## 🕵️ Mystery: *Jingle Bell Shock* **Complexity**: 7 **Theme**: Holiday Murder / Dysfunctional Wealthy Family **Setting**: Brindlewood Bay, December --- ### 🎄 Presenting the Mystery It’s the holiday season, and the Murder Mavens are out caroling as part of the **Brindlewood Bay Lunch Club’s** annual **Ugly Christmas Sweater Carol-a-thon Fundraiser**. **Keeper Instruction**: Go around the table and ask each player to describe their Maven’s ugly Christmas sweater. As the group performs *“We Three Kings”* at the grand home of **Amelia Hawthorne**, a tall, middle-aged woman in a red suit steps onto the porch and asks if they’d be willing to sing a funeral dirge instead. She introduces herself as **Caroline Hawthorne**, Amelia’s niece. Amelia has just been found dead—**strangled with a strand of garland** in her bedroom. If the Mavens investigate: - All **Suspects** are gathered in the foyer. - Amelia, in her late 60s, was wealthy from smart investments. - She lived alone with her Pekingese, **Chestnut IV**. - The rest of the carolers leave to fetch police—**the Mavens stay to investigate**. - Caroline introduces the Suspects by name and relation to Amelia. --- ### 🕵️ Clues - A shattered **eggnog glass** ![[Broken Eggnog Glass.png|150]] - A **bundle of racy Christmas cards** ![[Racy Christmas Cards.png|150]] - A **secret crawlspace** ![[Secret Passage.png|150]] - A **suicide note from years ago**, preserved as a keepsake ![[Suicide Note.jpeg|150]] - A **tampered bottle of pills** ![[Tampered Pills.png|150]] - **Dried blood droplets** in a strange place ![[Drops of Blood.png|150]] - A **hidden security camera** inside a papier-mâché **Frosty the Snowman** ![[Snowman Spy Camera.png|150]] - A **plane ticket to Rio de Janeiro** ![[Plane Ticket.png|150]] - A **wreath decorated with poison oak, nightshade, and holly** ![[Poison Wreath.png|150]] --- ### 🕳️ Void Clues - Magdalena’s **tarot deck** is all The Devil—every card. - A **nativity scene** features a Baby Jesus that **bleats like a goat**. - **Chestnut IV** is **whispering** to something unseen in the corner.