The Vault of Culture is an edited, semi-scholarly space devoted to publishing a wide range of approaches to a variety of cultural and aesthetic objects: https://www.vaultofculture.com/https://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mlvqduyc3k2pA classic investigation room appears in Pod (dir. Mickey Keating, 2015): https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/05/15/pod15 May 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvqduyc3k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mltfueuwds2bA classic string board appears in Daredevil: Born Again s02e03 (Disney+, 2026), mirroring one in the previous season: https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/05/14/daredevilbornagain14 May 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltfueuwds2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mlqldnkcss2sThroughout the 1990s until his death in 2000, Mark Lombardi produced an array of pencil diagrams, which he called “Narrative Structures” (also “Interlock” diagrams) on the connections between various entities involved in financial and political scandals: https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/05/13/lombari13 May 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqldnkcss2shttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mlo3llchhk2iThe Fortnite spin-off Fortnite Save the World (Epic Games, 2020) uses a classic string board for its mission briefings: https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/05/12/fortnitesave12 May 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo3llchhk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mllkvvex7k26Classic string boards appear in Blue Prince (Dogubomb/Raw Fury, 2025): https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/05/11/blueprince11 May 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllkvvex7k26https://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mleiajzll22sClassic investigation boards appear in Dark Light (dir. Padraig Reynolds, 2019): https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/05/08/darklight08 May 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mleiajzll22shttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mlbjibvyr22uA few classic variants appear in Dead Island 2 (Dambuster Studios/Deep Silver, 2023): https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/05/07/deadisland207 May 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbjibvyr22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3ml7fbkwjac2xA preview page from one of L. Pidge’s Infinite Wheatpaste comics, posted by Avery Hill Publishing on instagram, contains red thread connections: https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/04/13/infinitewheatpaste06 May 2026 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7fbkwjac2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3ml4ijnoyhk2iA classic investigation board appears in Tiny Bookshop (Neoludic Games/Skystone Games, 2025): https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/05/05/tinybookshop05 May 2026 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4ijnoyhk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3ml2buxxlts22The cover of Michael Shermer’s Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational (2022) employs some classic red string: https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/05/04/conspiracy04 May 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2buxxlts22https://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mksglfa7us2tA classic string investigation board appears in Elsbeth s02e14 (CBS, 2025): https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/05/01/elsbeth01 May 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksglfa7us2thttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mkpwf7cda22eThe opening credits of Psycho Killer (dir. Gavin Polone, 2026) strobe between red and black iterations of string and investigation boards: https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/04/30/psychokiller30 Apr 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpwf7cda22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mknmcnsqt22zA string map, described as a “wall of death,” appears in Deadly Impact (dir. Robert Kurtzman, 2010): https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/04/29/deadlyimpact29 Apr 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknmcnsqt22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mkkvawn2ks2zThe cover of Joseph Packer and Ethan Stoneman’s Cypher Culture: Conspiracy, Fandom, and the Messages That Were Not There (LSU Press, 2026) is structured as a classic string board: https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/04/28/cypherculture28 Apr 2026 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkvawn2ks2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mkillxvjpc2zClassic string maps appear in Demon Witch Child (dir. Amando de Ossorio, 1974): https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/04/27/demonwitchchild27 Apr 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkillxvjpc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mkau5jrw4k25As in prior seasons, a couple of classic string boards appear in Hilda s03e07 (Netflix, 2023): https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/04/24/hilda24 Apr 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkau5jrw4k25https://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mkau4hfr2225Elaborate mind maps, similar to those in Frogwares’ Sherlock Holmes games, are featured in Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The First Cases (Blazing Griffin/Microids, 2021): https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/04/23/poirotfirstcases24 Apr 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkau4hfr2225https://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mkau2l7blc25Classic variants appear in an explanation scene in Redwood Massacre: Annihilation (David Ryan Keith, 2020): https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/04/22/redwoodmassacre24 Apr 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkau2l7blc25https://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mk3ywrffuc2vVoC is proud to present a new featured article by political theorist @grayskythinking.bsky.social on Alex van Warmerdam's Borgman (2013), considering the film's feral Outside irruption into late capitalist domesticity and what it means to leave yourself behind. https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/feature/uhall/borgman22 Apr 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3ywrffuc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mjzjmxsdv22sA classic string map and investigation board appear in The Calling (dir. Jason Stone, 2014): https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/04/21/calling21 Apr 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzjmxsdv22shttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mjx34t5kds2aSome string boards appear in one of the film clips inside the game Not for Broadcast (NotGames/tinyBuild, 2022): https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/04/20/notforbroadcast20 Apr 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjx34t5kds2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mjmp27mygs2qAs in prior seasons, another variant—this time a full-room orderly documentation of an investigation—appears in Fargo s03e10 (FX, 2017): https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/04/16/fargo16 Apr 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmp27mygs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mjk7qxauds2kA planning board gets some string connection in Plush (dir. Catherine Hardwicke, 2013): https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/04/15/plush15 Apr 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjk7qxauds2khttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mjibqxcaes22A classic map-based string board appears in Do Not Enter (dir. Marc Klasfeld, 2026): https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/04/14/donotenter14 Apr 2026 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjibqxcaes22https://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mjfhibbfcs2iThe trailer for the upcoming special Punisher: One Last Kill (Disney+, 2026) briefly includes a classic variant: https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/04/13/punisheronelastkill13 Apr 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfhibbfcs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mj5lwhvh2k25Digital red string appears in the lead illustration by the SPLC for Jeff Tischauser’s “Mapping the Communication Network Inside Patriot Front,” article for the Southern Poverty Law Center (17 March 2026): https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/04/10/mapping10 Apr 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5lwhvh2k25https://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mj33bjvjtc2xA classic variant appears briefly in Spawn #250 (Image, February 2015): https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/04/09/spawn09 Apr 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj33bjvjtc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3miyvkj5us22iA classic photo wall appears at the close of The Mighty Avengers #12 (Marvel, June 2008): https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/004/08/mightyavengers08 Apr 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyvkj5us22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3miw5voch5s2mThe key figure on the poster for The Winter Witch (dir. Richard John Taylor, 2022) appears to be composed of red yarn: https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/04/07/winterwitch07 Apr 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3miw5voch5s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/vaultofculture.bsky.social/post/3mitu7ojw3c2tThe header logo for the Games and Archaeological Play (GAP) workshop at FDG 2026 is presented as a digital red-string board: https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/nst/2026/04/06/gap06 Apr 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:thbwoe2xvx47cedhbeay433j/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitu7ojw3c2t