CASE #01
Bella Wanderlust died on a ghost tour. The tour kept going.
Riverside murder mystery. Solve a case on your own streets
- No booking, start anytime
- 1.9 km · 12 points
★ 4.67 · 36 verified reviews in Riverside
The case file
Bella Wanderlust died on a ghost tour. The tour kept going.
You know the old saying, “The boyfriend did it”? On an ill-fated night, love goes terribly wrong for Bella Wanderlust and Walter Bridges.
How tonight works
- 1
Unlock now
Pay and the case opens in the Questo app straight away: no guide, no group, no time slot. 30 seconds, not a confirmation email.
- 2
Walk to Point 1
Civic Clock Tower · Market Street &. From there the case runs through 12 stops and finishes at Public Art Thin Cube With Sphere · 3870 Main St, a 1.9 km route through Riverside.
- 3
Solve it together
Everyone gets clues on their own phone. Each puzzle you crack unlocks the next location, and the finish puts you on the Riverside leaderboard.
- Start
- Civic Clock Tower · Market Street &
- Finish
- Public Art Thin Cube With Sphere · 3870 Main St
You'll pass Public Art "Thin Cube With Sphere", Chinese Pavilion, Public Art "Seth Thomas Clock", and Civic Clock Tower along the way.
Like an escape room. The room is Riverside.
Escape rooms are genuinely good. They also want a slot booked days ahead and a fixed hour. This is the version you can decide on at 7pm: outdoors, across 1.9 km of Riverside.
| This case | Escape room | |
|---|---|---|
| Price / person | $8.99 for two, $6.00 in a group of 5 | 2 to 4x more each |
| Party size | 2 or 5 phones | fixed 4–8 |
| Booking | none, play now | slot, days ahead |
| Where | 1.9 km of Riverside | a windowless room |
What Riverside players say
★ 4.67
★★★★★
Perfect for the afternoon before the Festival of Lights. Secures great parking for the evening.
★★★★★
active, learned some riverside history,see more of riverside, family time
★★★★★
love to have more interactive puzzles they were the best parts
★★★★
in depth, very detail oriented, rather riveting. definitely worth doing it again. great date idea and would be just as nice for a friends group.
★★★★
Did this with my partner. So much fun! Was a LOT of walking though.
Gather your party
Who's playing tonight?
One pass unlocks the whole group’s phones: the Duo covers 2, the Fellowship 5. From $6.00 per person, with no booking and no set time.
Two phones, two versions of the truth. Argue about the prime suspect over drinks afterwards.
A team of detectives, one accusation, live rankings. Cheaper than the escape room you couldn’t get a slot for, and the kids usually crack the puzzles faster than the adults.
Questions locals ask
Multiplayer quest · gather your party
Start the case tonight
It unlocks the moment you pay. Walk to Civic Clock Tower · Market Street &, open the app, and the investigation starts.
Full refund until you start playing.
Giving it to someone?
Gift this case →Choose your pass
- 1 ·Pay. The case unlocks in 30 seconds
- 2 ·Get the free Questo app (2 min, iOS & Android)
- 3 ·Walk to Point 1 whenever, tonight or any night
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Murder Mystery: Death in the Shadows in Riverside is a self-guided murder mystery you play on foot in Riverside. A detective game for date nights, friends and families who would rather run the investigation themselves than watch a staged dinner show. No guide, no group, no booking.
Self-guided over 1.9 km with 12 challenge locations, at your own pace, any evening of the week: an outdoor escape room the size of Riverside, with no slot to book. It's one of the few things to do in Riverside you can decide on at 7pm without a reservation.
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