The Blackthorn Files

Deskatur.com presents · 1957

The Blackthorn Files

Every guest has a story. Every secret has a price.

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Detective Daniel Mercer in a fedora and trench coat

Meet your investigator

Daniel Mercer

Once an investigative journalist, now the night manager at the Blackthorn Inn. Mercer knows a story rarely ends where the official report says it does.

In 1957, a violent storm, a locked door, and a dead guest will drag him into a mystery where everyone has something to hide.

“People always tell the truth. They just don’t always tell it to you.”

Classified investigations

The Case Files

Enter each self-contained mystery. Search the scene, question suspects, connect the evidence, and decide whom to accuse. The truth is yours to uncover.

The ominous door to Room Seven

Case 001 · Play now

Death in Room Seven

A storm. Twelve suspects. One locked room. A murder at the Blackthorn Inn may be only the beginning.

Open Case 001 →

An ominous black rotary telephone

Case 002 · Coming soon

The Midnight Caller

At midnight, an old telephone rings. The caller knows details of a death that nobody should remember. A new mystery is taking shape.

Investigation pending

An old photograph of a mysterious woman

Case 003 · Planned

The Woman in the Photograph

A forgotten photograph. A missing woman. And a past someone went to extraordinary lengths to bury.

Case file sealed

⌕ InvestigateSearch locations and examine hidden clues.
♟ QuestionChallenge suspects about their stories and motives.
✧ ConnectBuild deductions on the evidence wall.
⚖ SolveMake your accusation and face the outcome.