Interactive Mingle Mystery vs. Interactive Dinner Party Murder Mystery – Which Should You Choose?
Are you ready to host an unforgettable murder mystery party at home? Whether you're looking to throw a lively cocktail party or an elegant dinner party, we've got the perfect mystery game format for you! At Shot In The Dark Mysteries, our interactive "Mingle" and "Dinner Party" formats have been [...]
How to Throw a Wine and Chocolate Pairing Party
Looking to throw a party that’s both sophisticated and fun? A wine and chocolate pairing party is just the ticket. Not only is it a delightful experience for the taste buds, but it’s also a fantastic way to bring friends together. Plus, it pairs perfectly with our murder mystery party [...]
How to Use the Suspect Guides
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 [...]
How to Use the Optional Witness Package
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 [...]
How To Use Shot In The Dark Mysteries Murder Mystery Packages for A Kid’s or Teen’s Party
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. [...]
How to Use a SHOT Interactive Mingle Murder Mystery Kit for a Dinner Party
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 [...]
How To Use a SHOT Mystery Package For A Sit-Down Event
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 [...]
Top 5 Mystery Parties for Summer
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 [...]
Choosing The Right Murder Mystery Package For Your Fundraiser
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 [...]
Controlling The Movement Of Your Mystery Party Event
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 [...]
Fifty to One Hundred Guest Murder Mystery Party
Larger Murder Mystery Event of 50-100 Guests? For a larger murder mystery party event of between fifty to one hundred people we always recommend using a cast of suspects - between 10 and 14 suspects, rather than a full 18 or a smaller amount of six or eight. There are [...]
Twenty Five to Fifty Guest Murder Mystery Party
25-50 People for your Murder Mystery Party or Event? This number of people for a murder mystery party usually comes with a change of venue! We throw murder mystery parties locally where we are in conjunction with a local establishment that is 20s themed, so we have loads of examples [...]