Support 5 Minute Mystery

If you like our website, please consider supporting us with a small payment.

Why Support Us?

We have brought joy to hundreds of thousands of mystery enthusiasts over the years from backgrounds ranging from school children to young professionals to retirees.

We would greatly appreciate your support of our website. We do not charge money for access nor run ads anywhere, but it does cost money to operate 5 Minute Mystery!

Your support will help us to continue offering our website in this fashion (NO ads, NO subscriptions) while adding new mysteries, new features, and updating the design. We have never sold our user data to anyone!

A Brief History of 5 Minute Mystery

Below is a brief history of our website. Do keep in mind that the royal we is being used here - it's really just one person :-).

June 2008
We started this website in June of 2008. We initially had a subscription-based model with an annual payment of $19.95.
March 2010
In March of 2010, we removed subscriptions and instituted advertising on the website.
August 2012
We eventually removed ALL ads on the website.
March 2013
We launched a completely new, redesigned look and feel and added a bunch of features. Still no ads and no subscriptions.
May 2022
Made several improvements to the website such as printer-friendly mysteries and backend updates. We also made some changes which enhance privacy and data control measures.
PRESENT (August 2025)
No ads, no subscriptions, just free mystery solving.

Choose an amount below and click 'Support Now' to complete payment with Stripe.
Thank You!

NOTE: Sign in to your account to have your payment recorded to it.