Humorous mysteries
Sometimes, we don't necessarily want the challenge of a mystery puzzle to drag us down into the darkness.
So if "doesn't take itself too seriously" is your kind of mystery, or if you simply need a good laugh as a break from the heavy stuff, there's still plenty of mystery-solving fun available in the world of television, movies, tabletop games, and video games.
Whether you're in the mood for a whodunit or a spy thriller, there's something out there to tickle your funny bone, from ridiculous slapsticks, to over-the-top spoofs, to the clever and witty.
Enola Holmes
Movie
When Enola Holmes (Sherlock's sister) discovers that her mother has gone missing on h...
MicroMacro: Crime City
Tabletop game
Welcome to Crime City – a city with crime lurking around every corner. Deadly secret...
Awkward Guests
Tabletop game
It is night time and you and your criminal investigation colleagues have been summone...
Psych
TV show
Shawn Spencer happens to possess some uncanny powers of observation thanks to his fat...
Murder by Death
Movie
The world's greatest detectives have been invited to dinner. But when murder is on th...
Castle
TV show
Richard "Rick" Castle is a millionaire playboy who recently killed off his main chara...
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Video game
The tale begins as Professor Layton, a true English gentleman and famous archeologist...
Darkside Detective
Video game
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they i...
Down the Rabbit Hole
Tabletop game
When a string of deaths strikes the Abernathy Retirement Community, your grandfather,...
Jenny LeClue
Video game
A pocket-sized heroine on a big quest for justice! Jenny is a brilliant young detecti...
Eureka
TV show
A newly hired Sheriff reports for duty in the small, bucolic Pacific Northwest town o...
Grim Fandango
Video game
Something's rotten in the land of the dead, and you're being played for a sucker. Mee...
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Movie
It's 1947 Hollywood, and Eddie Valiant, a down-on-his-luck detective, is hired to fin...
Murderville
TV show
Eccentric detective Terry Seattle teams up with clueless celebrity guest stars to inv...
Truberbrook
Video game
Trüberbrook is a thrilling mystery adventure game set in rural Germany in the late 19...
Thimbleweed Park
Video game
A haunted hotel, an abandoned circus, a burnt-out pillow factory, a dead body pixelat...
Without A Clue
Movie
Suppose for a moment that Dr. Watson was the real brains behind Sherlock Holmes. The ...
Sam & Max Hit The Road
Video game
Grab your nightstick, squeal like a siren, and Hit the Road with Sam & Max, Freelance...
Monk
TV show
He's ingenious, he's phobic, he's obsessive-compulsive. Tony Shalhoub is former polic...