• There's nothing special about Amanda's menu. There is nothing special about Amanda's.

• The menu from Bingo's connects Hawthorn Farms to the diner. In the Town Council Meeting Minutes, however, it becomes clear that very few people want to do business with the Hawthorn Twins, which puts Bingo's in a place of exception.

• A grotesque sketch of a more realistic and violent Blue Lizzy, as envisioned by local artist, Darkscale. While this serves as a decorative piece of local art in the minds of Hawthorn Farmstead Realty, it reveals an underlying interest in the macabre by one of your fellow townsfolk.

• There are two very important word puzzles on the placemat, written and submitted to Bingo's by "Darkscale". Who is Darkscale? The same person who made the crossword in the Jenkin's General circular and drew the violent scene of a family-unfriendly Blue Lizzy eating the face of an early settler.

• The word search puzzles are more complicated than they first appear. Darkscale's crossword includes a clue to help a keep observer of details to SHIFT the letters into secret messages. The word search puzzles are actually shift ciphers.

• First, solve the word search by highlighting, circling, or scratching out each word bank according to the instructions on the placement. Ignore those letters from now on. Then, shift all the remaining letters in the word searches back up the alphabet a number of places equal to the number of the SHIFT clues in the crossword.

• The letters in the first word search should be shifted 14 places, corresponding with the second "SHIFT" that appears in the crossword clue. The letters in the second word search should be shifted 10 places, corresponding with the first "SHIFT" that appears in the crossword clue. The remaining letters now spell out hidden instructions.

• The first reads "PICK UP THE BODY AT TWO BY FOUR AM" and the second reads "PICK UP THE BODY AT SIX BY ONE PM".

• The SIX and TWO refer to locations around Sag Pond Lake. Photos in the gallery reveal markings on trees that are used by Darkscale and the twins for this purpose.

• In the Town Council Meeting Minutes #107-13-C, Marshall Jenkin says to Dodd Plum "Backslash Private' in reference to something Dodd knows but remains a secret to the rest of the community. While they may appear to be a poorly planned insult, Marshall is actually referencing a hidden page to Dodd's website for his museum.
• Typing "/PRIVATE" onto the end of the site (www.bluelizzyisdefinitelyreal.com/private) directs the browser to Dodd's personal photo catalog of his more intimate Blue Lizzy reenactments.

• Contains information on some local history as well as the address for the museum website.

• Crayons from Bingo's Diner to aid in solving puzzles and doodling. For the kids.

• Ray operates the "Pest-Assured" Extermination, and other than the pun in its name, there is nothing criminal about this business.

• The soap comes from your neighbors at Hawthorn Farms. They don't sell their soap through Marshall Jenkin, much to Jenkin's chagrin, as evidenced in the Town Council Meeting Minutes.

Ingredients

• Sheila McGlenn's orientation video briefly explains some of the history behind the formation of Hawthorn Junction, as well as introduces some of the characters: Sarah and Charles Hawthorn of Hawthorn Farms, who do not permit trespassing; Harold Plum, oldest busboy at Bingo's; the Jenkins, who run the delivery and general store; Paula, who operates the truck stop on the edge of town; Mayor Roscoe, the town's leader, whose door is always open; and Dodd Plum, who curates the museum.

• Courtesy of Hawthorn Farmstead Realty. Enjoy your new home!

• From Sheila McGlenn, local realtor and the woman who sold you your new home. She reveals that she has a quarrel with the Hawthorns for not agreeing to sell a nice, square parcel of their land for development.

• The Holy Water's Fellowship Church sends its pamphlets out to every resident of Hawthorn Junction in the hopes of bringing all repentant sinners into their fold. Chuck Hawthorn, your neighbor, is clearly taken away by the reverend's sermons and holds an almost zealous dedication to the church.

• A simple canvas bag used by Marshall Jenkin's delivery boy to carry the mail to the residents of Hawthorn Junction. It's a thankless job, and it looks like the most recent person to do it got fed up and left the last of their route on your doorstep.

Marshall Jenkin's circular goes out to every resident in town. He publishes a crossword puzzle by Darkscale in his circular. Darkscale's crossword puzzle has two clues. 10 Across and 14 Down, that are actually directions on how many places to SHIFT the letters in Darkscale's other puzzles to uncover a hidden message.

• A letter from Marla Frohman to Charli Jenkin, explaining her conclusion and rationale regarding the runaway Carson Jenkin. Marla relates Carson's story of what happened the night he ran away. Because Carson is the only person to have seen the "kill shed" and survived, his story sets up certain parameters for the geography of the missing victims.
  • The kill shed, and therefore the killer, must have easy access to the woods that surround the town.
  • The kill shed is not located in an area easily recognized by a resident.

• A neighborly welcome to the neighborhood from Sarah Hawthorn, one of the twins who own the farm from which your development was constructed. It contains a friendly invitation to game night, as well as a curious final sentence, beginning with Go and ending with Stop. The words used, with the exception of go, stop, and a single or double blah, are either one- or three-syllable words. In Morse code, dots are one "unit" long, and dashes are three long. This information, combined with the fact that the Hawthorns have a history with Morse code (as referenced on the tourism website), can be used to deduce that the nonsensical sentence actually contains a hidden meaning.

Solution

• A map from the local tourism board. It was designed for the most recent Lizzy on Main festival, but it doubles as a way for Hawthorn Farmstead Realty to help you get acquainted with the geography of your new hometown. Certain residents' addresses are listed in the Town Council Meeting Minutes, and using clues from all documents, most of them can be accounted for.
• For example, through Marla's notes, we learn that Reverend Al Davis lives next to the church. In the Town Council Meeting Minutes, he is listed at 2 Plum Dr. Harold is listed at 4 Plum Dr., so we know Harold's house is the gray one that backs up to the woods.

• Features the commercialized image of Blue Lizzy, approved by the Hawthorn Junction Tourism board for its mass consumer appeal.

• A leftover souvenir from the most recent Lizzy on Main festival, part of Jenkin's General overstock liquidation.

• Carson Jenkin was abducted, escaped into the woods, and ran away.
• The Hawthorn twins own a pork processing facility on their property near the woods that could dispose of bodies.
• Darkscale secretly communicates to the twins through Bingo's Kids' Menu and the Jenkin's General Circular.
• Darkscale drops bodies off for the twins to pick up.
• Twins identify Darkscale as Carson's abductor in the meeting minutes.
• The victims are alive when Darkscale gets them.
• Darkscale is the murderer.
• Harold is unaccounted for during festival, when abductions take place.
• Harold's home is next to the woods.
• Harold understands the twins' oddspeak.
• The victims who disappeared are all tourists, except for Carson, who is viewed as a threat to the peace of the town.Harold, per the meeting minutes and Marla's interview, views himself as the protector and savior of Hawthorn Junction.
• Darkscale's handwriting matches Harold's, when comparing Bingo's thank you card on the town tourism website and the Blue Lizzy illustration.
• Darkscale is Harold.
• Harold is the murderer.
• Dodd Plum can't be the murderer, because he doesn't understand the twins' secret language and he is historically on bad terms with the Hawthorn family. He is also occupied during the day of the Lizzy on Main festival, which is when the murders occur.
• Mayor Roscoe can't be the murderer, because he was on the float during the Lizzy on Main parade when a tourist was abducted. He is occupied during the day of the Lizzy on Main festival, which is when the murders occur.
• Marshall Jenkin can't be the murderer, because he is on bad terms with the Hawthorn twins, demonstrated by his interactions with the twins.
• Carson Jenkin can't be the murderer, because he was the one abducted, and he is out of town residing in juvenile hall.
• Charli Jenkin can't be the murderer, because she has no motive and was occupied during the Lizzy on Main festival.
• Paula Molineaux can't be the murderer, because she has no motive and is occupied with helping Charli during the Lizzy on Main festival.
• Sheila McGlenn can't be the murderer, because she has no motive and is on bad terms with the Hawthorn twins.
• Reverend Al Davis can't be the murderer, because he is occupied with a 24-hour sermon marathon during the Lizzy on Main festival.