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General Hints & Tips (No Spoilers)
Answers are case sensitive. Try making the answer all lowercase.
Every page has a way forward (or backward) in the direction that you need to go.
Pay attention to what the suspects say because the interviews contain hints that point to the culprit.
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SPOILERS BELOW
Hints are available throughout the adventure, so only come here when you're really stumped.
This will take you through the answers for each clue/puzzle, step by step. The answers are in the order that you need to solve them, not necessarily the order that you found them!
Clue #1 - US Map
You need to click on the black ink splotch on the Southeast part of Pennsylvania (at the north central area of the map).
Then click on the ink covering up Philadelphia. When prompted, type in "philadelphia" all lowercase. Your selections should allow you to continue to clue #2.
Clue #2 - Number Code & Street Map
Robert Wilson's code uses something similar to a Caesar cipher, or "shift" cipher. Typically, each letter in the alphabet would be assigned a different letter. Here, we did a simple number conversion for each letter in the alphabet. Here are examples:
A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, D = 4...
...X = 24, Y = 25, Z = 26
For the numbers, do the opposite and convert them backwards so that 1 = A, 2 = B, and so on. You should come up with the answer "market street and 13th street." When presented with the map of Philadelphia, find the intersection on the map and click on it to move forward to clue #3.
The intersection you are looking for is near the center of the map, slightly to the right.
Clue #3 - Cryptic Letter
The letter is trying to make you think of the word "study". The beginning of each sentency has capitalized STUDY if you read it vertically.
If you didn't get that from reading the text, then you can also use the magnifying glass to click and drag it over hidden text in the image. The hidden text will say "study", and "click here to move forward".
Click on here.
When prompted, the password is "study" in all lower-case. You can then move on to clue #4.
Clue #4 - Ledger
The ledger's bottom entry is for February 29th, 1794. The 29th only occurs in February on leap years, and 1794 was not a leap year. So this date is fictitious. You can also tell that the pricing and amounts are made up, and the location again points to Philadelphia. Take note of the recipient's name, "A. Dumonde."
Click on the date that says 2-29-94. Then, select the book on the far-right shelf that says "Estates" and "Dumonde" on it to move to clue #5.
Clue #5 - Note & Artwork
Drag the magnifying glass to the ship on the photo to find the key (or click on the ship because you remembered that from Madison's clue when you talked to him).
This will take you to the final part of the journey, where you can then guess who the culprit is!
The Culprit
Nice try, we won't spill the beans!
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