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Case File · Profile · No. 017

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Cinders at the Carousel End

4 min

The Saltmere Craft Collective leases the arcade's seaward workshop room each off-season for pottery classes and kiln firings. On the night of Friday 31 July 2026, the collective's electric kiln was sabotaged while a batch of members' work was mid-firing. Your task is to profile the offender's behaviour — how they operated, who they brought with them, their relationship to the collective, and whether they planned the act or acted on impulse. You are not asked to name an individual.

The scene

Saltmere Pier Arcade, a covered amusement arcade extending over the sea at Saltmere-on-Sea, closed to the public for the off-season winter period

In the file

  • Dorothea FennCollective treasurer and keyholder
  • Pier HobbsNight security officer, Saltmere Pier Arcade
  • Cassie HalloranThursday sessions leader, collective member
  • Marcus RoweWeekend firings coordinator, collective member
  • Lena CroftArcade manager

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This case first aired on August 3, 2026. A fresh profile runs every morning — same rules, five minutes, one solution.