Rise of the Golden Idol: Newsflash Walkthrough

Updated Rise of the Golden Idol

In this guide, you’ll find all the hints and solutions for the Newsflash in The Rise of the Golden Idol.

Rise of the Golden Idol: Newsflash Walkthrough

Scenario 3: The Sudden Announcement of a Sinister Cult


Scene 1: Outside Police Station

  • Inspector Samson on left: Homicide, Roy, Samson
  • Note on Samson: Roy, Sebastian, Possum 13, Beetle 4, Cougar 9
  • Worth, next to Samson: Ian, Worth
  • Press Conference Questions, Camera: Police, Corruption, Tragic, Accident, Red, Curse, Drug, Connection, Deliberate
  • Police Commissioner speaking: Offered
  • Mourning Woman: Jack
  • Man on right of woman: Showed

Scene 2: Window on left, Morgue

  • Cadaver on left, Tiger 98
  • Cadaver on upper left, Gecko 71
  • List taped to back wall: Murder, Suicide, A, B, C, D
  • Cadaver on upper right, Monkey 34
  • Cadaver on bottom right, Beetle 4

Scene 3: Window on right, office trash can: Victim photo

  • Drawer on left: Cougar 9, Red, Curse, Roy, Samson, Luke, Brown, Benny, Crystal, Hunter, Wolf
  • Left case file on desk: Possum 13, Dirty, William, Cougar 9
  • Computer on Desk: Walsh, Board, Position
  • Case file on right: Bridge, Case, Issac, Nowak, Eliazabeth, Adam, Jack

Hints:

  • The press conference is about what the commissioner is claiming, not what’s actually occurred
  • According to Worth, Roy called the conference, so why isn’t he giving it?
  • One of the bodies in the morgue has to be Issac Nowak, the victim of the first case. Does he have any distinguishing marks?
  • The paper in the back of the morgue says the cause of death, release date, and Case Name of the 4 bodies in the morgue. This could be used to find the Case Name of the Nowak fall
  • The woman outside says that she just had someone’s body released that day and we have a list of body release dates in the morgue. Is there another document with the date on it anywhere?
  • The mourning woman is the daughter of someone who recently died from a fall and her last name (letter) begins with a N. Ring any bells?
  • What would anyone gain from cutting the eyes out of the victims photo? What information would that obfuscate?
  • The commissioner got a computer from Wisdom Interconnected. Wonder who runs that company?
  • Check Nowak’s body in Scenario 1. Issac Nowak has an X shaped mark on his neck
  • That’s strange. If we accept that the picture is Issac, then it contradicts Elizabeth’s claim that they’re having a closed casket funeral because of a disfigured face. Why would she refuse to let others see his face?
  • That’s odd. The note in the back of the morgue says that Issac Novak’s cause of death is unknown. If that’s so, maybe what happened to him wasn’t actually an accident?
  • The commissioner is reassigning the detective, Roy, away from investigating Issac Nowak’s death and confiscating the case file. What, or who, would convince him to do such a thing?

Back to the Chapter 1: The Curse walkthrough for the other cases in this chapter.