Why You'll Love It
Complete kit + free party app
Scales to suit your guest list
Host at the table or online
A different culprit every play
Host guide, characters, clues & audio
The kit does the hard work for you
Vendor:Masters of Mystery
Digital Edition
Why You'll Love It
Complete kit + free party app
Scales to suit your guest list
Host at the table or online
A different culprit every play
Host guide, characters, clues & audio
The kit does the hard work for you
More in this vein: Winter Murder Mystery & Party Games — or browse the full range of murder mystery party kits.
1940s Murder Mystery Host Your Own Game Kit
1.5 - 3.5 Hours
Medium
1946, London, England
Flexible
The Kit
Everything in your kitThe Guest List · A 1940s Murder
Every guest becomes a character. Choose your edition by how many join the party — the bigger the night, the deeper the cast.
Want every suspect at your table? Pick the 4–20 edition.
Free with every game — never required
Every kit is complete on its own — and every game now includes a free app. Use it, and it sends cinematic invitations, slips each guest their secret script, and quietly casts the killer.
Cast your guests and the app sends each one a cinematic invitation — their character, their costume brief, and an RSVP that fills your table for you.
Before the party, each guest steps into the green room — their character portrait, their backstory, their costume, and lines only they can see.
One tap, and someone in the room becomes the murderer. Only their phone knows. They read the guilty lines; everyone else plays it straight. Nobody can spoil it — not even the host.
Tap-to-examine evidence lands each round, the Detective's recordings set the scene, and when it's time, a synchronized countdown unmasks the killer on every phone at once.
More ways to play
Snap a photo in costume and it becomes your character's face — on the ballots and at the reveal.
Every guest's photos and videos collect in one shared party album — to relive the morning after.
Run the night as the Detective, or play a character yourself and let the app's recordings narrate.
Vote on the honours — Best Detective, Best Costume, Best Liar — and crown them together at the end.
If you have any questions, you are always welcome to contact us. We'll get back to you as soon as possible, within 24 hours on weekdays.
Delivery & Downloads
Your digital game is delivered instantly — the moment your order is confirmed, your full kit is ready to download. There's nothing to wait for and nothing posted. Physical boxed kits are dispatched within 1–2 working days.
Hosting Support
Every game comes with a step-by-step Host Guide, so you're never on your own. Still stuck? Our team are real mystery enthusiasts and reply within 24 hours on weekdays.
FAQs
Player numbers, timings, how to host virtually — most questions are answered on our Help & FAQs page. Take a look before your big night.
Contact Us
Prefer to talk it through? Send us a message any time and we'll help you choose the perfect mystery for your group.
Host A Murder Mystery Dinner Party
Suspects
Pick the game version that suits your guest list, whether you’re planning a small murder mystery dinner party or a larger 1940's-themed gathering.
Invitations
Invite your guests and send each person their character details and costume ideas before the party begins.
The Scene
Add dinner, drinks, costumes or decorations to create the perfect 1940's atmosphere. Keep it simple or go all out.
The Case
Start with the Detective’s opening statement, then let guests introduce their characters, mingle, gossip and begin uncovering secrets.
The Murderer
After the first round, the murderer is secretly selected, meaning the mystery can unfold differently each time you play.
Investigate
Follow the host guide through rounds of motive, opportunity and method as guests question each other, reveal clues and try to catch the killer.
Accuse
Everyone makes their final accusation before the murderer confesses. End the night with awards for best detective, best costume, best performer or most suspicious guest.
Plan a night to remember
Match the mystery to the guest list. Compare themes, player counts and languages, then choose the games for your next occasions.
Choose by theme and group size
Build your bundle
Buying it for someone else? After checkout, send it straight to their inbox as a gift — with a personal message, scheduled to land on the big day. They open a cinematic reveal, unlock the game, and the night is theirs to host.
Birthdays, Christmas or a date night in — it arrives ready to play, with.
Welcome to our dedicated section for all things murder mystery! Here, you'll find everything you need to create an unforgettable and immersive experience for your guests. Whether you're looking for menu ideas to tantalize taste buds, curated playlists to set the perfect mood, costume ideas to bring characters to life, or decoration tips to transform your space, we've got you covered.
Planning to host this game at a paid or ticketed event, a corporate away-day, a pub or restaurant night, a team-building session — or anywhere it forms part of a business? You'll need a Commercial License.
It gives you the rights to run our mysteries for profit — at your venue, for your clients, or streamed publicly — professionally and fully covered. Add it to any game from £165. Already bought the game on its own? Purchase it again with the license and we'll refund your original order.
Please read our FAQs page to find out more.
No — every kit is complete on its own, and you can run the whole night from the booklets alone. The free app is a bonus that adds cinematic invitations and a spoiler-proof secret killer draw if you'd like it. Use it for every guest, just a few, or nobody at all.
Overall rating: 4.7 / 5 from 91 reviews.
Only request is that it be given a maturity rating (PG, 14+ 18+, etc)
We had a blast… great night and everyone got into it! Players were well assigned and no one knew who the murderer was!
An exciting moment ! Everybody was in the game as soon as they arrived in the house. They create themselves the atmosphere of the game. It took more than an hour to discover who was the murderer. An excellent moment!
So much fun!!! Definitely recommend if you have some former theater nerds amongst you. It was nice that you could play the game no matter who actually showed up.
An enjoyable evening! I have participated in about a dozen murder mystery parties, and this was one of the easiest to host. Playing through the app was great! I was concerned that it would be too much reading, but that wasn't the case. The evening flowed wonderfully. I am going to play this again soon with a different group of friends, and am interested to see if it's as good the 2nd time. It's great that I can play with a different murderer.
Was a fun thing to put together for a group of friends. We went all out !
We all had an amazing time together ❤️ Everyone really engaged with the role and we had such a incredible experience and of course at the end The Butler did it🤣
What an excellent winter birthday party activity! We’re already looking at which one we want to do next year!
What a fabulous night! We had 12 players who all dressed in 1940’s theme. Dinner was canapés, cottage pie and apple pie with custard. The night was just so much fun and everyone thoroughly enjoyed it. We added a gunshot through audio at the start to announce Winchesters death then the inspectors speeches were through audio which was much clearer. Everyone got so involved it was a really fantastic night! Would definitely recommend this.
Such a cool birthday party idea! Can’t wait for the next murder mystery party!
It was so fun!!! And we can't wait to play again!!!
Great night with close friends. Loved the game, it kept us fully engaged and got everyone laughing for over 3 hours… thoroughly recommend!
We had an amazing time with this murder mystery game! It was fun to dress up and act out each character. It was difficult to figure out who did the murder, but in a good way! The game did not give anything obvious away, which was good! My only complaint was from the inspector/host point of view. I think the instructions could have been worded simpler. I had to read through the directions more than once at times. It was truly a fun time though! I would definitely recommend to a friend :)
It was so much fun! We made a custom video to automate all the host narration, character introductions, and timing of each stage. It went so smoothly!
It was a great time and we will be doing more
We had a great time and even guessed who done it!!
That was a great way to party all night in the 40s together! A memorable evening!
We did a 40s theme party for my 40th birthday and it was soooo much fun. I liked that I could lead the game and still participate. Instead of sending out the secret letters in advance for the drawing to choose the murderer we did a drawing that night. Everyone drew a letter and then put it back and then I pulled out the murderer’s letter. My only advice is that handwritten letters like H and I look like each other depending on the angle! So we sort of messed up the game (my fault!) but it was still SO much fun! 10/10
This was so much fun! For most people attending, it was their first murder mystery dinner party and everyone said how great it was! So much laughter, and was just the right amount of challenging, too! Highly recommend this! We will be doing another one in the future!
Had a great time. Would like more detail about setup and ways to have the questions followed.
Such an awesome game & so easy and fun to put together. Everyone totally got into character
We rented a mansion for a weekend for a different reason, but this was the perfect activity for one evening. I think everyone enjoyed dressing up and impersonating their characters as well as finding out secrets about them as the game progressed. It was enjoyable.
We had a great time dressing up and hosting the event. We tried to make it feel more real and had the power go out and broke glass and had a gunshot sound. But the younger participants were yelling when the lights went out so they couldn’t hear the glass or shot 🤣. We had a great time and everyone involved had fun.
It was great fun. Everyone entered into the true spirit of the game. We liked to voting for best dress and acting and the flexibility of the killer being decided on the night worked wonderfully
Absolutely amazing game.
We were celebrating our 40th anniversary so we decided on the 19 "40's" mystery. We had a blast even with a small group. Next time I would give character books up to round 2 out a couple weeks before and then once the murderer is picked before round 2 I would, as the hostess, use a marker to mark out the innocent script for the murderer and the guilty script for the innocents and pass those out then. Why? Because my smart kiddos read both innocent and guilty and listened for similar verbiage from the guilty person so they both chose the right murderer. It was great though we had so much fun!
We just couldn’t stop laughing. Had another great time.🇨🇦 can’t wait for the next party.
We had a blast! Took about 2 hours - perfect party length. Other reviews gave the tip to read through your character's info in advance (even though the guidelines say not to), and we did that. Knowing the backstory in advance was helpful for understanding your character and really having fun with the acting. Had a great time - we'll do it again!
Loved it! Everyone got into character and spent all day acting out our parts. Fantastic experience and looking forward to our next venture
This was such a laugh! Characters were amazing and all had such interesting back stories! It is a little predictable but that’s not what it’s all about!
It was a very fun game and we had a great time.
Great fun! Love the replayability!
I played this with my daughters and granddaughters! We had such fun. Everyone dressed up and got into character. It was a big hit!!
Great characters that we had fun performing at our girls’ reunion
This was soooooo fun! Our friends loved it and are all wanting to host the game at their houses now. We’d recommend this game to anyone and will be purchasing another one!
We had a great time!
Very good, we had a great time. But the murder mystery itself was quite disappointing. I guess it's because the culprit could be anyone, the story can't lead to anyone in particular. So everyone is equally likely, meaning at the end it's basically just randomly guessing who did it.
Really enjoyed this party, we had a fun time. My only complaint is that it was a ton to print off, I wish there was an option to buy the physical product too.
It was great!
I bought this as a present so cannot say yet how it went. I thought there was a lot of printing and i could not print everything off as I don’t have a printer I printed just enough to give as a present and then forwarded the email to the gift recipient. Will know more after Christmas.
