{"id":1695,"date":"2020-06-04T09:48:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T09:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escapehunt.com\/es\/barcelona\/?page_id=1695"},"modified":"2020-06-12T17:08:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T17:08:32","slug":"matm-clues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/escapehunt.com\/es\/barcelona\/en\/matm-clues\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder at the Mansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\">NEED A CLUE?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Are you stuck for an answer or need a little extra nudge in the right direction?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Detectives, you&#8217;ve come to the right place. Below you&#8217;ll find each piece of evidence and a helpful clue to get you back on your feet!<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">EVIDENCE: 01<\/h4>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>CLUE<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are no clues on this page, but you might wish to pay particular attention to Blackwood&#8217;s relationships.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">EVIDENCE: 02<\/h4>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>CLUE<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To solve this &#8211; pay attention to where each person says they were. One character may be boasting.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>ANSWER<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>The five people remaining in the Blackwood Mansion at 3am were: Penelope Blackwood, Lucy Blackwood, Ernest Cromwell, Geoffrey Marchbank and James Cantor.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">EVIDENCE: 03<\/h4>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>CLUE<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>ANSWER<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>James ended up in the Kitchen at 3am.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">EVIDENCE: 04<\/h4>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>CLUE<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Look very closely for fingerprints! It may also be worth while remembering what these items look like in case you spot them later on.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>ANSWER<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>The fingerprint on the pistol belongs to Geoffrey Marchbank.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">EVIDENCE: 05<\/h4>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>CLUE<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;ll want to pay particular attention to a package being picked up.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>ANSWER<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>The package is picked up from the Rope Shop &#8211; Penelope Blackwood is in possession of a rope.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">EVIDENCE: 06<\/h4>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>CLUE<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If someone wanted to conceal a note, he might write it whilst looking in a mirror.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>ANSWER<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>This is a love letter from Ernest Cromwell to Penelope Blackwood. Ernest has a strong motive of love.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">EVIDENCE: 07<\/h4>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>CLUE<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Most of these flowers can be found in the Yorkshire countryside, except for one of them. What might this one do?<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>ANSWER<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">EVIDENCE: 08<\/h4>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>CLUE<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is an unusual magazine subscription &#8230; Has anyone mentioned in a statement about ghosts before?<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>ANSWER<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>Geoffrey Marchbank has convinced Penelope that their library is haunted, so that he could clean the library in peace at the time of death.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">EVIDENCE: 09<\/h4>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>CLUE<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>Something circled on the telegram may indicate how to crack the code.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>ANSWER<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">EVIDENCE: 10<\/h4>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>CLUE<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>What might be significant about the P.S.? Look closely, there might be a clue.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>ANSWER<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">EVIDENCE: 11<\/h4>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>CLUE<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>A character is being treated for a disorder, this might give you an indication of his motives.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>ANSWER<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>James Cantor is prone to fits of rage &#8211; this would be his motive in a murder.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">EVIDENCE: 12<\/h4>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>CLUE<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>It looks like someone was very upset when they smashed this frame &#8211; try putting the pieces back together and look closely at the names on the photograph and see if you recognise the names.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>ANSWER<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>When pieced back together, it shows somebody has smashed the war medal and photo, after scrawling a note &#8220;How could you let him die?&#8221;. 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.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">EVIDENCE: 13<\/h4>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>CLUE<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>Try tracing the instructions with a pen over the star map and see what image reveals itself.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>ANSWER<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>You should see a constellation of a dagger, and the star names spell out the name ERNEST.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">EMAILING THE DETECTIVE<\/h4>\n<details>\n<summary style=\"padding-left: 560px;\"><span style=\"color: #eb5c2e;\"><strong>CLUE<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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. 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