The Bootlegger's Betrayal
Death at The Velvet Fox
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Beneath the streets of 1929 Manhattan, behind a door marked 'Fox Dry Cleaning,' lies The Velvet Fox, the most exclusive speakeasy on the eastern seaboard. Its owner, Vincent 'Vinnie' Morello, built an empire on bootleg whiskey and broken promises. For five years, Vinnie's been untouchable. Police…
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Hard difficulty · 3-8 players · 70-80 min · 4 objectives
About this case
Beneath the streets of 1929 Manhattan, behind a door marked 'Fox Dry Cleaning,' lies The Velvet Fox, the most exclusive speakeasy on the eastern seaboard. Its owner, Vincent 'Vinnie' Morello, built an empire on bootleg whiskey and broken promises. For five years, Vinnie's been untouchable. Police captains drink at his bar. Politicians owe him favors. Rival gangs have learned to stay away. But the stock market crash is coming, and some debts can't be repaid in cash. When Vinnie is found dead in his basement counting room, shot three times with his own gun, the list of suspects reads like a who's who of New York's underworld. His right-hand man who's been skimming for months. His lover, a torch singer with a dark past in Chicago. His silent partner who just lost everything in the market. A federal agent gone crooked. And a woman who claims to be the daughter Vinnie abandoned twenty years ago. The killer left behind one clue: a Velvet Fox matchbook with a single name written inside. But was it a signature or a frame job? In the city that never sleeps, betrayal never rests either.
Setting: New York Speakeasy, 1929
How to play
- Host creates a room. One player clicks “Unlock for $4.99” and gets a 6-character room code and QR code.
- Everyone joins. Share the code — players join from any browser. No download, no account required to join.
- Investigate together. Examine evidence, debate suspects, and crack the case in 70-80 min.
