# Ever host/attend a murder mystery dinner?  Was it fun?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 27, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-host-attend-a-murder-mystery-dinner-was-it-fun/687085 "2014-04-27T00:46:16Z")\
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Thanks everyone for the ideas and tips. Sounds like organization is key. It will be in early July so I’ll actually order a kit soon and start planning/reading so we all know what we’re doing. Thanks!

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**Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-host-attend-a-murder-mystery-dinner-was-it-fun/687085/22 "2014-04-29T05:07:02Z")

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> [@yellowjacketcoder](#):
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> I will also say that, for being a “murder mystery dinner”, it’s often good to either have a ton of courses (and do the talky talky between the courses) or a quick meal and then retire to another room for the story. Otherwise you have someone trying to choke down their penne because they have something to say or someone else spills their drink all over their character book.

I agree with this! I went to one last fall and while it was super fun, I was hungry and thirsty and had to try to balance my Swedish meatballs plate, a drink, a purse and my big bulky character packet. The place where the food was was a small room and it was hard to move in and out of it and talk to people and be talked to and stuff. I would have much rather had dinner then someone died, or dinner, death, dessert, discussion.

The one I went to I believe came from a kit (we could look it up online beforehand) and there were a lot of people (it was put on by a local group, and anyone could come) but everyone was really into it and those of us who got roles to play did a great job, right off the cuff.

I was totally dumb and couldn’t follow the events while balancing my meatballs, so I was way off on the murderer, but it was still fun. And dressing up was fun!

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