Murder Mystery at the Arden Hotel Solihull

The Arden Hotel is proud to announce our partnership with Murder 57 – the UK’s leading murder mystery entertainment company with over 20 years combined murder mystery experience behind the team.

Your Murder Mystery evening will be filled with Intrigue, Suspicion and of course Murder! The Murder 57 experience includes everything to make your break a memorably murderous one. Your evening will include a delicious 3 course meal including tea and coffee, interactive evening entertainment from professional actors. If you manage to guess the murderer and the correct murderous motive then you could be the evenings Super Sleuth, and receive a prestigious certificate plus some Murder 57 prizes.  Why not make a weekend of it and book a room?!

Murder Mystery with 3 course meal £49pp

Alan Gilbraith has spent the last 30 years in jail for the murder of his wife, Loren. Except that a body was never found.  And he has always denied that he killed her. So, what is the truth?

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Murder Mystery with 3 course meal £49pp

It is Christmas in 1899 and the Prime Minister, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, is hosting a lavish party. Spirits are high at the turn of the century, commerce and politics are doing well. It is also 7 years since the infamous Jack the Ripper was last active. But is everyone who they say they are? And has the Ripper really finished his work?

Murder Mystery with 3 course meal £49pp

Alex Holmes, the great, great, great grandchild of the famous Victorian detective has followed in Sherlock’s footsteps and has themselves established a reputation for solving the unsolvable.

Tonight is the Metropolitan Police Commissioner’s Christmas ball.  A whole host of VIPs have been invited and of course Holmes and their good friend Dr Watson are on the guest list… however, when the Commissioner is discovered dead in a sealed room deep in the depths of Scotland Yard – Holmes is brought into action once again…

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Murder Mystery with 3 course meal £49pp

Tonight, it is New Year’s Eve 1999.  Martin McDonald is hosting a fabulous NYE party.  It’s been an incredibly busy year for his company – Techsol. Everybody has required software upgrades to combat the Y2K bug which has meant that 1999 has been the company’s most profitable year to date.

Will the celebrations last well in to the new millennium or are somebody’s days numbered?

Murder Mystery with 3 course meal £55pp

It is the roaring 1920s and following the discovery of King Tutankhamen’s tomb, there is strong fascination with Ancient Egypt.  Many relic hunters have journeyed up and down the River Nile hoping to make the next big discovery.  One such hunter is Egyptologist Carter Howards, who has claimed that they have made a startling discovery.  In this highly competitive arena though, is all what it seems or are there greater secrets and scandal that require denial from the Nile?

Optional Dress code: 1920s

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Murder Mystery with 3 course meal £55pp

It is Valentine’s Day, and ‘Embrace’, the Introduction Agency have organised a fabulous evening meal to celebrate all those happy couples they have helped to find love during the past year.  Unfortunately, the course of true love never runs smoothly… could somebody have been hit by more than Cupid’s arrow?

Optional dress code: Standard party wear

Murder Mystery with 3 course meal £55pp

It is 1956. Millicent Montague is throwing a party to celebrate the release of her latest Hollywood blockbuster “How to Murder a Millionaire”. All the stars will all be there and Millicent is hoping that she will be able to put the past behind her. You know the sort of thing:  The rumours of her affairs, her involvement with a prominent American Politician, Her Mafia connections, etcetera etcetera. She is hoping that the film will distract people from all that. But you can be sure that someone has a grudge to bear. But would they kill because of it?

Optional dress code: 1950s style

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Murder Mystery with 3 course meal £55pp

Welcome to Golden Years Retirement Village where residents enjoy their ‘golden years’.  Firm Foundations built the village on the back of profits made trading in the beauty industry. Their Chameleon Cream was a best seller, and it has enabled them to target their core customers in a different way – looking after their wrinkles and providing them with new homes!  Michael Graham was the founder and having died ten years ago – his wife Joanne, a resident of Golden Years, is about to receive her delayed inheritance.  Tonight, will be a joint celebration as she celebrates a milestone birthday and finally learns what Michael had in store for her…

Optional dress code: Party wear

Murder Mystery with 3 course meal £55pp

A group of strangers meet in a castle deep in the wilderness as they compete to survive in the ultimate murder mystery. Hosted by the ever-popular Cornelia Shrinkleman, the show has moved to the hotel this evening for the grand finale – which for the first time will be held publicly in front of specially invited friends and guests.

However, in an act of complete betrayal, the show’s producer is murdered for real – who will be able to solve the riddles and crack this code – before whodunnit was makes their final move?

Optional dress code: Party wear

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Murder Mystery with 3 course meal £55pp

Alex Holmes, great great great grandchild of the famous Victorian era sleuth is back in action.  This time there have been a series of gruesome murders where all of the victims have had their hearts removed.  In each case there has been no evidence to identify who the perpetrator could be.  Will Holmes make the connection and solve these dastardly crimes before the killer strikes again?

Optional dress code: Sherlock Holmes/Detective

Murder Mystery with 3 course meal £55pp

This evening, you are invited to the wedding reception of high school sweethearts, Jack and Jill Smith. The vows have been exchanged and the party is in full swing – but is everyone happy 
for the happy couple? Is somebody hoping that death will part them sooner than most would have expected?

Optional dress code: Wedding outfits

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Murder Mystery with 3 course meal £55pp

Break out your denim jackets, neon pop socks and punk rock hairstyles as we take you back to the mid-1980s.  People are celebrating as we emerge from the depths of the miner’s strike and there is a jubilant atmosphere as the nation dreams of a brighter future.   A future that the band members of ‘Electric Echoes’ hope to embrace as they have just announced a new nationwide reunion tour after a 10-year absence.  Surely at this time of celebration, old grudges and frictions won’t resurface to spoil this special occasion?

Dress code: 1980s party

Murder Mystery with 3 course meal £55pp

Mary Langford has been widowed twice, but they were both long and very happy marriages. So you’d think she’d be content with her memories. Sir Robert Langford OBE, her second husband, was CEO of the British and Commonwealth Petroleum company and left Mary a huge fortune. So why is she getting married a third time? And to a man young enough to be her son! At least it has the blessing of her daughter, Jemimah.  Or does it?

Optional dress code: Wedding outfits

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Murder Mystery with 3 course meal £55pp

It is 1928 and Lord and Lady Digby are hosting an elegant evening in their home to celebrate the anniversary of their marriage. Rose Digby, the daughter of our hosts, has been away for some time and is looking forward to her first social occasion since her return home. Her parents have arranged for her to meet a dashing young man they believe is the perfect suitor, but will she fall for him? Who is keeping a secret tonight? Perhaps the butler can shed some light on the situation….

Optional dress code: 1920s style

Murder Mystery with 3 course meal £55pp

​Halloween is not a happy time for Reverend Green.  Each year they are reminded that it was Halloween when their spouse disappeared without a trace.  The police concluded that there was no foul play involved and cited a difficult marriage for the disappearance – classifying the case as a missing person.  Reverend Green thinks differently and feels justified when their spouse’s car containing skeletal remains is discovered in the murky depths of a deep pond.  What secrets will emerge from the shadows of this tragedy?

Optional dress code: Ghosts, vampires etc

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Murder Mystery with 3 course meal £59pp

It is Christmas Eve 1987 and you are part of Smartoys staff Christmas party.  Fiona Smartley-Price (Smartoy’s CEO) has extra cause to celebrate as the company have achieved having the Christmas Number 1 toy in the shops.  Mouseville Friends is that toy and was the brainchild of Siobhan (Fiona’s daughter and a managing director of the company).  She launched the new toy along with her fiancée Noel Thurst who is a television executive that has launched an animated series based on the toys. This has just completed its first series on CBBC.  Will the celebrations continue all night long or will sinister happenings halt them?

Optional dress code: Christmas Party

Murder Mystery with 3 course meal £55pp

Join us in the hotel as we celebrate the finalists of a nationwide competition to write a new Christmas carol that will be broadcast for the first time as part of the King’s Christmas message.  The finalists are all keen and eager to see if they have been chosen in the national public vote but who will stop at nothing to ensure that they are the victor?  With festive spirits, secrets and scandals high – will this silent night be somebody’s deadly night?

Optional dress code: Christmas Party

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