Murder Mystery Maniacs

Name

Murder Mystery Maniacs

Legal name

Murder Mystery Maniacs, Inc

Website

https://host-a-murder.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Murder Mystery Maniacs designs, sells, and ships customizable murder mystery party packages and provides on-site actor facilitators across the US, Caribbean, and parts of Mexico for corporate events, private parties, teen events, holiday gatherings, and fundraisers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Interactive Event Entertainment

NAICS

Doll, Toy, and Game Manufacturing (33993), Hobby, Toy, and Game Retailers (45912), Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Retailers (459420)

SIC

Games, Toys & Children's Vehicles (No Dolls & Bicycles) (3944), Retail-Hobby, Toy & Game Shops (5945)

akta.pro primary industry

Escape Room Games & Mystery Puzzle Boxes Retail (CRALALAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Party Favors, Gifts & Custom Merchandise (HSACACAM), Birthday Party Services (HSACACAA)

Keywords

• Murder mystery parties
• Interactive entertainment events
• Corporate team building
• Themed party hosting
• Custom scenario development

Headquarters

HQ city

North Bend

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Murder Mystery Party Packages: Per-guest pricing for customized murder mystery party packages that include costume suggestions, character sheets, rules, name tags, awards, and solution envelope. Ships 2-3 days after order via FedEx.
2. On-Site Facilitator/Host Services: Professional actor/facilitators available to host events on-site. Fees range from $350-$500 per actor depending on city and time of year. Available in lower 48 US states, Caribbean, and parts of Mexico.
3. Custom Murder Mystery Development: Custom scenario creation or modification services. Examples include changing victim names, crime locations, or adding custom characters. Customization fee typically less than $25.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Murder Mystery Maniacs designs and sells customized murder mystery party packages, allowing customers to choose from 50+ scenarios and assign characters to guests. The company prints and ships physical party supplies (character sheets, costume suggestions, name tags, rules, awards) within 2-3 days via FedEx for groups of 8-150 guests. The company also provides optional professional on-site actor facilitators and fully-hosted performance-based mystery events for corporate and private events.

Product overview

Murder Mystery Maniacs is a service-based company offering interactive murder mystery party experiences. The core product portfolio centers around two primary formats: The Mixer (interactive mix & mingle format for 12-80 guests) and The Show (full performance-based mystery with professional actors for larger groups). The company provides customizable murder mystery party packages for 8-150 guests, allowing customers to pick from 50+ scenarios and select characters that editors use to customize materials. Physical supplies including costume suggestions, character sheets, name tags, rules, and awards are printed and shipped within 2-3 days. Additional service offerings include corporate team building events, teen parties, holiday parties, custom murder mysteries, and on-site facilitators/hosts (available across lower 48 US states, Caribbean, and parts of Mexico). The company operates as a division of Mayfly Media, LLC, and was founded in 2000 as a family business in the Pacific Northwest.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Mixer
• The Show (Performance Mystery)
• Murder Mystery Party Packages
• Custom Murder Mysteries
• On-Site Facilitators/Hosts

Quantifiable outcome

• Served over 50,000 guests across thousands of events since 2003
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Murder Mystery Company: Provider of hosted murder mystery dinner theater and party events with a multi-city franchise-style actor network. Competes head-to-head on The Show-style fully-hosted corporate and private events and shares the same Fortune 500 corporate customer base.
• My Mystery Party: Direct-to-consumer seller of downloadable and printable murder mystery party kits with multiple scenarios. Closest direct competitor in the printable kit / party-in-a-box category, targeting the same private party and corporate host customers with a similar per-party pricing model.
• Night of Mystery: Online retailer of murder mystery party kits with downloadable scripts and character packs. Competes directly in the kit-only segment serving hosts planning their own private parties.
• Dinner and a Murder: Provider of hosted dinner party murder mystery events for private and corporate groups. Direct competitor in the fully-hosted, in-person category that the company's Show product targets.
• Murder Mystery Dinner Playhouse: Operator of dinner-theater murder mystery experiences, combining food service with scripted interactive shows. Comparable to the on-site / Show format with a venue-based twist.

Regional players

• Red Herring Games: UK-based murder mystery party kit publisher with a large scenario catalog and downloadable / boxed kit model. Operates the same kit-plus-facilitator concept as Murder Mystery Maniacs but is focused on the UK and European market rather than the US.

Emerging players

• Let's Roam: Provider of app-led scavenger hunts and team-building activities for corporate groups and private events. Emerging competitor in the experiential corporate team-building vertical that overlaps with Murder Mystery Maniacs' primary corporate use case.
• Outback Team Building: Corporate team-building event provider offering in-person and virtual programs including mystery and detective-themed events. Direct overlap on the corporate eventing use case that anchors Murder Mystery Maniacs' primary customer segment.
• Esther's Follies: Long-running live sketch and mystery-comedy theater in Austin serving corporate events and private parties. Adjacent offering in the live interactive entertainment space that competes for corporate experiential budget.

Broad incumbents

• Eventbrite: Large-scale event ticketing and discovery platform that hosts many murder mystery and themed party listings. Not a direct product competitor, but a broad incumbent channel that mediates demand for live event entertainment experiences.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/murdermystery
• Facebookfacebook.com/hostmyparty
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/murder-mystery-maniacs-inc.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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