Murder at the Mansion

There are no clues on this page, but you might wish to pay particular attention to Blackwood’s relationships.

To solve this – pay attention to where each person says they were. One character may be boasting.

The five people remaining in the Blackwood Mansion at 3am were: Penelope Blackwood, Lucy Blackwood, Ernest Cromwell, Geoffrey Marchbank and James Cantor.

Starting at X, try tracing a pencil over the possible routes the groundskeeper took through the house. There is only one correct answer, and he went up at least one flight of stairs and down another.

James ended up in the Kitchen at 3am.

Look very closely for fingerprints! It may also be worth while remembering what these items look like in case you spot them later on.

The fingerprint on the pistol belongs to Geoffrey Marchbank.

Look closely at which direction the North points to, then see if you can follow the clues closely to find where she she goes. You’ll want to pay particular attention to a package being picked up.

The package is picked up from the Rope Shop – Penelope Blackwood is in possession of a rope.

If someone wanted to conceal a note, he might write it whilst looking in a mirror.

This is a love letter from Ernest Cromwell to Penelope Blackwood. Ernest has a strong motive of love.

Most of these flowers can be found in the Yorkshire countryside, except for one of them. What might this one do?

The flower Lucy is after is the South African Hibiscus and it seems like she is making a poison. Thanks to an earlier witness statement, we know somebody was in the garden trying to break into the greenhouse at 3am. This places Lucy, with the poison in the garden.

This is an unusual magazine subscription … Has anyone mentioned in a statement about ghosts before?

Geoffrey Marchbank has convinced Penelope that their library is haunted, so that he could clean the library in peace at the time of death.

Something circled on the telegram may indicate how to crack the code.

This is a Caesar shift +2, so A = C, as it is 2 letters upwards in the alphabet. This is a letter from Penelope Blackwood indicating her motive for money.

What might be significant about the P.S.? Look closely, there might be a clue.

You have to look at every 6th letter in the writing. This indicates that Lucy Blackwood has been stealing flowers from Charles Blackwood and theft might be her motive.

A character is being treated for a disorder, this might give you an indication of his motives.

James Cantor is prone to fits of rage – this would be his motive in a murder.

It looks like someone was very upset when they smashed this frame – try putting the pieces back together and look closely at the names on the photograph and see if you recognise the names.

When pieced back together, it shows somebody has smashed the war medal and photo, after scrawling a note “How could you let him die?”. It indicates that something happened during the war between Charles Blackwood and Freddie Marchbank. Geoffrey shares a surname with Freddie and therefore might have a motive of revenge.

Try tracing the instructions with a pen over the star map and see what image reveals itself.

You should see a constellation of a dagger, and the star names spell out the name ERNEST.

If you have filled out the table, by taking two names (the dagger owner and the room Geoffrey was in) you should get an email address. Why not try emailing it?

The email is [email protected]