{"title":"Murder Mystery Kits","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrintable, adults-only murder mystery party kits for eight to twenty players. Download tonight, host this weekend.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"icons-never-die","title":"Icons Never Die — A Queer Pop Diva Murder Mystery Party Kit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Queen of Pop is hosting a gala. Three guests won't make it to the encore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eICONS NEVER DIE is a printable murder mystery party for 8–20 players — written queer from the first word, not a straight kit with the pronouns swapped.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe setup: it's the 40th anniversary gala of pop's most reinvented icon. Every era of her career is in the room, in costume, holding a drink and a grudge. Over one evening, three of them die. Everyone's a suspect. And here's the part your guests won't see coming: nobody knows who the killer is until the final confession — including the killer. Even you can play unspoiled and vote with the room.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou download it, print it, and host the night they'll still be quoting at brunch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWHAT YOU GET — INSTANT DOWNLOAD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne zip. 38 PDFs in 5 numbered folders, in the order you'll need them\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA 21-page Host Guide that runs the night for you — timeline, scripts, three hosting styles from \"elegant observer\" to \"full production fantasy\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA one-page Start Here so you're never lost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e20 character guides — 8 core, 12 optional — as one print-ready file AND as individual PDFs, so you can email each guest their own secrets and nobody else's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA spoiler-free Character Overview so you can cast without ruining it for yourself\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e20 pages of printable evidence across three murders — documents, receipts, incriminating objects. Scissors are the only assembly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHost scripts: an opening monologue plus a murder spotlight to read over each body\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAction cards, ghost cards, voting cards, an evidence log\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eName tags in two styles (hang or tape), plus blanks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSix award certificates, because every fake crime deserves real recognition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePre-party teasers and an invitation template to start the paranoia early\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA full solution walkthrough and the Final Killer Confession — sealed in a folder marked SPOILERS, host eyes only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHOW THE NIGHT PLAYS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuests arrive in character — each one an era of the icon: the bridal era, the ballroom era, the dancefloor era, the cowgirl era. You read the opening monologue. Then the first body drops.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree murders land at scripted beats across the evening. After each one, you scatter the evidence and let your guests turn detective — alliances form, secrets surface, at least one person will defend a lipstick tube like it's a deposition. The dead aren't done, either: victims become Ghosts, who can't spill their secrets but can absolutely haunt, judge, and vote.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the end, everyone casts a vote, the confession gets handed to the killer, and they read it like it's their final number. Awards. Photos. Case closed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRuns about three hours. The timeline is flexible — the order isn't, and the Host Guide keeps both on point for you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery character is gender-flexible, written without fixed pronouns. Any guest, any role. Assign them, let people choose, or let chaos decide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHE PRACTICAL BITS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Instant digital download — a zip of 38 PDFs. Nothing ships.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- US Letter. Prints on a home printer; A4 works at 100%.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Prints clean in black and white. Color is the glamorous option, not the required one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- 8 players minimum (the core cast). Up to 20 with optional characters who add suspects without changing the solution.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- You need: a printer, scissors, and guests with nerve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Send character guides digitally to save ink — the individual files exist exactly for that.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis kit is written for adults. See the content note below before buying.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA NOTE ON CONTENT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdults only, 18+. Murder, betrayal, blackmail, drug references, sexual content, and a gala full of icons holding drinks and grudges. The humour is camp, filthy and entirely unembarrassed. Nothing punches down and nothing targets your guests. It's written for grown-ups who can take a joke and pour a drink at the same time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSomething not printing? A file misbehaving an hour before your party? Message me — I'll get it sorted fast.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Murder, She Betta Don't","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51243738726436,"sku":null,"price":49.69,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0803\/8675\/2548\/files\/icons-never-die-etsy-01-thumbnail.png?v=1786408555"},{"product_id":"hold-your-breath","title":"Hold Your Breath — A Gay Resort Murder Mystery Party Kit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe resort closes Monday. Three guests won't make it that far. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThirty-seven years of one pool, one steam room, and a family that took men in on sight. Now the papers are signed and the buyer is here, measuring the deck. Everyone came to say goodbye. One of them came to settle it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHold Your Breath is a printable murder mystery kit written queer-first, from scratch — not a straight kit with the pronouns swapped. Half wake, half party, and filthy the way a weekend gets filthy when clothing is optional and nobody's opted in. Somebody's in the steam room. Somebody's got a pen on the papers. Somebody's about to be dead. Twenty suspects. Three bodies. One killer — and if you want, you don't find out who until the last hour either. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWHAT YOU GET \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e38 printable PDFs in 5 folders, instant download\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e21-page Host Guide — what to print, when to kill, a minute-by-minute timeline, troubleshooting \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e20 Character Guides — 8 core + 12 optional. Each one also splits into its own file, so every guest gets only his own secrets \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCharacter Overview — a casting document, so the right friend gets the right role \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree evidence files, one per death — print, cut, scatter • Host Scripts — read-aloud narration for the opening and all three murders \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Final Killer Confession — a full monologue, printed to be handed over at the end \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAction cards, ghost cards, voting cards, name tags in two styles, and six award certificates \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInvitation template and pre-party teasers to send beforehand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA 34-page Evidence Walkthrough — every clue, every thread, the whole solution. You never have to bluff. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHOW IT PLAYS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eou cast 8 core characters — the three victims and the killer are among them. Add up to 12 more for a bigger room; they arrive with secrets and motives but nothing load-bearing, so any of them can be cut. Guests get their dossier ahead of time with a costume note, arrive in character, and work each other while you drop three deaths on schedule. Evidence hits the room after each one. Everyone votes, the killer performs his confession, and the awards close the night. Runs about three hours — 8 PM to 11 in the kit's timeline. You can host and play at the same time, and you can stay unspoiled, cast your own vote, and find out with everybody else. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHE DRESS CODE The resort is clothing-optional in the fiction. Your party is whatever your guests are comfortable with. Every costume note is written so a robe over ordinary clothes reads correctly — nobody has to undress to play this. The kit says so twice, so you never have to. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHE PRACTICAL BITS • Instant download — 38 PDFs in 5 numbered folders, with a Start Here page telling you exactly what to open first • US Letter, and A4 prints fine at 100%. Any home printer. Black and white works • No assembly beyond scissors • Print only what your party needs — a smaller cast is fewer pages, and the Host Guide flags what to read on a screen instead • 8 to 20 players, plus you \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA NOTE ON CONTENT Adults only, 18+. Murder, betrayal, blackmail, drug references, sexual content, and a house full of men with alibis. The humour is camp, filthy and entirely unembarrassed, and the kit is worse than this page. Nothing punches down and nothing targets your guests. It's written for grown men who can take a joke and pour a drink at the same time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Murder, She Betta Don't","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51303848706084,"sku":null,"price":49.69,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0803\/8675\/2548\/files\/01-thumbnail.png?v=1787615716"},{"product_id":"over-my-dead-body","title":"Over My Dead Body — A Gay Twink Death Murder Mystery Party Kit","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Deceased turns thirty tonight. Three mourners won't make it to the reading of the will.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhere we come from, a twink does not turn thirty. Thirty is not an age. It is a cause of death, and the scene has a name for it: Twink Death. So The Deceased has done the punctual thing and thrown his own funeral in advance: wake, eulogy, viewing, reading of the will. The pretty ones came. So did the ones who keep the pretty ones running, and the ones who aged out and lived to gloat. Everyone arrived in black, everyone is behaving beautifully, and one of them is killing the others without knowing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOver My Dead Body is a printable murder mystery kit written queer-first, from scratch — not a straight kit with the pronouns swapped. Half funeral, half birthday party. Everyone brought condolences, an appetite, and something they'd rather the will didn't mention. Twenty mourners. Three bodies. One killer who doesn't know it's him, and if you want, you won't know either until the confession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHAT YOU GET\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e37 printable PDFs in 5 folders, instant download\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17-page Host Guide — what to print, how to \"murder\" a player, three hosting styles, a timeline for the night, troubleshooting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharacter Overview — a spoiler-free casting guide, so you can cast all twenty without learning who did it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20 Character Guides — 8 core + 12 optional, each in its own file so every guest gets only his own secrets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHost Scripts — read-aloud narration for the opening and all three murders, plus a eulogy that runs exactly one minute\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree evidence stacks, one per death — twenty found objects, a few of them puzzles. Print, cut, scatter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Final Killer Confession — a sealed closing document you open when the last vote is in. The tally, the reveal, and everything after\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGhost cards, voting cards, a 12-card action deck with blanks for your own, name tags in two styles, an evidence log, and six award certificates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA black-edged funeral announcement to send beforehand — fill in the date and venue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 28-page Evidence Walkthrough — every clue, every thread, the whole solution. You never have to bluff.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHOW IT PLAYS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou cast 8 core mourners — the three victims and the killer are among them. Add up to 12 more for a bigger room; each arrives with a secret and an appetite but nothing load-bearing, so any of them can be cut. Guests get their dossier ahead of time, arrive in black, and work each other while you drop three deaths on schedule. This funeral keeps its schedule. Evidence hits the room after each one, and the dead don't sit out: ghosts gossip, haunt, and vote. Everyone votes, you break the seal on the confession, and the awards close the night. Runs about three hours — 8 PM to 11 in the kit's timeline. You can host and play at the same time, and you can stay unspoiled, cast your own vote, and find out with everybody else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE DRESS CODE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFuneral black, without exception. Veils, gloves, and sunglasses indoors are a kindness to the bereaved. Nobody has to buy a thing: black clothes alone play every role in the kit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE PRACTICAL BITS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstant download — 37 PDFs in 5 numbered folders, with a Start Here page telling you exactly what to open first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUS Letter, and A4 prints fine at 100%. Any home printer; card stock flatters the cards and tags\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo assembly beyond scissors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAny guest plays any role — every guide is written so nothing needs deciding at casting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 to 20 players, and you can take a role yourself\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA NOTE ON CONTENT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAdults only, 18+. Murder, betrayal, blackmail, drug references, sexual content, an open casket, and a room full of men grieving someone standing at the bar. The humour is camp, filthy and entirely unembarrassed, and the kit is worse than this page. Nothing punches down and nothing targets your guests. It's written for grown men who can take a joke and pour a drink at the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Murder, She Betta Don't","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51642315440164,"sku":null,"price":49.69,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0803\/8675\/2548\/files\/01-thumbnail_059def71-c5c2-4823-a1ab-5153c585ba7b.png?v=1789850375"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0803\/8675\/2548\/collections\/01-thumbnail.png?v=1789607114","url":"https:\/\/murdershebettadont.com\/collections\/murder-mystery-kits.oembed","provider":"Murder, She Betta Don't","version":"1.0","type":"link"}