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Every Confessd case, spoiler-free: where it happened, what happened and who is in the room. Who lied, you find out by playing.
The cellar office, among oak casks, smelling of wine and damp wood.
Sampaio Cellar, Vila Nova de Gaia, 8:10 am. The 1815 bottle of port, the 'Waterloo wine', was to be the headline lot of the 3:00 pm auction. At 7:50 am, the auctioneer opened the vault to pack it: the bottle inside is a fake.
Abílio FerrazCellar master, 66
Beatrice HollowayEnglish auctioneer, 45
Duarte SampaioThe owner's nephew, 29
The museum library, tall dark wooden shelves, windows looking out on the frozen Neva.
Fontanka Palace Museum, Saint Petersburg, 9:10 pm. In the restoration workshop, the curator discovered that the Winter Swan Egg, an imperial jewel from 1911, is a replica: the rubies are glass.
Arkady VolkovHead restorer, 61
Tatiana BelovaCurator of decorative arts, 45
Gleb SorokinSecurity technician, 29
The checkpoint's log cabin, the wood stove crackling, boots and gloves drying on the line.
Sulukna checkpoint, on the banks of the Yukon River, Alaska, 4:10 am. Minus 38 degrees. The team of Kaija Lund, favorite in the thousand-mile sled dog race, won't get up from the straw.
Brody KesslerRival musher, 38
Maren TolliverRace veterinarian, 44
Amos NicolaiCheckpoint volunteer, 67
The museum's office, Portuguese tile walls, a ceiling fan turning slowly.
Museum of Sacred Art of the Solar dos Arcos, Pelourinho, Salvador, 5:30 am. On the morning round, the night watchman found the pedestal of the Torchbearer Angel empty, a baroque fired clay sculpture from 1760.
Josué BonfimNight watchman, 61
Ubiratan MatosTour guide, 38
Antonieta BarretoMuseum restorer, 54
The bivouac service tent, canvas flapping in the wind, the smell of grease and pink sand on the ground.
Rally bivouac at Lake Retba (the Pink Lake), Senegal, 6:30 pm. On today's stage, at km 112, car 204, leader of the overall standings, rolled over after landing off a dune at 10:40 am.
Bertrand RocheChief mechanic of the car 204 team, 56
Aminata SowNavigator of car 204, 29
Joaquín FerreiraRival driver of car 211, 38