Pipers Grave (Optional Costume –Ghosts, Vampires etc)

MBX-TV, the infamous, sleazy cable TV channel is 5 years old this weekend/evening. Matthew Bradshaw, founder and CEO of the company has thrown a party to celebrate and to make a very important announcement. But things don't go according to plan - why is MBX-TV losing ground to its rivals? What secrets and mysteries does the hotel harbour? And are the rumours about John Piper's ghost true?

The Great Christmas Mystery (Optional Costume – Christmas Party Wear)

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…

Ding Dong Murder on High (Optional Costume – Christmas Party Wear)

The Killinton Bell Ringers Have Had a Very Busy Festive Season And Are Celebrating Their Successes Of The Past Year By Having A Christmas Party Here At The Hotel.  Everyone Is Welcome to Join In The Festive Fun!

Some Of the Bellringers Are Really Hoping To Let Their Hair Down And Enjoy Themselves After Recently Falling Victim To Some Tabloid Filth Published About Them By An Upcoming Local Journalist.  The Journalist Is Discovered Dead Though - And Who Was Responsible?

Murder at the Folly (Optional Costume –1920s)

It is 1928 – Tonight we celebrate the coming together of two families, to be joined by marriage. One family is headed by the rich and powerful self-made man George Barton and one is an aristocratic family who have fallen on hard times financially.

Is this to be a marriage of convenience or does true love exist? Are people trying to stop their hidden secrets from being discovered? 

How to Murder a Millionaire (Optional Costume – 1950s)

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?

Electric Dreams (Optional Costume – 1980s)

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?

Murder on the Dance Floor (Optional Costume – Black Tie / Sparkly Dress)

Style TV, is new to the UK. Owned by Australian media magnate Greg Copeland, the TV company is set to go head to head in an all out war with BBC's 'Strictly' this year. Their new dance show, 'Step Up & Dance'  promises to be big & brash.  Fronted by TV host Sam Delaney, the show will have notorious musical star P.J. McQueen as lead judge, who makes Craig Revel Norwood seem like a pussycat!!   Tonight will be an opportunity for one lucky person to join the show.

Murder Under the Mistletoe (Optional Costume – Christmas Party Wear)

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?

Out with the Old (Optional Costume – New Year Party)

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?