Investigation #0001 · Closed file

The Disappearing Professor: A Professor Missing

Porter reports Prof. Halsey absent from lectures; office found open.

Findings

12:42 Initial report received. Porter reports Prof. Halsey absent from lectures; office found open.
13:47 Eleanor & Reeves take up the investigation.
16:37 Reeves arrives 25 minutes late.
16:42 Eleanor & Reeves arrive at Faculty Row.
16:52 Investigators move to the stacks.
17:12 Investigators report a smell of floor polish.
17:22 Investigators note ledgers stacked to the ceiling.
17:42 Sound of a trolley wheel squeaking noted.
17:57 Clue recorded: “Halsey's Unfinished Notes”.
18:12 Finding: An office door is found open that the porter swears was locked.
18:37 Investigators leave Faculty Row.

11:22 Eleanor & Reeves arrive at Rare Books Room. (Rare Books Room)
11:27 Inquiry extends to Rare Books Room. (Rare Books Room)
11:47 Investigators move to the card catalogue. (Rare Books Room)
12:07 Strong smell of leather bindings noted. (Rare Books Room)
12:27 Card catalogues in long rows noted in the reading room. (Rare Books Room)
12:42 Clue recorded: “The Empty Slot: MS 1147”. (Rare Books Room)
12:57 Finding: Halsey's notes refer to 'the third door' as though it were a place he had been. (Rare Books Room)
13:22 Investigators leave Rare Books Room. (Rare Books Room)
22:57 Eleanor & Reeves arrive at Miskatonic University Library. (Miskatonic University Library)
23:12 Investigators report a smell of a smell nobody could name — sweet, and wrong. (Miskatonic University Library)
23:32 Investigators note marks under the wallpaper like writing. (Miskatonic University Library)
23:57 Late in the reading room, the lamps dim along one gallery, and the ledger lies open at a page nobody left it on. (Miskatonic University Library)
23:57 Outcome: Escaped. (Miskatonic University Library)

The morning after it was reported, the Arkham Gazette led with “FACULTY ROW — HALSEY'S OFFICE RESIDENTS ALARMED”.