The Dame Was Loaded
Game Details: Mystery, 1996
Links: Moby Games, Steam
Walkthrough Updated: 9/3/2025
Suggested Listening: Wild Hearts Meet (Ash 25)
July 29
Anger's Office - 12:00pm
You will start at your desk. Pick up the fountain pen and photo of Angela. Step forward to the right and pick up your hat from the ground. Go back to try to leave the office, and give the landlord $50 from your wallet to keep him quiet for now. Looking over towards Ralph, take the plunger from beneath the basin, and a cigarette from the packet on Ralph's desk. Now head outside and walk back to enter the car. Turn on the radio and open the glove compartment, taking out the map. Choose your next location by clicking on it.
Barber - 12:30pm
Read the paper on the bench to the right. Sit in the barber's chair to get a shave. Back out and get the map from your glove box.
Diner - 1:00pm
Look at the menu on the wall and select the "donuts and coffee". Eat a donut and drink the coffee, then take the second donut with you. Use the receipt to pay, then leave again.
Police Station - 1:45pm
Ask Denton about everything. Give him your donut, then while he is gone, take the raid roster from the box on the right. Quickly store this in your inventory before Denton returns. Show him the photo of Dan, then ask him about Dan Small.
Newspaper Office - 2:30pm
Ask Franky about everything, then use the morgue door to ask more questions.
Anger's Office - 4:00pm
If your hat drops to the floor, pick it up. Sleep on the sofa, then use the typewriter on your desk to save your game.
Jake's Joint - 7:45pm
Knock on the door, then hand over the raid roster and you will be let inside. Use your wallet to put $1 into the pot on the table to start a hand of poker. Each hand you play, you can ask a question, and you need to ask about Dan Small and Freddi Creel.
Anger's Office - 4:00pm
If your hat drops to the floor, pick it up. Sleep on the sofa. If you wake up before the next day, just use your watch and wind it forward to 7:00am. Use the typewriter on your desk to save your game.
July 30
Barber - 7:30am
Read the paper on the bench to the right. Sit in the barber's chair to get a shave.
Diner - 8:00am
Look at the menu on the wall and select the "blue plate special". Use the fork or spoon to eat the food, then take both the fork and spoon. Use the receipt to pay. Back in your car, wind your watch forward to 9:00am.
Newspaper Office - 9:15am
Use the morgue door to ask about Freddy Creel and Thumbs McKenzie, then follow up by asking Franky about everything.
Louise Creel's Apartment - 11:00am
Use the door knocker to get inside. Ask Louise about everything, then show her the photos of Angela and Dan. Go left and click on the decanter over the fireplace - Louise will leave to get you some ice for a drink. Quickly return right, open her purse on the couch and take out a hairpin, then back out from the purse. Go left and move the painting over the fireplace to reveal a safe, then examine the safe more closely. Back out and click on the painting to move it back. Return right to the sofa and wait for Louise to return.
Once Louise has come back and left again, quickly go left and use your hairpin to open the lock on the glass cabinet. Grab the cigar box and back out, then put the cigar box on the stand to the left of the glass cabinet. Examine the cigar box here to see pictures of Louise. Pick up the cigar box and put it back in the glass cabinet, then return to the right again and wait for Louise to return. Ask Louise about First National.
Jail - 12:30pm
Give Thumbs your cigarette, then ask him about everything. Show him the photos of Angela and Dan. Back out at your car, open the trunk by pressing the black button to the left of the radio. Take the tire iron and put it in your inventory.
Foundry - 2:30pm
You will pay the foreman $1 to let you inside. Examine the crusher on the left. Open the cage and put the tire iron inside, then close the cage again. Use the switch at the top left to operate the crusher. Open the cage again and take out your flat tire iron. Use this on the small opening beneath the cage to retrieve a red pencil from the Palm Tree Motel.
Look to the right and go over to the red forklift. Lift up the seat and look more closely to see some wires - use your fork and spoon to connect the ends of the wires. Back out and push the seat back down, then climb into the forklift. Turn the key in the ignition and you will uncover a body. Look at the body. Examine the wallet and take Carl Brewer's money, PI license and gun license. Go back out to your car. Open the trunk and take out the wrench.
Anger's Office - 4:00pm
If your hat drops to the floor, pick it up. Talk to Ralph, who says he will distract Louise with a phone call when you visit her next time, to give you more time to snoop around. Sleep on the sofa. If you wake up before the next day, just use your watch and wind it forward to 7:00am. Put the flat tire iron, pencil, and Brewer's GI license and gun license into the drawer in your desk. Use the typewriter on your desk to save your game.
July 31
Barber - 7:30am
Read the paper on the bench to the right. Sit in the barber's chair to get a shave.
Police Station - 8:00am
Ask Denton about everything.
Palm Tree Motel - 9:00am
Show the photo of Dan to the clerk, then give him $2 and he will give you some information. Give him another $14 to get access to Dan's luggage. Take the photo of Dan and Angela, and the stethoscope. Look at this new photo in your inventory. Back out and give the clerk another $2 for more information. Head upstairs and knock on the door to room 11. Show your PI license and you will get knocked out and end up back downstairs. Grab the room 11 key from behind the clerk and you will hand over another $2. Go upstairs again and use the key to get into room 11.
Turn on the light switch on the right, then look to the left and move the bed. Look back to the right and take the locker key from inside the ceiling light. Turn to the left and replace the bed, then use the light switch on the left and enter the bathroom. Use your plunger on the sink, then use your wrench beneath the sink and you will find a diamond. Go back out to the reception and return the room 11 key to the clerk.
Railway Station - 11:45am
Use the locker key to open the locker to the right of the dark brown one, and read the book inside, in particular noting the code "FC L-5 R-8 L-1". Put the book back into the locker before leaving.
Louise Creel's Apartment - 12:30pm
Use the door knocker twice to make sure nobody is home, then use your hairpin on the lock to get inside. Go left and move the painting over the fireplace, then examine the safe. Hold the stethoscope and turn the dial left 5 times, right 8 times and left 1 time. Examine the insurance papers and jewellery inside the safe, then back out. Replace the painting again, then leave.
Newspaper Office - 1:15pm
Ask Franky about everything, then use the morgue door to ask about Carl Brewer and First National. Franky should kick you out. Keep going back into the Newspaper Office and being kicked out until there are 2 goons waiting in your car.
August 1
Warehouse - 5:15pm
When you wake up, click on the map and flip it over, then point at Brewer's Office to send the goons there. Now go forward 4 times towards the red fire alarm on the wall. Click on the glass 3 times quickly to break it. Look down and grab the piece of glass next to your right hand and you will break free. Pick up the map from the floor. Look in the wooden box on the left and take some whiskey.
Anger's Office - 5:30pm
You will pick up Louise's letter from the floor as you enter. Anything valuable you owned has been stolen. If your hat drops to the floor, pick it up. Use the typewriter on your desk to save your game.
Louise Creel's Apartment - 6:15pm
Ask Louise about everything. Look at the glass cabinet, the safe, the painting and the sofa, then go through to the other room. Pick up the needle and thread from the right, and a photo of Freddy and G-G from the pile of photos on the left. Go back to the front room and ask Louise about G-G McPherson.
Jake's Joint - 7:45pm
Ask the card players about everything, and show them the photo of Freddy and G-G.
Anger's Office - 8:15pm
If your hat drops to the floor, pick it up. Sleep on the sofa. You will get a ransom note when you wake up. Put the ransom note into the drawer in your desk. Use the typewriter on your desk to save your game.
August 2
Barber - 7:30am
Read the paper on the bench to the right. Sit in the barber's chair to get a shave.
Diner - 8:00am
Look at the menu on the wall and select the "donuts and coffee". Eat a donut and drink the coffee, then take the second donut with you. Use the receipt to pay, then leave again.
Police Station - 8:45am
Answer Denton's opening question with "Diamonds". Give him your donut, then while he is gone, take the raid roster from the box on the right. Quickly store this in your inventory before Denton returns. Now ask him about Big Joel Jones.
Newspaper Office - 9:15am
Franky won't be here, and you will sit behind her desk. Open the drawer on the right. Use the makeup to cover your bruises, then also pick up Franky's gun and laundry ticket 10. Use the phone on the desk to ask about Angela Donald.
Red Dragon Laundry - 10:15am
Give laundry ticket 10 to the man and you will receive Franky's dress. Go out to the car, and Mickey will be waiting for you. Ask him about Francine, Big Joel Jones, Angela Donald, Dan Small and First National Diamond.
Anger's Office - 11:00am
If your hat drops to the floor, pick it up. Open the wardrobe on the left and hang up the dress. Choose to wear it and you will discover Franky's notepad. Put Franky's gun and Franky's notepad into the drawer in your desk. Use the typewriter on your desk to save your game.
Red Dragon Laundry - 11:30am
Give the dress back to the man and you will receive laundry ticket 10 again.
Newspaper Office - 12:00pm
Put laundry ticket 10 on the right side of the desk. Use your fountain pen in the red ink bottle, then use it on the laundry ticket and select to change it to 20. Pick up laundry ticket 20. Use the phone on the desk to ask about Big Joel Jones, Francine Big Joel Jones again, and First National Diamond.
Red Dragon Laundry - 2:30pm
Give laundry ticket 20 to the man and you will receive a tuxedo.
Anger's Office - 4:00pm
Ralph will be shot outside in the alley. Grab his key, then go up the stairs and wait in your office for the police to arrive. You will automatically drink the bottle of whiskey. Look over to Ralph's desk and use his keys to open the file cabinet, then look at the file on Angela Donald. Put Ralph's key into the drawer in your desk. Use the typewriter on your desk to save your game.
August 3
Barber - 9:30am
Read the paper on the bench to the right. Sit in the barber's chair to get a shave. Pick up some hair from the floor, and give Mack the raid roster.
Diner - 10:00am
Look at the menu on the wall and select the "blue plate special". Take the knife, then use the receipt to pay.
Police Station - 10:45am
Ask Denton about Ralph Spencer. While he is gone, quickly look in the evidence box on the left and examine the letter and matches. Also pick up the lump of charcoal, then back out and put it away in your inventory. When Denton returns, ask him about Mickey Murphy.
Newspaper Office - 11:30am
Use the phone on the desk to ask about Mickey Murphy. Use your hair on the small pot of glue to make and wear a fake mustache.
Anger's Office - 12:30pm
If your hat drops to the floor, pick it up. Open the wardrobe on the left and hang up the tuxedo. Choose to wear it, but the trousers are too long. Use your needle and thread on the tuxedo, then use your watch and wind it forward to 6:30pm. Now wear the tuxedo. Use the typewriter on your desk to save your game.
Blue Angel Nightclub - 7:15pm
Assuming you have the tuxedo, makeup and mustache, you will be directed to the backstage area. Open the janitor's closet on the left and put on the overalls. Now continue through the next door to meet Big Joel Jones. After he leaves, quickly look at the 3 pictures behind the desk. Open the filing cabinet and read the files on Angela Howard, Randall Hannah, G-G McPherson, Francine and Thumbs McKenzie. Examine the desk and use your charcoal on the notepad, then take the Periwig 8th note that you uncover. Now leave before you get caught.
Jake's Joint - 7:50pm
Give the Periwig 8th note to G-G.
Anger's Office - 8:20pm
Pick up your hat from the floor and you will narrowly avoid being shot. Pick it up again. Put your tuxedo back into the wardrobe, then take it. Sleep on the sofa. Use the typewriter on your desk to save your game.
August 4
Barber - 9:30am
Read the paper on the bench to the right. Sit in the barber's chair to get a shave. Back in your car, wind your watch forward to 9:15am.
Newspaper Office - 9:30am
Use the phone on the desk to ask about Big Joel Jones again.
Big Joel's Cabin - 4:45pm
You will end up handcuffed in the cabin. Grab a hairpin from Franky's hair and you will free yourselves. Take the bear trap from the wall and use it to smash the window. Now go to the right side of the door and you will end up escaping.
Louise Creel's Apartment - 4:15pm
Ask Louise about everything. Back in your car, wind your watch forward to 6:15pm.
Anger's Office - 11:00pm
You will pick up Louise's letter from the floor as you enter. Sleep on the sofa. Use the typewriter on your desk to save your game.
August 5
Barber - 7:30am
Read the paper on the bench to the right. Sit in the barber's chair to get a shave.
Red Dragon Laundry - 8:00am
Give the tuxedo back to the man, then give him Franky's dress, and you will receive laundry ticket 10 again. Back in your car, wind your watch forward to 9:15am.
Newspaper Office - 9:30am
Try to talk to Franky about everything, but she is too busy to say very much.
Anger's Office - 10:00am
Use the typewriter on your desk to save your game.
Newspaper Office - 10:30am
You will end up behind Franky's desk again. Put laundry ticket 10 on the right side of the desk. Use your fountain pen in the red ink bottle, then use it on the laundry ticket and select to change it to 18. Pick up laundry ticket 18. Open the drawer on the right and use the makeup to cover your bruises.
Red Dragon Laundry - 11:00am
Give laundry ticket 18 to the man and you will receive a bellhop uniform.
Anger's Office - 11:30am
Sleep on the sofa, and you will be woken by a knock on the door. Go to the door to see the landlord, then just walk to the right and don't bother paying him anything. Wind your watch forward to 6:00pm. Use the typewriter on your desk to save your game.
Jake's Joint - 6:45pm
Red Randall will be here alone - show him Red's receipt (which you found at the Blue Angel Nightclub). You will automatically end up back at your office.
Anger's Office - 7:45pm
Use the typewriter on your desk to save your game. Open the wardrobe on the left and hang up the belhop uniform, then choose to wear it. You will automatically head to the Seville Hotel.
Hotel Seville - 7:45pm
Use the key you are given to enter room 78 - now you have to move quickly. Open the closet on the left and examine the brown jacket twice. Back out and look in the nightstand nearest to you. Click on the Oregon directory to see it falls open to the Smalls. Pick up the postal receipt. Back out and look at the other nightstand, examining the bullets inside. Back out and now enter the bathroom through the door on the left. Click on the green curtains to hide. As soon as the man comes in and pulls back the curtain, click on his face to knock him out. Pick up the shaving kit next to the unconscious man and use it on him to reveal his identity. Back out of the hotel room.
August 7
Anger's Office - 11:00am
Give the money to Carol, then ask her about everything. Give her the photo of Dan, and the photo of Dan and Angela. Show her the postal receipt, then back away and she will leave. Pick up the suitcase from next to your desk - it contains the stolen diamonds. Grab Franky's gun from your desk drawer, then use the typewriter on your desk to save your game. Head outside and Louise Creel will get into the car with you. There are many ways to end the game now:
- Click on the steering wheel, and you will drive away with Louise.
- Click on the car door, then wait and Louise will kill you.
- Click on the car door, then quickly grab Louise's purse. Click on the steering wheel to turn her in.
- Click on the car door, then quickly grab Louise's purse. Click on the car door to let her go.
Police Station - 11:45am
Give both guns and the diamonds to Denton.
To Client
Drive her to meet up with Carol.