Earth Hour 2010 – Thank You for Participating

Earth Hour 2010 was an incredible success! People from around the world all banded together to turn off their lights for an hour between 8:30-9:30 local time. While popular in the years passed, Earth Hour reportedly had even more participants than usual. Cities and communities are getting on board and getting more creative by offering events to participants. As the years pass, Earth Hour is becoming not only an environmental movement, but a celebration of our efforts to save our planet. The Earth... 

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What are you doing for Earth Hour?

Next weekend is Earth Hour (March 27th between 8:30-9:30 pm), and I hope you participate in this amazing chance for the world to unite and let their voices be heard. If you don’t know what Earth Hour is, it’s a WWF-organized event that spans the globe. For one full hour, participants from all over turn off their lights to impact our earth in the most incredible way. We at Shot In The Dark Mysteries LOVE Earth Hour. We have participated since the very start. We’re awfully green over... 

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The Earth Hour Murder!

For the world it means uniting together for the good of our planet. For one man, Earth Hour is going to be his last. Earth Hour is the largest environmental movement in history! All over the world, at a pre-determined time, people turn off their lights and shut off electric devices to benefit our world and let their voices be heard about the future of Planet Earth! Parties and events are organized world-wide as people band together to make a difference. But one party is about to go horribly wrong… A... 

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Don't worry, you won't break the game!

I facilitated a game here in Toronto this weekend – a custom game written from scratch for an old friend of my husband. Before the game started, as I was briefing the suspects, I assured them that there was no way they could “break” the game, so long as they avoided the 2 unforgiveable sins in murder mystery games: Don’t make up random information if it’s not on their sheet, and if asked directly about their “hide” information, they can not lie. Little did... 

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4 Elements of a Fabulous Party

I am often asked what makes a great party great and a horrible party – well, a “Hindenburg”. People tend to ask me this with the expectation of one simple, brilliant answer that will guarantee party success. Unfortunately, it’s not as simple as cutting the crusts off your little sandwiches to ensure everyone has fun, but there are four very distinct elements each great party – elements the bombs have lacked. While defining these oh-so-important elements of a fabulous... 

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Chocolate Tasters Wanted? Am I Dreaming?

Okay, so this may be completely off-topic, and you may wonder what chocolate has to do with Murder Mystery Games. Aside from inspiring some amazing mystery party game ideas, the answer is nothing. I may be a business owner who plots murder for a living, but I’m also a woman and I love 3 things more than everything else: Coffee, Shoes and Chocolate. Particularly truffles. Which is why I actually had a physical reaction when I read about this truffles tasting event. It was a shiver – a... 

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Get drunk by noon, all in the name of Saint Patrick

Most people think that St Patrick’s Day is just about green and beer (not to mention green beer). The truth is that most people, including me and the contributors of Wikipedia, have no idea what St Patrick’s Day is really all about. Is it the birthday of Guinness beer? Is it the celebration of leprechauns? Is it an excuse to drink (the answer to that is, of course, yes, but there is bound to be more to it). As always, we are here to enlighten you. Well, sort of. Saint Patrick was the... 

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Video: The Crisis Companion

Shot In The Dark Mysteries’ Mystery Maiden, Leigh Clements, explains what a crisis companion is and why you need one when planning a party, or hosting a murder mystery party. swfobject.embedSWF("http://www.youtube.com/v/evESyOG_D4U&rel=0&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=0", "vvq-1070-youtube-1", "425", "344", "10", vvqexpressinstall, vvqflashvars, vvqparams, vvqattributes);  Read More →

Custom and Personalized Mystery Games – What's it all about?

I had planned to blog today about custom mysteries, what they mean and the process it takes to create a custom mystery. Before I did though, I thought I would pop by some of my competitor’s websites to see what take they use when creating a custom mystery, and see where our differences lay. What I found absolutely shocked and astounded me. From the sites I browsed, I only found one other murder mystery games company that writes custom mystery games – and their website said they charged... 

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