Was it the wind that pushed her — or someone determined to keep the past buried?
- The Surgeon's Last Supper (Medium · Premium) — A celebrated heart surgeon collapses and dies at the dinner table during a reunion with his former medical school classmates at an exclusive Viennese dining club. The potassium chloride that stopped his heart was hidden in the most elegant of weapons — a wine cork pierced by a syringe.
- The Poisoned Pen (Easy · Premium) — Acclaimed mystery novelist Eleanor Graves is found dead at her writing desk, a half-finished cup of herbal tea at her side. Her final manuscript — a thinly veiled accusation of real-world murder — may have sealed her fate.
- Silence at the Symphony (Hard · Premium) — Maestro Karl Engström collapses on the podium during the climactic finale of Mahler's Second Symphony. The digitalis that stopped his heart was administered backstage — and everyone in the orchestra had a reason to want the maestro silenced forever.
- Murder at the Masquerade (Medium · Premium) — Socialite Vivienne de Luca is found dead among the roses in the garden of a Venetian palazzo during an extravagant masquerade ball. With every guest hidden behind a mask, the killer could be anyone — but the cyanide in her champagne narrows the field.
- The Frozen Trail (Medium · Premium) — A legendary mountaineer is found dead in his luxury alpine lodge, the victim of carbon monoxide poisoning after someone tampered with the heating flue. With a blizzard sealing every exit, the killer is still inside.
- Whispers in the Wine Cellar (Easy · Premium) — A celebrated wine estate owner is found dead among his most treasured vintages during a private tasting in his centuries-old cellar. A rare bottle of Burgundy was laced with methanol, and someone at the table knew exactly which glass he would drink from.
- The Clockmaker's Secret (Easy · Premium) — An elderly master clockmaker is found dead in his workshop surrounded by hundreds of ticking clocks, the victim of mercury poisoning from a shattered antique barometer. But the barometer didn't break by accident — and the mercury didn't find its way into his tea on its own.
- Death on the Orient Line (Hard · Premium) — A renowned diamond merchant is found lifeless in his locked private compartment aboard a luxury overnight train hurtling from Istanbul to Vienna. With no signs of forced entry and a needle mark hidden behind his ear, the killer is still on board — and the next stop is hours away.
- The Curator's Last Exhibit (Medium · Premium) — A beloved museum curator is found dead on the polished marble floor of a locked gallery, just hours before the opening of the most controversial exhibit in the institution's history. The arsenic in her evening coffee suggests someone wanted to make sure the exhibit never opened — or that certain secrets stayed buried forever.
- Flames of the Foundry (Hard · Premium) — A steel magnate collapses on the floor of his own industrial foundry, and what doctors initially attribute to years of occupational chemical exposure turns out to be something far more deliberate. Thallium — the poisoner's poison — has been slowly killing him for weeks, and the contaminated water bottle at his workstation tells a story of patience, proximity, and betrayal.
- The Gambler's Last Hand (Medium · Premium) — High-stakes poker champion Viktor Sorel is found dead in a private VIP room at the legendary Casino Royale de Monte Carlo, his final hand still clutched in rigid fingers. Strychnine laced into his aged single-malt whiskey turned a victorious evening into a fatal convulsion. Someone at that table played their deadliest card.
- Requiem for a Ballerina (Hard · Premium) — Prima ballerina Odette Valois is discovered lifeless in her dressing room after a triumphant final performance of Swan Lake at the Palais Garnier. Belladonna extract — deadly nightshade — was placed in her prescription eye drops, turning a routine backstage ritual into a silent execution. The spotlight has gone dark, and the applause has turned to screams.
- The Architect's Blueprint (Medium · Premium) — Renowned architect Henrik Voss is found dead at his drafting table in his glass-walled penthouse office, slumped over the blueprints for his magnum opus — a revolutionary skyscraper that would have reshaped a city's skyline. Scopolamine, the sinister 'devil's breath,' was absorbed through his skin from the very blueprints he was reviewing. Someone built the perfect murder into his final design.
- Shadows in the Darkroom (Hard · Premium) — A celebrated war photographer is found dead in his home darkroom, poisoned by hydrogen cyanide gas released from tampered developing chemicals. The images he captured on the battlefield were never as deadly as the one someone staged for him.
- The Botanist's Garden (Easy · Premium) — A world-renowned botanist is discovered lifeless among her prized oleander collection in her private greenhouse, poisoned by the very plants she spent her life studying. Someone turned her paradise into a death trap.
- The Jeweler's Final Cut (Easy · Premium) — A master jeweler is found dead in his sealed vault workshop, killed by antimony fumes from a tampered polishing compound. Among diamonds and gold, someone crafted the perfect murder.
