Sherlock Holmes Chapter One Seance Solution

The Seance is the first crime scene in Sherlock Holmes Chapter One and takes place during the Ghosts of the Past case. It requires you to find who stole the diamond during the Seance. This guide shows how to solve the Seance crime, find the thief and reconstruct what happened.

Step 1 – Collect all Evidence in the Seance Room

First you’ll want to check the 5 pieces of evidence on the table in the middle of the room. They are circled red below. The tricky one is the butterfly brooch hanging on the jacket over the chair. It requires placing the cursor on it precisely. The cursor turns yellow when placed correctly.

The remaining evidence comes from talking to the hotel staffer in the room and the Medium. Also check the mirror and the skulls in the corner and the broken chair by the door.

Step 2 – Follow Tracks Outside Seance Room

Head outside the room via the door where the hotel staffer stands, leading to an area with a pool of water in the middle. Use Concentration Mode / on the floor by the window to find a piece of evidence, then follow the visual line through the courtyard into the next room. There you find a shoe on the right side.

Outside of the window, you can find a broken heel, presumably from a woman’s shoe.

Sherlock notes that this is a shoe size 4 belonging to a maid. Talk to maids around the hotel and you’ll learn that one particular maid left in a hurry. The maid we must find is upstairs near the paintings. Talk to her.

Step 3 – Reconstruct What Happened

Head back to the Seance Room. With the info from the maid, you can now reconstruct what happened exactly. See the correct solution below.

Step 4 – Visit Cravens in Suite 226, Solve the Murder

Head upstairs to Suite 226 to report your findings to the Cravens. On the way there, you can overhear maids talking about Lady Craven and extract clues from it.

Upon entering Room 226, we learn there’s a little twist – Lady Craven is found dead in her bed. Talk to Lord Craven, then search for all evidence in the room, highlighted with / .

Afterward, head downstairs to the receptionist to get the key for Room 225. Backtrack upstairs and enter Room 225 where you’ll find the Medium from the Seance. Collect the flash on his desk.

Then talk to him and analyze him, the correct analysis is “Former Thief Became a Medium”.

Talk to Luka and Lord Craven to hear their defense. When you’ve exhausted all dialogues with them, open the Mind Palace Menu and connect all evidence. The true killer is Luka, the Medium. He knew how to pick locks from his experience as a thief. He broke into Emma’s room and killed her. He also knew her, she was a thief too and they crossed paths before and knew each other. However, Emma was actually the thief of the Diamond and set up Luka, tried to make it look like he stole it. This got Luka enraged and he murdered her.

You can pick whether to let Luka go or to have police arrest him. Either way it doesn’t impact any trophies or achievements, choose this as you like.

For all other Cases, view the full Sherlock Holmes Chapter One Walkthrough.