A True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner Experience Unlike Anything Else...

True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner Theater With The Dinner Detective: 100+ Locations Worldwide!

At The Dinner Detective True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner Show, you’ll tackle a hilarious and challenging crime while you feast on a fantastic dinner. Just beware! The culprit is hiding in plain sight somewhere in the room, and you may find yourself as a Prime Suspect before you know it!

Join us for a unique true crime event that is very different from a typical traditional murder mystery dinner show. Our shows are set in the present day and the actors are not dressed in costume but rather are hidden in the audience! This results in a fun, social and interactive evening suitable for all adults.

Our engaging and unique murder mystery dinner theatre performances have been playing across the country since 2004.  Join us for an evening full of intrigue, hilarity, and unscripted moments you simply can’t find anywhere else!

Unlike a typical murder mystery dinner theatre performance, you won’t be watching a handful of actors stiffly reciting lines in front of the room. The action happens all around you, and any person in the audience can end up being a part of the show, even YOU! Throughout the night, you’ll find yourself wondering if what just happened was scripted or real!

Since our Los Angeles Grand Opening in 2004, The Dinner Detective has quickly become the largest murder mystery dinner show in the United States. Our signature blend of intrigue, comedy, and spontaneity has enthralled millions of guests at our public and private shows.

Come see what all the fuss is about and join us at an upcoming murder mystery dinner show! Or if you are buying tickets for someone special, we offer gift certificates as well!

Murder mystery gift certificates are a unique, fun, and entertaining gift idea! Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Gift Certificates are a great choice for any adult on your list. Our Gift Certificates will send your friends and family on a mysterious and hilarious journey to solve a crime before our Detectives do!

Our true crime mystery gift certificates are perfect for the December holidays, birthday gifts, Mother’s Day or Father’s Day gifts, Valentine’s Day presents for your sweetheart(s), graduation gifts, or any other occasion!

The Dinner Detective regularly performs in 80+ locations across the country, and we offer both public and private shows every month.  We’ve been featured in dozens of “best of” lists and websites nationwide, winning Best Murder Mystery Show and Best Dinner Theater many times over.

We also offer customized private events and group murder mystery parties at each of our locations, any night of the week! We have entertained tens of thousands of companies and private groups across the country, both large and small, and we’d love to craft a once-in-a-lifetime event for your team as well.

We can host murder mystery dinner theatre parties of almost any size, at our onsite locations and offsite at the venue of your choice!

Our professionally-trained actors have performed and taught worldwide, with credits from esteemed improv training centers such as UCBSecond CityiO and iO Westthe Voodoo Comedy Playhouse, and Annoyance Theater, and with credits in Better Call Saul, Orange Is The New Black, Jurassic World, Preacher, National Treasure, Kicking & Screaming, and dozens of other shows and theaters.

Just a Few of Our Prime Suspects...

🔍🍽️ Looking for a KILLER Night Out? 🎭✨Gather your crew and put your detective skills to the test at The Dinner Detective Arlington Heights—America’s largest interactive TRUE CRIME dinner show! 🕵️‍♂️🍷 Enjoy a hilarious mystery, a delicious meal, and plenty of surprises along the way.
But BEWARE… the culprit is hiding in plain sight. 👀💀 Could they be sitting at your table? There’s only one way to find out!

🎟️ Tickets are disappearing fast—book NOW! We’re DYING to meet you! 🔎🔥 

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Don’t just take our word for it—our guests LOVE solving mysteries with us! Here’s what people are saying about their experience at The Dinner Detective: 🎭🔍

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Hey Toronto! Hope it’s been a smooth week for you getting back into the groove of things, here are some date ideas to jumpstart your weekend! 🙂‍↔️

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In the shadowy corridors of global power, whispers tell of operatives who wield influence not through force, but through economics. One such tale centers on a man whose job was to approach foreign leaders with an offer too good to refuse: massive loans for ambitious infrastructure projects, promised to elevate their nations to prosperity.

But the fine print told a darker story. The loans were designed to be unpayable. As interest piled up, these nations were pushed to the brink of economic collapse. Then came the demands—control over valuable natural resources, exclusive trade agreements, or the establishment of military bases.

The process, some say, wasn’t accidental but a deliberate strategy to secure global dominance without firing a single shot. Yet, skeptics argue that this narrative is a conspiracy too neat to be true.

So, is this a hidden truth about modern empire-building or just another myth of global intrigue? You decide.

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🚨 WANTED: One mischievous leprechaun! 🕵️‍♂️💰

Crime: Stealing all the gold (and maybe a pint or two). 🍻
Description: Short, suspiciously lucky, last seen wearing all green. 👀
Last Known Whereabouts: The Dinner Detective Show… blending in way too well.

Think you’ve got the luck to catch the culprit? 🍀 Grab your magnifying glass (and your Guinness) and join us for a night of mystery, comedy, and crime-solving fun!

📍 Four Points by Sheraton Fargo
📅 March 1st & March 15th
🕕 6 PM
🎟️ Tickets disappearing faster than a pot of gold—get yours now; link in comments!

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🚨 WANTED: One mischievous leprechaun! 🕵️‍♂️💰

Crime: Stealing all the gold (and maybe a pint or two). 🍻
Description: Short, suspiciously lucky, last seen wearing all green. 👀
Last Known Whereabouts: The Dinner Detective Show… blending in way too well.

Think you’ve got the luck to catch the culprit? 🍀 Grab your magnifying glass (and your Guinness) and join us for a night of mystery, comedy, and crime-solving fun!

📍 Doubletree by Hilton Omaha Southwest
📅 March 8th, 15th, & 29th
🕕 6 PM
🎟️ Tickets disappearing faster than a pot of gold—get yours now; link in comments!

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When somebody took you to a surprise date? You booked an entire day for this, but no idea where you are going. This is a list of spots which nikos_news planned and arranged for our date <3 I’m sharing here in case you’d be interested in trying some of them :) 

1. SF MOMA
My secret date started off from sfmoma especially with the exhibition #americansubmarine by asherald 

Her work challenges stereotypes and explores themes of race and identity, using her unique use of grayscale skin tones against vibrant backgrounds instead of using brown colors. By combining the typical American images and African American cultures or history, refining “American” and our unconscious stereotypes.

She portrayed #MichelleObama focusing to expressing her interiors rather than exteriors that the society expected her as the First Lady. Also, #BreonnaTaylor who lost the live during 2020, it was a part of #blacklivesmatter movement, is also portrayed by Amy with an engagement ring Breonna was supposed to receive from her boyfriend if she were alive. 

We also stopped by Ragnar Kjartansson’s video installation The Visitors (2012), currently back at #SFMOMA. This work is projected across nine screens with 360° audio and video which shot by once take. It was phenomenal.

The #yayoikusama exhibition engaged us with a full of colors as always, but her passion for pumpkin and arts are beyond expression. Her passions never stops her moving forward. She’s around 90’s!

2. Clay Room
Then, we visited #clayroomsf to attend a pottery workshop🌱 It is such a healing time to touch and shape something with using your 5 senses. Cannot wait for seeing our completed potteries with glazing.

3. #DinnerDetective
Immersive theater is one of my favorite play/ art experiences. In this play, the mystery murder happens while you are having a dinner with other participants. It is also fun to interact with others as they could be a part of casts. 

4. #BourbonandBranch in SF
Lastly we stopped by a speak easy where you need a secret code to enter. The inside of the bar makes you feel like you are actually in the era of forbidden alcohol days. 

#sffoodie #sanfranciscobay #sfrestaurants #sfcommunity

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