Series: The Doppelgänger’s Funeral: How a Small-Town Land Appraiser Uncovered His Own Staged Death and Business Partner’s $4.2 Million Scheme

Part 1 When Arthur steps into the dimly lit chapel of Saint Jude’s Funeral Home and looks into the open mahogany casket, his heart stops. [more…]

👉 Previous Decision: You chose to pretend to be calm, step into the hallway, and call county records to verify identities. I slipped past the [more…]

👉 Previous Decision: You chose to step closer to touch the silicone skin of the body to verify if it is real or a doll. [more…]

I stumbled backward, my voice catching in my throat. Before I could form a word, a crushing blow landed on the back of my head. [more…]

👉 Previous Action: You learned Julian Kildare’s death certificate was filed by Derrick Croft, confirming a systematic identity erasure. Derrick’s voice grew louder, closer. I [more…]

👉 Previous Decision: You chose to slip into the narrow door leading down into the church furnace basement. The air in the furnace basement was [more…]

👉 Previous Decision: You chose to duck behind the heavy velvet drapes of the choir loft overlooking the chapel. The velvet drapes were heavy, offering [more…]

👉 Previous Action: You uncovered Derrick Croft’s plot to steal your family land or commit arson for insurance fraud. I found a rear basement hatch, [more…]

👉 Previous Action: Your vehicle tires were slashed, and your bank accounts were frozen, leaving you stranded and penniless. My phone buzzed with an insistent, [more…]

👉 Previous Decision: You chose to drive a forgotten farm tractor through back roads to his estranged sister’s property outside town. The old farm tractor [more…]