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This week’s case · Medium The Straw Hat Theater Mysteries - Final Curtain The last performance of “Murder by Design,” a classic 1930s Broadway thriller that had once been a vehicle for Tallulah Bankhead, was going smoothly. In the last act, the Detective, played with sinister smoothness by Straw Hat Th… Open the case file →

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Medium Who Dun It? Oct 12

The Straw Hat Theater Mysteries - Final Curtain

The last performance of “Murder by Design,” a classic 1930s Broadway thriller that had once been a vehicle for Tallulah Bankhead, was going smoothly. In the last act, th…

by William Shepard 57% solve it · 1,028 players
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iTheft

A small high school stood adjacent to a much larger hill, which effectively blocked out the sun so that shadows engulfed the building. The absence of activity on the out…

by Nicholas LeVack 65% solve it · 7,323 players

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After a whole long year of waiting, it was finally that time of year again. It was the first week of June, the week that the Brown family took their annual trip to Gulf…

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Leslie loved being a stay-at-home mom. Contrary to popular belief, she was never bored and always busy! Not only did she have her own two precious angels to look after…

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It was a cold January night. School had just resumed and Mr. Michaels way giving his students a present was a night trip up north. This trip had been planned and finaliz…

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