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Fictional night train halted at a fog-covered rural platform under a single lampFeatured investigation
Unexplained Disappearance

Adrian Mercer boarded Northstar Railway Train 417 with a ticket for Seat B-12. His belongings arrived. He did not.

DifficultyIntermediate
Estimated time5–6 hrs
Evidence items27 items
LocationNorthstar Railway — Train 417
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Reference OB-417-2006-1126 · fictional demonstration dossier
Fictional missing-person dossier with a portrait photograph and archival papers
Missing PersonClosed
OB-DEMO-014

The Blackwood Dossier

Blackwood Forest

A student leaves a coastal library at closing time and is never recorded again on any road out of the valley.

DifficultyIntermediate
Time4–5 hrs
Evidence34
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Fictional night train halted at a fog-covered rural platform under a single lamp
Unexplained DisappearanceFeatured
OB-417-2006-1126

The Night Train

Northstar Railway — Train 417

Adrian Mercer boarded Northstar Railway Train 417 with a ticket for Seat B-12. His belongings arrived. He did not.

DifficultyIntermediate
Time5–6 hrs
Evidence27
Case reward

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Fictional night harbour scene with a moored trawler and wet stone quay
Maritime IncidentClosed
OB-DEMO-081

Quay Thirteen

Fisher's quay

A trawler returns to a berth it never left, and the harbour register lists a crew of none.

DifficultyIntermediate
Time4–6 hrs
Evidence31
Case reward

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Fictional aged wanted notice for questioning pinned to a dark board
Organized CrimeClosed
OB-DEMO-063

The Questioning Notice

Old quarter

A wanted notice was printed for a man three district offices insist was never charged with anything.

DifficultyAdvanced
Time5–7 hrs
Evidence52
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Fictional bank vault dossier marked classified with financial records
Financial CrimeClosed
OB-DEMO-046

Cipher Bank File

Orion City

Ninety-one transfers, four shell companies and a signature that appears in two cities on the same afternoon.

DifficultyExpert
Time8–10 hrs
Evidence74
Case reward

€900

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Fictional insurance claim request form stamped as a closed case
Insurance FraudClosed
OB-DEMO-027

Harbour View Report

Coastal town

An insurance claim describes a fire nobody in the building remembers, filed eleven days before the policy lapsed.

DifficultyIntroductory
Time2–4 hrs
Evidence18
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Fictional maritime incident file with a nautical report and vessel photograph
Maritime IncidentClosed
OB-DEMO-052

Outer Bay Salvage

Outer bay

A salvage crew recovers a hull that was decommissioned twelve years earlier, with fresh moorings still attached.

DifficultyAdvanced
Time6–7 hrs
Evidence47
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€450

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Fictional unidentified remains case folder with archival documentation
Unidentified PersonClosed
OB-DEMO-058

Shoreline Recovery

Northern shoreline

Remains recovered north of the tideline match no missing-person record filed in the district.

DifficultyIntermediate
Time5–6 hrs
Evidence38
Case reward

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Fictional handwritten witness statement resting on an aged desk
Historical MysteryClosed
OB-DEMO-093

The Glasshouse Witness

Bureau records office

A single statement describes the whole evening in detail. The witness was elsewhere, verifiably.

DifficultyIntermediate
Time4–6 hrs
Evidence27
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Fictional disappearance dossier with a portrait and a night railway photograph
Missing PersonClosed
OB-DEMO-119

The Marchetti Disappearance

Junction road

A restaurateur's car is found idling at a junction with both doors open and every debt paid that morning.

DifficultyAdvanced
Time5–7 hrs
Evidence49
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Fictional handwritten accounting ledger open under a warm desk lamp
Financial CrimeClosed
OB-DEMO-069

The Meridian Ledger

Meridian district

A hand-kept ledger balances perfectly for nine years, then reconciles against an account that does not exist.

DifficultyExpert
Time8–10 hrs
Evidence66
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Fictional coastal lighthouse at night casting a golden beam over mist and dark water
Unexplained DisappearanceClosed
OB-DEMO-021

The Orion Bay Lighthouse Incident

Orion Bay

The keeper's log ends mid-sentence on a storm night, and the beam is found burning over an empty gallery.

DifficultyAdvanced
Time6–8 hrs
Evidence61
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Fictional investigation board with photographs connected by red thread
Organized CrimeClosed
OB-DEMO-074

The Red Map Connection

Regional corridor

Six unrelated files share one annotation: a road that was closed before any of them were opened.

DifficultyAdvanced
Time7–8 hrs
Evidence58
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Fictional insurance fraud dossier with a claim form and coastal photograph
Insurance FraudClosed
OB-DEMO-088

The Silverbrook Claim

Silverbrook

One property, three fires, and an assessor whose signature changes slope between visits.

DifficultyIntroductory
Time2–4 hrs
Evidence21
Case reward

€250

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Fictional unidentified-person file with a dental chart and fingerprint card
Unidentified PersonClosed
OB-DEMO-102

The Unnamed File

District morgue archive

A dental chart, one fingerprint card and a reconstruction that resembles two different missing men.

DifficultyExpert
Time7–9 hrs
Evidence55
Case reward

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Fictional coastal polaroid photographs scattered as evidence material
Missing PersonClosed
OB-DEMO-108

The Vanishing of Lori Vaughn

South cliffs

A photographer's last roll of film shows a coastline that no longer exists in that shape.

DifficultyIntermediate
Time4–6 hrs
Evidence36
Case reward

€750

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Fictional stack of yellowed archived newspapers on a dark table
Historical MysteryClosed
OB-DEMO-097

Column Nine

Bureau archives

An archived newspaper reports an inquest that no court in the region ever convened.

DifficultyAdvanced
Time6–8 hrs
Evidence43
Case reward

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Fictional sealed archive envelope with wax and bronze clasp
Historical MysteryClosed
OB-DEMO-113

Sealed Until Review

Bureau vault

A dossier sealed by the Bureau in 1987 was re-sealed in 2004 by an officer with no service record.

DifficultyExpert
Time9–10 hrs
Evidence71
Case reward

€300

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