The Ninth Drawer · ten cold cases

The cases were closed.
Your table reopens them.

One evening as the detective: real-looking evidence spread across your table, five people who might be lying, and one question — who did it?

How it works

  1. Download and print the file
  2. Examine the evidence together
  3. Accuse, then open the sealed solution
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10
Evidence documents
306
Investigators, 16+
1–6
Per file, full volume
€4,70
An investigator's desk: case folders, photographs, maps and redacted police files ConfidentialExhibit A · 1995

Presentation example of the digital files

A case night

Two hours. Five suspects. One name on the sheet.

This is how every case plays — the same method, a different mystery each time.

Friends around a table opening a case file 20:00

The file lands on the table

Lights down, one sealed folder, everyone leaning in.

  • Someone reads START HERE aloud
  • The case is set: who died, where, when
Players reading witness statements 20:30

Everyone takes a statement

Split the evidence — each player becomes the expert on one account.

  • Read it out, in character if you like
  • Mark anything that sounds rehearsed
An evidence board with red string 21:15

The red string goes up

Times, places and motives get connected across the table.

  • Line up every movement
  • Pin the times that clash
A player pointing at a clue 22:00

An alibi cracks

The moment the room goes quiet: one detail no longer fits.

  • A time that cannot be true
  • A record nobody checked
Players opening the sealed solution 22:30

Name the suspect. Break the seal.

Commit on the accusation sheet, then open the sealed solution together.

  • Everyone votes first
  • Then the truth — and the arguments

Illustrative photos of a case night

Plan my case night

Inside every case

The documents they filed away.

Real-looking archive pages, numbered like a police file. Swipe through the kind of evidence you will work with.

The top of a scene examination report Exhibit 02

Scene examination

The official report, filed the morning after.

  • Who examined the scene, and when
  • What was found — and what was missing
A printed witness statement Exhibit 09

Witness statement

Signed and dated by the person interviewed.

  • Compare every time with the records
  • Notice what they avoid saying
Photographs of the persons interviewed Exhibit 07

Persons interviewed

Everyone with a reason to be there.

  • Five people, five possible motives
  • Nobody is marked as guilty
A tagged physical exhibit Prod. 6

Physical evidence

Numbered productions with their exhibit tags.

  • Check where it was kept
  • Work out who could reach it
A register with handwritten times Exhibit 21

Registers and timetables

Times taken from records, not from memory.

  • Line up every movement
  • Find the minutes nobody explains
A torn handwritten note Exhibit 28

Handwritten note

Torn, folded and dated — still legible.

  • Read the times closely
  • Ask who wrote it, and for whom

Presentation example of the digital files

Open the case file

The board

Five accounts. One of them is a lie.

Scroll and the connections draw themselves — the way an investigator would run string between the statements that cannot all be true.

Start investigating

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The chapters

Ten cases. Ten different nights.

  • Case 01
    Open

    Nobody Crossed the Water

    A closed summer camp. A locked road. A death beside the water.

    • WhereScotland · 1995
    • Players1–6
    • Time120–180 minutes
    • Suspects5
    €12 See the case : Nobody Crossed the Water
  • Case 02
    Open

    The Empty Watch

    A hostel after dark. A watch book. Five accounts of one night.

    • WhereEngland · 1921
    • Players1–6
    • Time120–180 minutes
    • Suspects5
    €12 See the case : The Empty Watch
  • Case 03
    Open

    The Ferry Never Came

    A death in the photographic rooms. An island enquiry left unresolved.

    • WhereScotland · 1937
    • Players1–6
    • Time120–180 minutes
    • Suspects5
    €12 See the case : The Ferry Never Came
  • Case 04
    Open

    The Letter Left Too Late

    A provincial post office. A recovered envelope. A file waiting to be reopened.

    • WhereFrance · 1948
    • Players1–6
    • Time120–180 minutes
    • Suspects5
    €12 See the case : The Letter Left Too Late
  • Case 05
    Open

    The Bell Across the Moss

    A death beside the moss. Voices carry across the dark. Accounts refuse to agree.

    • WhereEngland · 1958
    • Players1–6
    • Time120–180 minutes
    • Suspects5
    €12 See the case : The Bell Across the Moss
  • Case 06
    Open

    The Last Call at Rathcarrick

    A remote weather station. A disputed account. An evening preserved in paper records.

    • WhereNorthern Ireland · 1961
    • Players1–6
    • Time120–180 minutes
    • Suspects5
    €12 See the case : The Last Call at Rathcarrick
  • Case 07
    Open

    The Last Bus from Pentreath

    A fish market after closing. An old dispute. Five people with something to lose.

    • WhereCornwall · 1926
    • Players1–6
    • Time120–180 minutes
    • Suspects5
    €12 See the case : The Last Bus from Pentreath
  • Case 08
    Open

    The Missing Receipt at Keldrane

    A lighthouse station. A torn note. A death that unsettles a small community.

    • WhereScotland · 1978
    • Players1–6
    • Time120–180 minutes
    • Suspects5
    €12 See the case : The Missing Receipt at Keldrane
  • Case 09
    Open

    The Footprints at Bellacqua

    A winter morning at the saltworks. An inspection interrupted. Records that demand another look.

    • WhereItaly · 1981
    • Players1–6
    • Time120–180 minutes
    • Suspects5
    €12 See the case : The Footprints at Bellacqua
  • Case 10
    Open

    The Late Freight at Norrhamn

    A Swedish paper mill after dark. A fatal incident in the bale bay. An unfinished enquiry.

    • WhereSweden · 1953
    • Players1–6
    • Time120–180 minutes
    • Suspects5
    €12 See the case : The Late Freight at Norrhamn
  • Case 11
    Classified

    File in preparation

    Location withheld

    —In preparation

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Access & delivery

Before you open the file.

What exactly do I receive?
A complete investigative case file: the dossier, the evidence photographs, witness statements, suspect profiles, chronology material, maps, forensic documents, an accusation sheet, progressive hints and a sealed resolution file. Each case holds 30 to 36 numbered evidence documents.
Is Cold Case Press completely digital?
Yes. Every case is delivered as digital files. Nothing is shipped, and there is no postage or customs to wait for.
Do I need to install anything?
No. The files open in any standard PDF reader. There is no app, no account and no subscription.
Can I investigate alone?
Yes. Every case is written to work solo, with no host or moderator role. One to six people can work the same file.
Can I investigate with friends?
Yes. Print or share the statements, give everyone an accusation sheet, and compare conclusions at the end.
How long does a case take?
It depends entirely on how closely you read and how many people are at the table. There is no timer and no round structure — stop and return to it whenever you like.
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