PARTICIPATION MURDER MYSTERY THEMES

We have a wide range of themes that we can use to perform for your events, including customized themes that are only limited by your imagination. You can tap into our years of experience and we can help guide you to a theme that will help you achieve the success that you are looking for. Below are themes for our Participation Mysteries, but our Straight Mysteries can use any of these themes or variants that we will create for your group. Simply reach out to learn more.

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SCENARIOS

THESE ARE SOME OF OUR MORE POPULAR SCENARIOS

Death of The Alderman

This 1920's themed party involves the election of an Alderman to the local city council. The party is a celebration of his victory and those in attendance are his supporters dressed as flappers and mobsters. This includes the North Side Mob, the South Side Mob, his spouse, political figures and temperance workers. It's a great time had by all and we can add a costume contest as well.

The Godmother

This mobster themed show involves the death of the head of the organization of the local families, the Godmother. Taking on the personality of your city, the show quickly customizes to the audience involved. Suspects usually include the heads of the families that are a bit comedic and designed to easily be played by your people. Other characters can include politicians, someone from the old country, reporters, and business people. You'll laugh...if you know what's good for you!

Murder of The Millionaire

One of the more standard scenarios, this involves a millionaire who made his wealth on the backs of many others who want a piece of the action. This likely includes a spouse, a girlfriend, a business rival, a yes-man, a competitor and a politician. We have offshoots on the Coast of Spain, the Coast of France, the Coast of Italy, Hawaii and others to get one appropriate for your party.

The Murder of 008

Our own take on the spy genre has the death of 008. You Only Live Twice? Not so fast! Our second fiddle secret agent to his more famous counterpart decides to retire and a rogues gallery of suspects emerge. it's a great way to have outlandish fun with bizarre characters!

A Golf Mystery

The head of the FBI Division fighting fraud in golf is killed on the night that he was announcing that he would retire and write a tell all book! Which one of the interesting characters committed the crime? The characters include his wife, a golf equipment manufacturer, the course golf pro, the person running the pro shop, and many more.

Custom Scenarios

We can create just about any scenario that you can think of. The writing does take some time and there is a nominal fee, but having a customized event for your party is often worth it. Just ask and we can discuss the possibilities.

OTHER MODERN DAY SCENARIOS

OFTEN WITH LESS COSTUMING NEEDED

DEATH AT A WINE TASTING

When a millionaire gets into the business of wine-making, there's always people that wouldn't be happy. There are competitors, neighbors, politicians and ex-spouses, all of which could have reasons to be stressed by the millionaire's success. Maybe they should have some wine! This is perfect for our Grapes of Laugh programs at wineries.

DEATH OF A CELEBRITY

We have a couple of variations on the theme of having a celebrity who is having a party and is found dead. The participants play a variety of celebrities that are the suspects and others could be adoring fans. There are a collection of pseudo celebrities who are the suspects and may have have committed the crime of the century of the week!

UNDATABLE: FINDING A PERFECT DEATH MATCH

This is a singles event where the leader of a match making event is murdered and the suspects are those who have yet to find love and have taken issue with their match maker. The characters are a bunch of troubled people and lets them show off that they have a sense of humor about being single. This allows them to be the stars of the event and build their confidence.

CHAMBER MUSIC

The leader of a local chamber music society is killed. The political in-fighting and topics of gossip come to the fore as the group investigates their own. There are questions about the Music Director, the starving artist, the Vice President of the organization, the spouse, and many others. It's a classical good time for audience with an appreciation for the finer things.

DUDE RANCH

A millionaire from the city wanted a place to get away from it all and bought a nice ranch. He decided to throw a hoe-down and invited people from both of his worlds. The combination of city-folk and ranchers create an odd mixture. With the death of the millionaire, there are plenty of potential suspects to choose from. It appears time to apply some frontier justice!

CUSTOMIZED POLITICAL SCENARIOS

We have a history of producing customized political scenarios. For example, we had a mystery where someone stole Hillary's server and another where someone stole Trump's hair. We are aggressively non-partisan and have worked for both the Democratic and Republican parties with equal fervor. We can also have mysteries surrounding either side of single issues.

Other modern day scenarios include Murder of a Marriage Counselor (often done at churches), Murder at a Luau, Masquerade Murder, Mardi Gras, Death of the Head Fraudster (developed for an AARP event), Death at a Casino, and a Death at a British Pub. And, of course, we can customize new ones for your group!

SOME SCENARIOS FROM HISTORY

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1920s-1930s: DEATH OF THE ALDERMAN or THE FEATHERSBY

These 1920s or 1930s themed parties involves either the election of an Alderman to the local city council. The Aldermen were the corrupt Chicago politicians that allowed the rise of Al Capone. This includes his spouse, mobsters, political figures, flappers, and temperance workers.

The Feathersby is the scenario we performed for the Real Housewives of New York and is our answer to the Great Gatsby.

Both are great times had by all and we can add a costume contest as well. We also have a couple of other 1920s scenarios such as The Average Avery.

1980s: DEATH OF THE MUSIC MOGUL

Music mogul Mickety Mack is found killed at a meeting of his latest charity record venture. There are a collection of pseudo celebrities who might have committed the crime. Characters include Michael George, Girl Georgina, Ave Maria, Miguel Llackson or many other pseudo celebrities from the decade of excess! Girls may just wanna have fun, but attendees of our events actually get to do so! We also have 1970s (Disco) and 1990s versions. We can also customize other 1980s scenarios, such as Greed is Good to be more of a Wall Street vibe.

PIRATES OF THE CITY

While this one is not officially assigned to a specific time period, it is definitely playing another time. Because they are fictional pirates from the local city, we can play off of issues that are contemporary to the community. Characters are offshoots of popularized characters and it is the leader of the local pirates that is killed. It's also a great event for International Talk Like a Pirate Day, which is September 19th! ARRRGGGGHHH!

NO CLASS SHERLOCK

Created for a college environment, Sherlock had lectured at the university and now that the Dean has been found dead, the students have to determine the murderer using the skills of deduction taught by the famous consulting detective. This scenario is in the Victorian era and is at your university on the bank of the Thames River in England. Suspects include various professors and other faculty of the university.

Not all mysteries are murders! We have theft scenarios for the Loss of a Painting, Theft of a Mascot, A Prize Pumpkin (for Halloween), The Prize Herring (Jewish groups), and any other you might wish to customize.

HOLIDAY SCENARIOS

CREATE A NEW TRADITION

HERE COMES SANTA'S CORPSE

It's the North Pole and the unthinkable has happened. Santa is found dead in the cookie plant! Who could have committed the crime? Maybe it's Santa's second wife or the head of the Elves union, Jiminy Hoffa!

THE MAUL SANTA

It's a popular shopping mall during the holiday season and the mall Santa is found dead. Which of the mall employees or others could have committed such a terrible crime?

SANTA GOT HIT BY A SNOWPLOW

Originally a customized scenario produced for a snow plow company, it has proven to become a strangely popular holiday favorite. Who committed this bizarre crime? And, who is going to wash the truck?

VARIATIONS OF OUR OTHER THEMES

We can adapt our Millionaire's Mansion and Mobster scenarios to be a party that is taking place during any holiday. It's a great way to save on our customization fees. Simply ask us how!

SOME SCENARIOS FOR YOUNG ADULTS

FUN FOR PARTIES OF ALL TYPES

DEATH OF A POP STAR

A pop icon is murdered at the audition for a movie too see who will be the co-star. The pseudo-celebrities are a regular Who's Who of stardom. But which celebrity committed the crime? Victims can include Lady GooGoo, Dustin Beaver or Lindsay Lohan. We have an add-on to the event to have an audition that we conduct in the middle of the show allowing them to perform their favorite movie lines in front of the group!

POST PROMMED

The group must work together to solve the murder of the leader of the prom committee. The various characters that are suspects in the crime are your typical high school fare. It's a great way to enjoy a party while poking fun of some of the tropes of high school life. We have an add-on to the event to have a game show where people try to guess creative answers to questions provided to the characters.

DEATH OF PRINCE CHARMING

Have you ever wondered how Prince Charming has lived happily ever after with so many princesses? Well, the princesses aren't happy! With a variety of historic versions of the Disney princesses, his mother, other royalty, and additional characters as the suspects, there is no shortage of dress up fun to be had. We have an add-on of a fairy tale trivia game for the participants to compete. It's a great way to have a blast with your friends!

A SUPERHERO MURDER

The leader of the local group of superheroes is killed, and not just the villains are suspects! The superheroes have done such a good job of fighting crime that there isn't enough for them to do, and now they are causing trouble amongst their own! But when the superheroes are the suspects, who can possibly save the day? We have an add-on to the event to have a Superhero Trivia contest pitting the audience against one another.

MISS TEEN USA

The head of a pageant is killed as representatives from different states and staff of the pageant are suspects. The characters are used to poke fun of the states and their stereotypes allowing the girls to show their comedy skills. Usually for Sweet 16 or birthday parties for girls, we can accommodate a couple of boys as characters. We have an add-on that allows for the contestants to compete in a talent show during the event.

CUSTOM SCENARIOS

We have several more scenarios that we have done for clients over time. We can also customize a brand new scenario for your group. Yes, there is an additional fee, but if you think it is worthwhile, we can do it! If it is a scenario that we think might be re-used, we often will lower the fee for creating the scenario to reflect that we might have future clients that would like it. We can accommodate all kinds of needs when it comes to customizing. Simply ask us how.

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WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW

WHAT IS THE OCCASION?

The first step is to determine your needs. This includes potential goals, desires and concerns. The more we know about what has already been decided can allow us to narrow the conversation to approaches that interest you.

WHAT ARE THE DETAILS? WHERE? WHEN? HOW MANY PEOPLE?

We need to know the city where the event will be as well as what kind of venue might be used. A date, or date range, for when you would like to have this and what time frame you are looking for will help to determine our commitment and availability. Knowing the size of your group, though that will likely just be an estimate, will allow us to choose appropriate options and have a better feel for the resources required.

DO YOU HAVE A BUDGET IN MIND?

If you know budget limitations, that can allow us to restrict the conversations to those options that will be within your financial constraints. This works in both directions. We don't want to overbuild and propose options that can't be done. Also, we don't want to provide less than we could realizing the resources that could be made available to better achieve your goals.

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