HOW TO INVESTIGATE.

You are not being handed a scavenger-hunt checklist. Solve Monthly Crime is designed to reward curiosity, careful reading, historical research, and the ability to connect pieces of Detroit's past.

METHOD · NOT CLUES

Where an investigator might research

Explore Detroit history from 1930 through 1969: neighborhoods, geography, street names, newspapers, court history, police history, architecture, industry, transportation, nightlife, businesses, maps, demographic change, and the chronology of the city itself. The case may be a famous Detroit crime or a lesser-known documented event.

Every clue required to solve the active case appears on RennaPalmerPublishing.com. Independent historical research is welcome, but no paid subscription or private record is required.

Read dates carefully. Notice addresses. Compare maps. Understand neighborhoods. Consider how Detroit institutions worked at the time. Check more than one source when possible.

Follow the evidence in order: each numbered evidence card identifies the next destination. Record the event and exact date revealed by the full five-part trail, then use the official entry form. The site confirms receipt but does not reveal whether an incorrect answer is close.