Escape the Ripper
Hints
How does the Clue system work?
Look for the place where you are stuck. Open the clues starting from the lowest number up to the highest or at least up to where you need them.
Cell - Clue #1
Have you looked through the bars?
Cell - Clue #2
If you concentrate you can see a key in front of your cell door.
Cell - Clue #3
To reach the key you’ll need the hook at the end of the torture instrument.
Main room, light - Clue #1
The location of the lamp should be a bit higher than centred.
Main room, light - Clue #2
The location of the lamp should be a bit higher than centered and a bit more to the right.
Main room, light - Clue #3
The matchsticks are located nearby. A little bit down from there to the right.
Main room, code matrix - Clue #1
You’ll reveal the code matrix on the upper left of the room using the UV-lamp.
Main room, code matrix - Clue #2
You’ll find the UV-Lamp nearby the other lamp.
Main room, code matrix - Clue #3
You’ll find the code on the papers.
Main room, chest - Clue #1
You’ll find the chest at the right bottom on the starting picture.
Main room, chest - Clue #2
With the help of the papers and the code matrix you’ll able to guess the code.
The red marked 4 and the black 1 combined with the code matrix reveal an „D“.
Main room, chest - Clue #3
The code is „DEATH“.
Laboratory, chest - Clue #1
You’ll find another combination lock at the lock of the chest.
Laboratory, chest - Clue #2
To find out the code you’ll have to solve the riddle on the board.
Laboratory, chest - Clue #3
The code is 493.
Laboratory, board - Clue #1
You’ll need this riddle for the chest’s combination lock.
Laboratory, board - Clue #2
The mathematical sign „+“ was invented by Johannes Widmann.
Laboratory, board - Clue #3
You have to add another number to the columns of figures and then add up the results.
Laboratory, board - Clue #4
7, 11, 8, 12, 9, 13 -> 10
96, 87, 79, 72 -> 66
1, 3, 7, 11, 13 -> 17
15, 29, 56, 108, 208 -> 400
Laboratory, board - Clue #5
Added up the four result numbers are 493.
Laboratory, hidden door - Clue #1
You’ll have to find the map in the chest located in the laboratory.
Laboratory, hidden door - Clue#2
To open the door you’ll need a password.
Laboratory, hidden door - Clue#3
Search online for the last word of Hamlet in William Shakespeares drama „Hamlet“.
Laboratory, hidden door - Clue#4
The solution is „The rest is silence“.
Study, code on the table - Clue #1
You’ll find the code on the desk.
Study, code on the table - Clue #2
The code is written in the alphabet of the freemasons. You can find this online.
Study, code on the table - Clue #3
The code word is „six“.
Study, diary - Clue #1
You’ll have to understand the code on your desk to solve this riddle.
Study, diary - Clue #2
Under www.projekt-gutenberg.org you’ll find the complete edition of „The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy,
Gentleman“ by Laurence Sterne.
Study, diary - Clue #3
You’ll have to find word number six of the fifth chapter in volume one.
Study, diary - Clue #4
The word is „November“.
Study, file cabinet - Clue #1
First you’ll have to find the diary and the code on the desk.
Study, file cabinet - Clue #2
If you found both, you’ll have the password.
Study, file cabinet - Clue #3
Search for the word „November“ in the file cabinet.
Study, drawer - Clue #1
First you have to solve the file cabinet riddle.
Study, drawer - Clue #2
You’ll have to form two words with four letters each and one word with two letters.
Study, drawer - Clue #3
The answer is „Look my side!“
Passage out of the study - Clue #1
Have you searched online for the names that were in the diary?
The names were Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly.
Passage out of the study - Clue #2
These are all names of victims of Jack the Ripper. Look up the Wikipedia entry.
Passage out of the study - Clue #3
The body of Mary Jane Kelly was found at her home.
Passage out of the study - Clue #4
There’s the assumption that Jack the Ripper might have been a woman.
Passage out of the study - Clue #5
In case of a female Jack the Ripper the suspects would be Mrs Williams and Mary Pearcey.
Passage out of the study - Clue #6
The attorney Montague John Druitt is also a suspect.
Passage out of the study - Clue #7
The doctor Michael Ostrog is also declared a suspect being Jack the Ripper.
Passage out of the study - Clue #8
Chief inspector Frederick Abberline was in charge of solving the murders of Jack the Ripper, but a murderer was never found.