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Inspector Brochard’s Casebook

The inspector called to the hotel every hour records each party of suspects who step out of the lift, every question asked at the front desk and his feud with the lift. Never the culprit. Newest entries first.

In short: Brochard’s casebook is invented, tongue-in-cheek and strictly spoiler-free. It runs from the hotel’s construction and its New Year’s Day opening to the present, never hints at who did it or how, and pairs each entry with the real room facts.

2026

  1. To the Reader of This CasebookInspector Brochard finds his casebook has been published on the internet, and writes a note to its readers: who he is, and what he will never reveal.
  2. Medals for the HotelInspector Brochard learns that the hotel has been honoured at the 2026 Immersive Experience Awards, and reads what departing guests write in its book.
  3. A Wheelchair at the DeskA guest in a wheelchair asks Inspector Brochard to let her join her friends at the hotel, and he has to send her down the corridor to another case.
  4. When the Lights DipThe chandeliers dim during an investigation and a guest asks Inspector Brochard what happens if someone needs to leave the hotel before the hour is up.
  5. No Crawling in the HotelAn expectant mother and a guest with asthma ask Inspector Brochard what the hotel will ask of them. He is pleased, for once, to say not very much.
  6. One Year of the Same MurderA year to the day since the hotel opened, Inspector Brochard reviews twelve months of the same murder, a great many suspects and one very fast party.

2025

  1. Eleven at the Front DeskA hens party of eleven arrives to be framed for murder together, and Inspector Brochard explains why no lift in Paris will take all of them at once.
  2. Pearls, Braces and PunctualityA party arrives in beaded dresses, pearls and pencil moustaches, a quarter of an hour early, and Inspector Brochard is moved almost to tears. A casebook entry.
  3. Young Detectives in the FoyerSchool holidays bring a party of teenage detectives to the hotel, and Inspector Brochard sets out the house rules for younger guests investigating a murder.
  4. Two Suspects on a SaturdayA couple asks Inspector Brochard whether two suspects are enough for a Saturday at the hotel, and he consults the rules on the size of a party.
  5. This Is Not a Dinner PartyA party arrives at the hotel expecting a murder-mystery dinner with name cards and soup. Inspector Brochard sets them straight about how the evening works.
  6. Madame the LiftInspector Brochard explains why he never takes the hotel’s lift, and reassures a nervous suspect who asks whether being stuck in it will be a squeeze.
  7. New Year’s Day at the Hotel1 January 2025: Hotel: Murder Mystery opens at Escape This Perth CBD, and Inspector Brochard is called out on New Year’s Day to meet his first suspects.

2024

  1. A Grand Hotel in a ShedWeeks before Hotel: Murder Mystery opened, Inspector Brochard tours the grand hotel while it is still being built in a Perth workshop. A comic casebook entry.
Out of character

The facts about Inspector Brochard

Inspector Brochard is invented for this casebook. Hotel: Murder Mystery, written, designed, built and run by Escape This at Escape This Perth CBD, frames your party for the murder of a guest in a 1920s Paris hotel; the room’s story says only that the gendarmes are on their way.

The casebook is new fiction by Escape This. Brochard, Croissant the bloodhound and the guests named in entries exist only here; it describes no real person or crime and never hints at the culprit, a suspect, a clue or the solution.

Anything said out of character on this site, from the Saturday group size to the age rules, today’s prices and the 2026 Immersive Experience Awards, comes from Escape This’s live booking and game data, not from the inspector’s notes.

FAQ

About Inspector Brochard’s Casebook

What is Inspector Brochard’s Casebook?

A comic, invented casebook kept by Inspector Brochard, the gendarme summoned to the grand hotel of Hotel: Murder Mystery every time a guest is found dead upstairs. Escape This writes it in his voice. Each entry follows a party framed at the Perth CBD hotel and answers a real question, such as Saturday group sizes, ages or costumes, with the true facts and a booking link beside it.

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Is Inspector Brochard a character in Hotel: Murder Mystery?

No. Hotel: Murder Mystery’s own story says only that the gendarmes are on their way; Inspector Brochard, his bloodhound Croissant and the guests named in the casebook were invented for these pages and appear nowhere in the game. He is not a suspect, a witness or a clue, and no real person or crime is described.

Does the casebook give away who the killer is?

Never. Inspector Brochard records who stepped out of the lift and what they asked at the desk, not the case. The casebook never names, hints at or rules out a suspect, never mentions a clue or a motive, and never says whether any party was right, so Hotel: Murder Mystery stays an open case until you play it.

Are the dates in Inspector Brochard’s Casebook real?

One of them, and the anniversaries that count from it. Escape This’s booking records give 1 January 2025 as the day Hotel: Murder Mystery opened at Escape This Perth CBD, and the casebook’s New Year’s Day entry carries that date. Every other date is chosen for the story.

How often does the inspector add to his casebook?

Roughly once a month. New entries appear on their dates through 2027, each answering a different question about Hotel: Murder Mystery, from first-timers and Christmas parties to reading levels, Saturday couples and the register, and none of them gives the case away.

All questions about Hotel: Murder Mystery →

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