‘Do not open until 2025’ and a strange logo that said ‘Project Bläckfisk’. The only clues left on a mysterious box delivered to my grandad. My grandad, who died 10 years ago. I had to open it. Little did I know I would be opening Pandora’s Box.
In 2004 there was a fire in Central Manchester, but not just any fire, this one took place inside a top-secret underground bunker and caused a city-wide blackout. But why was the Lead Fire Manger silenced immediately afterwards? And what did this have to do with my Grandad and Project Bläckfisk?
In 2007 a burglar was caught inside the high-security Guardian Bunker while attempting to steal valuable equipment. Instead of finishing his sentence he was admitted into a Psychiatric Hospital and remains there still to this day. In a slightly ballsy move, I go undercover to talk to our most important lead yet, but what does he know and can he even be trusted?
An audio tape threatens to cause a rift between David and me as our investigation gets personal, and a discovery about the 2015 construction of the Manchester tram-line network takes a sinister turn.
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One thing we haven’t really asked ourselves: who sent the Bläckfisk box in the first place?We visit the source to find answers, but our attempt to gain entry into the Guardian Bunker ends with a brush with the law.
Our investigation gets turned upside down. Shocking revelations fracture already strained relationships, and one phone call changes everything.