Episode 3
Episode 3: A Crooked Mile Walkthrough
A Crooked Mile is the branching investigation. After Lily's funeral, where Snow gives the speech, you choose a first stop: Dee's office, Crane's apartment, or the Trip Trap. The order changes which evidence survives Bluebeard's search. Jack is at Crane's apartment; Flycatcher is at the Tweedles' office. Later, choose whether to burn Greenleaf's tree and whether to kill or spare Dum.
The three doors
For the investigation, Crane's apartment contains Jack and the Headless Horseman statue. Dee's office contains Flycatcher. Gamepressure says Bluebeard searches the other location and can destroy evidence there; picking the Trip Trap first leaves his movements outside your control. PowerPyx recommends Crane's apartment, inspecting the statue, then Dee's office and talking to Flycatcher for the collection route. These location details come from Gamepressure and PowerPyx; their navigation headings are not extra in-game chapters.
At the funeral, do not interrupt if you want the card on the left-hand table. PowerPyx lists that card, the statue, the Flycatcher conversation, the burn-or-keep tree, and a bookshelf entry as the misses.
| Fork | Guide's reading |
|---|---|
| Interrupt the funeral speech | No plot consequence; you can miss a card |
| Dee's office first | Meet Flycatcher; Bluebeard searches Crane's apartment |
| Crane's apartment first | Meet Jack; inspect the statue; Bluebeard searches Dee's office |
| Trip Trap first | Visit Holly; Bluebeard's search is outside your control |
| Burn or keep the tree | Mutually exclusive Book entries |
| Kill or spare Dum | A real branch |
Achievements on this episode
Steam lists Promising Leads, Belly Full of Stones, What Big Eyes You Have, Huff and Puff, Severe Case of Lycanthropy, The Enchanted Land of New York City, and Journeyman Librarian.
Source scope
The original plot and sequence are cross-checked with the public walkthrough and story sources. Exact branch reactions attributed to Gamepressure are that guide's account. Remaster trophy cleanup instructions attributed to PowerPyx currently have that guide alone as their source. Checked 30 Oct 2026.
Questions people actually search
Which location should I visit first?
Any. The story rejoins. The searches do not, so achievement hunters revisit.
Does the tree matter?
It changes a Book entry. The guides do not describe a different ending from it.
Sources
Checked 30 Oct 2026.