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You have heard the podcast.
Now work the file.
If your evenings already involve arguing about an old case over a glass of wine, this is that, with the evidence in your hand and a room full of suspects. Eight of our cases reopen real historical murders. The rest are original fiction, and we say which every time.
Eight of the Murder Mystery Party cases are true crime: real historical murders from 1876 to 1929, reopened with the evidence as it stood. Guests play the people around the case, question each other and name a killer before the history is revealed. Historical only, no living families, A$39 a case.
You are in the room, not the audience.
True crime is usually something you consume. Here the evidence arrives in stages to your phone, the people who were there are sitting at your table, and each of them has something to hide. By the accusation you have a theory you are willing to defend out loud, which is the part the podcast never gives you.
- Real evidence, in period. The inquest questions, the testimony as it was given, the physical details.
- History does not decide your verdict. The game reaches a solution of its own. Your table can disagree with the historical record, and often does.
- The real story lands last. Each case closes on what actually happened, after the killer has been named.
The cases history still argues about.
Five of the eight have never been solved. Three ended in a conviction or a trial, and people still argue about those too.
Real people, treated as people.
Closed era only. No living families. No invented confessions. No pretending a case is solved when it is not. Read the editorial policy →
True crime, answered.
Are these murder mystery games based on true crimes?
Eight are. The Case Files each reopen a real historical case between 1876 and 1929, using the evidence as it stood and the questions the courts left open. The other eighteen party cases and the five two player cases are original fiction, and every case page says which.
Which real cases are included?
The Bravo poisoning in Balham, the Ardlamont shooting in Argyll, the killing of William Terriss at the Adelphi, the Peasenhall case, the killing of Stanford White, the Crippen case, the Hall and Mills case, and the Croydon poisonings.
Why only historical cases?
Closed era only, and no living families. The editorial policy explains how cases are chosen and what is never done with a real person.
Do we find out what really happened?
The game reaches a solution of its own, and each case closes on the real history behind it. Knowing the history will not spoil the night, and history does not decide the verdict at your table.
Reopen a real case
at your own table.
Pick one of the eight, invite your most opinionated friends, and argue it out properly. A$39, instant access.