As a die-hard “Criminal Minds” fan, I find an unhealthy amount of joy in cracking the case before the end of each episode. My Netflix-fried brain almost does it on command, so I thought playing fake detective would be an easy win for me.
After seeing a new trend appear of solving fake cases with friends, I was clearly intrigued. When my friend, Peyton Moore (aka Crime Agent P), sent me a video saying, “We have to do this” I couldn’t turn down the offer — and Crime Agent P couldn’t either.
It happened to be one of those gloomy Wednesday nights that any little creek in the floor or knock of a branch hitting your window gives you automatic chills.A sharp knock on my front door signaled the arrival of the kit. The tall, dark stranger who dropped it off got into a black van with a blue arrow on it. They disappeared into the fog before I left for Crime Agent P’s house.
We headed to the basement, tore open the package and started the timer. Inside we found documents, emails, messages, reports, calenders, photos, any and every clue needed.
It’s supposed to take one to two and a half hours to solve, but Agent P and I were confident we could get it done in the time it takes to watch an episode of “Criminal Minds”.
As we began piecing things together, it almost became more of a challenge – more and more things built up and we were lead almost 100 different ways.
Our objectives were to find out who killed Max Glover, who sent the mysterious letter, how he got killed and who did the ripped letter belong to.
While we started off giggling and questioning why exactly we were sifting through fake emails in our free time, we quickly snapped out of the giggles and started treated the case like there was a real murder on our hands.
Even with our determination to crack the case, Agent P and I were left stumped. I was breaking a sweat and at one hour and 38 minutes we finally gave in.
We ended up getting closer to solving the case than we thought. We knew exactly who sent the letter, we successfully guessed who killed Max Glover, yet had zero clues as to who tore up the letter and also had little information on how he died.
I would definitely do it again. In fact, Crime Agent P and I want to start a club just to solve these cases — as we clearly need the help.
I would rate it a 10/10 for fun, and certainly a 10/10 for difficulty too. If you ever get bored of solving “Criminal Minds” episodes alone, don’t hesitate to search it up on Amazon and purchase a fake detective kit to crack the case with a few friends.
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