Murder Mystery
Situation: Police have been called to a local hotel. Lying on the
floor is the body of a murdered guest! Police search the hotel and
find 5 clues written down by witnesses to the Murder.
The clues are attached for you, the lead investigator… to decipher.
There is also a list all of the guests at the hotel, because each and
every person will need to be eliminated to enable you to find the real
killer!
There are a possible 32 suspects. Each clue will eliminate some of
the remaining suspects. When all the clues have been solved the
identity of the killer will be revealed.
Good Luck Detectives!
Possible Suspects:
Forename
surname
sex
Right/left
Courtney
Shazza
Colin
Simon
Greta
Sally
Frank
Chelsea
Orla
Tim
Ruth
Mark
Carol
India
Tom
Charlotte
Chardonay
Abdirahman
Becky
James
Saskia
Harry
Jack
Jake
Fiona
Faisal
Sam
Ian
Jim
Amina
Gavin
Berenice
Hoggpoo
Perkins
Rogueone
Pimpleton
Hurley
Fishness
Bendy
Bridges
Crumb
Garner
Jameson
Hitchkins
Smithkins
Jones
Walker
Twiddle
Smigglebum
Mustafa
Sands
Wren
Riggles
Pitcher
Turnip
Griggle
Gibson
Iqbal
Sprat
Dent
Begler
Khan
Redrup
Wall
F
F
M
M
F
F
M
F
F
M
F
M
F
F
M
F
F
M
F
M
F
M
M
M
F
M
M
M
M
F
M
F
Right
Right
Right
Left
Right
Left
Left
Left
Right
Right
left
Right
left
Left
Right
Left
Right
Left
Right
Left
Right
Right
Right
Left
Left
Right
Right
Left
Left
Left
Left
Right
Usually
wears a hat
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
yes
yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
yes
No
No
Yes
yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
hair
Driver? Guilty?
dark
Fair
Dark
Dark
Dark
Fair
Red
Red
Red
Red
Dark
Dark
Dark
Dark
Dark
Fair
Dark
Dark
Fair
Dark
Dark
Fair
Dark
Red
Dark
Dark
Fair
Fair
Dark
Red
Dark
Red
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
The first set of clues involve serious detective
ability! Are you up to the challenge?
Activity 1:
Answer the questions below. The answer to each question is a
number. The number needs to be changed into a letter from the
alphabet.
Key: 1=A, 2=B, 3=C etc.
Number
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
10 x 2 =
Double 4 =
20 divided by 4 =
20 – 7 =
3x7=
Double 9 =
10 – 6 =
20 - 15 =
6x3=
Half of 10 =
25 – 7 =
26 minus 3 =
3 lots of 5 =
20 – 2 =
1x5=
1x1=
10 – 2 =
10 – 9 =
Half of 40 =
Letter
Activity 2:
Below is a three shift Caesar Cypher. This was used by Julius
Caesar to send coded messages to his army generals.
Now it is up to you to decode the next clue. The real alphabet is on
top and the coded cypher is on the bottom in capitals. You need to
match the capitals from the coded message to the lower-case letters
to decipher the clue. Good Luck!
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A B C
PXUGHUHU
KDV
GDUN
KDLU
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Activity 3:
Your next clue has been written in Morse code.
Morse code was invented by a man called Samuel Morse. He
invented it as a way to connect people who were miles apart…. Way
before we were able to transmit our voices or text. Morse code was
used in WW2 to send messages between war ships and Naval bases.
Decode the message to reveal your next clue.
-.- .. .-.. .-.. . .-.
______________
.. ...
______________
.-. .. --. .... –
______________
.... .- -. -.. . -..
______________
ACTIVITY 4:
This activity involves you decoding PIG PEN! This looks like alien
writing. However, this is secret spy code… use the PIG PEN cypher
to decode your next clue.
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
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Pig Pen Cypher
Activity 5:
Plot the coordinates below, colour the square to reveal your next
clue.
C-2, F-8, K-6, M-10, C-3, G-8, M-11, C-4,
H-8, M-12, C-5, I—8, M-13, C-6, M-14, C-7
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This your final clue! Once you have solved this task head over to
your suspect sheet to reveal the Killer!!
CONGRATULATIONS DETECTIVES!
You solved the crime!!