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Not Your Average Murder Mystery Game
It's a Team Building Activity

High Society Charity Ball


Who Done It? The Murder Mystery Game Team Building Activity
This team building murder mystery game is unlike any you have seen before. Most murder mystery games are either run by hired actors (with most participants playing the role of bystander) or out-of-the-box-one-size-fits-all prescripted stories where one of the guests is knocked off and the rest have to guess who done it.

Murder Mystery Game - with a twist
Unlike other murder mystery games, this one is a true team building event. First of all there is no murder, so no one dies and has to sit out the game. Instead, this team building activity centers around a cluster of team building games played within the context of a high society charity ball. You and each of your team mates selects from over 100 characters to play. One of the characters is secretly designated the thief and they "steal" the pretend millions which has been raised at the high society charity ball. At that point the sluething begins.

Catching a Thief - Team Building Style
Each guest is given an envelope at the beginning of the game with various background player cards. These cards identify interesting and unique quirks, hobbies, experiences and achievements of the characters. As participants mingle player cards are exchanged. The more cards a player gathers the more clues they get to who the thief might be. Thief cards (which identify the background of the thief) can be won through successfully completing team building games.

Players are grouped into teams and compare their cards and clues. Teams must come to consensus and formal accusations are made as to which player is suspected to be the thief. However, before the thief is revealed...

Facilitating Team Learning
The Team Building USA facilitator (who also plays the role of Master of Ceremonies) leads a discussion which links the dynamics of the murdery mystery game to the parralels found in your company. The group explores the destructive side of work relationships (keeping secrets, spreading rumors, mistrust) as well as the positive side of teamwork (collaborating with your team mates, getting to know each other better, making problem solving fun). Each person is challenged to select one behavior to change back at work which will help their team go to the next level.

Bonus - You Help Needy Children
10% of the fee your company pays for this murder mystery game is donated in your name to a charity which helps needy children in poor countries. The donated money is used to sponsor a child providing food, clothing, medical care and an education. Use this team building activity to strengthen your work team and provide hope for a needy child. Both will thank you.

Click Here to Select Your Character
(only if your company has already signed up for this event)

You Select From Over 100 Characters to Play

Character Names - Female

Abby Gutzman - Frantic Personal Trainer
Betty Tripp - Frazzled Mom working five part-time jobs
Daisy Splash - Impatient amusement park tour guide
Sadie Plumkin - Kindergarten teacher with a past
Dr Susie Huggaby - Inner Child Play Therapist
Adele Miller-King - Kleptomaniac Realtor
Flo Morgan - Paranoid Psychic
Sabrina Short - Ace computer programmer and caffeine addict
Sunshine Weststreet - Aspiring country music singer
Clara Tinosisafin - Hypochondriac group therapist
Alexandra Kieves - Ambassador to a small European country
Coco Collier - Dog walker and police snitch
Alexis Singleton - Snowboarder and perpetual dating service user
Katrina True - Dishonest personal assistant to famous actress
Ann Smart - 5 time Jeopardy winner
Doria Spillane - Misinformed private investigator
Ashland Graybill – Eccentric Parrot Breeder and Amazon Adventurer
Barbie Kendahl - Newly Licensed Plastic Surgeon
Crystal Briggs – Soap opera makeup artist and paparazzi informant
Bisby Mandrake - CEO of successful internet company
Savannah Joy - Professional infomercial actress
Julianne Harrington - Car Dealership TV spokeswoman
Kat Milano - Pet trainer to the stars
Blaire Collinsworth - Political Consultant who's pretty sure she'll be first woman President
Ginger Rosado - Domestic goddess and coupon cutting super saver
Mary Smith - Housewife and part time stuntwoman
Bobbie Waters - Baywatch lifeguard stand-in
Julia Knockovitch - Diamond Jeweler and part time fence
Cameron Blue - Laid Back Surfer Chick
Mona Glitz - Nervous paparazzi photographer
Cherry DiMaggio - All thumbs TV chef
Erin O’Malley – Belly dancing, Star Trek Fan
Helga Frye - Abrasive Nurse with an attitude
Megan Lantana - Morning Show Co-Host renegotiating her contract
Desiree Calouette - Arachnophobic school principal
Libby St. James - Self Conscious Fashion Model
Nora Doolittle - jumpy secret service body guard
Haley Knowles - Syndicated gossip columnist
Genie Hopkins - Memorabilia Collector
Dolly Eberhart - Donut Factory Manager With Big Dreams
Verna Knight - College Professor with narcolepsy
Kay Pleasance - Overly Agreeable Politician
Dora Medula - Concierge with short term memory loss
Lydia Hart - Self Absorbed Millionaire Philanthropist
Nicolette Osbrey - Brain surgeon and chronic overachiever
Rachel Lynn Darlington - Librarian moonlighting as a stand up comic
Georgina Lowden - Overexcited Talk Show Host
Virginia Steel - Tough as nails Navy Seal
Shirley Fluffington – Barney songwriter and PBS children’s show consultant
Ronnie Hammel – Vegetarian Fish and Game Warden
Gracie Livingston - City Coroner and Practical Joker
Porsche Vogel – B Movie Actress looking for a break
Heidi Panahsh – Overly controlling wedding planner
Mavis Scavetto - Organic Rancher living off the grid
Jana Salvatori - Shady lady in the witness protection program
Penny Grist - Hollywood Script Writer
Nicole Leonard - Workout infomercial extra and professional kickboxer
Jennifer Lajoye - Street Racing Dental Hygienist
Jillian Borelli - Compulsively Lying Travel Agent
Shayna Sweet - Top performing bill collector
Trisha White - Faith healer and itinerate full-gospel preacher
Samantha Sam Harrison - NRA PR director
Kay Thorne - Too Quick to correct Golf Instructor
Mildred Pedigree - World renowned antique art expert
Matilda Busby – Recently Heartbroken Australian Transplant
Star Meadows - Flower Child Florist
Lyla Purloin - Secret shopper who likes to haggle
Olga Nanacourte - Pet therapist
Pat Blanton - lady truck driver
Paulina Bounder - Overage foreign exchange student who loves to travel
Serena Song - World’s top hand model
Sasha Bray - Cruise ship Salsa Dance Instructor
Kellie McCullough - Jingle Writer and Rock Star
Tiffany Buckles - Valley Girl Shop-a-holic
Natalie Churwood - Whole food grocer & political activist


Character Names - Male

Dakota Slim - Rodeo circuit cowboy and Marlboro man model
Jim hit me Quinn - Professional gambler on the run
Perkin Dudley (call me Rocko) - Rocket scientist with 371 patents
Buzz - Motorcycle biker dude and part time poet
Clint Flynt - Pyromaniac fireman on the edge
Buck Sinclair - Big game hunter with fascinating stories
Wes Remington - Computer security expert and occasional hacker
Mickey Ruby - Generous-to-a-fault bighearted loan shark
Shakespeare Jones - Compulsive finger snapping repo guy
Jimbo Bottomly - Ghostwriter and UFO Researcher
Luke Straight - Health insurance salesman with a quirky habit
Owen Kidd - Personal injury attorney who loves to tell lawyer jokes
Hank Murphy – ESPN Stats Manager and Rabid Sports Fan
Clyde Denton - Amateur beer brewer and conspiracy theorist
Nate Reed - Park Ranger with genius level IQ
Monty Seagroves - Stuck in the 60’s Surf Shop Owner
Ned Schuvette - Hermit germophobe using this party as therapy
Vaughn McCordis - Ex-Football hero and anger management group therapist
Rock Spellman - Grandiose mayor of a tiny, tiny town
Dr. Gabriel Spillman - Psychologist who can't keep a confidence
Patrick Hoffenbrau - Parking valet and David Hasselhoff's most obsessed fan
Dr. Lindsy Kindman - School psychologist and part-time jazz musician
Eddie O'Brian - Cheery town drunk
Frank Brewer – Coffee Shop Owner Who’s Always Half Asleep
Romero DeLucia - Melodramatic movie director
Ike the strike Zinger - professional bowler
Ikiki Ubutt - Martial artist and personal trainer to Hollywood elite
Fabian Lameaux - Flamboyant cheerleading coach
Mortimer Graves
- Jolly, Happy Undertaker
J.J. Weiss - Engineer by day, KISS cover band guitarist by night
Jack Nimble – Gymnastic bronze medalist with sudden mood swings
Slade McCain - Helicopter traffic reporter
Jackson Jablonski - Allergic Rodeo Clown
Roark DiMaggio aka Roslyn Dawn - Best selling romance author
Marteen Giuseppe - Easily impressed fashion critic
Spencer Hill - Spy posing as legitimate businessman


Murder Mystery Game Character Descriptions - Click Here

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