Niemand hört dich schreien

“Niemand hört dich schreien” is a Murdoku case from the Campground category: a board of 9×9, 8 suspects and one victim. Read the clues, work out where everybody was standing, and name the suspect who was left alone with the body.

The Board

The floor plan as the case hands it to you: 9×9, rated Hard, with 4 rooms. Every person — 9 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.

C1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8C9
R1ToCCLoSCa+SSS
R2TSoCaCaO
R3TeTTMCaTT
R4TeTeTT
R5MCh+CTaM
R6TTShCChTaTaCh
R7TShCChChCm
R8TvCCCCCCL
R9TeCCBBChTa
Floor plan of “Niemand hört dich schreien”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window. A dashed edge marks a door.

Rooms

  • Showers — 7 tiles: Toilet, Carpet, Locker, Shower
  • Parking Lot (outdoors) — 9 tiles: Street, Car, Oil slick
  • Forest (outdoors) — 35 tiles: Tree, Tent, Mud puddle, Campfire
  • Cabin — 30 tiles: Chair, Carpet, Table, Shelf, TV, Lamp, Bed

Objects on the board

  • C Carpet (can be stood on)
  • T Tree (blocks the tile)
  • Ch Chair (can be stood on)
  • Ca Car (can be stood on)
  • S Street (can be stood on)
  • Ta Table (blocks the tile)
  • Te Tent (can be stood on)
  • M Mud puddle (can be stood on)
  • B Bed (can be stood on)
  • Sh Shelf (blocks the tile)
  • Cm Campfire (blocks the tile)
  • L Lamp (blocks the tile)
  • Lo Locker (blocks the tile)
  • O Oil slick (can be stood on)
  • So Shower (can be stood on)
  • To Toilet (can be stood on)
  • Tv TV (blocks the tile)

The Suspects and Their Clues

Each suspect comes with what the witnesses remember. Read them all before placing anyone — a clue about one person is very often what pins down another.

Anna — a woman with white hair and glasses

  • She was in the same column or row as a TV

Bernd — a man with a bald head, a beard and glasses

  • He was beside a door and he was alone in the room

Carol — a woman with black hair

  • She was beside a shelf

Dalia — a woman with blond hair

  • She was beside a chair and she was not on a chair

Elsa — a woman with white hair

  • She was beside a tent and she was in the same column or row as a TV

Floyd — a man with a bald head

  • He was beside a carpet

Grant — a man with blond hair

  • He was beside a lamp

Hana — a woman with black hair

  • She was alone in a room with a toilet

The victim, Vivian, is a woman. Nothing else about them is known, and no clue depends on it.

How Hard It Really Is

Deduction steps from the first clue to the verdict
33
Steps before anyone can be placed for certain
14
Reasoning the solve needs

How to Start — Without Spoilers

Before anything else, count where each suspect could be if you only read their own clues:

  • Anna: 12 possible tiles
  • Bernd: 6 possible tiles
  • Carol: 4 possible tiles
  • Dalia: 6 possible tiles
  • Elsa: 2 possible tiles
  • Floyd: 11 possible tiles
  • Grant: 2 possible tiles
  • Hana: 6 possible tiles

The first deductions after that, in the order the solver finds them:

  1. Elsa can only be in row 4 or column 1; so their intersection R4/C1 can hold no one (not a cell for Elsa, blocked for everyone else) – removed.
  2. Bernd must be alone, but someone is already in the Cabin – so not there.
  3. Bernd must be alone, but someone is already in the Forest – so not there.

That is as far as this page goes. From here on it is yours — the in-game hint giver explains each next step if you get stuck, without giving the answer away.

This case has exactly one solution, and it can be reached by forward deduction alone — no guessing.

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