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Big News: Classrooms, a Fresh Look, and a New Mystery Editor

It's been a busy season behind the scenes, and we're excited to finally show you what we've been building. This is the biggest update to 5 Minute Mystery in years, and yes, it's all still free and ad-free. We rebuilt much of the site from the ground up: a fresh, faster look, a b…

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Shifting sands

5 Minute Mystery is free! Our website is 100% free and also ad-free. But it does cost money to operate and it costs time to maintain, let alone to add new feat…

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Spring is in the air!

It's springtime and we're in the midst of an all-out cleaning effort. What have we been up to? This month we fixed a few bugs, made a few important changes, re…

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Welcome!

Welcome to our new blog, and also to the new version of 5 Minute Mystery. 5MM was launched almost 5 years ago. We've gone from paid-only access, to ad-supporte…

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