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You are invited to Mystery Manor to hear the will reading of the late Rick Rochester.  Evidence has shown that Rochester died not by accident, but foul play.  Beware- you may leave with a fortune… or you may not leave at all.

I’ve wanted to throw a murder mystery on Hallowe’en for years, so when a friend’s husband directed me to Night of Mystery, I grabbed one about an eccentric millionaire and started planning.  Invitations were sent out, characters assigned, decor considered and menu options pored over.

Hallowe'en display. Yes those are rats and crows.

My guests, who in real life range from bureaucrats to scientists to teachers to a chef, embodied their characters of spoiled heiresses, ex-wife, chauffeur, butler and maid, business partner and assorted family members.  The memorable pool boy, Fabio Fabulous, mid-way through the party dropped trou to reveal stripper-esque undies which he flaunted to all the female characters in the room.  Oh, and he decided to speak only in third person.  That wasn’t dictated by the script.

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