The Mystery Files

How do countries decide who's in charge? E.B. goes to a medieval reenactment camp to see first-hand how medieval kings seized power and ruled with absolute authority. Kyla goes to Parliament Hill, where an MP and the...

From the label "#1," the gang realizes they're looking for the best of something. But what? Turns out, they're looking for the best bread, as they make challah with a baker, bannock at the First Nations Café, and pizza...

What do dried fish, fur, and an old ax head have in common? To find out, E.B. helps cut down a tree ("TIMBER!") and makes a traditional cod recipe, while Kyla visits a fur trade museum. They discover that lumber, cod...

The gang discovers that when it comes to games, what's old is what's new. E.B. gets transformed into a 3D character at a motion capture studio. Kyla plays chess on a life-sized outdoor board with a young chess champ...

The gang is perplexed to learn that a building that used to be on the shore is now inland. How could that happen? Kyla goes to check out the building's archives. Meanwhile, E.B. follows the hardhat clue to a...

Who (or what) was "R---r?" The file label is too smudged to read. E.B. meets a Voyageur re-enactor and canoes downriver to a Native settlement, while Kyla makes flour at an historical, river-powered mill. They realize...

Kyla follows the postcard clue to the Salem Chapel BME Church, which was part of the Underground Railroad, helping American slaves escape to freedom in Canada. The spirituals sung in church could be secret codes that...

Today's mystery is a whodunit! To find out what killed a mummy, Kyla goes to the archaeological museum to examine a real mummy, while E.B. takes the tooth to a dental school to do forensics. The gang discovers that...

E.B. wonders if the mystery could be about outer-space aliens (the lamprey sure looks like one!). But when Kyla helps capture a huge escaped python and examines a real lamprey while E.B. examines a beetle-infested tree...

Why do we wear masks at Halloween time? To find out more about autumn celebrations, E.B. goes to a Celtic bonfire ceremony, and then gets traditional Mexican Day of the Dead make-up, while Kyla goes to a Vietnamese moon...

What's the difference between working animals and pets? Kyla sends a message by carrier pigeon and visits a re-created 19thcentury village where horses pull carriages and plow fields. But E.B.'s clue leads to a dog spa...

It's Tilly's birthday, but the kids pretend they've forgotten because they're planning a surprise party. Tilly won't stop dropping hints, she even chooses a mystery about gifts. As E.B. and Kyla try to solve the mystery...

Kyla repairs the ring with a jeweler, and discovers it's a wedding ring – a symbol of a contract. Meanwhile E.B. takes the wampum belt to a Native expert, and learns that it was also a kind of contract. The seal-stamper...