The UK’s original crime writer-led team building experience.
Give your team a murder to solve.A fully hosted cold case crime investigation built for corporate events, away days and team socials. Think your team could crack the case?
About Deadly Little Murders
ABOUT USDeadly Little Murders is a UK-based, founder-led corporate events company combining original crime writing, experienced event delivery and a customer-first approach.Our founder is a published author and live-events specialist who has delivered more than 500 networking events across Europe, alongside creating and running live music events. He writes our mysteries and facilitates events.Care for the customer shapes everything we do. Everyone supporting our events is selected for their teamwork, professionalism and commitment to guest experience.From your first enquiry to the final reveal, we focus on clear communication, thoughtful preparation and making people feel welcome.
Hosted Murder Mystery Events
A murder has been committed. The evidence is on the table. Can your team work out what happened?
How it works
Your group divides into teams of detectives, all investigating the same murder.Open the case folder
Meet the suspects, review the facts and start forming theories.Follow the evidence
Three sealed envelopes are opened during the investigation, introducing new statements, photographs, documents and clues.Build the case
Teams discuss the evidence, challenge each other and use the Crime Card to track motive, means and opportunity.Submit a verdict
Complete the Crime Card and hand it in.The reveal
We uncover what really happened and find out which team cracked the case.
Your murder mystery Experience
An investigation for your occasion
Deadly Little Murders works around your event, your people and your venue. We bring the investigation. You bring the detectives.Team building and away days
Get colleagues thinking, talking and solving together, without forced exercises or awkward team-building games.Corporate dinners
Build the mystery around your meal, with evidence revealed between courses and plenty of time to investigate and debate.Company socials & celebrations
A shared experience everyone can get involved in, with great conversation and a little friendly competition between teams.Built around your group
Different departments, mixed teams or the whole company. We adapt the format, pacing and team structure to suit your event.We run everything
Case files, evidence, Crime Cards, staged reveals and facilitation are all included.Let’s plan your event
Tell us your date, location and approximate guest numbers and we’ll take it from there.
The Event Collection
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The House of SecretsIn October 2014, a guest falls to her death from a balcony at Blackthorn House following a private dinner party. The death was ruled accidental and the case was closed.Now, the case is being reopened and the accounts of those present are coming under fresh scrutiny.Conflicting statements. Unexplained evidence. A timeline that doesn’t quite fit.Written and facilitated by its crime writer, this original cold case brings colleagues together for an evening of investigation, discussion and discovery. Your team examines witness statements, photographs and case files, with fresh evidence revealed across three stages: motive, means and opportunity.
As the investigation unfolds, you’ll weigh competing explanations, challenge each other’s assumptions and build your case before submitting a final verdict.Setting: Contemporary psychological murder mystery
Investigation time: Around 3 hours
Ideal for: Corporate dinners, team socials and themed evenings
Format: Team-based, hosted investigation
Group size: Flexible to suit your eventCould your team solve The House of Secrets?
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Red Lipstick, Cold AlibiA woman is found dead after a night out. The obvious suspect has an alibi, the timeline appears to clear everyone involved and the evidence points in several different directions.But somebody has planned this carefully.Teams reconstruct the victim’s final hours through witness statements, receipts, photographs, timings and staged evidence reveals. Follow the movements, test the alibis and work out who knew far more than they claimed.Setting: Contemporary city murder mystery
Investigation time: Around 3 hours
Ideal for: Corporate dinners, team socials and evening events
Format: Team-based, hosted investigation
Group size: Flexible to suit your eventCould your team crack Red Lipstick, Cold Alibi?
THIS EVENT IS IN PRODUCTION FOR RELEASE IN MID 2027. REGISTER INTEREST FOR THE PILOT EVENTS
Nothing Heard, Nothing SeenA ranger forces entry into a remote locked cabin and finds a man dead with a single puncture wound to the throat. No weapon. No struggle. No obvious way in or out.The only witness sits silently in the corner, repeating one word. Ghost.Teams investigate an apparent locked-room impossibility through scene evidence, witness statements, photographs and staged evidence reveals. Look beyond what appears impossible and uncover why the room was made to tell the wrong story.Setting: Remote cabin locked-room mystery
Investigation time: Around 3 hours
Ideal for: Team building, corporate dinners and themed evenings
Format: Team-based, hosted investigation Group size: Flexible to suit your eventCould your team solve Nothing Heard, Nothing Seen?
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Time of Death: 09:17A scientist is found dead inside a sealed office in a high-security research facility. The systems worked perfectly. The logs are precise.Time of death: 09:17. Everything points to suicide.Teams investigate a clinical, tightly controlled crime scene through system logs, witness statements, forensic evidence and staged reveals. Test the timeline, question what appears certain and find the detail that simply cannot be explained.Setting: High-security research facility
Investigation time: Around 3 hours
Ideal for: Team building, corporate events and themed evenings
Format: Team-based, hosted investigation
Group size: Flexible to suit your eventCould your team solve Time of Death: 09:17?