Who was to blame?
TOP SECRET INVESTIGATION FILE
Date: April 1912
Location: North Atlantic Ocean
The world is demanding answers.
The RMS Titanic, believed to be the safest ship ever built, has sunk. More than 1,500 people lost their lives, and newspapers across the globe are asking the same question:
WHO WAS TO BLAME?
In the years since the disaster, many people have pointed fingers at different individuals. Some blamed the captain. Others blamed the ship's builders. Some argued that the crew made mistakes, while others believed nature was responsible.
Today, you have been recruited as part of an elite team of investigators.
Each team will receive a case file containing information about one person linked to the disaster.
However, there is a twist...
The person in your hand is NOT responsible.
Your mission is to prove their innocence.
To do this, you must carefully examine witness statements, reports, diagrams, newspaper articles and evidence from the time. Once you have cleared your suspect's name, you must identify who YOU believe was most responsible for the sinking.
Was it:
🔹 Captain Edward Smith?
🔹 J. Bruce Ismay, owner of the White Star Line?
🔹 The iceberg itself and unfortunate circumstances?
🔹 The engineers & builders?
🔹 The crew?
🔹 Stanley Lord?
🔹 The iceberg itself and unfortunate circumstances?
As detectives, you must not rely on opinions.
You must use evidence.
Every claim you make should be supported by information from your sources.
At the end of the investigation, each team will present their findings to a panel of fellow detectives and attempt to convince them that another suspect should take the blame.
The most convincing argument will be the one supported by the strongest evidence.
The question is...