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+250,000 detectives worldwide

Who killed Henry Coleman?

Stop binge-watching true crime and start binge-investigating real murder.

Awesome experience

"Spent hours having a blast with the family on this! Brilliant ideas to get us investigating. AMAZING! You’ve done an incredible job. Can’t wait to buy the next box."

4.8/5 (1000+ reviews)

Woodlock university

3 instalments

1-5 players

10hrs of gameplay

Embark on the world’s most immersive crime-solving experience.

The case

Promising student Henry Coleman has been found murdered on Woodlock University’s campus. The Detective Box Agency needs you to solve the case and bring the killer to justice.

INCLUDES

100+ pieces of evidence to examine

Digital portal for objectives and help

Audio and video content to uncover

£89

£74

Christmas

£15

OFF

This investigation includes three installments that can take 2-3 hours of solving time. You will find audiovisual and physical evidence for getting ahead in the case: depositions, autopsy reports, photos, and evidence collected from the crime scene…


For our investigations, all episodes are delivered at once—no subscriptions required!

catch a first glimpse

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250,000

players have risen to the challenge

will

you

?

Verified

Incredible!

Lots of fun with the family.

The content is really interesting and detailed. We weren’t expecting so much detail. Bring on the next one.

Isabelle

02 Aug. 2024

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Verified

Awesome experience

Spent hours having a blast with the family on this! Brilliant ideas to get us investigating. AMAZING! You’ve done an incredible job. Can’t wait to buy the next box.

Nourreddine

01 Aug. 2024

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Verified

Incredible!

Lots of fun with the family.

The content is really interesting and detailed. We weren’t expecting so much detail. Bring on the next one.

Isabelle

02 Aug. 2024

Four people seated on a couch, with one using a tablet device.

Verified

Awesome experience

Spent hours having a blast with the family on this! Brilliant ideas to get us investigating. AMAZING! You’ve done an incredible job. Can’t wait to buy the next box.

Nourreddine

01 Aug. 2024

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Two people sitting on the floor, collaborating with notes and scattered papers.

Verified

Brilliant

This made you think as a detective, make links and leave no stone unturned. It took us a little time to figure out that we had to try everything, even if we were not sure. We played it over several days and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Eric

15 Apr. 2024

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Verified

Great experience

For our first Detective Box investigation, we had endless hours of fun solving the puzzles. Some great family time.

Julie

27 Jun. 2024

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Verified

Brilliant

This made you think as a detective, make links and leave no stone unturned. It took us a little time to figure out that we had to try everything, even if we were not sure. We played it over several days and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Eric

15 Apr. 2024

Four people sitting around a table, looking at a laptop screen, illuminated by warm lighting.

Verified

Great experience

For our first Detective Box investigation, we had endless hours of fun solving the puzzles. Some great family time.

Julie

27 Jun. 2024

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No

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Rules

Total Immersion

+100 pieces of evidence

Forensic reports, handwritten notes, personal belongings… Sift through all the evidence to make sense of the case and identify the culprit.

Interactive Experience

Call on the Agency’s experts to interrogate suspects, carry out searches and dig up old police reports.

Real-WORLD INVESTIGATION

Make phone calls, trawl the web and scrutinise social media. Taking your investigation into the real world will be vital for catching the killer.

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HOW it works?

Assemble your team, unseal the box and start investigating.

Get briefed

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Look for clues

Interrogate suspects

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Trawl the web

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Search locations

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MEET THE MAKER

THE [

SUCCESS

] STORY

"The dream was to create a unique crime-solving experience. One that would challenge and thrill like never before.


After two years and over 100 playtests later, I found myself on the French version of Dragons’ Den presenting our game-changing concept. The rest is history.


“Woodlock University” is now the most popular detective game in Europe and has quite simply reinvented the genre: a real dream come true."

Emilie Bernier O'Donnell

Money-Back

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GUARANTEE

Within 60-days

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start the first box

Unseal the first box and get started.

Not a fan?

Don’t worry.
Solving crime isn’t for everyone.

Get a full refund on receipt.

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+250.000 detectives

Gift solved!

Looking for the perfect gift? Plunge your loved-ones into a world of crime-solving, mystery and suspense.

Give them a truly immersive experience. Give them a crime-scene-in-a-box.

Customer Reviews

Based on 135 reviews
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Emma (United Kingdom)
Incredible!

Absolutey Incredible! Hours of entertainment, cant believe how challenging it was and therefore so enjoyable. Would 100% recommend!
Cant wait for the next one!!!!

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Brett (United Kingdom)
Brilliant

Family night has never been this fun!!! Tested us all the way through

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Iain (United Kingdom)
Very enjoyable

Great present to receive for Christmas. There were a couple of printing errors which caused a bit of head scratching but overall a great way to enjoy a murder mystery.

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Rick (United Kingdom)
Great game

We played this as a family of 4 over 3 days. The children were 9 and 11 so a bit young. Although there wasn't much age inappropriate the 9 year old got a bit bored at times but they both enjoyed it. The 11 year old absolutely loved it
I agree that the acting wasn't the best but it didn't bother us The quality and range of the clues and tasks was great. There was a good mix of types of evidence. The online / social media stuff was amazing. There was even a bit of hands on forensic science
Our front room ended up with bits of evidence stuck up all over the walls
At every stage there are hints available if you are stuck - we started off needing them but as we got better at it we didn't need any
We often go to escape rooms which cost over £100 for a family of 4 and only last an hour so we thought it was good value
We can't wait for another one to come out in English

J
Julie c. (United Kingdom)
brilliant

brilliant fun best xmas present ever

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Danan (United Kingdom)
Needs improvement

We got stuck on an answer for a long time. Without spoiling the puzzle, we were asked to type in a password. We had a picture of the password which was in all caps, but when we entered the password it was incorrect. Finally we figured out that the password had to be input in all lower case. We found it very frustrating that even though the password was provided to us in block captials, that the game did not account for us entering the password in capitals as well.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS?

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