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Case File · Detective · No. 042

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A Guest for Table Twelve

4 min

During tonight's harvest tasting menu, the lights failed twice — and in the second blackout a chill sweep, a rattling of glassware, and a woman's whispered name convinced half the room that Table Twelve was haunted by 'the Grey Diner', a decades-old restaurant legend. When candles were lit, a place setting laid itself untouched and a 1970s brooch sat gleaming on the empty plate. No one was hurt, but the tasting collapsed into panic and the review-night critics fled. Someone staged the whole apparition; the question is who, and why.

Subject

The Aerie tasting evening

A prestige review-night service, its reputation dented by a manufactured haunting at Table Twelve.

The suspects

  • Delphine RouxMaître d'
  • Orson PikeSommelier
  • Mara EllisonFood critic seated at Table Ten
  • Gil TrevinoBuilding electrician

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This case first aired on August 6, 2026. A fresh detective runs every morning — same rules, five minutes, one solution.