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Fall Murder Mystery Weekend

Available Friday, Oct. 24 to Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025

Description

Secrets are swimming and a murderer is among us at Grand Hotel! Join us in October for an interactive weekend brought to you by The Murder Mystery Company, founded in Michigan. The intrigue begins Friday night and the crime is solved Sunday morning.

This Halloween season, you’re invited to a party to die for! During the comedy show kickoff, cauldrons are bubbling, pumpkins are glowing, and jokes are flying… but someone has prepared a sinister surprise, and this party soon becomes more trick than treat. When the entertainer is murdered, it’ll be up to you and your fellow partygoers to gather the clues and solve the crime! Don your best Halloween costumes for this frightfully fun celebration.

Package Includes:

  • Grand Hotel accommodations
  • Breakfast and dinner daily 
  • All resort amenities  
  • Friday evening welcome reception
  • Friday after dinner event
  • Saturday morning and afternoon investigation sessions
  • Sunday morning “Who Done It” closing session

This Murder Mystery Weekend package is also available to book by calling Grand Hotel Reservations at 1-800-334-7263.

View Grand Hotel Policies and Information >> to learn more about our evening dress code, luggage process, and more.  

View the Tentative Agenda below. Please note that the events, times and locations listed in the Tentative Agenda are subject to change.

About the Murder Mystery Weekend

This invite comes from somebody with murder on their mind. Your invitation promises plenty of excitement and intrigue. However, beyond the glitz and glamor of this event lies something more sinister.

You and your party play the detective in this interactive game of mystery and murder behind the closed doors of Grand Hotel. Investigate the scene of the crime, interrogate suspects, and solve a murder. This one-of-a-kind event promises to be nothing short of a “Grand” ol’ time.

Upon check-in, receive your first packet of information and clues. Friday is the kick-off performance, which sets the tone of events and when the first murder takes place. On Saturday, there is a brief gathering with the Detective, who explains the hunt for clues. (This also allows you some time on your own to enjoy the beauty of Mackinac Island and Grand Hotel.)

Come back on Saturday afternoon, when Act II is performed and another murder takes place. The evening concludes with three interactive mysteries, where guests in different groups will be rotated into the mystery experiences. Sunday morning the mystery is solved!

Watch “Grand Hotel Presents The Murder Mystery Company” Video

*Subject to 6% Michigan sales tax, 3% Mackinac Island assessment, 19.5% resort fee, and a $15.00 per person, per stay, baggage-handling charge. Regular children’s rates apply. Extra charges apply for additional adults over double occupancy rates. Dates are subject to availability, 30-day cancellation policy applies.

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Tentative Agenda for Fall Murder Mystery Weekend

Friday

October 24, 2025

Registration

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM in the Art Gallery

Welcome Reception & Act I

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM in the Theater

Dinner

6:30 PM – 8:45 PM in the Main Dining Room

Investigation Time

9:30 PM – 10:00 PM in the Theater

Saturday

October 25, 2025

Breakfast

7:30 AM – 10:00 AM in the Main Dining Room

Act II

10:00 AM – 11:15 AM in the Theater

Crime Scene Investigation

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM in Grand Hotel Guest Room

Scene #1, Room #TBD

Scene #2, Room #TBD

Scene #3, Room #TBD

Scene #4, Room #TBD

Scene #5, Room #TBD

Lunch on Own

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM at Grand Coffee & Provisions, The Jockey Club, or The Gatehouse

 

Crime Scene Investigation

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM in Grand Hotel Guest Room

Scene #1, Room #TBD

Scene #2, Room #TBD

Scene #3, Room #TBD

Scene #4, Room #TBD

Scene #5, Room #TBD

Act III

5:30 PM – 6:15 PM in the Theater

Dinner

6:30 PM – 8:45 PM in the Main Dining Room

Final Investigations

8:00 PM – 9:00 PM at Admissions, Baroque, Theatre, Parlor, Trophy Room, & History Room- Lower Lobby

(Please be respectful of other guests enjoying the areas)

Sunday

October 26, 2025

Breakfast

7:30 AM – 10:00 AM in the Main Dining Room

Closing Act & Awards

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM in the Theater

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