Dead SignalPrintable murder mystery case file · West Loop, Chicago · February 2016

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Dead Signal — printable murder mystery case file cover$9.99
1–6 players2–3 hours38 documents42 pages3 sealed envelopes

A tech founder is found dead in her loft and it is ruled an accidental overdose. Work through phone records, building fob logs, receipts and the heart-rate data from the fitness band on her wrist.

  • Two editions: full colour and printer-friendly
  • Language: English
  • Nothing is shipped. One-time payment, not a subscription.

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What is in the PDF

38 documents from a 2016 Chicago file: the medical examiner’s report, building access-fob and intercom logs, ride-share and bike-share receipts, a convenience-store receipt, phone screens, a neighbourhood map and the raw heart-rate export from the victim’s fitness band. Two sealed envelopes add further evidence, and the third holds the solution.

How to play

  1. Print the case file single-sided. Print envelopes A, B and C without reading them and seal each one.
  2. Spread out the documents marked D and build your own timeline on the worksheet.
  3. Agree on the answer to question A, open Envelope A to check and collect the new evidence. Repeat for B.
  4. Fill in the accusation card, then open Envelope C for the full solution.

Good for

Players who like modern, data-driven cases: timestamps, logs and one alibi that does not hold.

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