For fans of Sherlock Holmes, “Murder She Wrote” or any kind of murder mystery, some hotels offer weekend packages that allow guests to get away, relax, and solve a little crime. A murder mystery weekend typically involves a group of guests working to solve a staged homicide by hunting down clues, interviewing suspects and attending group events.
Michigan’s Grand Hotel, completed in 1887, sits on Mackinac Island in Lake Huron. The island is a historical landmark that features preserved buildings, a ban on motorized vehicles and the Grand Hotel. The Grand Hotel is a Victorian resort that features 385 individually decorated rooms, five-course dinners, the world’s longest porch and has played host to five presidents as well as citizens of note such as Mark Twain and Thomas Edison.
The hotel periodically hosts murder mystery weekends, wherein groups of more than 20 guests band together to solve mysteries while partaking of the hotel’s services and features. Murder mystery packages include accommodations, receptions, luncheons, mystery activities, entertainment, golf green fees, full breakfast and the five-course dinner. The murder mystery storyline is different for each event and features period costumes to round out the experience.
Grand Hotel
286 Grand Avenue
Mackinac Island, MI 49757
800-334-7263
grandhotel.com
The Jekyll Island Club Hotel is a luxury hotel in Georgia that offers beachfront pavilions, a golf course and croquet lawn. The hotel, built to accompany the prestigious Jekyll Island Club that was described in 1904 as the richest and most inaccessible club in the world by "Munsey’s Magazine" and included members such as William Rockefeller, Joseph Pulitzer and William K. Vanderbilt.
The hotel was also home to the first transcontinental phone call. The hotel’s murder mystery weekend invites guests to sleuth for clues and unmask the killer while enjoying a welcome gift; accommodations that offer either queen, king or double beds; welcome reception; group breakfasts; lunches and dinners. Events are hosted by Murder Mystery Weekend, Inc. and follow one of their plots involving misdirection, multiple murders, fellow sleuths and a twist or two.
Jekyll Island Club Hotel
371 Riverview Dr
Jekyll Island, GA 31527
800-535-9547
jekyllclub.com
The White Oak Inn in Ohio offers murder mystery weekends for private groups as well as general admission. The package includes breakfast, the mystery event, dinner and accommodations that range from queen beds to the luxury cottage. The inn hosts events once a month and features plots that include murder at a wedding, among superheroes, the mob, class reunions and movie stars. Located in Amish country, the White Oak is a bed and breakfast seated on 14 acres of farmland.
White Oak Inn Bed and Breakfast
29683 Walhonding Road
Danville, OH 43014
877-908-5923
whiteoakinn.com
