Looking For Murder-mystery-style Datasets Or Ideas For An Interactive Python Workshop (for Beginner Data Students)

Hi everyone!

I’m organizing a fun and educational data workshop for first-year data students (Bachelor level).

I want to build a murder mystery/escape game–style activity where students use Python in Jupyter Notebooks to analyze clues (datasets), check alibis, parse camera logs, etc., and ultimately solve a fictional murder case.

🔍 The goal is to teach them basic Python and data analysis (pandas, plotting, datetime…) through storytelling and puzzle-solving.

✅ I’m looking for:

• Example datasets (realistic or fictional) involving criminal cases or puzzles
• Ideas for clues/data types I could include (e.g., logs, badge scans, interrogations)
• Experience from people who’ve done similar workshops

Bonus if there’s an existing project or repo I could use as inspiration!

Thanks in advance 🙏 — I’ll be happy to share the final version of the workshop once it’s ready!