Cold Case File #1: Blackthorn Hollow — The Unsolved Murder of Eleanor Vance

Open a sealed Vermont cold case. In October 1987, mill owner Eleanor Vance was found strangled in her office. The investigation went nowhere. Now the file is yours.

Cold Case File #1: Blackthorn Hollow is a printable fair-play murder mystery dossier from The Case Files. Read the incident report, autopsy notes, five suspect dossiers, timeline, and exhibits — then name the killer, motive, and how they did it.

- Exactly one correct culprit

- Fair-play clues (no outside trivia required)

- Solo or small-group play · Ages 14+

- ~45–90 minutes

- Host-only solution key on the final pages

- US Letter + A4 PDFs included

Print it. Read it. Accuse.

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