The Halloween Horrors: Murder Mystery

The Halloween Horrors is a murder mystery dinner at Pip, in the Treehouse Hotel Manchester, on Friday 30 October. It's a camp, theatrical night inspired by the Hammer Horror era, and it's set around a three-course set menu.

The story takes you back to 1952 in the sleepy English village of Pokeingham-Softly-on-the-Wold. The local mystery novelist Miss Mapletree has just returned from overseas to find the annual All Hallows' Eve Ball taking a sinister turn, following a mysterious case of Pumpkin Poisoning and the infamous Pokeingham Family Curse. The room fills with clues, mysterious characters, and plenty of twists, theatrical moments, and Halloween-themed entertainment. You work out whodunnit across the courses, with themed cocktails available throughout the evening.

It's a dinner and a show in one, so you're eating your way through the mystery rather than just watching it from a table. The three courses are part of the ticket, and there's a welcome drink to start the night. If you're into the campy side of horror — the kind of thing that doesn't take itself too seriously and leans into the theatrical — this is right up that alley. It's a good shout for a group, too, since you'll be piecing the clues together with the people you're sitting with.

It kicks off at 7pm on Friday 30 October at Pip, inside the Treehouse Hotel Manchester on Blackfriars Street. Tickets are £60 per person, which covers the three-course menu and the welcome drink.