Pooled Resources



Stage Two Round Five

Summary
Four dead bodies were discovered in Hotel Quail's pool at 3 PM. Nobody was arrested for the crime. The pool was locked from the inside when the crime was discovered. You do not have access to the autopsy report.

Solution
In Pool A, the murder weapon changed states for each murder: Mr. Shallow slipped on ice that covered the shallow area of the pool, cracking his skull. The ice contained hydrogen fluoride, creating an acid with the pool water when it melted, killing Mr. Swims. The killer hid Mr. Shallow and Mr. Swims' bodies with the blue blanket, then heated up the pool until the acid became a gas that killed Mrs. Chlorine. The killer herself, Mrs. Waters, locked the door from the inside and killed herself by jumping off the deep end into the drained pool.

In Pool B, Mrs. Waters electrocuted three victims with the broken heat pump. She then locked the door and killed herself by jumping into the pool.

Mastermind Carver created the mystery in Pool A. Mastermind Seebeck imitated it in Pool B.