A classic string map appears in Inside No. 9 s07e03 (BBC Two, 2022).

A classic wall full of string appears in Leverage s02e05 (TNT, 2009).

A terrific string wall appears in London Spy s01e02 (BBC Two, 2015).

A whiteboard variant appears in Zero Day s01e05 (Netflix, 2025).

Dave McKean’s covers for Miracleman #17-22 (Eclipse, 1990-91) feature physical elements held taut by string.

The lead image, credited to Jeremy Brooks (Flickr/CC BY), for Sheila Liming’s “In Praise of Not Not Reading” at The Point (4 April 2017) features books hung together by string.

A classic string board is assembled in The PrimeTime’s “I can’t believe this is happening” video (18 September 2026).

A classic string board appears in Rats! (dirs. Maxwell Nalevansky & Carl Fry, 2024).

In this feature, Michael Kobre examines the role of Superman as “champion of the oppressed” in relation to the character’s creation, potential Jewish identity, matters of social justice over time.

String Theory: The Conspiracy Theory Podcasting Game (Tessellation Games, 2026) is quite overt about its narrative string theory:.

An obsessive shrine to Superman appears in Superman for All Seasons #2 (DC, October 1998).

A classic example appears on a wall in the “Build a Show” exhibit (2026) at the Broadway Museum in New York City.

The premier of the stage play “We Interrupt This Program” (October 2026) at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign, Illinois, contains string imagery in its social media advertising.

A classic string map appears in City of Love (dir. Èric Boadella, 2023).

A classic, meticulous string wall appears in the introductory scene of Colony [ Gunche ] (dir. Yeon Sang-ho, 2026).

A small amount of string appears during and imagined interrogation scene in Hacked: A Double Entendre of Rage Fueled Karma (dir. Shane Brady, 2026).

Robert De Niro maintains an elaborate pushpin map in The Whisper Man (dir. James Ashcroft, 2026).

Lasers stand in for red string in Fernando Blanco’s cover riffing on the stringboard trope for Next Level: One Shot #1 (DC, October 2026).

The opening credits of Revival s01 feature an underwater version of a set of string connections, building on the comic series on which the show is based.

A classic investigation closet appears in In Our Blood (dir. Pedro Kos, 2024).

Push pins and red string appears in the lead illustration by the Chronicle/Getty for Yoav Goldstein and Matan Kolerman-Shemer’s “ Yes, Higher Ed Shapes Students’ Politics. Here’s How. ” article for th...

A small amount of red string appears on a map in Madagascar (dirs. Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath, 2005).

Building on the use of red string earlier in the series, Absolute Batman #23 (DC, October 2026) adds even more.

A classic investigation wall appears in Indemnity (dir. Travis Taute, 2021).

A classic string board appears in A Building Full of Cats 2 (Devcats, 2025).

Two classic string boards are connected by red string in Mind Thief (dir. Matt Steinauer, 2022).

Red chopsticks swirl into a ball of red string on the poster for Nothing Can’t Be Undone by a HotPot [ Mei you yi dun huo guo jie jue bu liao de shi ] (dir. Sheng Ding, 2023).

The “Ennui sur Blasé” metro map in The French Dispatch (dir. Wes Anderson, 2021) resembles an NST variant (particularly the “lignes” map displayed in various exhibitions).

Classic string boards appear in a key location in MindsEye (Build a Rocket Boy, 2025).

A classic string board appears in the introduction of Iron Nest: Heavy Turret Simulator (Nick Nieuwoudt & Dominik Latos, 2026).

Building on the motif of a variant cover for issue #1 [NST #1456], red string appears on the cover and interiors of Land of Never #2 (Mad Cave, 2026).

A classic string wall appears in John P. McNamee’s “Guess I’m the problem” cartoon, posted to instagram (27 July 2026).

In addition to an early example in the game, a classic, pixelated board appears in Echo Generation (Cococucumber, 2021).

A classic board, with rubber-band instead of string, appears in Silent Hours (dir. Mark Greenstreet, 2021).

Strategic red string appears on a war map in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (dir. Susanna White, 2010).

A classic string board appears in A Haunted House 2 (dir. Michael Tiddes, 2014).

Classic investigation boards appears in Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (Headfirst Productions/Bethesda Softworks, 2006).

An installment of “Menopause Cop” features a “wish I could murder board” versus a paltry “murder board from the case” in Urzila s01e03 (ABC iView, 2026).

A delightful explainer video from the Buckinghamshire Archives posted to Bluesky on 14 July 2026 contains a cheeky stringboard toward the end.

Walt Disney’s “Flywheel” diagram, describing its many internal promotional mechanisms, prepared for investors in 1957, resembles the classic form of the “it’s all connected” diagram.

The trailer for the upcoming Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment, 2027) contains a classic investigation wall.

The trailer for the upcoming Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment, 2027) contains a classic investigation wall.

A classic investigation board with string appears in Blade: The Series s01e03 (Spike, 2006).

A classic string board appears in The Bear s04e02 (FX, 2025).

A classic red-string wall appears in Past Life (dir. Simeon Halligan, 2026).

Rob Matthews’s Entopic Graphomania series, connecting the use of a single letter across a page, produces related variants.

As expected, the cover of Andrew McKenzie-McHarg’s The Hidden History of Conspiracy Theory (Princeton University Press, 2026) features a hand-drawn variant on its cover.

A classic full-wall variant appears in Chapter 51 (dir. Tyler Shields, 2025).

A small string element appears on one investigation board in Metro Exodus (4A Games/Deep Silver, 2019).

A classic corkboard variant appears throughout The Kleptocrats (dirs. Sam Hobkinson & Havana Marking, 2018).