A Halloween Murder Mystery Script: Michael’s Message

This happened 30 years ago… They have locked him up in a mental asylum, but not for what he had done to us, because at that point they could not prove anything… He was locked up because of some of his other experiments…

And our children grew up as orphans… Sweet little 3 year old Vanilla, and my handsome 4 year old boy Rudy… He loved his mother and father dearly… and his rabbit. And Vanilla… oh Vanilla… she always was sniffing in my neck at my vanilla perfume… She loved anything that smelled or tasted like vanilla… 

Ah, but now the Hour of Vengeance has finally arrived!… By killing their mother and father, he has ruined the lives of Vanilla and Rudy… So he has to face the final curtain and he has to face it… now! He has to die, slowly, painfully… and then he will burn forever in hell!

Tell it to him, when he, in a minute or so, comes out of his trance… Tell him the Hour of Vengeance has arrived! Let him tremble with fear, we want to hear him begging for his life down here… and then we will say to him: there can’t be any mercy for Michael Mayer! No Mercy for Michael Mayer! No Mercy for…”

Michael comes out of his trance. He is not feeling well. As he gets up, he asks what has happened. When the others tell him about the message that came through, he feels even worse. Michael says he needs to rest a moment, and he goes out to get some fresh air.

5. The Disappearance of Michael Mayer

Twenty minutes later, there is a telephone call from Michael Mayer: “Come find me, ASAP! I have to go to the hospital! Come as soon as possible… But only people who are younger than 30 may come looking for me… Because either Vanilla or Rudy is in the house, and they are both aged over 30… Unless of course they work with an accomplice who…”

The players go out to search for Michael, but they don’t find him.

6. The Murder of Michael Mayer

When everyone is back, there is a discussion on what exactly has happened. Then there is a phone call from “Sophie of the Event Office”. She tells the participants that Michael Mayer was found along the road. His body will be taken by the police to the forensic laboratory, but it seems Michael Mayer was poisoned. There will come an inspector to the house soon, but it is important that in the meantime everyone should have expressed his or her suspicions. The conclusions can be submitted to the inspector, because clearly, the murderer of Michael Mayer has to be one of them. Therefore, no one is allowed to leave the house!

A kind of group discussion starts: anyone can say who they think has committed the murder. Who may be Vanilla… or Rudy? When the inspector arrives, everyone will give him an answer… Then he reveals the true identity of Darla and Sam… and “confessions” follow soon. Darla is indeed Vanilla Mayer and Sam – who is, in fact, Rudy Mayer – has a photo to prove that she threw “vinegar” in the salt-free soup of Michael Mayer (see also Plot of How To Produce Your Own Halloween Murder Mystery Party).

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