A Royal Murder Mystery

An elegant table setting fit for royalty

The COVID-19 pandemic forced many businesses to vacate their offices and send their employees home to work remotely. While it helped ‘flatten the curve’, it has also caused teams to feel disconnected socially. Festival of Dreams, a luxury events company, contacted us to create a custom-made Murder Mystery Guide Experience for one of their special […]

A Secret Society Murder Mystery Party

When a floral designer, décor genius and Cape Town entrepreneur asks you to create a custom-made murder mystery dinner for her birthday party, you know it’s going to be a beautiful setting! Heike Hayward, aka Fleur de Cordeur, chose a warm and inviting restaurant in Paarl called Noop, to be the venue for her private […]

What it’s Like to Host a Murder Mystery Dinner

Murder mystery dinner parties usually need an organiser or host to make them happen. Here’s a little insight into what goes into hosting a Murder Mystery Guide Experience so you know what to expect come your turn! Together with legendary luxury wedding and corporate event organisers Petals Group, I recently hosted a night a mystery […]

How to Survive a Murder Mystery Dinner if you Hate Dress up Parties

Let’s face it, not everyone likes to dress up.  In fact, strangely enough, I actually count myself among those who would rather curl up on the couch at home in front of a wood fire with a great Netflix series and pizza than go to a Halloween party or a dress up event.  Hard to […]

A Night of Mystery at the Office

Are you tired of dumb team building activities with your colleagues? It may be time to suggest a murder mystery dinner instead! Who said office parties had to be boring?  I created this custom-made murder mystery game for 17 staff members who work together at an accounting practice in Cape Town.  While they’re used to […]

How to Host a Murder Mystery Dinner

If you’ve purchased one of our Print-and-Play games, this video will be helpful to watch. You will learn how to host your murder mystery game: everything from inviting your guests to hosting the murder mystery dinner on the night! I’ve just released my first video on how to host a murder mystery dinner!  That means […]

Our Best Party Ideas for Milestone Birthdays

If you’re celebrating a milestone birthday, what better time to throw a truly unique birthday party for your loved ones. I had the pleasure of writing a very special murder mystery dinner for my friend’s, father’s 60th birthday.   If you know any of the Blundell clan you quite soon discover they are a wild bunch […]

Using the Enneagram to Write Murder Mystery Characters

It’s helpful understanding personality types when it comes to crafting murder mystery characters around real people. The Enneagram is one of my favourite personality profiling tools to do just that. The Enneagram is an archetypal framework that helps people discover the positives and negatives of their personalities, empowering them to better manage their work, relationships […]