Answers can be grouped so that they apply to a set of four ghosts or ghost-related characters, each in a different way. After solving each puzzle, solvers are presented with a ghostly audio clip. Apply the instructions in these clips to the gravestone for those characters. The gravestones are ordered alphabetically by epitaph; reorder by year (which represents when they appeared).
Grave 3: In Memoriam
The 4 ghosts from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and part of their description.
Order: Appearance
Order | Puzzle | Answer | Ghost | Instruction | IN MEMORIAM |
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1 | Endless Practice | LONG CHAIN | Jacob Marley | Take the middle four letters. | EMOR |
2 | The Colour Out of Space | WHITE TUNIC | Christmas Past | Divide in half, switch halves. | OREM |
3 | Frankenstein’s Music | JOLLY GIANT | Christmas Present | Switch last two letters. | ORME |
4 | Called Onto The Carpet | DUSKY SHROUD | Christmas Future | Divide the third letter in half. | ORDE |
Grave 1: Adored
The 4 ghosts in Pac-Man and the meanings of their Japanese names.
Order: Colors as shown on the grave, original videogame presentation order
Order | Puzzle | Answer | Ghost | Instruction | ADORED |
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5 | 🔔🦇🦇🦇 | CHASER | Blinky (red) | Change the last letter to the penultimate letter. | ADOREE |
6 | Jump Scares | AMBUSHER | Pinky (pink) | Delete any letter appearing more than once. | ADOR |
7 | Large-scale Anthropomorphism | FICKLE | Inky (cyan) | Move the second letter forward two spaces in the alphabet. | AFOR |
8 | Albumistanumerophobia | FEIGNED IGNORANCE | Clyde (orange) | Reverse alphabetize the whole string. | ROFA |
Grave 4: RIP
The 4 Ghostbusters from the original 1984 film. First names of the characters are hidden in the answer.
Order: Credits in the movie
Order | Puzzle | Answer | Ghostbuster | Instruction | RIP |
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9 | What’s in the Box? What’s in the Box?! | PAPETERIE | Peter Venkman | Move the middle letter to the front. | IRP |
10 | Lord of the Flies | BETRAYAL | Ray Stantz | Insert an A between the first two consonants. | IRAP |
11 | Scream | WOEBEGONE | Egon Spengler | Double the last letter. | IRAPP |
12 | Lessons Learned from Porcine Construction | TWIN STONES | Winston Zeddemore | Reverse the string. | PPARI |
Grave 2: Finis
Casper and the Spooky Trio and adjectives that describe them.
Order: Alphabetical
Order | Puzzle | Answer | Ghost | Instruction | FINIS |
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13 | The Mad Scientist’s Assistant | FATS DOMINO | Fatso | Change a word to its opposite. | FOUTIS |
14 | Trust Nobody | FRIENDLY REMINDER | Casper | Drop the first letter. | OUTIS |
15 | Shields | STINK BOMB | Stinkie | Move a note to the front. | TIOUS |
16 | Rack 'em Up | STRETCH LIMOUSINE | Stretch | Turn the penultimate letter upside down. | TIONS |
The changed strings form ORDE + ROFA + PPARI + TIONS.