The Case Files
Pick a case. Open the file.
Each case is a complete, standalone investigation for date night, solo play, or a small group. No host, no app, and one real solution waiting at the end.
Case File 001
Dead Air
The Blackbird Broadcast
At 23:47, thousands of listeners heard Jonah Vale's voice. Eight minutes later, he was found dead inside Studio B.
- 1–4 players
- 90–150 min
- Medium
Case File 002
The Letters Page
A Newspaper Mystery
A newspaper editor is dead at her desk. On it sits a letter that is wrong in three places, in exactly the way one unpublished page was wrong.
- 1–4 players
- Best with 2
- One sitting
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Date Night
Put the show on pause.
Solve the story yourselves.
Paper Detective is built for two people who want an interactive night in — not a costume, not a script, not a host reading lines off a card.
- No host.
- No assigned characters.
- No one secretly knows the answer.
Sit down together, open the file, compare theories, challenge the evidence, and make one final accusation.
Plan a Mystery NightWhy Paper Detective
Built on evidence, not gimmicks
One Real Solution
Every case resolves to a single, defensible answer.
No Filler Evidence
What's in the file is what you need — nothing extraneous.
No App
No download, login, or companion app required to play.
No Outside Research
Everything needed to solve the case is inside the file.
No Host
Every player investigates the same evidence, together.
No Spoilers
Hints and solution stay sealed in separate files until you want them.