{"id":6861,"date":"2016-03-01T20:57:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T20:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playingwithmurderstaging.com\/uk\/?p=6861"},"modified":"2023-08-25T16:04:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T22:04:36","slug":"host-uses-murder-mystery-party-as-teaching-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.playingwithmurder.com\/uk\/blog\/host-uses-murder-mystery-party-as-teaching-tool","title":{"rendered":"Host Uses Murder Mystery Party as Teaching Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"featured-party\">\n<p>Today&rsquo;s post highlights one of our Featured Parties: Liz used Zombie Cannibal Asylum as a teaching tool in her undergraduate level Small Group Communication class!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/content\/lizs1.jpg\" alt=\"College class plays murder mystery party\"><\/p>\n<p>Liz had her students print off a list of rules for dealing with the zombie inmates, and encouraged everyone to go all out with their 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