Murder at the Bothy

Picture a wooden shack deep in the heart of a thick wood on a cold and dark night in 1891. Imagine the fear of Lord Dickie Feltham when an illicit night of passion is interrupted by a dastardly anarchist and his rather odd henchman Obadiah Clagg.

Meet the mysterious Keeper, the beautiful Euphemia, Ivor the Anarchist and not forgetting Lord Dicky and Lady Ermintrude Feltham. As the evening unfolds you may find that you have to see beyond what is in front of you and open your mind to new possibilities that will unlock this ancient mystery. Add just a hint of hatred, howls and things that go bump in the night. Leave to shiver with fear at a cool temperature for half and hour to obtain best results from this wonderful evening of spooky murder mystery.

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Murder at Calico Creek

Journey back to the pioneering days of the Wild West and join your fellow guests in a unique celebration as a young western couple begin their lives together.

With the reception in full swing and the eccentric assortment of friends and family enveloped in true 'cowboy spirit', a mysterious stranger sets off a chain of events which changes their lives forever and culminates in an inexplicable MURDER where everyone is a suspect!!

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The Cornish Murder

When Rex Macshiver brings his young and beautiful wife Daphne home to his island mansion Fort Avalon off the rugged coast of Cornwall, she quickly begins to realise that all is not as it should be. After many years absence the sudden re-appearance of Old Sea Dog Captain Pengelly quickly awakens ghosts from the past which threaten the very lives of the inhabitants of the remote island home of Fort Avalon.

Meet Mairzy the House Maid, her aptly named half -wit- half brother Dozy and the mysterious housekeeper Mrs Rigg. As this cunning and beautifully atmospheric mystery unfolds, the plot thickens with every twist and turn. Will you be quick enough to keep up and bring the murderer to justice?

To make the most of the evening why not get into character by learning how to talk like a pirate. You might even want some pirate fancy dress.

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Murder in the Dark

It's the nineteen twenties!! Join a selected group of guests as they enjoy an evening of parlour games around the drawing room fire. With the evening in full swing events take a dastardly turn for the worst. The lights flicker then fade. A scream is heard. The lights return Someone is dead; but who, how and why?

The Police don't have a clue do You!!!!

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A Fete Worse than Death

Step back in time to the summer of 1956. The St Jude’s summer fête is in full swing. Mrs Robinson’s jam is selling like hotcakes and the hotcakes have all gone. Roger Smallcombe the new vicar is getting soaked in the stocks and Mrs Devenport has just sworn to kill her husband if she catches him tinkering with Jennifer Clayton’s coconuts again. In the midst of this innocent carnival atmosphere, there is a sinister plot unfolding.

As the fête draws to a close the happy atmosphere is shattered by the bloodcurdling cry of “Murder!” A body has been discovered behind the Tombola…..but who is the victim? Who is the murderer? And who has won the picnic hamper in the raffle? All will be revealed before the bunting is down at St Jude’s in a Fête Worse than Death.

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Lights, Camera, Murder

Welcome to Hollywood! The year is 1949 and the movie business is booming, Bette Davies, Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant are just a few among many household names currently at their peak.

Down the road at Paramount Studios "Sunset Boulevard" is well into production and here at the lesser-known Starlight Studios, "Goodbye, Little Lady", directed by Grayden Blaize and starring Marla Duval, is in the final stages of filming.

Join Ellen Dodds, Grayden Blaize, Janie O'Brien, Wanda Lust, Don Noleica, Ricardo Fabrizzio & Maria Duval as they prepare to shoot the closing scene....

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Murder at the Manor

Welcome to Hampstead Manor, the splendid home of the ageing and somewhat confused Lord Henry Hampstead. Enjoy the sights and sounds of the 1930's and solve this fiendish murder mystery. From the moment you enter the room, you will sense that all is not well.

Is there some devilish plot to murder the dithering Lord for his money? Where did the mysterious Teddy come from? Why has the Lord's brother Herbert and his wife Nell returned so suddenly from India? And as for Rosie the maid - would you let her touch your coal scuttle on a cold night?

Enjoy an evening or even a whole weekend with these colourful characters at Hampstead Manor and solve this wonderful murder mystery

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Murder Behind the Mask

The date is Friday 13th March 2000, the time is around 8.15pm. We find ourselves at the first reunion of the 1975 Local County Secondary School drama club, otherwise known as The Ultimate Repertory Drama Society, the participants have been asked to attend in Gangster and Molls fancy dress.

In 1975 the school secretary, Jane Wright, along with a cash box containing £5,000 from the school safe disappeared without trace. Last year, whilst foundations were being dug for an extension to the school theatre, the buried skeleton of a woman was discovered along with an empty cash box!

Join some the first members of the club, Kevin Bloom, Norman Church, Hugh G. Hampton, Rusty Gates, Mary Cooper, Bluebell Hill and Rose Bloom as they become enveloped in a dastardly Murder Mystery. ( PLEASE NOTE THAT THE THEME MAY BE ALTERED TO MEET YOUR NEEDS.)

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A Death on the Ocean Waves

An invitation aboard the new luxury flagship of the fleet, S. S. Ocean Wave, is the hottest ticket of 1925.

Under the command of the senior Captain of the line, Horatio Mainbrace, there are celebrity chefs and an internationally acclaimed orchestra to honor the presence of the Chairman of the Board, LordAnossis. One could easily get used to a cosseted life on the Ocean Wave. But on the other hand one could have such an opportunity terminated…

"Suddenly and violently!"

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Murder at the Pantomime

Welcome to Panto Land. As usual the traditional Pantomime Characters Cinderella, Aladdin, The Dame, and Peter Pan all leave their own worlds to perform to you and I at our local Theatre.

But this year, something has gone very wrong on the opening night and one of their cast has been murdered This murder mystery is a wonderful piece of fun in true Panto style...oh no it isn't... oh yes it is...

So if you are looking for the perfect christmas party Murder at the Panto is the perfect icebreaker.

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Murder at the Pharoahs Tomb

Explore, if you dare, the mystical world of Ancient Egypt. We take you back to the turn of the century. You are ten miles from the city of Luxor. Within the chambers and tunnels of the tomb of the Pharaoh Khety you meet the handsome and skilled young archeologist Gil Carter.

Whilst in the employ of the greedy and power hungry Colonel George Denon, Gil has uncovered one ancient Egypt's best kept and possibly one of its most dangerous secrets. Perhaps it is a secret worth killing for?Add a little love and romance in the sand to this already boiling plot and you're all set for an exciting adventure.

Our hero is assisted by the resourceful Egyptian Panek, and a beautiful young hand maid Grace. The team struggles as the expedition runs into unexpected difficulties. But when one of the team is brutally murdered they realise that the problems they have faced so far are only the beginning.........

Heat, Hate and Hyroglyphics combine to create the perfect atmosphere for this searing murder mystery with a twist that would chill the bones of your mummy

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Murder on the Airwaves

Welcome to the historic town of Sandwich in Kent. The year is 1944. The local radio station is doing its bit for the war effort by cheering up the locals with their sketches. Behind the less than polished performances of the volunteer actors there is a deadly storm brewing. A storm which will lead to a dreadful murder.

But which of this dire radio-cast or crew would be capable of murder?

Albert Donaldson, is a respected businessman with more than one skeleton in his cupboard, but what price would he pay to keep them locked up . His beautiful and talented wife Elizabeth has finally fallen into the arms of another but would she kill to keep him to herself?Timid and nervous Tom Jacobs works in Mr Donaldson’s factory and wouldn't say boo to a goose….or is that just what he wants you to believe. Step into the world of Radio of the 1940's and step out as an accomplished detective...

Can you tune into the same frequency as the murder to solve this crime.

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Riverboat to Murder

The year is 1977 and as guests board the river boat ‘Jubilee Queen’ little do they know what a journey they are about to embark on. The captain appears to be in full control, the boat is ship shape and Bristol fashion.

Then an unusual set of events unfold leading to a deadly end for one of the travellers.

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Murder at St Vernons

Murder at St Vernon's Characters: Headmaster - Mr Granville Stickler Matron - Miss Beatrice Dose Gardner/Handyman - Wally Fremantle Art teacher - Nigel Rogers English teacher - Miss Vita Prout Sixth form girl - Angela Frobisher-Strokes. Another sixth form girl - Millicent Marshall

It's 1949. The war's been over for 4 years, but rationing's still in place. St Vernon's Boarding School for Young Ladies is near to the village of Little Striving in deepest Sussex. Academically the school has little to recommend it, and it is used as a dumping ground for the more difficult to place girls from wealthy families.

Headmaster, Mr Granville Stickler, has been at the school for many years, but over the past few months, has become rather vague, which causes great concern to another long-term member of staff, Matron, Miss Beatrice Dose. St Vernon's is lucky to have a few good staff members, including English teacher Miss Vita Prout, and Mr Nigel Rogers teaching art. Wally Fremantle, caretaker/gardener and general jobsworth, is a thorn in everyone's side.

We're going to meet a couple of the girls: the aristocratic but behaviourally challenged Millicent Marshall and horsey, nice but dim, Angela Frobisher-Strokes. We join the staff and girls of St Vernon's outside the headmaster's study, on a weekday morning sometime after the end of the Autumn term …

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Murder at the Wake

Set in 1929. Join the family and close friends of Lady Jane Beltching as they follow her instructions and enjoy a party around her coffin on the night prior to her funeral. One of the guests will also end up six feet under. But who did it and why? Use your little grey cells to solve this cunning double murder!!

Having made the family fortune by producing dyspepsia remedies, why did Randolph hand the family business over to James and not as expected to Charles? Why has Sarah spent most of the last 20 years staring at the bottom of a bottle? Was Kitty really Jane's best friend, and why is so little known about Teddy's background?

Last but not least is Daisy the maid, is she as sweet and innocent as she appears? As you become embroiled in this cunning murder will you discover the answers to the above questions, and will you work out who committed the dastardly crimes.

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Murder at Wyldboare Hall

It is 1965. Wyldboare Hall is the ancestral home of the Wyldboare-Swill Family who have lived in the property for over 500 years. Unfortunately, due to bad management and punitive death duties, they have suffered enough financial set-backs to force them to seek alternative ways of keeping the property in the family. For the past ten years, Wyldboare Hall has been open to the public but this has not proved very lucrative.

Much of the original furniture and pictures were sold off long since, but there is one important artefact remaining - a portrait of Lady Gertrude Wyldboare, a lady in waiting to royalty, believed to be painted by Gainsborough. As the family's fortunes have continued to decline it seems likely that they will have to sell the remaining painting.

Today they are expecting a visit from an expert from Christoby's, the fine art auctioneers, who will inspect the painting and discuss with Lady Patientce Wyldboare the best way to sell it. However, the expert fails to appear at the time expected, and when he is looked for, a body is found dead in the secret corridor leading to the room where the picture is kept.

Who's Dead? & more importantly, Who Did It and Why!?

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The Curse of Wyvern Hall

The date is the 16th November 1924. Wyvern House is set deep in the English countryside. It is owned by Sir Richard Wyvern, a descendent of the original Wyvern family who were granted the right to build on the plot by Elizabeth I.

There is said to be a curse that strikes down the new brides of the family's oldest sons. It is said to have originated with the wife of the original owner of the house, who turned Black Molly, a scullery maid, out of the house when she was found to be pregnant. Having received the news in the Pink Parlour, Molly, blinded by tears, ran from the room and fell to her death down the stairs. As she lay dying, she cursed the Wyvern family for all eternity.

Over the 400 years of the house's existence, several newly married Wyvern women have died both in childbirth and more mysteriously, mostly in falling accidents. It is also said that when a bride-to-be comes to the house, Black Molly haunts the Pink Parlour where she was originally denounced.

Sir Richard is in love with the lovely Alice Grey, a society beauty. She has refused to marry him if he insists on living in the old family home, as she is afraid of the curse. However, she has agreed that she will do so if he can prove the house is not haunted and that the curse does not exist. Sir Richard decides to engage the services of a well-known clairvoyant, Esme Cridge to spend the night in the house, along with several witnesses, Grace Campbell, a middle-aged unmarried librarian with an interest in the occult, Rupert Green, a young journalist, Marcus Townsend, an ex-explorer, antiques dealer and occasional con-man, Mrs MacAllister, the dour housekeeper, for whom he has advertised in the local paper.

On a stormy night in November, his guests assemble for the occasion.....

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Ghost and Smuggler Walks

During July & August 2008

Enjoy (if you dare) a Smugglers & Ghost Walk in and around Beachy Head.

The stories are told by a professional actor, who with precision and timing will give you a one hour walk to remember for a lifetime!!!

Adults: £7.50 p.p.
Children: £5.00 p.p.
Family: (2 adults & 2 children) £20

The walks begin outside the Tiger public house, East Dean.
They start at 3.30pm, 5pm & 6.30pm on Thursday’s, Friday’s and Saturday’s during July & August.

Please note that there are a limited number of places per walk and priority will be given to participants who have pre-booked.

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Wacky Waiters

Wacky Waiters will liven up your party or company dinner by gently teasing your guests into fits of laughter. Watch as one of our highly trained Wacky staff will become increasingly outrageous as the evening draws on.

As the evening progresses your party should begin to suspect that one or two of their waiters may be a card short of a full pack. This hilarious meal time entertainment will come as an unexpected treat for your unsuspecting victims ....sorry we mean guests. We also have Wacky Waitresses, Barmy Butlers and Mad Maids to suit your every occasion.

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