Pepper's Ghost Recap

Drawing of the Ghost Box
D. Jacobson

Our Experts of Enigma tackled a new mystery called "Pepper's Ghost" this past week. A visit to Pollock's Toy Museum in London led to a toy box that held a ghost prisoner. The detectives learned what they could about the box from Eddie Fawdry, the museum's proprietor, and then set off to the 1870's in London to find Benjamin Pollock, the original owner of Pollock's Toy Museum.

Benjamin told them what he knew about the man who sold him the box, the mysterious "J.D." A flyer the man had dropped led to the Egyptian Theatre and a ghost conjurer named Alissandro the Great. I can't divulge more details without jeopardizing secrets for a future group of detectives who may undertake this mystery, but I can tell you that the group followed the hissing lamp posts into the shadow realms.

Chaos was strong in this group of detectives, with delightful results that took us off the page in some crazy directions. The group summoned a tracker spell that was all purr and grin. They met a tiny, orange spider with an elegant web on the polar bear statue. Two Isaacs faced off with one another, followed by a showdown with Isaac's own shadow phoenix times two. Befriending a squirrel resulted in a secret tunnel into the shadow realms, and Wes gave a mole a magic ring that turned all of the moles into gargomoles.

Yarnball Game
M. Jacobson

Very special thanks go to Max Middleton, who tried his hand at writing a day's worth of adventures with wonderful results! The character of J.D. really took on new layers, thanks to Max--and we just may see him in another adventure.

Visit the Dragon's Eye Facebook page to see several albums about the adventure, including the Pepper's Ghost photos the children created and photos of the adventure.