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Making Private Events Memorable with The Dinner Detective

Booking a private event with any company or entertainer is a challenge, mainly because you never know what you’ll ultimately get. You also want to have some reassurance that your event is going to be memorable. This is how The Dinner Detective True Crime Mystery Dinner Show accomplishes that. Instead of DJs, cocktail hours, and photo booths, The Dinner

Detective thrives on a truly interactive and immersive experience. No other unique corporate or team-building event offers what we offer. Firstly, we customize our events reasonably to ensure immersion is tailored to your group. Another unique twist is that our performers are embedded incognito into your group, and you have a select few individuals as our “insiders” to help them blend in. “Incognito,” you may ask; yes, the actors attend the show as guests, sit down, and enjoy the show with you until “BAM,” they are revealed in the most hilariously dramatic way possible. Lastly, we partner with the event organizers to select 3-4 unknowing guests to become “official suspects.” The organizer provides pictures and fun background information that we try to use in the show to add to this unforgettable private event experience.

Having unique experiences for this memorable occasion is important because you want your guests to talk about it for days, weeks, months, or even years to come!

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What Makes The Dinner Detective Unique?

Interactive murder mystery experience. As mentioned before, our shows are so unique not only to the Murder Mystery Dinner Show genre but also to corporate entertainment altogether. From the 7-9 performers we provide who are incognito to the ease of booking and organizing the event. If you decide to have us host you at our venue, we’ve arranged everything; the hotel knows us and how we do business, so you don’t have to worry about explaining that to another venue.

We have a pre-existing menu that is ready to go. Our pricing is often less expensive than if you were just hosting a general event with only food and no entertainment. Since we primarily partner with hotels, if you need to book a block of rooms, we can help team you up with that hotel to make those accommodations as seamless as possible.

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Why Choose a Private Murder Mystery Show?

Choosing an entertainment option can be tricky. It’s funny because one thing many Interactive Dinner Theater clients want to do is make our events a “surprise,” thinking it will enhance their experience and that everyone will be so shocked that they’re attending a murder mystery!

Well, in our 20 years of doing this, believe it or not, no one likes these surprises. Even if they LOVE the show, ultimately, the crowd spends the entire night trying to catch up and understand what’s happening mentally and when and how they will be involved.

So, what we’ve observed is that the guests, while having fun, get quiet and reserved, and the interactivity decreases. Conversely, when it is promoted and pumped up beforehand, the guests are super excited and ready to dive into the mystery; they put on their detective hats and are prepared to fight crime with our Detectives.

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Corporate Team-Building with a Twist

Team collaboration events are great ways to break down barriers and create a sense of belonging and bonding through a shared experience. Because we are interactive and the show is ultimately a game and a mystery to be solved, colleagues can work together to help each other solve the mystery.

Doing this truly strengthens the working relationship and bridges the gap between departments and leadership. It allows many employees' light to shine when you may least expect it.

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Perfect for All Celebrations

We’ve focused primarily on corporate events, but at The Dinner Detective, we’ve seen it all, from birthdays to anniversaries, reunions, and even weddings and rehearsal dinners!

Unforgettable private events are a fantastic way to make any of these events stand out from the crowd.

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Locations Across the United States

We have franchise locations in San Diego, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Houston, Kansas City, Louisville, Lexington, Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh-Durham. But if you need a city not on this list, there’s likely a Dinner Detective not far from you, as we are in almost every state in the lower 48, including Hawaii.

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