True Crime Word Search: A Free Online Puzzle

Looking for a free true crime game to play online? Grab a cup of tea, pull your coziest blanket up around your shoulders, and settle in. This true crime word search is made from the real cases we've shared together on True Crime Sleep Stories, from unsolved mysteries to famous legends. Every case word you find links back to its episode, so when a name catches your eye, you can listen to the whole story tonight. A new puzzle every time you play.

Found a case you haven't heard yet? Tuck in and listen tonight.

How to play

1. Look over the word list beside the puzzle.
2. Find each word in the grid. Words can run forwards, backwards, up, down, or diagonally.
3. Click and drag (or drag your finger on a phone) from the first letter to the last.
4. When you find a case word, a "From" link appears so you can listen to that episode.
5. Find every word to solve the case. Tap New puzzle anytime for a fresh grid.

Cases in this puzzle

Every puzzle pulls words from these True Crime Sleep Stories episodes. Click any title to listen.

• The Mothman of Point Pleasant Mothman, Pointpleasant, Redeyes, Silverbridge, Cornstalk
• The Bell Witch of Adams, Tennessee Bellwitch, Adams, Tennessee, Bellfarm
• Near Misses: The Ones Who Walked Away Nearmiss, Escape, Survivor, Instinct
• The Ghost Ship on Diamond Shoals: The Carroll A. Deering Deering, Diamondshoals, Schooner, Hatteras
• The Missing Flannan Isles Lighthouse Keepers of Eilean Mòr Flannan, Eileanmor, Lighthouse, Keepers
• Charles Bravo & The Priory Mystery Priory, Bravo, Balham, Florence
• Our Old House + Lenox College Paranormal Investigation Part 2 Lenox, Hopkinton, Oldhouse
• The Secrets of Madeleine Smith Madeleine, Glasgow, Letters, Cocoa
• The Pascagoula UFO Incident Pascagoula, Ufo, Hickson, Fishing
• It Wasn’t Just A Halloween Decoration Halloween, Decoration, Porch
• The Borley Rectory Hauntings Borley, Rectory, Nun, Essex
• The Devil's Footprints Footprints, Devon, Snowfall, Hoofprint
• The Disappearance of Judge Crater Crater, Judge, Manhattan, Taxicab
• The Death of Jeannette DePalma, Revisited Depalma, Springfield, Houstonmount
• Lenox College & Haunted Hopkinton Part 1 College, Iowa
• The Boy in the Box Boxboy, Philadelphia, Foxchase
• Listener Stories Listener, Stories
• Lizzie Borden & the House on Second Street Lizzieborden, Fallriver, Secondstreet
• HH Holmes & The World's Fair Hotel Holmes, Worldsfair, Chicago, Castle
• The Disappearance of Joan Risch Risch, Lincoln, Library
• Shari's Scary Stories Shari, Campfire
• The Freeway Phantom Freeway, Phantom, Washington
• John's Letter: The Haunted House on 7th Street Seventhstreet, Hauntedhouse
• The Captain & the Vanishing Boy Captain, Vanishing
• Belle Gunness & the Farm on McClung Road Gunness, Laporte, Farmhouse
• When The Nights Get Longer... Autumn, Nights, Longer
• A Handle Worn Smooth: Haunting Axe Murders Handle, Farmstead
• The Red Barn Murder Redbarn, Polstead, Corder
• The Lady of the Dunes: The Woman Behind the Mystery Dunes, Provincetown, Capecod
• The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders Wineville, Riverside, Collins
• Starvation Heights Olalla, Hazzard, Fasting
• The Unsolved Mystery of Room 1046: Who Killed Artemus Ogletree Ogletree, President, Kansascity
• The London Beer Flood of 1814 Beerflood, London, Brewery
• Shadows of Yellowstone: Into the Vastness Yellowstone, Geyser, Wilderness
• The Mysterious Murder of Julia Wallace Wallace, Liverpool, Chess
• Mysteries in the Woods Forest, Yosemite, Camp
• Shadows of the Shoemaker: The Crimes of Joseph Kallinger Kallinger, Shoemaker
• “It’s 10 p.m. Do You Know Where Your Children Are?” Tenpm, Children, Curfew
• Shadows in the Vatican: What Happened to Emanuela Orlandi Orlandi, Vatican, Rome
• The Monster With 21 Faces Glico, Morinaga, Osaka
• The Black Moon Visitor: An Eeerie Bonus Episode Blackmoon, Visitor
• Bigfoot Took Her? The Disappearance of Theresa Ann Bier Bigfoot, Bier, California
• The Quiet Hunter of Anchorage: Robert Christian Hansen Hansen, Anchorage, Alaska
• Shadows in the Suburbs: Hidden Horrors Behind Closed Doors Suburbs, Porchlight
• The Shadows of Fox Hollow Farm: The Hidden Horrors of Herb Baumeister Foxhollow, Baumeister, Indiana
• The Villisca Axe Murders, Revisited Villisca, Moorehouse
• Is Garth Brooks a Serial Killer Garthbrooks, Rumor
• 'Twas The Night Before CRIMESmas Crimesmas, Christmas, Stocking
• The Christmas Murder of Michelle Martinko: A Cold Case Solved by a Single Drop of Blood Martinko, Cedarrapids, Coldcase
• The Missing Sodder Children Sodder, Fayetteville
• The Great Thanksgiving Wine Heist Wineheist, Bordeaux, Vintage
• The Keys She Kept: A Fictional "True" Crime Bedtime Story Keys, Kept
• Who Was Jack The Ripper Ripper, Whitechapel
• Thanksgiving on Elm Street: The Murders of Haile Kifer & Nicholas Brady Kifer, Brady, Elmstreet
• Katherine Knight: The Abattoir of Aberdeen Knight, Aberdeen, Australia
• The Charles Ross Kidnapping Charleyross, Ransom, Germantown
• The Foxcatcher Farm Murder Foxcatcher, Wrestling, Dupont
• The Bear Brook Murders Bearbrook, Allenstown
• The Son of Sam’s Prison Prophecy: David Berkowitz Predicts a Satanic Halloween Execution Sonofsam, Berkowitz, Prophecy
• The Chelsea Murders Chelsea
• The Lovers Lane Murders Loverslane, Moonlight
• The Butcher of Plainfield: Ed Gein Gein, Plainfield, Wisconsin
• Echoes of the Axe Echoes
• Real Life House of Horrors Amityville, House
• Justice Restored: 3 Wrongful Conviction Stories Exonerated, Justice, Freedom
• Buried Alive: Barbara Mackle & Essie Dunbar Mackle, Dunbar, Buried
• The Banned Avenger: Schlep’s Roblox Reckoning Schlep, Roblox
• Eyes in the Dark Watched, Darkness
• The Keddie Cabin Murders Keddie, Cabin, Plumas
• The Dead Internet Theory Internet, Bots, Theory
• The Lead Mask Mystery Leadmask, Brazil, Niteroi
• Deadly Chalice: Uncovering Jonestown's Dark Secrets Jonestown, Guyana
• Denver International Airport: Gateway to the Shadows Denver, Airport, Murals
• The Mudborn Mimic of Site 7 Mudborn, Mimic, Siteseven
• The Amana Axe Murders Amana, Colonies
• The Eerie Coincidental Murders of Mary Ashford and Barbara Forrest Ashford, Forrest, Erdington
• Whispers from the Dyatlov Pass Dyatlov, Urals, Hikers
• Kenneth Parks: The Sleepwalking Killer Sleepwalking, Parks, Toronto
• In The Shadows of Spies Isdalwoman, Spies, Codebreaker
• The Unsolved Dardeen Family Murders Dardeen, Illinois
• Snowfall & Secrets: Karen Read and John O'Keefe Karenread, Canton
• The Axeman’s Lullaby Axeman, Neworleans, Jazz
• The Fox Sisters & The Rappings in Hydesville Foxsisters, Hydesville, Rappings
• Is There a Serial Killer at Lady Bird Lake Ladybird, Austin
• Albert Fish: The Real Life Boogeyman Boogeyman, Albertfish
• Pearl Bryan & Her Missing Head Pearlbryan, Covington
• The Pious Poisoner: Maria Swanenburg, aka Goeie Mie Goeiemie, Leiden
• The Somerton Man: Secrets on the Sand Somerton, Tamanshud, Adelaide
• The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde Bonnie, Clyde, Getaway
• The Mystery of D.B. Cooper Dbcooper, Parachute, Hijack
• The Great Alcatraz Escape of 1962 Alcatraz, Raft
• Elizabeth Short: The Black Dahlia Dahlia, Hollywood
• What Happened To Doveland, Wisconsin Doveland, Ghosttown
• Dolly Öesterreich: Secrets in the Attic Dolly, Attic
• The Devilish Death of Jeannette DePalma Newjersey
• The Kurt Struebing Story: Murder and Mental Illness Struebing, Seattle
• The Farmville Murders: With Guest Host, Shane Waters from Foul Play Podcast Farmville, Virginia
• The Papin Sisters With Guest Hosts "A Nefarious Nightmare" Papin, Lemans, Maids
• The Villisca Ax Murders Lantern
• The Hardy House Murders Hardyhouse
• The Watcher Watcher, Westfield
• The Mystery of the Severed Feet Salishsea, Sneakers
• The Hinterkaifeck Murders Hinterkaifeck, Bavaria, Farm

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