Do you know someone who is an amateur sleuth?
Let them test their skills out at one of The Old Swan Hotel’s famous Murder Mystery Events and buy them a voucher to a great experience.
With its romantic past and Agatha Christie connections, The Old Swan in Harrogate is ideal for an atmospheric (and hilarious) Murder Mystery weekend. Bring friends and join in the fun.
Our Murder Mystery events are presented by Tall Tales.
All our Murder Mystery and other events can be booked on-line on our What’s On page.
My Deadly Valentine
Friday 11th February 2022
Romantic novelist Nora Chance hit the big time with her novel Fifty Shades Of Love and now she’s about to announce her engagement to her fourth fiancé. Her previous lovers have all come to tragic ends.
It seems Nora is lucky in words but not in love! Or is there someone in her life prepared to commit murder to put a stop to Nora and romance? Just who is the deadly Valentine?
Tickets From £51 per person
Murder By The Book
Friday 18th March 2022
It’s 1926. Stanley Baldwin is prime minister, Agatha Christie has gone missing and aspiring crime writer Agatha Collins has tucked herself away in the Old Swan in Harrogate to finish her first novel.
The staff are convinced she’s really the missing Mrs Christie but when a real life murder occurs imitating a scene from her book it seems Agatha Collins’ debut novel may not be fiction after all.
Tickets From £51 per person
A First Class Murder
Friday 8th April 2022
Step aboard the Titanic 110 years after she sailed and sank and meet the first class passengers who all have something to hide. Clementine Nokkham-Dedd is taking her family to New York but what is she escaping?
Music hall star Lily Lately has her reputation to think of and who is the stranger with a dark past? The tunes of the orchestra play on as murder is committed on the main deck.
Tickets From £51 per person
Murder at the Masked Ball
Friday 13th May 2022
Lottery winners Gladys and Frank Lee have lavished a fortune on their new home among the fabulously rich. But neighbours still don’t want to know them.
Now they’re hosting a masked ball in the hope their neighbours will have fun without realising who is who. Everyone loves a masked ball. But behind the masks it’s easy to get away with murder!
Tickets From £51 per person
Murder Without A Hitch
Friday 24th June 2022
Maia Millions is getting married but the groom has disappeared.
Her jealous chief bridesmaid is determined to ruin Maia’s big day and a Paparazzi photographer has just gatecrashed this high society wedding. This wedding is going to be murder!
Tickets From £51 per person
Murder & Mischief
Friday 15th July 2022
Sir Ivor Mansion is throwing a ghost hunt aboard his brand new yacht.
He’s got a ghostly captain on deck and he’s brought mediums Hector and Esther Plasm aboard to rid himself of the troublesome ghost. Not everyone believes in ghosts and some are convinced Sir Ivor has another motive for what’s about to become a deadly sailing.
Tickets From £51 per person
Murder & The Millionairess
Friday 5th August 2022
Twins Greta and Ottilie Lovelace are celebrating their 21st birthday with a special party the night before Greta inherits £9.7 million…if she lives long enough.
Who would want Greta out of the way? Her grasping stepmother? Her new beau? Or the loyal housekeeper who thinks Greta doesn’t deserve a penny.
Tickets From £51 per person
Murder On The Menu
Friday 16th September 2022
A cross between Bake Off and Midsomer Murders.
Celebrity judges Jayne Fondant and Mario Mascarpone have arrived at the village fete to judge the cake competition but someone has put murder on the menu and one of them has made their last celebrity appearance. It’s time to ask who made murder the icing on the cake?
Tickets From £51 per person
Murder Is Frightful
Friday 28th October 2022
Haunts Hill House is host to a Halloween party just weeks after the death of the wealthy recluse who lived there.
Party guests are about to discover they’ve been invited under false pretences. This is no fancy dress party. This is a murder investigation into the death of Madden Batty and she is the one who has brought them all together to solve her murder.
Tickets From £51 per person
The Art Of Murder
Friday 11th November 2022
A grand house. Priceless paintings for sale. A murder afoot.
Lord Conwell invites you to his black tie party where he hopes you’ll part with your money for his latest art acquisitions. But it seems his guests are lining up with motives for murder and it won’t be long before the party is a whodunit.
Tickets From £51 per person
A Midwinter Murder
Friday 2nd December 2022
Heavy snowfall has seen the Midwinter Hotel cut off from the world.
Guests are stranded and tempers are fraying. The Christmas spirit is fading fast and the arrival of two strangers who have managed to get to the hotel on foot is about to make things worse. There is murder afoot at the Midwinter Hotel.
Tickets From £51 per person
A Killing Among The Carols
Friday 16th December 2022
The carol singers have gathered to visit the grand homes of Harrogate. But, tonight there’s tension among the festive friends.
There’s murder afoot as they gather together around the Christmas tree for a final chorus and this time the verse is Ding Dong Merrily They Die.
Tickets From £51 per person
To book either give us a call 01423 500055 or drop us a line
Buy your Vouchers Online
Its Murder trying to get the right gift, so why not buy one of our Murder Mystery vouchers this year and let them test their skills out at one of The Old Swan Hotel’s famous Murder Mystery Events.
Buying them a Murder Mystery voucher is the gift of a great experience.