History VideoGame / CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePast

* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Despite being set in the late 19th Century - early 20th Century in the USA, the cast of the fourth season is somehow more ''diverse'' than most of the other seasons, which are set in modern times. There is a distinct lack of prejudice against people of colour and/or different sexuality. The Concordian Flying Squad alone features 2 black characters (Isaac and Violet), 1 Asian (Rose), a lesbian (Evie), and later joined by 1 Latino (Diego), and that's not counting the city officials, which features a black mayor, an Asian deputy mayor and an Asian judge. By contrast, the Grimsborough PD initially has two non-whites--Nathan (black) and Ramirez (Hispanic); the Pacific Bay team has 3--Chief Marquez (Hispanic), Yann (black) and Hannah (Asian, and also a lesbian); The Bureau has 2 non-whites at first--Angela (Asian) and Carmen (Hispanic), although they are later joined by Jonah Karam (black) and Michelle (AmbiguouslyBrown).

''Criminal Case: Mysteries of the Past'' is the fourth game of the ''VideoGame/CriminalCase'' series, released in 2016. It is set in the victorian era.

* CallForward: In ''That Sinking Feeling'', we meet several minor characters who mention that they are going to board the ''Gigantic'' ship--which, as we already know from the Pacific Bay Arc, is going to sink.

* IdenticalGrandson: The detective described by Charlie Dupont's journals looks and acts almost exactly the same as the player, and is likely their ancestor.
** SubvertedTrope - at the end of season 8, a descendent of Charlie and Maddie is talking with Amy Young, and reveals that the player character actually knew Charlie. It's not an IdenticalGrandson, it's TimeTravel - just like in season 6.

* TakingTheHeat: [[spoiler:Leopold Rochester]] allows himself to be arrested for [[spoiler:endorsing investment bonds in a company that doesn't exist]] even though he's not actually involved in the scam. [[spoiler:Larry was the one behind the fake company and Leopold endorsed it, believing that his wayward son had finally made use of his life. When the player revealed the truth, Leopold took the fall in order to protect Larry from being arrested.]]

* ShootYourMate: [[spoiler:Diego del Lobo]] is forced to kill his former teammate [[spoiler:Charlie]] when he's trying to infiltrate into Justin Lawson's inner circle to take him down. Lawson, who has been on a crackdown on the [[spoiler:Concordian Flying Squad]], orders [[spoiler:Diego, who is living under the alias of Eddie Lebold]] to execute [[spoiler:Charlie]] when they are meeting up to discuss their plans to prove his loyalty to him.

* AliceAllusion: One of the suspects in Case 45 is Alice Riddel, a young girl who carries around a white rabbit, sees delusions of fantastic creatures, and often invites the Player to have a tea party with her.

* BluffingTheMurderer: In Case 13, Madeline got the killer to confess by saying that the note they sent to the victim revealed their fear of heights. The accused sealed their fate when they denied writing such a thing on said note.
* CallForward: In chapter 11, we meet several minor characters who mention that they are going to board the ''Gigantic'' ship--which, as we already know from the Pacific Bay Arc, is going to sink.

* IdenticalGrandson: The detective described by Charlie Dupont's journals looks and acts almost exactly the same as the player, and is likely their ancestor. The ''Travel in Time'' arc seems to subvert this; and by the end of the saga, it's pretty much stated that the detective in Charlie's journal ''is'' the player character themselves, after all.

* InVinoVeritas: The reason for Anna Jewell's death in "Get off Your High Horse" (Case 40). [[spoiler:Anna knew "Princess Eliza Rheinberg of Splichtenstein" had really been Eliza Fairfax, a poor flower girl from when both were childhood friends. Later in life Eliza took on her Princess Persona. Anna recognized Eliza at a soiree, however, and Anna began talking more when she got drunk. Afraid [[HeKnowsTooMuch Anna would expose her]] Eliza initially tried to talk to Anna in the stables, but her temper got the better of her, causing her to bash her one-time childhood friend's head in with a stirrup.]]

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: "Mr. Alastor" eventually ends up being the victim [[spoiler:in case #51, "Tipping the Scales", as his father had tried to double-cross Archie's murderer by not intending to honor promises to the murderer made in return for supporting turning Concordia into a family city-state.]]
* LoonyFan: The killer of Case 55 killed [[spoiler:Judge Takakura]] for criticizing Justin Lawson, whom she idolized.

"Criminal Case: Mysteries of the Past" is the fourth game of the VideoGame/CriminalCase series, released in 2016. It is set in the victorian era.

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Following SOMBRA's defeat, Armand Dupont gives his Bureau colleagues [[NestedStory the journal of his grandfather Charles]], detailing the adventures he had in the city of Concordia, as a member of the Flying Squad, with a detective that looks just like the player. The Flying Squad deal with the rise of gang warfare and the corruption plaguing the police force. The story takes place in the 19th Century around ten districts - New Haven, Elysium Hills, Century Mile, Sinner's End, Coyote Gorge, Crimson Banks, Wolf Street, Grim Chapel, Ivory Hill, and Capitol Peak.

"Criminal Case: Mysteries of the Past" is a game of the VideoGame/CriminalCase series, released in 2016. It is set in the victorian era.

* ShaggyDogStory: The conclusion of the Ivory Hill arc ends with this. The Flying Squad had spent the entire 6 cases trying to stop [[spoiler:the Rochesters]] from rising to power and enacting a bill that would end free press. They managed to dismantle [[spoiler:the family's power and influence over Concordia]], only for the bill to be enacted anyway when [[spoiler:Justin Lawson becomes the Mayor]].

* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Despite being set in the late 19th Century - early 20th Century in the USA, the cast of the fourth season is somehow more ''diverse'' than most of the other seasons, which are set in modern times. There is a distinct lack of prejudice against people of colour and/or different sexuality, and the Concordian Flying Squad alone features 2 black characters (Isaac and Violet), 1 Asian (Rose), a lesbian (Evie), and later joined by 1 Latino (Diego). And that's not counting the city officials, which features a black mayor, an Asian deputy mayor and an Asian judge. By contrast, the Grimsborough PD initially has two non-whites--Nathan (black) and Ramirez (Hispanic); the Pacific Bay team has 3--Chief Marquez (Hispanic), Yann (black) and Hannah (Asian, and also a lesbian); The Bureau has 2 non-whites at first--Angela (Asian) and Carmen (Hispanic), although they are later joined by Jonah Karam (black) and Michelle (AmbiguouslyBrown).