The Murder Game (TV Series) - Killer's Game

Killer's Game

The unique part of the show's premise was the Killer's Game. At some point during the investigation days in each episode the killer would leave some form of message with two locations usually accompanied by the taunting words 'coming out to play?'. At the end of each set of two days the investigators were passed or failed on their lines of enquiry and those who failed were put up for a group vote. Every investigator except the lead investigatior could vote and the investigator with the most votes would be chosen as the first person to play the Killer's Game. The Lead Investigator would then choose any investigator to be second person for the Killer's Game. The two chosen investigators pick from two envelopes to decide who will go where for example "The Olden Oaks" and "The Power Museum". Then, "The Chief" says to the players that they have one hour to pack their bags and get ready to play the "Killer's Game".

In the Killer's Game, the two selected contestants would be sent to two different remote locations completely alone, with their movements recorded only by a head-mounted camera. One of the contestants would discover a further clue to the mystery, whereas the other one would be eliminated from the show as a "murder" victim, with his last seconds seen from the point of view of the "killer" in the manner of classical slasher films like Psycho.

After the both cameras are cut off signalling the end of the run, the survivor of the two comes through the doors at the entrance and notifying that he or she chose correctly and will continue on. The eliminated investigator will chose the next lead investigator via video.

Andrew Weaver won the game, despite being sent to play the Killer's Game seven times (including the final Killer's Game against Melanie "Mel" Sainz). He currently holds the record for the most times a person has been sent out the Killer's Game, breaking Kristen Kirchner's record of five times in Murder in Small Town X. Andrew is the only investigator to fail his line of inquiry while being the lead investigator. In addition, he had received the most votes against him throughout the entire season, 10. He correctly identified builder Trevor Dobie as the killer, whereas Melanie chose groom Jay Wilmington. Andrew was sent to the Yacht Club, where Trevor was last seen, and found Bob Taylor at the end, who proclaimed him as the winner of the £25,000 grand prize. Had both Andrew and Melanie chosen Trevor, they both would have won and earned £12,500 each.