![]() Some of the most popular TV shows and binge-worthy network series involve a detective-type character, working tirelessly to catch a killer. Each person in attendance would assume a character and role play their part for the entire evening until GASP!!! (insert mysterious musical crescendo) The killer was revealed!Įven mainstream cable networks have beefed up on new versions of true crime story lines in recent years. Theme parties, set in different time periods and different countries, complete with food and costumes to support the motif. It wasn’t until the 1980s that murder mysteries entered the dinner party scene and became all the rage. The classic board game, Clue, hit the US market in 1949 but the popularity of murder mystery boxes and games has been on the rise for well over a century. The first murder mystery game many of us probably remember playing involved figuring out who took down Colonel Mustard in the library with a candlestick.
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