Case status: unsolved · 24 December

Seven people never saw Christmas morning.
Tonight, you find out why.

A Christmas murder mystery game built from police case files. Seven Christmas Eves, seven places, seven deaths nobody could explain. Read the interrogations, study the photos, name the killer, then break the seal.

  • 6 Christmas case files + 1 sealed bonus case, evidence and all
  • Play solo, as a couple, or with the family, up to 6
  • Print it out or solve it right on screen
  • Arrives in minutes. The last-minute gift that cannot arrive late.
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A Christmas dinner table left untouched with numbered evidence markers, a tree glowing behind it and police lights in the snow outside
Case file 024 / Christmas Eve
6+1Cases to crack
7Christmas Eves
1–6Detectives
60–90Minutes per case
The Christmas collection

Seven Christmas Eves.
Seven killers still at the table.
Silent Night: The Christmas Murder Files, case file on a desk with Christmas lights and crime scene photos
Silent Night: The Christmas Murder Files
From the makers of The Cold Case Files
  • 6 Christmas case files + 1 sealed bonus case, evidence and all
  • Police reports, interrogations, crime scene photos and autopsy reports
  • Evidence from the night itself: an Advent calendar, rolls of film, a stack of Christmas cards
  • 1 to 6 players, solo, as a couple or around the family table
  • Sealed solutions, one for every case
  • Instant digital download, print it or play on screen
  • Nothing supernatural, nothing graphic. Every death has a human explanation
  • BonusCase 007: Twenty-Three Cards, the sealed seventh file
  • BonusUnder the Tree, three sealed gifts. You open only one
  • GiftLast-minute gift, arrives in minutes, nothing to ship
€39,00
€79,00
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How it plays

Not a story you read.
A Christmas you investigate.

Every file is a real investigation, rebuilt on paper. What the police had that night, you have. Nothing more, nothing less.

  • 01Open the filePolice report, autopsy, crime scene photos, and the evidence from that night: a calendar, a roll of film, a stack of Christmas cards.
  • 02Read the interrogationsEveryone came home for Christmas. Every one of them is hiding something. Only one of them killed.
  • 03Name the killerMotive, means, opportunity. Write your accusation down before you go any further.
  • 04Break the sealOpen the solution and see it laid out clue by clue. You were either right, or you missed the one detail that mattered.
Hands laying out crime scene photos, interrogation transcripts and red string next to a Christmas tree
The files

Seven Christmas Eves.
Nobody was ever charged.

Each case stands on its own. At the heart of every one sits a Christmas tradition, and without it, the murder could never have happened.

Who filled the little doors?

Case 001Unsolved
Exhibit 001-A24 December 1986
Door 24
The cellar keystill
open
Case file 001

Door 24

Aarhus, Denmark · 24 December 1986

Every December, Grandma makes a handmade Advent calendar for her grown-up grandchildren. Twenty-four little doors, one small gift behind each.

On Christmas Eve her grandson opens door 24 and finds a key: the key to the freezer in the cellar. Grandma is inside. She has been dead for at least ten days.

Someone kept filling the little doors every morning, in her own handwriting.

In the file
  • The Advent calendar and its 24 gifts
  • The cellar key
  • Statements from the whole family
The Advent calendar★★☆☆☆

Why did nobody notice?

Case 002Unsolved
Exhibit 002-A24 December 1994
2,000 visitors
Hundreds of photosstill
open
Case file 002

The Living Nativity

Basilicata, Italy · 24 December 1994

A living nativity scene inside the ancient caves. Two thousand visitors walk past the shepherds, the sheep and the manger in a single night.

Hundreds of them photograph the old shepherd sitting motionless by the fire. At closing time the other actors find out why he never moved.

He had been dead for hours, and nobody noticed.

In the file
  • Rolls of film from the tourists, frame by frame
  • The cast list and the costumes
  • Statements from the other actors
The living nativity★★☆☆☆

Whose scarf is it?

Case 003Unsolved
Exhibit 003-A24 December 1979
One striped scarf
Owner unknownstill
open
Case file 003

The Snowman

Québec, Canada · 24 December 1979

On Christmas Eve the children build a snowman in the front garden. It stands there, smiling, through the whole holiday.

In January the thaw comes. As the snow slides away, the family sees a dark sleeve inside it.

There is a man inside the snowman, wearing a scarf nobody in the house has ever owned.

In the file
  • Family photos from 23 to 26 December
  • The striped scarf
  • Statements from the family and the neighbours
The snowman★★★☆☆

Who was under the mask?

Case 004Unsolved
Exhibit 004-A24 December 1983
One carved mask
The wrong facestill
open
Case file 004

Perchten Night

Tyrol, Austria · 24 December 1983

On the holy nights, men in carved wooden masks, goat horns and fur run through the village to chase the winter away.

At dawn one of them lies dead in the snow, still wearing the mask. When the police take it off, the face underneath is the wrong one.

The man who signed up for the run is at home, asleep in his bed.

In the file
  • The mask, the costume and the cowbell
  • The list of runners
  • Statements from the village
The Perchten run★★★☆☆

Who wrote the last page?

Case 005Unsolved
Exhibit 005-A24 December 1999
One manuscript
Word for wordstill
open
Case file 005

The Book Flood

Reykjavík, Iceland · 24 December 1999

In Iceland, on Christmas Eve, you give books and read all night long. It is called Jólabókaflóð, the Christmas book flood.

A famous crime writer is found dead in his reading chair, a typed manuscript still in his hands. It was a gift, opened that same evening.

The manuscript describes his death, word for word.

In the file
  • The manuscript, page by page
  • The typewriter and the paper
  • Statements from the guests
The Christmas book flood★★★★☆

Who was it really meant for?

Case 006Unsolved
Exhibit 006-A25 December 1958
One silver sixpence
The wrong victimstill
open
Case file 006

The Coin in the Pudding

Edinburgh, Scotland · 25 December 1958

Tradition says one slice of the Christmas pudding hides a silver sixpence, and whoever finds it will have a year of luck.

That year, the lucky slice was poisoned. The killer knew exactly where the coin was.

But the wrong person ate it.

In the file
  • The seating plan of the dinner
  • The order the plates were served
  • Statements from everyone at the table
The sixpence pudding★★★★☆

Who keeps posting the cards?

Case 007Sealed
Exhibit 007-A1967 → 1990
23 cards
23 citiesdo not
open
Case file 007

Twenty-Three Cards

Ohio, USA · 1967 → 1990

In 1967 a seventeen-year-old girl vanishes. Every Christmas since, her family has received a card in her handwriting.

Twenty-three cards, posted from twenty-three different cities, the handwriting a little older each year. In 1990, the police reopen the case.

The darkest file we have. Sealed, and only in the collection.

In the file
  • All twenty-three cards and their postmarks
  • The 1967 missing person file
  • Photos of the family home
The Christmas card★★★★★
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Inside every file

Everything the police had.
Nothing they did not.

No hints. No app telling you when you are getting warm. Just the paperwork of a real Christmas investigation, and whatever you can make of it.

Typed police incident report dated 24 DecemberDoc 01

The police report

Written on Christmas night by the first officer through the door, before anyone had time to invent a story.

Interrogation transcripts with suspect photosDoc 02

The interrogations

Everyone came home for Christmas. Everyone has a version of the evening. One of them is lying about the part that matters.

Vintage crime scene photos of Christmas scenesDoc 03

Crime scene photos

Shot the way the police shot them in 1958, 1979, 1986: harsh flash, numbered markers, and the detail that breaks the case, in plain sight.

Post-mortem report with a mortuary tag tied with red ribbonDoc 04

The autopsy

Time of death, cause of death, and the small medical fact that ruins somebody's Christmas alibi.

Evidence bags with Christmas evidenceDoc 05

The evidence

A cellar key, a sixpence, a scarf nobody owned, a roll of tourist film. In these cases, the tradition itself is the evidence.

Sealed envelope tied with red ribbon and a wax sealSealedDo not open

The solution

Wrapped and sealed like a present. Open it only once you have named your killer, and see the whole case explained clue by clue.

Nothing supernatural. Nothing graphic. Every death has a human explanation, and every case can be cracked with what is in the file.
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Two bonuses

The darkest file.
And the last gift under the tree.

Two things you will not find anywhere else. Both come with the collection, and only with the collection.

A black case folder stamped Case 007 and Redacted under a Christmas treeBonus 01 · Sealed

Case 007: Twenty-Three Cards

The darkest case we have ever written. A girl who vanished in 1967, and a Christmas card in her handwriting every year since. It is not for sale, and it never will be.

  • A complete case file, same as the other six
  • Difficulty five out of five, no mercy
  • Built for detectives who cracked the first six
  • Only in the collection. Never sold on its own
Three sealed gifts with numbered evidence tags under a dark Christmas treeBonus 02 · Finale

Under the Tree

Three sealed gifts wait under the tree. Count how many cases you cracked, then open one. Only one. Inside is what happened next to everyone in the files.

10–2 solved
23–5 solved
3All 7 solved
  • The epilogue to all seven Christmas Eves
  • A different ending for every kind of detective

Six cases are what you came for. The seventh is what keeps you up on Christmas night.
The last-minute gift

Give someone a murder
to solve on Christmas night.

Nothing ships, so nothing can arrive late. The files land in their inbox, or under the tree, in minutes.

  • 1Order it in two minutes. The files land in your inbox straight away.
  • 2Print the case files, slip them into an envelope and seal it. Or simply forward the email.
  • 3Leave it under the tree. Then watch them try to sleep after Case 001.
Case file · Silent NightConfidential
SN
You have been assigned a case.
Do not open before Christmas Eve.
The full file

The file is on the table.
Who did it?
Silent Night: The Christmas Murder Files, case file on a desk with Christmas lights and crime scene photos
Silent Night: The Christmas Murder Files
From the makers of The Cold Case Files
  • 6 Christmas case files + 1 sealed bonus case, evidence and all
  • Police reports, interrogations, crime scene photos and autopsy reports
  • Evidence from the night itself: an Advent calendar, rolls of film, a stack of Christmas cards
  • 1 to 6 players, solo, as a couple or around the family table
  • Sealed solutions, one for every case
  • Instant digital download, print it or play on screen
  • Nothing supernatural, nothing graphic. Every death has a human explanation
  • BonusCase 007: Twenty-Three Cards, the sealed seventh file
  • BonusUnder the Tree, three sealed gifts. You open only one
  • GiftLast-minute gift, arrives in minutes, nothing to ship
€39,00
€79,00
🔒Secure checkout · Instant download · Play tonight
Case notes · Open questions · Case notes · Open questions · Case notes
Before you open the file

Everything you are
about to ask.

Yes, and it is the one gift that cannot arrive late. Nothing ships: the files reach your inbox minutes after checkout. Print them and seal them in an envelope, or simply forward the email, and leave it under the tree.

Macabre, never graphic. Nothing supernatural, no gore, nothing for shock. The unease comes from the situation, a calendar, a snowman, a pudding. It is written for adults and older teens who enjoy true crime.

No. Every file works two ways. Print it and spread the evidence across your table, which is how most detectives play it, or keep everything on a screen and solve it from the sofa. Both versions are complete.

Anywhere from one to six. Solo works beautifully, it is you against the file. Two is the sweet spot for a night in. With the whole family, you split the documents around the table and argue, which is where Christmas gets loud.

Sixty to ninety minutes for most people, longer if you argue. One case a night over the holidays is a good way to play it. You can stop halfway and pick the file back up later.

Every case can be cracked with what is in the file. No hidden information, no twist out of nowhere. The clues sit in plain sight among a lot of things that are not clues at all. That is the whole difficulty.

No. Every case is written from scratch and built the way a real investigation is built. The traditions are real. The people in these files never existed, so you can accuse whoever you like.

Minutes after checkout, straight to your inbox. Nothing ships, nothing gets lost in the post. Buy it after dinner and the file is open on your table before the evening is over.