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Recipes for your Spring Murder Mystery Party
At last, it’s May!  The weather is starting to warm up and we can finally start going out in our gardens again and brushing away the winter blues. What better way to celebrate than by hosting a spring murder mystery...
Solving the Case: Tips and Strategies for Murder Mystery Success
The thrill of the chase There’s a reason writers such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie have achieved global renown with characters such as Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, (their enigmatic detectives with their little quirks), is because...
Murderously Refreshing: Spring Cocktails for Your Mystery Party
As the cold days end and the spring arrives, it’s time to start thinking about planning your next murder mystery party. Gather your friends around for margaritas and murder and host a spring murder mystery party.  Today we’ll look at...
Murder Mystery Games for Kids: Tips for Age-Appropriate and Engaging Gameplay
With the Easter holidays coming up, you might be thinking what activities can you run that will engage younger audiences more than simply going to the park? What about running a murder mystery party? At Masters of Mystery, we have...
Murder Mystery Etiquette: Dos and Don’ts for a Successful Game Night
Murder mystery parties are an increasingly popular way to spend an evening, combining the thrill of a good whodunit with the fun of a social gathering. Like most games’ nights, a murder mystery party comes with its own set of...
The history and evolution of murder mystery games
Murder mystery games have recently because hugely popular, with a surge in online games that could be played while everyone was stuck in their homes, but they’ve been around far longer than that. Boxed murder mystery dinner party games could...
Romantic Cocktails for your Valentines Day Murder Mystery
Spring is on the horizon and love is in the air. Couples all over are wanting to celebrate the love with their friends and family and what better way to celebrate the season of romance than by hosting your own...
Tips for developing your Murder Mystery Confidence
  Murder Mystery dinner parties are becoming more and more popular. During lockdown they were often hosted over Zoom or over other online video conferencing software and it was a great way to keep in touch with people while you...
Healthy Snacks for a Murder Mystery Party
It’s January, the month we all decide to make a change, exercise more and eat better. We’ve overindulged over the Festive season and want to make a fresh start but we understand that it’s really hard to keep yourself motivated,...
1920s-Inspired Food and Cocktails for a Murder Mystery Party
The 1920s, often referred to as the Roaring Twenties, was a decade of lavish parties, prohibition, and unique culinary experiences. Hosting a murder mystery party with a 1920s theme requires not just costumes and a compelling storyline but also an authentic menu that transports guests back in time. This article explores food and cocktail ideas from the 1920s that are perfect for adding a touch of authenticity to your murder mystery party.
New Year’s Eve Murder Mystery Party Ideas
With Christmas over, you have just a week left until it’s new year’s eve, Christmas tends to take up a lot of our time that we sometimes forget about the New Year until it’s too late. Fortunately, Masters of Mystery...
10 Christmas Party Games
  Christmas is just around the corner, your shopping is done and you’ve got the expected arrival times of your niece's, nephew's, grandkids, great aunt etc, the whole family are descending on you for the holiday season, the shops are...
Festive Foods and Winter Warmers suitable for any Christmas Murder Mystery
Winter is a wonderful time of year, the fire’s burning, the Christmas tree will be going up soon, some of you may already have it up, shops are having a sale, towns are having their Christmas lights switched on and...
Best Christmas Murder Mystery Games
It’s November! Know what that means?  Bonfire night, fireworks, frost on the ground, that chilly wind that freezes your nose and toes and of course next month it’ll be Christmas! You may think that it’s too soon to start thinking...
Tips For Affordable Murder Mystery Decorations
You want to throw and awesome Murder Mystery party but are worried about breaking the bank. Don’t worry, we’ve got some great tips on how to get some awesome, affordable decorations, whatever your theme.  For Halloween why not make yourself...
10 Fun Halloween Party Games
It’s spooky season and you know what that means? The neighbourhoods start putting up their Halloween decorations, coffee shops are serving their pumpkin spice latte’s, the air is cool and crisp, the world has turned a golden brown and people...
How To Throw A Halloween Murder Mystery
It’s the end of summer, so what does that mean? It’s nearly Halloween! Crisp, cold morning, golden leaves, chestnuts falling and of course Pumkin Spice Lattes, it’s time to dig out your winter boots and woolly jumpers and enjoy the...
How Do Murder Mystery Parties Work?
If you’ve never attended a murder mystery before you may be asking yourself how they work. What do you need to do? What are they like? Well, you’ve come to the right place because we will tell you everything you...
Choosing a Murder Mystery Game for your Party
Everyone loves a good mystery, don’t they?  Whether reading a novel, going to see a play, watching a movie, TV show or serial killer documentary. As a society we’ve been fascinated by crime for generations and the more gruesome the...
The Queen of Murder Mystery
Masters of Mystery have been making games for  while now, but the concept of the murder mystery goes back much further. In our “Who are the best murder mystery authors” blog we discuss some of the best murder mystery authors...
How to host a Great Graduation Party
It’s that time of year again. Exams are over and so is college or High School. It’s time to enter the scary wide world, but first it’s summer and a time to celebrate your diploma. The years of hard work...