Student Social – Murder MysteryNovember 2, 2010
The year was 1926 and a theatre audience had just witnessed a horrible murder before their very eyes, the leading actor met a tragic end, but who had the motives to kill him? This is where our social evening for ordinands and spouses began, organised by Steven Bunting an ordinand in the college.
We were all given a character to play for the night and our aim was simple; to discover who had committed the murder. It would appear that people are not what they seem; everybody held a motive that could have led to murder. Take my character for example; a highly ambitious girl who has just discovered that the leading actor of the show is in fact the father that abandoned her mother and disowned his daughter, could this have been a motive for murder? Well it would seem so; as my character ‘Spangles’ was accused by two lots of people including the Inspector. Justice prevailed in the end and my character was found to be not guilty, the real culprit was identified; an actress called Deidre, played by Wendy Bowler, one of the spouses who took part in the evening.
The night was a great success and everybody who participated all said how much they enjoyed it. Everyone made a big effort to dress in the style of the 1920′s; there were feathers everywhere – mostly from my feather boa! A prize was given for the best costume of the night which was won by the character Brian Booth who was expertly dressed and played by another spouse, Anna Gibbons. A three course meal, was served at intervals throughout the evening; the food was unbelievable, especially the dessert! We were asked to remain in character during the meals, so that we could gain more information to help us with our investigations.
I would recommend that if you have the opportunity to, partake in a murder mystery night, they are really good fun. (Not advisable if you suffer from a phobia of laughing!)
Karen Erlandson (Spouse of Sam Erlandson Ordinand of the College).
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