3 Murder Mystery Party Games To Try If You’ve Never Done One Before
So you've never investigated a murder mystery? Don't sweat it, we were all new once! Welcome to Shot In The Dark Mysteries! Our mysteries range from more straightforward to challenging multiple murders! We figure that, as a fresh-faced detective, you may be looking for a slightly easier mystery. To help [...]
How to Host a Virtual Murder Mystery using Zoom
In the time of COVID-19, Zoom has become a verb as well as an online video conferencing tool! If you haven’t jumped on the bandwagon yet, we suggest heading to zoom.us to get acquainted with their app. We decided to focus on Zoom for our virtual murder mystery parties [...]
How to Attend a Virtual Shot In The Dark Mysteries Murder Mystery on Zoom
So You've Been Invited to a SHOT Murder Mystery on Zoom! Now What?! You should definitely RSVP Yes to the Host, because it is going to be a killer night! Shot In The Dark Mysteries is the original interactive, mingle mystery party! Our true-investigation style is what makes our [...]
There Have Been Multiple Murders
Not all Shot In The Dark Mysteries are created equally. If you’ve already investigated some single murders, it may be time to bring in more bodies! Investigating a multiple homicide means getting deep into layers of intrigue. Who had the motive to take out each of the victims? Who [...]
9 Tips for Designing your Speakeasy
How To Set Up A Speakeasy In Your Home Sometimes we offer links to help you with decor and inspiration ideas for bringing your mystery party to life. These links may or may not give us a commission. There's just something about the Roaring Twenties that makes us [...]
Murder at the Bourbon Club
Welcome to the SHOT blog! Today we are going to slide back in time a little bit, and reminisce about a past event. As you’re probably aware, Shot in the Dark Mysteries can be thrown anywhere, by anyone. That is the beauty of our easy, interactive format. Occasionally however, we [...]
How to Campaign for the Guests You Want
Shot in the Dark Creative Director, Leigh, sat down with her marketing team from C+P Digital to talk about how to hype up your party. You can listen to their full conversation here. As the marketers they are, their answer is to essentially create a campaign. Which means, just like [...]
A Murder Mystery Party Event in Copenhagen, Denmark!
In 2017, Shot in the Dark Mysteries premiered A Gangster Murder at a 1920s Speakeasy in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was a wild ride to get there! SHOT Creative Director Leigh had her on-the-ground point of contact, Lisbeth Damkjaer They plotted and planned from half a world apart to ensure a party [...]
VIDEO – Top Christmas Party Recommendations for Holiday Parties 2019
Want to watch the recommendations rather than scroll and read? Grab a glass of wine and settle in as we discuss our top murder mystery party recommendations for Christmas and Holidays 2019 and 2020! https://youtu.be/cmCfhM21HjY
Top Christmas and Holiday Murder Mystery Party Recommendations
Merry Christmas! We are coming at you this week on the blog with a discussion about Christmas parties, specifically Christmas murder mystery parties, and our creative director Leigh’s top recommendations for your Christmas and holiday murder mystery parties from our holiday catalogue – AND some that [...]
