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Directory investigation · Atmospheric mystery

The Phone Book Serial Killer

For mindful sleuths who love settling in, following the details, and crossing names off the list.

Welcome to Ashcombe-by-the-Sea, 1982. A killer is at work, and the town’s phone directory holds the trail. Work through five boroughs, use each set of clues to eliminate households, and bring the evidence together for your final search.

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Search a 1982 seaside town directory, identify five victims and follow their clues to uncover the killer.
Everyone is listed. Find the five victims, follow their clues and uncover the killer.
A demonstration with fictional listings: a house number below 100 rules out listing 157. Fill circles to eliminate possible victims; use squares to eliminate suspects in the final hunt.
Use each clue to narrow the list. Circles for possible victims; squares for the final hunt.
Six linked elimination puzzles: identify five victims, one in each borough, then use their clues to hunt the killer across all five boroughs.
Five boroughs. Five victims. One final hunt across the whole town.

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