# The Last Vanishing

Case file SP-01. New Year's Eve, 1926. At the end of the pier, as the clock strikes twelve, the Marvellous Merrow steps into his cabinet and vanishes. He was meant to reappear a minute later. He never did.

- Players: 2–6
- Time: 120–240 minutes
- Difficulty: medium
- Age: 18+

At midnight on New Year's Eve 1926 the Marvellous Merrow vanished from his cabinet on the stage of the Pavilion Theatre, Brightholme Pier, and minutes later was found dead beneath the stage. Scotland Yard has been called in, and you are the Yard's inspector, reading the borough police file on the train down. Find out who must answer for it.

## What's in the file

- 3 envelopes, opened one at a time
- 25 papers: reports, letters, statements and photographs
- About 35 pages to print at home, on A4 or US Letter
- Hints and the full solution, read on screen

## Inside the envelopes

### Envelope 1: The Midnight Turn

- Briefing letter
- Playbill
- Crime-scene photograph
- Police report
- Floor plan
- Flash photographs
- Witness statements
- Newspaper
- Letters

### Envelope 2: The Interval

- Medical report
- Prompt script
- Logbook pages
- Witness statements
- Technical drawing
- Coded message
- Map

### Envelope 3: Old Acquaintance

- Police report
- Record sleeve
- Newspaper
- Logbook pages
- Witness statements
- Evidence photographs
- Cut-out grille × 2
- Timeline sheet

Content: One death off the page by poison, no gore; period drinking and smoking

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