The Art of Party Hosting

The Shot in the Dark Mysteries investigative format can translate into an interactive event at any local establishment. One of the places that SHOT throws local events is at a 1920s wine and cheese lounge, The Speakcheasy. Our CEO and chief story teller, Leigh, sat down with the two proprietresses of this prohibition bar. They [...]

It's our favourite time of year and here in Canada, as soon as the Thanksgiving pumpkin pie is eaten, we turn our attention to Halloween party planning. So, let's talk about mystery party games for Halloween 2019! The Halloween Party Murder Halloween Costumes Required?: It's open - you or your guests decide what they [...]

How to Use the Suspect Guides for your Murder Mystery Party Suspect Guides are provided in your mystery materials in a separate file for each role. These guides describe the character, their hidden motives, what information they know that can be shared with everyone else and instructions for how to play. The Guides are formatted [...]

How to Use the Optional Witness Packages for your Murder Mystery Party As hosts, it's not always easy to get a 100% commitment out of our guests for a party – and understandably so – life is busy! So, how do you plan a murder mystery party with necessary characters when a few of your [...]

When we think of entertaining, we usually think of bringing together our grown-up friends for a night of memories and fun. However, when we become parents, suddenly we realize there's a different kind of entertaining - kids parties. And nothing prepares you for the task of planning a kids party. Seriously, parents, let's have a [...]

How To Use Shot In The Dark Mysteries Murder Mystery Packages for A Dinner Party One of the great things about our murder mystery party packages is how flexible they are. You can use our mystery kits for any type of party - including a sit-down dinner party. When you purchase a package, the instructions [...]

  Sit Down Event? Another way to use our flexible murder mystery party game format is for a sit-down event. What do we mean by this? Think a gala, where everyone is sitting down at tables, perhaps for a multi-course dinner. Another example of this is at a seniors' centre or a luncheon. In this [...]

Top 5 Murder Mystery Parties for Summer Summer is officially here, and we don't know about you, but on days with sweet heat breezes, we don't want to sit inside. What better way to get your people together for a little face-to-face time than to entice them with a little outdoor get together, creating sweet [...]

Throwing a Murder Mystery Fundraiser? We love being able to support our clients' efforts in their community, so we are always excited to help in any way we can when a host wants to use one of our mystery packages for a fundraiser! In fact, our first public event EVER was a fundraiser in a [...]

Advanced party hosting tip comin' atcha! There's a strange phenomenon that happens at larger parties and events. We have observed this time and time again at larger parties of anything more than around 12 people. It's something we call... Bunching Yes, we know, for creative people, that's not a very creative title, but stay with [...]