Murder!!

Recently, there was a murder at the Zenrinkan!! No, not really, but we did have a lot of people acting like there was. We had the 1st ever Zenrinkan Murder Mystery Night!

A murder mystery party is kind of like a play, but the characters and the audience are all mixed together. At our party, the story was that Lord Stratsbury was murdered, and his family (his wife, his daughter, and his grandchildren) and some employees at his residence (the cook and the gardener) were all suspects! They all gathered together with some investigators to try and find out who the murderer was.

Everyone had reasons to kill the Lord - the wife wasn't in love with the Lord anymore, one grandchild needed money for his failing business, the other grandchild needed money for her modeling career, the cook had just been fired by the Lord, and the gardener was in love with the Lord's wife - and it was the investigators' job to find out who had committed the crime.

The gardener

The evening was led by two detectives, who gave us new information throughout the evening - such as a letter firing the cook that was discovered and also the murder weapon itself - a high-heeled shoe!

Our two detectives who led the evening

We also had a wonderful 5-course dinner prepared by our marvelous Zenrinkan staff. Between the courses, people had free time to stand up and ask the suspects questions.

The waitresses

No one knew who the murderer was until the very end - not even the murderer himself! In the end, it was an incredibly fun evening for everyone.

The businessman grandson with one of the waitresses



The local vicar and one of the investigators

The murderer!

Dearly departed Lord Stratbury

Preparing for dinner

The next Zenrinkan Murder Mystery is planned for July. We will be investigating the murder of First Lieutenant Charles Chance. The setting is India, the year 1930. Everyone is a suspect, but only one person is the murderer!