5 Minute Mystery
A clever idea – short, easy-to-read mysteries, laced with clues and suspects. You read the mystery, select your clues and the choose the guilty suspect. Points are awarded based on correct clues and suspects; rankings are based on points accrued but also solve percentages. Teams can be formed to pit families against other families or classes against others – we even have some Big Ten school alumni pitted against another school’s alums!
This site was built from the ground up with a custom PHP framework, includes multi-level user accounts, patented mystery scoring and clue selection, complex rankings and team management, payment processing through Authorize.net and PayPal as well as fully-integrated lesson plans and curriculum piece used in schools. In addition, a comprehensive custom affiliate program tracks sign-ups to use for fundraising for non-profits or as affiliate marketers.