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Oscar Vanishes Theft Mystery Party

Director Elliot Vogel is hosting a party inside his Old Hollywood mansion and the festivities are in full swing. Suddenly, Sarah Westmore discovers that her Best Actress award has gone missing! Who stole it and why? Now some of Hollywood’s elite find themselves suspects in the disappearance of Sarah Westmore’s award

The League of Good Guys Murder Mystery Party

The members of The League of Good Guys have met at IronGuy's mansion to have their usual meeting in IronGuy's secret underground meeting room. But when a controversial alloy that IronGuy has created goes missing and then his butler is found dead, it becomes apparent that one of the heroes has turned villainous. It's up to all the heroes to question the suspects to find the killer and the thief in their midst!

Wizard of Oz Kids Murder Mystery Party

A murder mystery party with suspects based on L. Frank Baum’s classic book, The Wizard of Oz. Can accommodate an unlimited number of players as sleuths or investigators. Instant download materials!

4 Secrets for Last Minute Halloween Parties

For many of us hosts, life is so busy that one day we see a yard haunt as we’re driving down the street and realize that it’s October 24th. We check the calendar, slip out a swear word and wonder if it’s too late to do something fun for Halloween with friends. The answer is, [...]

One night in Dundalk

I was working on something earlier that got me thinking about this one night a bazillion years ago, long before I started Shot In The Dark Mysteries when I was in Corporate Canada and primarily writing fiction. It was one of the most ridiculous, crazy-Hollywood-movie type of evenings and I remembered I wrote a blog [...]

How to Throw an Anti-Valentines’ Day Murder Mystery Party

  Each year, millions of people worldwide jump on the Valentines’ Day bandwagon, buying their significant others flowers, candy and procreating like mad. For millions of others though, Valentines’ Day represents something much different – the thought that society pushes the idea of co-existence on us all, that if we haven’t yet found our soul [...]

Creating a Fabulous Murder Mystery Party Guest List

  One of the factors that can make or break a party is the guest list. Certain guests thrive in certain situations while shying away from others. When I put on a murder mystery game party, I invite different people than I would for my grandfather’s 89th birthday party. This is a simple comparison, but [...]

Quick and Practical Tips for Throwing Interactive Mystery Parties

  An interactive “Mingle” murder mystery party is a truly unique format. Instead of sitting around reading scripts and performing embarassing tasks, your guests are up, mingling and interroging suspects to put together the clues and determine who had the motive, means and opportunity to commit murder. It’s a very liberating and incredibly easy format, [...]

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