Twenty-four Total Mailings

  • 2 mailed investigation envelopes per month for 12 months pertaining to Detective Jack Hargrave's Case.
  • Real puzzle pieces delivered with each mailing (except for the initial envelope) to visually show your investigation process. The last two puzzle pieces will be delivered with the final envelope, thus exposing the truth behind The Fear Eater Files.
  • Beverage and meal recipe cards relevant to the investigation.

Mysteries only you can solve

  • 23 riddles building toward 1 larger theme mystery, incorporating details from across the entire year, just like a real investigation.
  • Background story, printed maps, investigation reports, suspect photos, articles, personnel files, crime scene photos, ciphers, and more!
  • Accompanying website with pre-recorded podcast segments, investigation void notes, and interrogation snippets.

A Fully Immersive experience

  • Additional story content and explanations behind locked QR codes you solve riddles to access
  • A completely optional private Discord server and Facebook group where you can chat with other players of The Fear Eater Files and build your own community of investigators
  • Exclusive discounts on Horrorsmith Publishing merch, books, and apparel.

A horror/thriller-focused murder mystery where you are needed to help solve a series of missing persons cases. Except, not everything is exactly how it seems...

Be ready to take a deep dive down the rabbit hole of detective files, riddles, ransom notes, recorded interviews, and psychic assistance. All directly to your mail box.

Detective Jack Hargrave closes his eyes, seals the envelope, and leans back in his chair. He tents his hands on the top of his head and exhales, whispering a silent prayer that you'll say yes.

That you'll help...

Crime scene photos cover the desk before him, but they already haunt his nightmares. He thinks he's on the trail of a serial killer, but something isn't adding up...

Reaching out to you is Detective Hargrave's best chance to solve these murders. Many lives hang in the balance. So what do you say? For old times' sake?

FAQs

To the best of Horrorsmith Publishing's knowledge, all the stories contained within The Forge Post's Fear Eater Files are completely fictionalized. All similarities between real people, places, or situations are purely coincidence.

Please reach out immediately! We'll reship it out immediately!

Our mailings go out twice a month: one prior to the 15th and one after the 15th.

When you purchase a subscription, your first mailing goes out within three business days. The rest of your mailings will then align with the normal mailing structure.