30-Minute Mystery Party Script - The Thing in the Cellar


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Title: The Thing in the Cellar	Format: 30-Minute Mystery
Setting: Haunted House	Time: 30 minutes
Players: 8 players OR 8 teams	Price: $19.95

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Backstory

The guests will be playing the roles of monsters sharing a haunted house. Every year, the monsters open their home on 213 Elm Street to the public on Halloween for a fright-filled haunted house tour. They use the proceeds from the haunted house to buy household supplies for the rest of year, during which time the house stays boarded up and we stay inside. If the townspeople ever discovered the monsters in the haunted house were real, they would certainly drive them away – or worse.

The success of the haunted house hinges on a climactic scene in the cellar, when The Thing is revealed. Advertised for hundreds of miles on every billboard in every direction – “See The Thing!” “What is The Thing? See for Yourself!” – thrill-seekers and the merely curious come from distant cities to see The Thing, and it never disappoints. Those who have seen The Thing eagerly attest that it is the scariest sight they have witnessed in their entire lives. No one seems able to describe The Thing, and they all agree: you have to see it for yourself.

Solving the Mystery:

It is the night before Halloween, and the monsters have just discovered that the key to the cellar where The Thing is kept is missing – someone has stolen it! Without The Thing, the haunted house will be a failure, the monsters’ reputations will be ruined, and they won’t have enough money to buy supplies for the rest of the year. How will they live and keep their identities secret? They have to find the key!

Murder-free and family friendly!

Featured Character

From: Malachai Stout's Family Reunion
Name: Harrison Clarington
Background: Penelope's husband Harrison is a drunkard and a cad. He never got along with either Malachai or Winifred, and he's only here because Penelope insisted.

Party Sound Effects

Each of our three Murder Mystery Parties (Set Sail for Disaster, The Terrible Castle of Baron Castaign and Murder at the Nir Cantina) comes with their own music and sound effects to help bring the story to life. You can download the music and play it as MP3's or burn it to a CD to play in your home audio system during the murder mystery dinner party.

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