An Airwalk box with a busted corner, found at the bottom of the basement steps. Lift the lid. Everything inside is logged as found.
23 exhibits · contents as found
Exhibit SB-D
The Trinket Box
“trust your judgment,” says the lid. Open it anyway.
One cardboard box, contents as found: a SHAW nameplate on top and a pile of trinkets below. Mailing label and one name card redacted by the lab. Every piece is logged as its own exhibit below.
Box One & Box Two
The Boxes
Two shoeboxes from the bottom of the stairs, and the lid that gave the room its motto.
Things that used to ride around in a back pocket, plus proof of membership.
Jack Daniel’s WalletA black leather wallet with a Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey patch. Contents: not entered into evidence.The WatcherA black wallet with an embroidered eye, a Cadillac emblem resting on top and the Pee-wee Club pin (SB-V). Something in this box is always watching.The Pee-wee Club PinA yellow pinback button with a spiky-haired cartoon face and “FUN CLUB · Charter Member” on it, from the middle of the Trinket Box. He was a member of the Pee-wee Herman fun club as a kid, and this pin proves it. The Pee-wee movies also had him ordering tricks from the Johnson Smith Company.The SHAW NameplateA gold SHAW nameplate in a blue case. Well, that settles whose box this is.
Drawer 2
Toys & Candy
The lab counted the eyeballs twice.
EyeballsA blister pack of eyeballs, with a few loose strays rolling around the box. The lab counted them twice. They counted back.Rubik’s CubeA Rubik’s Cube. Unsolved. Like this case.Skull PEZA PEZ dispenser with a skull for a head. Candy status: unknown.Green PEZA PEZ dispenser with a green head. Identity of the green guy: under investigation.Switchblade CombA switchblade comb. Looks dangerous. Is a comb.The GrinA giant cutout of smiling lips. It has seen everything in this box. It is still smiling.
Drawer 3
The Paper Trail
Signs, passes, postcards and one very suspicious penny.
The TargetA paper shooting target with red spatter and a Kurt Cobain quote taped across it. The visible part reads “…nd nothing to do / …hat you think.” The rest of the quote is hiding under the edge. Classic.NON-SMOKING ROOMA NON-SMOKING ROOM sign: “For Not Smoking.” Which room it came from: not on file.A Dollar & the Lincoln-Kennedy PennyA folded one-dollar bill next to a Lincoln-Kennedy Penny card: a Lincoln cent stamped with a profile of John F. Kennedy, with a list of “Astonishing Coincidences.” Coincidence? The gang thinks not.London PostcardsA stack of London postcards: the Underground sign, Piccadilly Circus, Westminster Abbey (The Choir) and more underneath. The backs on top are blank. Never sent, or never meant to be?Hall PassHall Pass. “Education Is For Life.” Room, teacher, school and principal: all left blank. Suspect’s attendance record: unknown.
Drawer 4
Zoinks
The client’s namesake, on a bat and in a bin.
The Mini BatA mini wooden baseball bat with Scooby-Doo and Shaggy perched on the end. Zoinks.Scooby & Shaggy, Close-UpScooby-Doo and Shaggy, up close on the end of the bat. The client’s namesake, caught in the evidence box.Witness Found in the BasementA flocked Scooby-Doo figure, found in a bin of balloon packs in the basement where the shoeboxes were. Declined to comment.
Drawer 5
The Side Hustle
A baseball card shop, on a business card and in the paper.
Locker Room Sports CardsLocker Room Sports Cards. A business card with a ballplayer leaning on his bat. The suspect had a side hustle. (Name and street address redacted by the lab.)New business, young businessmanA local newspaper clipping about a new baseball card shop, Locker Room Sports Cards, and the young businessman behind it. (Names redacted by the lab.)
Found at the bottom of the basement steps: two worn Scooby-Doo rubber doormats on old wooden steps. One is cracked, with Shaggy and Scooby mid-run. The shoeboxes on Shelf D came from down here. The lab redacted names, street addresses, phone numbers and mailing labels before anything left the basement.
