Indoors
Usually hosted throughout your evening meal
10 to 1,000+
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Murder Mystery Night is an indoor, fully hosted murder mystery team building activity for groups of 10 to 1,000+, run through your evening meal or as a 1.5 hour session with no breaks. Our host, as the Chief Inspector, questions the suspects while every delegate works to solve the crime. It’s a corporate murder mystery full of fun and intrigue, made for work Christmas parties, end-of-year celebrations, conference dinners, awards nights and team nights.
A murder mystery is a fun, exciting and extremely silly game of ‘whodunit’.
The aim of the game is very simple; solve a murder before the guilty party strikes again! What makes this activity truly special is your guests play the chief murder suspects with every delegate playing a different yet crucial character to the overall story. Your delegates get up to all sorts of mischief and mayhem as they dodge accusations and get sucked into red herrings. At the conclusion of the night everyone is given the opportunity to write down who they think is the murderer before the big reveal!
Our murder mystery is team building for the whole room. Each delegate plays their own character as an individual, and everyone gets involved in the same investigation, so it’s an entertaining, fully interactive experience for the whole group.
Everyone who attends a murder mystery plays a part in the investigation. Once we have some basic details about your event we will send out character sheets for you to distribute to your delegates. Each character sheet contains clear and simple instructions about the murder mystery and how to play.
We will fit in with the agenda of the evening however usually the Murder Mystery Night unfolds in the following sequence. Right from the start of pre-dinner drinks we encourage everyone to mingle in character and find out as much as they can about the other characters. This helps your delegates get into the spirit of the night and creates atmosphere.
The night is then divided into two 30 to 40 minute sets and usually fills the space between the entree and the main, the main and the dessert. During this time, our facilitator playing the role of the Chief Inspector stands in the middle of the room and questions the major suspects and witnesses.
As the second act draws to a close everyone is given the opportunity to write down who they think is the murderer. Some of these theories are read out and finally the murderer is revealed to much applause.
This event is well suited to any style of event whether it be a sit-down meal or cocktail style.
Depending on your group size all we require is a microphone for our facilitator with an AUX connection and a stage or central area for the performance.
Delegates who love to dress up and perform in front of a crowd are perfect for the major suspect roles, while others can play a witness with something to say or do, and quieter delegates can take a smaller part in the investigation.
Want your delegates working in teams instead? Our Murder Mystery Race splits them into teams to crack a cold case, using clues hidden across the city. For other options that run across your evening meal, browse our evening team building activities.
Travel to the sleazy underworld of Chicago of the 1930’s, put on an old suit and a bad accent to become a gangster, gangster’s mole or a crooked politician and swing along to one of our most popular scenarios.
A very English scenario of feuding families, a disgruntled butler, a maid with a secret, jealousy and revenge. A classic “Agatha Christie” type whodunit for those who enjoy their mystery with a twist.
Santa is missing, the elves are angry and Rudolph’s nose is unusually bright. Find out the real secrets behind this Christmas cheer and discover who is killing the true spirit of Christmas.
Yeeha! Grab your hat and put on your spurs as there are some varmints out there that need to be tickled with your shooting irons. A wild case in the even wilder west.
A mystery set aboard the last night of the Titanic that combines historical fact with the popular movie. A mystery that goes full steam ahead.
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The Murder Mystery Night is an indoor activity that simply requires a stage or central space in your dining room for the action to take place.
Yes! We have over 20 different Murder Mystery themes to choose from and can even tailor the theme location, time period or characters to suit your event.
You do, and nobody has to perform if they would rather not. We send the character sheets ahead of the night for you to hand out. You decide who does what based on how you think your guests would like to participate. Each of our Murder Mystery themes have over 60 different individual characters to choose from with approximately 6 to 10 “major suspects” who are questioned by our detective in front of everyone, another 8 to 12 “witnesses” with something to say or do and the remainder with something smaller to add. We organise, change genders and cut down the characters to suit your group. We are flexible and realise some groups only want the major suspects and witness characters while others want everyone to have a role.
We strongly advise that your group dress-up and get into the spirit of the Murder Mystery Night. We do not have full costumes for each and every character, however, can organise costume accessories for your group such as wigs, hats, glasses etc. Talk to us if you would like to add these to your event at an additional cost.
Each character is normally given a single sheet of paper containing character details to help your delegates dress up, secrets if you are a witness or major suspect, gossip about other guests to spread about and sometimes an objective to reach during the night. These are not scripts to learn but simple one-page fun instructions. Don’t worry, our Detective will always help you!
For groups over 20 people all we need is a microphone and AUX connection.
Yes! As your activity will be taking place during the course of dinner it would be great if you could organise a supplier meal for our host.
As a guide, our night events start from $50 per person including GST. Our rates are volume-based, so larger groups receive a lower per-person rate. Every Murder Mystery Night includes our host, facilitators, all equipment and $20 million public liability insurance. Send us your date and group size for a same-day quote, or see our team building cost guide for more detail.
Yes. Santa Sleighing is a Christmas murder mystery party theme, and any of our 20+ themes can be tailored to your work Christmas party. It runs through your Christmas party dinner, from mingling in character at pre-dinner drinks to the final accusations and the big reveal. For more ideas, see our work Christmas party ideas.
Yes. Our head office is in Redhead, near Newcastle, and we run Murder Mystery Night at venues across Newcastle, the Hunter and Australia wide. See more team building in Newcastle.
“Hunter Douglas enjoyed a Murder Mystery evening and the feedback from the group said the night was absolutely fantastic, loved by everyone!! Our Murder Mystery Host was exceptional.”
“What can I say…. BUT THANK YOU!! Saturday night was amazing. I didn’t know what to expect, but I know what was delivered was far beyond my expectations. Our facilitator was amazing! She made the night. In character she was an absolute hoot, outside or character an absolute delight to deal with. The story was perfect, the twists and turns and the wicked sense of humour made for a fun evening for all involved. I could not recommend your services enough. I am sure we will use you again, I just need to start making up more events so I can!”
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