CONGRATULATIONS!

To Table 9 at Garden School Summer Camp!

At this show, the age group ranged from 7 -13. This was a children's mystery - who stole the Olympic Gold Medal and prize money. For groups this age, there is no "murder". We first explain to the children what they are about to see, etc. The adults are made guest suspects and the children are asked questions regarding issues children face: in this show, the theme of the mystery was cheating at sports and how some sports heroes may not be good role models and that we should choose our "heroes" carefully. We also had a dance break where the kids joined in with the "cha cha slide", "cotton eye joe", "YMCA", etc.

Also in children shows, the children solve the crime in teams supervised by an adult. Each table is a team and the children receive a small detective badge, a "handcuff" key chain, a piece of "crime scene tape" and an Ace Detective card. The Garden School Summer Camp also gave each winner a movie certificate.

For more information on our children's mystery shows, call us at 1 888 SHOOT-EM.

A MURDER MYSTERY GAME OR SHOW?

There are many websites, companies, etc. promoting games about how to throw your own murder mystery party. This would be a party where you and your guests put on the murder mystery event without hiring actors - also known as murder mystery games. I found an honest article about this and here is the link:

HOW TO PLAN A MURDER MYSTERY PARTY

There were at least two statements in the article that are important to note and the author was quite honest in mentioning them:

1. "It is very important that you make sure everyone you invite is able to make it. If someone doesn’t show up it can ruin the whole game."

2. "It’s important to invite people who are going to willingly participate and be enthusiastic. Even one person who is ‘too cool’ to join in properly can ruin the party for everyone."

My experience has been that you can not avoid those two situations - which is why The Killing Kompany does not recommend the "Murder Mystery Games". The only "Murder Mystery Game" I promote is when I custom create one for you and I act as your "Detective" to cover those inevitable situations, namely, when a guest doesn't show up or when a guest doesn't want to join in.