western australia

murder mystery night

Our Mystery Murder character names

@JudyEv (340216)

Rockingham, Australia

January 1, 2023 6:06pm CST

I wrote that we participated in a Murder Mystery a few nights ago. It was set in a vineyard and the names of the characters were very imaginative. There was a Marilyn Merlot, a film star; Tiny Bubbles, a lady who’d had lots of husbands; Ralph Rottingrape, the black sheep of the family; Bonnie Lass, a Scottish lady and Otto von Schnapps, a German wine-merchant. The guy buried under the floorboards was Barry (Bury) Underwood. There was also a Italian jail mentioned and it was El Gotcha. I still don’t have photos from the night so I’ve added one of another of one of the houses where’ve we’ve spent New Year.

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@DaddyEvil (137259)

• United States

2 Jan 23

Oh, my! Sounds like an interesting and entertaining way to spend an evening...

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

It was a lot of fun. As the evening progressed, more information would be revealed about the characters.

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@kobesbuddy (78882)

• East Tawas, Michigan

2 Jan 23

This had to be a wonderful time! You, Vince and your friends have some great memories, from doing this:)

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

Our friend has a great scrapbook of all our New Year get-togethers. It's great to look back through the photos.

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Jan 23

@kobesbuddy That was a great idea. Vince has sort of turned into the 'village photographer' here and takes photos at any of the functions that are held.

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@kobesbuddy (78882)

• East Tawas, Michigan

3 Jan 23

@JudyEv When I worked at a nursing home, photos were taken of certain parties and occasions. Those memories were shared with family members, when their loved one passed away.

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@BarBaraPrz (47343)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

2 Jan 23

So, were you Marilyn or Tiny, and who was Vince?

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

I was Marilyn and Vince was Ralph Rottingrape.

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@BarBaraPrz (47343)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

3 Jan 23

@JudyEv Dahling!

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@Jenaisle (14078)

• Philippines

2 Jan 23

It's fascinating what a creative genius you guys must be to be able to create original names for your characters. I would like to have that talent as well because the characters in my stories seem lifeless.

. I wish you good luck with your Murder Mystery venture. I hope I could continue with what I was writing too, but the muse has escaped me.

. Happy New Year!

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

We bought the game in a box so all the names were provided for us. The game is very well constructed and they give a lot of tips on how it make it an entertaining and successful experience.

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@Jenaisle (14078)

• Philippines

3 Jan 23

@JudyEv I see.

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@allknowing (136541)

• India

2 Jan 23

What were you dressed as?

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

I was Marilyn, the film star. My outfit was too big but I put a hairband round a great lump of material in the middle of my back to pull it in a bit. I should have photos soon. Our friend had bought everyone's outfits from op shops (thrift shops) so they had to guess at sizes a bit.

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@allknowing (136541)

• India

3 Jan 23

@JudyEv We have shops here that give costumes on hire.

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

@allknowing They do that here too. Vince has kept the shirt that was bought for him. It's really nice.

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@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

2 Jan 23

I love all the characters names. They are right on the money.

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

It all added to the enjoyment.

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Jan 23

@RubyHawk Yes, it was, thanks.

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@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

4 Jan 23

@JudyEv Sounds like a good time was had by all.

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@GardenGerty (160696)

• United States

2 Jan 23

Very funny and imaginative names.

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

I thought the names were just great. We were all laughing before we even started, especially when we saw how each of us was dressed.

@RebeccasFarm (89873)

• Arvada, Colorado

2 Jan 23

Ha they are so cool names now Judy. Is that the house? Oh no you said another house you had stayed at.

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

This house was from a different year. We used to try to stay in a different house each year if we could find one that would accommodate 11 people.

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@FourWalls (68084)

• United States

2 Jan 23

El Gotcha.

. Otto von Schnapps.

Those are incredibly imaginative!!!

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@FourWalls (68084)

• United States

3 Jan 23

@JudyEv — they didn’t sing Elton John to her, did they? “Hold me closer, Tiny Bubbles….”

(My immediate thought was the Don Ho song, of course.)

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

I love El Gotcha. And Tiny Bubbles character was given to our quite-short friend who put on this wonderful accent and fluttered her eyes like nobody's business.

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@LadyDuck (471433)

• Switzerland

2 Jan 23

Hilarious names, the old game Cluedo comes back to my mind, Colonel Mustard, Professor Plum, Miss Scarlet....

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@LadyDuck (471433)

• Switzerland

3 Jan 23

@JudyEv Those Murder Mystery parties are funny.

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

@LadyDuck This was a lot of fun. We bought a package a long time ago. This new one had a tape as well as the usual booklet/suggestions/etc.

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

Yes, that's right. Those names were clever too.

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@wolfgirl569 (106397)

• Marion, Ohio

2 Jan 23

Love all those names

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

The package even suggested a menu for the night. This mystery was set in Napa Valley, California.

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@RasmaSandra (79892)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

3 Jan 23

That sounds like you had a very entertaining and fun evening,

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

It really was great fun. I'd love to do another one one day.

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@aninditasen (16397)

• Raurkela, India

2 Jan 23

Wow! Did you participate in a short play? Was it about solving a murder mystery.

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

There were nine of us in a private house and we had to try to solve a murder. We each had clues and instructions on who to question about what, etc. It was very well constructed.

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Jan 23

@aninditasen It was a fun night and filled in the time till midnight.

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@aninditasen (16397)

• Raurkela, India

3 Jan 23

@JudyEv OH! Lovely. I might have been very interesting.

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@LindaOHio (178877)

• United States

2 Jan 23

Sounds like a fun evening!

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

It was a lot of fun. There were more clues along the way which changed your thinking about who might have done the murder.

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Jan 23

@LindaOHio Thanks

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@LindaOHio (178877)

• United States

3 Jan 23

@JudyEv I'm glad you had a good time.

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@snowy22315 (180821)

• United States

2 Jan 23

Those names were very clever!

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

I thought so too. We had bought a different version some years ago and that had clever names too. Our son took it back to Ireland with them.

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@changjiangzhibin89 (16762)

• China

2 Jan 23

Can't wait to see your photo of Murder Mystery .The houses in the photo seem to be a paradise far from noisy city.

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

The house we stayed in over New Year is in a beachside suburb but it is on quite a big block. It's very quiet there. The ones in the country were very quiet too.

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@jstory07 (139742)

• Roseburg, Oregon

2 Jan 23

That sounds like a fun way to spend an evening.

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

We all spent a lot of time laughing while trying to work out who the murderer was.

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@Junbals (1421)

• Philippines

2 Jan 23

It sounds intriguing to be participating in Murder Mysteries.

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

It was a lot of fun on the night.

@Beestring (14562)

• Hong Kong

2 Jan 23

I can imagine you really had a fun time.

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@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jan 23

We did, thanks. We might even do it again one night. There is a selection of different games all involving a murder.

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