A Cold Case Puzzle

Everyone in Coldwater

8,000 Residents. One of Them Did It.

In the winter of 2001, a beloved teacher was murdered on the night of Coldwater's Centennial Winter Festival. Twenty-five years later, her case is in your hands.

Cover of Everyone in Coldwater: a navy street map with one street corner circled in red.

The case

Somebody in Coldwater is a killer.

Police questioned thousands of residents. No one was ever charged. Twenty-five years later, true-crime podcaster Kate Calder comes home after her father's death and finds the files from the case that haunted him, with a message in his handwriting:

I know who killed Julie. I just can't prove it.

Now Kate is reopening the investigation, one episode at a time, and she needs your help.

Inside the book

  • 8,000 residents and a complete town map
  • Six episodes filled with evidence and clues
  • Checkpoints to track your investigation
  • One killer waiting to be identified

No guessing. No shortcuts. Just you and a pencil.

Case 01-0042

Name the killer

Narrowed 8,000 names down to one? Enter the name of Julie Ashworth's killer. If you're right, you'll hear the rest of the story.

Stuck?

Find where your count went off

Enter how many residents you had left after each clue. We'll tell you the first clue where your count is off, without giving anything away.

Episode 1 · The Festival
Episode 2 · The Canvass
Episode 3 · The Ticket Ledger
Episode 4 · The Office Phone
Episode 5 · Witnesses
Episode 6 · The Last Page
Fill in as many as you have. We never show the right numbers.