Escape Mail season 1: episode 8 HINTS

1st Address Street Name Small Hint↓

Ratselstadt! Ratselstadt! It’s the place to be! Although the wooden mannequins are a mystery.

1st Address Street Name Big Hint↓

At first I didn’t think those mannequins meant much, but now I’m noticing each place they touch.

1st Address Street Name Solution↓

On the front cover of the brochure, there are wooden mannequins spread out across the page, touching different parts of the text. Each letter they touch, in order, spells the name of the first street: ALAMEDA. Now you still must find the street number, and street type.

1st Address Street Number Small Hint↓

If you find a street name inside the brochure, the street number’s in there too, you can be sure.

1st Address Street Number Big Hint↓

Read about the city, and the thrilling history to be seen, but it’s really not that “Edge-y” so what else could it mean?

1st Address Street Number Solution↓

If you read down the edge (first letter of each line, and then the last letter of each line) of the block of text in the brochure called “An Edge-y History” you get the following letters “STREETNUMBERis559androad…” which means add 559 to the beginning of the street name, and it is a road, so your answer to JJ should be… (see below "1st Complete Address Solution")

1st Complete Address Solution↓

559 Alameda Rd - For details on how each part of this address is found see the 2 solutions above.

2nd Address Street Number Small Hint↓

The graffiti on the bricks shows buttons in an elevator, and see the note taped to the door that JJ sends a moment later?

2nd Address Street Number Medium Hint↓

Don’t worry about the buttons outside on each of the floors. Just focus on the buttons inside the elevator doors. In order for this puzzle to make any kind of sense, look at photos 2-6 and determine the button-push sequence.

2nd Address Street Number Big Hint↓

The puzzle here is to discover, which button was pushed before the other. If a man starts at floor one and we notice he’s alone, ask “What button did he push?” His exit floor is shown. The same is true for 2 others, but not for polka dots. If that woman’s not in Photo 3, that should tell us lots.

2nd Address Street Number Solution↓

The photo of the brick wall and accompanying note instruct you to ignore photos 1, 7, and 8 and study photos 2-6 in sequence. With that in mind, you must use the following logic to figure out the sequence in which the buttons were pushed:

Photo 02: A man enters the elevator alone on Floor 1. The floor he selected is not shown yet, but we know that whatever button he pushed was the first to be pushed.

Photo 03: We see that 2 women (light shirt and dark shirt) got on at Floor 2, but we also don’t see what button they pushed.

Photo 04: We see that a woman with a polka dot shirt pushed “12” but this is after the other passengers pushed their buttons.

Photo 05: We see that both the women that got on in Photo 2 got off together on Floor 7. Therefore the second button that was pushed had to have been “7”.

Photo 06”: We see that the man got off at floor “8”. So therefore the first button that must have been pushed is “8”.

Therefore the order in which the buttons would have been pushed was Floor 8, then 7, then 12 to give you the answer “8712”

2nd Address Street Name Small Hint↓

Great! You helped JJ with the first address, and now he’s texting you - it’s a photo of some numbers, to help you know what to do. To find the street name, the numbers on the bottom are your clue.

2nd Address Street Name Big Hint↓

30, 35, 32, 33 - sound out what you see. Reference your map, for that translation is key.

2nd Address Street Name Solution↓

30=Inn, 35=Turn, 32=Ship, 33=Way all together gives you “Inn turn ship way”. Reference the map to find a street called “INTERNSHIP WY” or "INTERNSHIP WAY" - JJ will figure it out ;)

2nd Complete Address Solution↓

8712 Internship Way - For details on how each part of this address is found see the solutions above.

3rd Address Street Number Small Hint↓

This puzzle is a beast, it’s huge to say the least. First observe the tours and the map, see the metro on the website, and JJ on Let’s Chat.

3rd Address Street Number Medium Hint↓

The diamond will help you choose a tour. Use the metro and your questions will be fewer. Some words have a peculiar little space. The parts on either side are passed as I travel this place.

3rd Address Street Number Big Hint↓

JJ shows a picture of a yellow Bridge N arrow. And then he shows again a picture of a Green Sp arrow. You slowly start to wonder what these arrows are pointing to. The tours, the colours, the numbers, they all combine to assist you.

3rd Address Street Number Solution↓

Notice in the photos that there is a diamond that matches “Nature Lover Tour” in the tours section on the back of the map. We also know from the map that the Zoo, Riverside Resort and Bog are located at (M) Mountall, (SP) Southland, and (D) Dirdlee respectively. Starting your tour from Mountall you would take the green line to Southland. In that leg you pass a green arrow marked SP with the number “12”. Then, from Southland to Dirdlee the only arrow you pass in that direction is on the yellow line marked with an N and a “7”. Combine the two to get “127”.

3rd Address Street Name Small Hint (step 1)↓

JJ helps again, with a photo containing some numbers and some lines. Notice your metro ticket also has those numbers and a barcode with similar designs.

3rd Address Street Name Medium Hint (step 2)↓

Go on! Tear that ticket stub, you’ll need to move it around. Match up pieces of the barcode according to the lines JJ found. (Skinny, Thick, Skinny). Hold that position tight, and now look to the other side - your alignment is now right.

3rd Address Street Name Big Hint (step 3)↓

Great work, you've lined up the correct part of the barcode. The numbers in JJ's sign photos reveal the sequence for your next code. Use your map to replace the question marks - this road, divides two parks.

3rd Address Street Name Solution↓

First, tear off the ticket stub on your metro ticket. Next, you'll need to notice in JJ's two photos that there is a set of lines in each photo that match one of the set of lines in the barcode (skinny, thick, skinny). Align that set of lines on your stub, with the matching set of lines the Hunters marked on the bottom edge of the ticket. While holding it in place, look at the other side of the ticket to see the arrows on your stub aligning with 4=?, 6=V, 7=?, 8=?, 5=R. Next, you'll need to notice that the 6-digit "license #" in the Green Sparrow sign is the same as the 6-digit "Bylaw #" in the Bridge Narrow sign (458675). Referenecing your ticket, this sequence reveals ?R?V?R. Next, look to your map to discover the only street on the map that is 6 letters long and has "R" as both the second character last character, and V as the fourth character is "TRIVOR". Therefore, the street name is TRIVOR AV (or TRIVOR AVE).

3rd Complete Address Solution↓

127 TRIVOR AV (or 127 TRIVOR AVE) - For details on how each part of this address is found see the two solutions above.