Murder Mystery Dinner

You've just started a delicious meal.  Then a nearby table erupts.  Two patrons are having an argument.  The argument turns to shoving.  One man falls to the floor.  He jumps up with a knife that he thrusts into the other's chest.  But wait, things may not be what they seem, at least not according to the police detective who rushes onto the scene.  The dead man also has a gun shot wound.  Who shot off a gun?  The murder mystery dinner is now in full swing.

Murder mystery theater has been around a long time.  Combined with dinner theater, these shows are interactive and often held at smaller venues.  People love to eat and to try to solve a mystery.  They can eat their steak and like Sherlock Holmes engage their minds once the game is afoot.  A variety of types of mysteries exist.  One is a simple interactive play where the actors talk to the patrons but stick to a general story in which one of the actors' roles is to solve the mystery.  Another is a game in which the diners have to discover clues to solve the murder.  Sometimes a guest or two are even in on the secret, asked to join the cast for the performance.

These mysteries have become popular for parties, special occasions and even entire weekends and cruises.  They've leaked into popular culture.  Movies and television have explored the concept.  A group gathered at a spooky house die one by one in horrible ways.  One comedic version is Murder by Death.  In other versions, a mystery dinner is taking place when someone is really murdered.  Adrian Monk, a TV detective, on his show was banned from a mystery weekend for solving the case in under five minutes.

Spooky places often host these mystery dinners .  Many dinner theatres that specialize in murder mysteries boast that their location used to be a morgue, or is built on a graveyard, or that someone was murdered there in the past.  It's probably faked, but still fun.  Patrons are willing to suspend disbelief enough to enjoy themselves, even if in the real world they wouldn't believe the tall tales.

A murder mystery dinner is enjoyable.  There are even versions specially made for children, and the whole family can participate.

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