Murder Mystery Party Games for Large Groups

Murder Mystery Games by Haley Productions

Resource Links for Our Murder Mystery Games

Try our do it yourself scavenger hunts, kids' games and
corporate team building activities

Party Planning Ideas + Tools by Evite: From throwing a casual birthday party to an elegant dinner party, Evite offers party ideas and party planning tools to make your event a smashing success. This is a wonderful party planning resource for you.

Online Invitations: Send your murder mystery dinner invitation via e-mail. Check out these e-invite web pages:

Evite.com *Recommended. It's free and easy with simple registration. We recommend using a custom background in white and our custom whodunit image.
Sendomatic.com
Invitations.com

Name Generator: This is a nifty site that automatically generates crazy names for you. Also try this one for Mafia nicknames: http://www.generatorland.com.

Recipes submitted by our customers and great recipe/menu planning web sites.

Go to for sound effect CDs and theme music.

WinoShirts.Com sells high quality men's and women's shirts with funny wine sayings - a perfect complement to our murder mystery game, Vintage Murder!

Theme Party Supplies and Costume Shops:

Oriental Trading - We love this site. It has party supplies, decorations and more - and everything is inexpensive! Theatre House - This site has so much to offer from prop guns and weapons to wigs to costumes and more. Check it out.
Party-Oz: Australian party information guide.

For prop guns (if you really want to go all out) and other cool replica weaponry, please go to:

Links for historical information and period costumes:

1920s, 1930s, 1940s Links
Aloha Friends Luau - A great source for all things Hawaiian. This is quite a substantial web site with all sorts of detailed information about Hawaii like a page full of resources to create a Hawaiian theme luau, luau recipes and so much more. If you're interested in our murder mystery game Murder On Maui, you should definitely check this site out.
American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century
Crazy fads from 1920 to 1990.
Fashion and Fads, 1950's to Present
Historical and Costumes Resources
History of Fashion, Food and Time - Excellent Source
Life in the 60’s
Mafia Movies - A source for gangster movies online that has reviews, wallpapers, and a complete database of movies.
The 1920’s
The 1950’s
The 1960’s - 70’s
The 1970’s
***The Costumer's Manifesto - Excellent Source
The Costume Gallery
The Fifties Index - Oldies Music, Classic TV, Pop History, Fifties Clothes, Burma Shave, Elvis, American Bandstand and more.
The History Channel
Yahoo: Extensive links to the 1930s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.

Mr. Ranier's book is written for libraries who are doing programming for adults. It addresses all aspects of the programming process, from idea to execution, from crafts and entertainment to film, arts and science. Included are sources of funding, contracts and agreements, programming to meet the library's mission, and program evaluation.

In Chapter 5 "Cultural Programs" he has a section called "The Library Murder Mystery." He gives a general overview of staging this type of program, then says "Here are several good starting points for your search for the perfect murder in your library." He gives 5 companies and websites and recommends Haley Productions.

Great article: Parade Magazine: Let's Play. Why it’s important to put the world on hold and just have fun.