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A classic investigation board appears in Tiny Bookshop (Neoludic Games/Skystone Games, 2025). ▲ Tiny Bookshop (Neoludic Games/Skystone Games, 2025)
The cover of Michael Shermer’s Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational (2022) employs some classic red string. ▲ Michael Shermer, Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational (2022), cover From contributor Barry Hudek.
A classic string investigation board appears in Elsbeth s02e14 (CBS, 2025). ▲ Elsbeth s02e14 (CBS, 2025)
The opening credits of Psycho Killer (dir. Gavin Polone, 2026) strobe between red and black iterations of string and investigation boards. ▲ Psycho Killer (dir. Gavin Polone, 2026)
A string map, described as a “wall of death,” appears in Deadly Impact (dir. Robert Kurtzman, 2010). ▲ Deadly Impact (dir. Robert Kurtzman, 2010)
The cover of Joseph Packer and Ethan Stoneman’s Cypher Culture: Conspiracy, Fandom, and the Messages That Were Not There (LSU Press, 2026) is structured as a classic string board. ▲ Joseph Packer and Ethan Stoneman, Cypher Culture Cypher Culture: Conspiracy, Fandom, and the Messages That Were Not There (LSU Press, 2026), cover
Classic string maps appear in Demon Witch Child (dir. Amando de Ossorio, 1974). ▲ Demon Witch Child (dir. Amando de Ossorio, 1974)
As in prior seasons [NST #909, #912], a couple of classic string boards appear in Hilda s03e07 (Netflix, 2023). ▲ Hilda s03e07 (Netflix, 2023)
Elaborate mind maps, similar to those in Frogwares’ Sherlock Holmes games [NST #434], are featured in Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The First Cases (Blazing Griffin/Microids, 2021). ▲ Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The First Cases (Blazing Griffin/Microids, 2021)
Classic variants appear in an explanation scene in Redwood Massacre: Annihilation (David Ryan Keith, 2020). ▲ Redwood Massacre: Annihilation (David Ryan Keith, 2020)
by Michael Uhall 0. IntroductionForty minutes into Alex van Warmerdam’s Borgman (2013), we encounter a pivotal scene. Marina – one half of a well-to-do Dutch couple – crouches in the garden shed, frantically sweeping at a pile of spilled potting soil. Realizing the gardener’s been murdered, she’s trying to hide the evidence. Her husband Richard appears, and she makes a hasty excuse for the mess. Richard: “But, darling, you don’t need to tidy that up. That’s what the gardener is for.” She tells…
A classic string map and investigation board appear in The Calling (dir. Jason Stone, 2014). ▲ The Calling (dir. Jason Stone, 2014)
Some string boards appear in one of the film clips inside the game Not for Broadcast (NotGames/tinyBuild, 2022). ▲ Not for Broadcast (NotGames/tinyBuild, 2022)
As in prior seasons, another variant—this time a full-room orderly documentation of an investigation—appears in Fargo s03e10 (FX, 2017).
A planning board gets some string connection in Plush (dir. Catherine Hardwicke, 2013).
A classic map-based string board appears in Do Not Enter (dir. Marc Klasfeld, 2026).
The trailer for the upcoming special Punisher: One Last Kill (Disney+, 2026) briefly includes a classic variant.
Digital red string appears in the lead illustration by the SPLC for Jeff Tischauser’s “Mapping the Communication Network Inside Patriot Front,” article for the Southern Poverty Law Center (17 March 2026).
A classic variant appears briefly in Spawn #250 (Image, February 2015).
A classic photo wall appears at the close of The Mighty Avengers #12 (Marvel, June 2008).
The key figure on the poster for The Winter Witch (dir. Richard John Taylor, 2022) appears to be composed of red yarn.
The header logo for the Games and Archaeological Play (GAP) workshop at FDG 2026 is presented as a digital red-string board.
A spectactular series-conclusing string wall appears in the final episodes of season 3 of A Series of Unfortunate Events (Netflix, 2019).
One of the promotional posters for The Fire Raven [匿杀] dir. Sam Quah, 2025) relies on red string binding the film’s characters together.
Lemony Snicket has a new set of string walls in A Series of Unfortunate Events s03e01 (Netflix, 2019).
A classic string board shows up early in Pneumata (Deadbolt Interactive, 2023).
A classic obsessive variant appears in My Demon s01 (Netflix, 2023).
A classic string board is assembled throughout High on Life 2 (Squanch Games, 2026).
A classic investigation board appears in Caught By Love (dir. Kevin Fair, 2026).
A classic investigation/recap board appears in Troll 2 (dir. Roar Uthaug, 2025).
