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  This is our complete listing of available pre-produced mysteries. Book any of our mysteries that we can perform either as a one night show or a weekend of terror (unless otherwise specified).   Or we can write and perform a show especially for you!   Nothing is impossible for Murder For Hire!   Hosted by Det. Chief Inspector Kemper of Scotland Yard, full audience participation, and crime scenes included!   We will travel ANYWHERE to perform a mystery!  Remember, we will scare ANYWHERE!

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    Here is a complete list of the intriguing titles now available from MURDER FOR HIRE!


  • The Marilyn Files:
    The Case of Crypt 33



    • Our second TRUE CRIME MYSTERY. Follow the paper trail of the ACTUAL DOCUMENTS taken from public sources.

      This AMAZING TRUE CRIME MYSTERY includes:

    • The actual CORONER'S REPORT!
    • Marilyn's LAST WILL!
    • Actual contemporary CRIMES SCENE PHOTOS!
    • Authentic Testimony taken from Contemporary sources!
    • Divorce papers from Joe Di Maggio!
    • Appraisals of the estate!
    • Suits against the estate!
    • Parts for 15 suspects and interested parties!
    • AND MORE!


  • The Ghostly Mystery


    •   A BREAKTHROUGH in mystery entertainment!

      At the request of many entertainment coordinators, we have created a show that packs small and plays BIG!

      Imagine following a series of clues that can only be seen with a special light! Imagine a ghostly disembodied voice leading your guests to the body of a murder victim trying to find justice from beyond the grave! A MYSTERY your guests will never forget!

      This show features such illusions as the Floating Table! The Scales of Fate! THE SPIRIT CABINET! The Haunted Lock! Spirit Lights! The SKELETON of the MURDER VICTIM! And riddles and clues designed to fit your venue!


    Show length: 90 minutes!

  A TRUE CRIME investigation into the death of Elizabeth Short, dubbed by 1947 newspaper reporters as The Black Dahlia! Perfect for Hotels and Bed and Breakfasts looking for something unique for a mystery weekend-length thriller!

  A TRUE unsolved mystery!  George Reeves was TV's Superman.  But fast living and the wrong woman led to a death ruled suicide.  But was it?

  Examine a crime scene based on actual police reports!  Mystery includes the actual coroner's report, facts taken straight from police files, a copy of George Reeves' actual will and George Reeves actual life mask used to demonstrate angle of bullet entry!  No detail has been overlooked!  We give you ALL the facts!

  Great for Hotels and Bed & Breakfasts!  Available in weekend and three hour mystery formats!  The smash hit of Sunday Brunch and Murder at The Edge of Thyme Bed & Breakfast and Mystery Weekend at The Sherwood Inn!


A Mystery You Can Sink Your Teeth Into!

  Inspired by an actual presentation in 1928 of the John L. Balderston adaptation of Bram Stoker's "Dracula."  The suspects and motives are taken from real life!  The only thing fictional part of this unique crime scene mystery is the MURDER!

  Inspired by the classic chillers "Frankenstein" by Mary W. Shelley and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Lewis Stevenson!  The body of Dr. Frankenstein is found horribly mutilated and Elizabeth Frankenstein is found dead on her wedding night!  The head of a woman is kept alive in a portable lab!  A monster is on the loose!  The prime suspects are Dr. Frankenstein's Creature and the celebrated scientist, Dr. Henry Jekyll!  This large scale mystery is a evening spectacular with THREE CRIME SCENES to explore!  Costumes provided for suspects! Authentic props!


  Archaeologists believe King Tut was murdered.  This mystery provides you with all the evidence and authentic testimony written on ancient scrolls by a far-seeing High Priestess of Isis who predicted that the Kah of the murderer would face justice in modern times!  Take part in an evening of Egyptian magic and ancient Mystery!


  T'was the night before Christmas.  The kids are in bed.  Downstairs Dad discovers that Saint Nicholas is dead.  He's found on the floor, sprawled out by the fire.  Can you tell from the testimony who's a murderous liar?

  • Murder In Mind


  One of the zaniest mysteries available!  Participants become deranged mental patients with unique phobias who all feel compelled to confess to the murder of their psychiatrist!  Great for business luncheons, dinners and conventions!  Tin foil hat and strait jacket provided. And don't forget your soap!  Show length: ½ hour - 60 minutes.

      "The most fun we ever had at an annual dinner!"

    --Star Lectronica
    Four County Library System
    Binghamton, NY

  Magic and mystery are always a killer combination and this show has both! Samuel Spade is found dead in his hospital room.   The only clue left at the scene are the signatures on Sam's cast.   Can YOU find the killer in this challenging Mystery based on Dashiell Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon."  Click the link for details... IF YOU DARE!

Show length: 1 hour to 90 mins.

  A what if mystery!  What if Producer Irwin Allen was found dead on the set of his hit television series, Lost In Space?  Who would be the most likely one to have killed him?  His wife Sheila?  Actor Guy Williams?  Rival producer Ib Melchior?  Or special guest star, Jonathan Harris?  Or someone else?  This is a fun and challenging mystery that features accurate costuming and props (we even have a robot!) and a 3 D Puzzle for participants to solve!  We also have an actual unproduced 4th season Lost In Space script, authentic documents, and testimony taken (out of context, of course)from the real actors and interested parties twisted to our own fiendish purposes to fit this mystery spectacular!  Show features parts for eight audience participants and comes in two parts, testimony before dinner and testimony after the body is discovered!  Can also be performed as a mystery weekend!

Show length: 2 hours or as mystery weekend!

  Roman M. Pyre, feared gossip columnist, falls to his death from the penthouse apartment of William Osborne McTeague. Was it accident, suicide, or MURDER? The real challenge is untangling the twisted testimony and examining what remains of Pyre's body; a hand, a foot, and a hat. Are you sleuth enough to solve this case?

Show length: 90 minutes.

  Alibis, Motives and Murder, oh my!  Who really killed the Wicked Witches of the East and West?  This was the hit show of First Night Binghamton '97 and the Harpursville Central School ReadAloud Celebration for National Library Week!

      "Detective Chief Inspector Kemper led the students in the investigation and then offered them the opportunity to vote on the most likely suspect.  The Inspector presented the solution to a packed auditorium in the afternoon...About 500 students and staff participated in this event...We'd like to thank Mr. Kemper for putting on such a great show for us."

    --Pat Dalpiaz
    Librarian
    Harpursville Central School

  • The Ballet Ruse


  Can you solve a murder case when all you have left of the decedent is a pair of false teeth?  That's the challenge in a mystery involving a museum ballet company and the death of a stage mother that leads to an explosive accident that burns everything but her teeth.  There are parts for eight audience suspects and witnesses.  This is one mystery that's sure to have plenty of bite!  Show length: 90 minutes.