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CASE #2024-1031

The Witch's Confession

Aurora, Nebraska

A podcaster came to debunk a local legend.
She found something much darker—and it killed her.

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The Victim

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DECEASED
AGE 32
OCCUPATION Podcaster
STATUS Unknown

Maya Chen

True-Crime Podcaster • 2M Subscribers

Maya built her career debunking folk tales and exposing the human crimes beneath them. She came to Aurora to investigate the famous "Witch's Grave"—a moss-covered tombstone ringed in chains, supposedly cursed.

She was found dead at that same grave. Fractured skull. Recording equipment missing. Laptop remotely wiped. The police called it an accident.

FINAL TRANSMISSION 10:47 PM

"I found it."

The Legend

For over a century, locals have whispered about the Witch's Grave. A woman buried alone, isolated from the other graves, her plot wrapped in chains.

They say she was a witch. They say the town "dealt with her." They say the grave is cursed.

Maya didn't believe in curses. She believed in cover-ups.

She discovered that the legend was something much worse. It was hiding a secret—one that happened 130 years ago. A secret someone in Aurora would kill to keep buried.

The Investigation

01

Walk the Real Streets

Visit actual locations in Aurora, Nebraska. The cemetery. The museum. The places where Maya asked too many questions.

02

Interview Suspects

58 characters with their own secrets. Some will help you. Some will lie. Choose your interviews wisely.

03

Uncover the Truth

Connect a modern mystery to a 130-year-old crime. Follow the clues. Expose what powerful people have killed to protect.

04

Deliver Justice

Name the killer. Present the evidence. Get it right, and Maya's story finally gets the ending she deserved.

Choose Wisely

22
Locations
58
Suspects
18
Interviews
1
Killer

Not everyone is telling the truth. Not everyone knows something useful. Waste your interviews, and the killer walks free.

Solve the Case

4-6 hours of investigation. A story woven from real Aurora history. Can you find justice where others have failed?

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"I wanted to create something that costs less than a movie ticket and popcorn, less than two fancy coffees, less than a single lunch out—but gives you an entire day of mystery and adventure wandering the real streets of Aurora."

— Jon Rhoades, Creator

The perfect date night or family adventure for those who love a good mystery.

Recommended for adults and families age 16+

Designed to be played on location in Aurora, Nebraska
Jon Rhoades

Jon Rhoades

Jon Rhoades hails from Aurora, Nebraska, where he is known—when he is known at all—as a quiet, almost reclusive figure who keeps to the shadows of small-town life.

By day, he works as a local software developer, crafting lines of code with the same precision he brings to the twisted mysteries he writes. By night, he can often be found lingering over strategy board games, drawn to the same intricate patterns and hidden motives that haunt his fiction.

Rhoades's work reflects the darker corners of the human mind, shaped by a life lived just out of view, where secrets gather and stories begin.