The Woman in Room Six

1942. She stepped off a steamer, checked into a boarding house, and vanished. Her suitcase stayed behind. Follow the family records to discover who she was and where she went.

She left her suitcase. Someone kept the truth.

In October 1942, a woman arrived at Bell's Boarding House with a brown suitcase and a name nobody could properly trace. On 13 October, her room was empty.

Decades later, a witness's granddaughter brings you the papers that survived: a guest register, an old photograph, family records, letters, accounts, and a story her grandmother could never quite tell.

You are the investigator. Compare names, dates, households and conflicting accounts. Test what the documents actually prove. Decide what belongs in the corrected record—and what remains uncertain.

The Woman in Room Six is a self-contained printable genealogy mystery for solo investigation or a small group. The story continues through the archive as each discovery changes your understanding of the people involved.

Your download

• 38-page player PDF: opening story, archive catalog, 24 exhibits, four investigation packets, checkpoints and writing space.
• 5-page hints PDF: progressive help organized by packet.
• 8-page sealed solution: evidence-cited answers and the family's aftermath.
• 16-page complete story: an optional read-after-play companion containing the resolution.
• START-HERE instructions.

Four PDFs, 67 pages in total. You only need the player file to begin; hints, solution and companion reading are separate.

How it works

Download the files, open the player packet, and begin with Packet A. Work through the records, write your provisional conclusions, then continue to the next packet. Open the solution after committing your final findings.

Print on US Letter at actual size, or A4 using Fit. Grayscale printing works. You can also read the PDF on screen and use ordinary paper for notes. No host, internet research, genealogy subscription or special equipment is required.

Digital download only. No physical product is shipped. All characters and case records are fictional. The documents are designed records and transcriptions, not authentic historical scans.

For personal household or private-group use. No redistribution or resale.