CASE #01

Bella Wanderlust died on a ghost tour. The tour kept going.

Santa Cruz murder mystery. Solve a case on your own streets

  • No booking, start anytime
  • 2 km · 12 points

4.43 · 7 verified reviews in Santa Cruz · 37 people have played this case in Santa Cruz

Unlock the case · $17.99 for two

Full refund until you start playing · $6.00/person as a group

On the streets of Santa Cruz

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The streets, the suspects, the app, in 30 seconds

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.

  • 12 challenge locations
  • ≈2,600 steps
  • 1 final accusation

How tonight works

  1. 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. 2

    Walk to Point 1

    Point 1 · 310 Locust St Suite C. From there the case runs through 12 stops and finishes at Point 12 · 815 Center St, a 2 km route through Santa Cruz.

  3. 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 Santa Cruz leaderboard.

The route

Start
Point 1 · 310 Locust St Suite C
Finish
Point 12 · 815 Center St

Like an escape room. The room is Santa Cruz.

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 2 km of Santa Cruz.

This caseEscape room
Price / person$8.99 for two, $6.00 in a group of 52 to 4x more each
Party size2 or 5 phonesfixed 4–8
Bookingnone, play nowslot, days ahead
Where2 km of Santa Cruza windowless room

What Santa Cruz players say

4.43

7 verified reviews

★★★★★

This was a good ealk around Santa Cruz. A fun way to explore the city.
Amirah Suleiman · Dec 4, 2025

★★★★

fun and engaging! a lot of back and forth. should be more of a loop?
alberto cortez · Oct 5, 2025

★★★★★

fun walk through Noblesville, for the price this was a reasonable quest but some of the clues were triple the difficulty of previous ones which doesn't make a lot of sense
LoloNLerty · played this case in Noblesville · Aug 31, 2025

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.

Date nightDUO

Two phones, two versions of the truth. Argue about the prime suspect over drinks afterwards.

$17.99$8.99/person

2 players · 2 phones

Unlock for two · $17.99

Refund until you start. Never expires.

Friends or family nightFELLOWSHIP

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.

$29.99$6.00/person

3 to 5 players · from about age 10 · best value

Unlock for the group · $29.99

Refund until you start. Never expires.

Playing alone? These cases are built for two or more, and everyone needs their own phone, so the Duo is the smallest pass.

Questions locals ask

Multiplayer quest · gather your party

Start the case tonight

It unlocks the moment you pay. Walk to Point 1 · 310 Locust St Suite C, open the app, and the investigation starts.

Full refund until you start playing.

Buy tonight, decide later. The case doesn't expire. Pause any time and pick it up another evening.

Giving it to someone?

Works as a birthday, hen do or anniversary present. They pick the evening, in Santa Cruz or any other city.

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Choose your pass

Duo adventureaccess on 2 devices$17.99$8.99/person
Unlock · $17.99 for two

Instant unlock · full refund until you start playing

  1. 1 ·Pay. The case unlocks in 30 seconds
  2. 2 ·Get the free Questo app (2 min, iOS & Android)
  3. 3 ·Walk to Point 1 whenever, tonight or any night

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Self-guided over 2 km with 12 challenge locations, at your own pace, any evening of the week: an outdoor escape room the size of Santa Cruz, with no slot to book. It's one of the few things to do in Santa Cruz you can decide on at 7pm without a reservation.