Thursday, January 16, 2020

Mystery Puzzle SPOILER #29

Warning! This post contains spoilers to a mystery puzzle.

This week's puzzle is "The Case of the Missing Ribbons."  It's a 250 piece puzzle.  The solution to the puzzle is NOT on the box.

The solution is revealed in the puzzle and confirmed in the letter.  It was a good story and a guessable solution.



Puzzle box, letter, and final puzzle. 

A letter that contains the solution to the mystery. 

Final puzzle image. 

Thanks for reading,

Dr. Alex

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Mystery Puzzle SPOILER #28

Warning! This post contains spoilers to a mystery puzzle.

This week's puzzle is "The Case of the Stolen Jewels"  It's a 250 piece puzzle and story by Patricia Lakin.  The solution to the puzzle is NOT on the box. 

The story contains some bonus puzzles/codes, but then the solutions are quickly spelled out for you.

The solution was a lot of a stretch and didn't tie in well as other mystery stories that we've done.

The completed puzzle, box, booklet, and final letter with the answer.


The completed puzzle.


Thanks for reading,

Dr. Alex

Mystery Puzzle SPOILER #27


Warning! This post contains spoilers to a mystery puzzle.

This week's puzzle is "Final Run"  It's a 500 piece puzzle and story by Alan Robbins, 1992.  The solution to the puzzle is NOT on the box.  Copy of the story here. 

I had a new and unopened copy that I scored from Goodwill. In an attempt to clear out my house this puzzle had to go as is. 

Sadly, I didn't actually do the puzzle.  The number of white pieces would have driven me crazy!

I found the solution to the puzzle on Reddit.com:

Post image
The solution to the puzzle. 

Thanks for reading,

Dr. Alex





Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Mystery Puzzle SPOILER #26

Warning! This post contains spoilers to a mystery puzzle.

This week's puzzle is "Maurice Sendak's Christmas Mystery"  It's a 48 piece puzzle.  The solution to the puzzle is NOT on the box.  The solution is actually each page of the book, where the two children start walking up a hill and then walk back down.

Once all together, the larger true form of the puzzle appears - Santa!


Box, puzzle, and booklet.
Completed puzzle.

Thanks for reading,


Dr. Alex