The case
What's in the file
Valentine's night, 1994. Nina Vale, host of the late-night call-in show "Lonely Hearts", tells Portland she's engaged, takes calls from the lovesick until two, and signs off. At dawn her car is found at an overlook on the old Gorge highway, and Nina on the rocks below. The sheriff calls it an accident.
2026. A man clearing his late mother's house finds a shoebox of cassettes. She taped the show every night. One set is labelled "Valentine's 94", and the last hour on it doesn't match the station's log.
The Cold Case Unit reopens the file and sends it to you: the original 1994 reports, statements, station logs and phone records, and what the detective has found this week. Nobody tells you which pages matter.
- check_circleThe 1994 file: police statements, the station's program logs and phone printouts, the building's night sheet, a transcript of the listener's tape, the medical examiner's report, a floor plan, a road map and the morning paper
- check_circleThe 2026 investigation: the detective's memos, a pathologist's review, interview transcripts and the building's own night records, in two sealed envelopes
- check_circleA working board to track suspects and the timeline
- check_circleThe Final File: the whole story, a score page with detective ranks, and offline answers
- check_circleExtras: a printable gift card and a case folder label
- check_circleLetter and A4 versions
