Mystery Trinkets

Random Objects From The Shadows

"By the time everyone agreed on who committed the murder, I had become far more interested in who wanted us to believe it."

— Inspector Alden Grey, from Murder at Blackthorn Manor

d100	Trinket
1	A brass key labeled with a room number that doesn't exist.
2	A torn train ticket for a journey that never appears in any timetable.
3	A pocket watch stopped at the exact time of a famous crime.
4	A calling card with a single word written on the back: "Why?"
5	A monogrammed handkerchief stained with wine.
6	A notebook containing a list of names, one of which has been crossed out.
7	A sealed envelope marked "Open Only If I Am Dead."
8	A photograph with one person carefully cut out.
9	A silver locket containing a stranger's portrait.
10	A hotel room key from an establishment that burned down years ago.
11	A matchbook from a club where two people disappeared.
12	A pair of spectacles found at a crime scene.
13	A business card with an address written in invisible ink.
14	A letter that appears to be missing its final page.
15	A train schedule with one departure circled in red.
16	A silver cigarette case engraved with an unfamiliar crest.
17	A torn diary page mentioning a secret meeting.
18	A pocket notebook filled with cryptic initials.
19	A pawnshop receipt for an item that is not listed.
20	A menu with one dish marked several times.
21	A brass token from a private gambling club.
22	A map with a single house circled repeatedly.
23	A theater ticket stub dated one day before a murder.
24	A folded note reading, "Do not trust the doctor."
25	A fountain pen engraved with another person's initials.
26	A photograph of six people. One face has been scratched away.
27	A key hidden inside a hollowed out book.
28	A telegram consisting of only three words: "Too Late. Stop."
29	A dance card with one name appearing on every line.
30	A train luggage tag bearing a false name.
31	A letter opener with traces of dried ink.
32	A hotel receipt signed in two different handwritings.
33	A pocket calendar with several dates torn out.
34	A page from a guest registry with one entry removed.
35	A silver brooch found beneath a library bookshelf.
36	A coded message written inside a recipe book.
37	A photograph taken moments before an unexplained disappearance.
38	A brass key found sewn into a coat lining.
39	A newspaper clipping about a crime that was never solved.
40	A sealed vial labeled only "Evidence."
41	A pocket watch that belongs to nobody in the family.
42	A torn will naming an unknown heir.
43	A matchbook containing a folded confession.
44	A notebook page listing alibis.
45	A silver ring found in a locked room.
46	A coded telegram requiring a key that no longer exists.
47	A business ledger with several entries blacked out.
48	A train compartment reservation under an assumed name.
49	A handwritten seating chart from a dinner party.
50	A photograph of a locked door.
51	A letter bearing no signature but a familiar perfume scent.
52	A pressed flower found between the pages of a legal document.
53	A monocle discovered near a shattered window.
54	A theater program with one performer's name circled.
55	A folded note reading, "Meet me at midnight."
56	A page torn from a detective's notebook.
57	A brass room key attached to a dead man's keyring.
58	A coded grocery list.
59	A silver tie pin engraved with an unfamiliar symbol.
60	A receipt proving someone was somewhere they claimed not to be.
61	A photograph of a house with an X drawn on one window.
62	A letter addressed to someone who does not exist.
63	A newspaper crossword puzzle with hidden messages in the answers.
64	A fountain pen with dried red ink on the nib.
65	A folded map showing a secret route through a large estate.
66	A business card with a phone number crossed out and rewritten.
67	A page from a diary written in two different handwritings.
68	A pocket notebook containing only questions.
69	A silver key found inside a grandfather clock.
70	A train ticket purchased but never used.
71	A photograph of a family portrait with one member missing.
72	A telegram announcing an arrival that never occurred.
73	A list of suspects written on expensive stationery.
74	A sealed letter with a broken wax seal.
75	A calling card left anonymously at a crime scene.
76	A pair of gloves with one finger stained blue.
77	A matchbook advertising a speakeasy that vanished overnight.
78	A diary with every seventh page removed.
79	A brass token granting access to a private club.
80	A photograph labeled "The Last Time We Were All Together."
81	A coded invitation to a masquerade ball.
82	A page listing inheritances and grievances.
83	A train station locker key with no identifying number.
84	A silver compact mirror concealing a hidden note.
85	A witness statement with one paragraph neatly cut away.
86	A sealed packet of letters tied with black ribbon.
87	A business ledger showing payments to an unknown individual.
88	A torn photograph found in two separate locations.
89	A notebook containing sketches of everyone's shoes.
90	A pocket watch engraved "For Services Rendered."
91	A map of a country estate with a hidden passage marked.
92	A train menu with a wine selection circled twice.
93	A silver cufflink found where it should not have been.
94	A list of guests with one name added later.
95	A page from a detective novel with a crucial passage underlined.
96	A sealed envelope containing a single playing card.
97	A hotel guestbook signed by someone using three different names.
98	A telegram reading, "The wrong person knows."
99	A photograph taken from inside a locked room.
100	A folded note that simply reads, "The answer was obvious from the beginning."