Murder Mystery draws large crowds in mansion

MYSTERY, page 4

The event started with 100 people sitting in anticipation in the Mansion’s dining room, eagerly awaiting the unique experience shortly ahead. With bass heavy sound effects reminiscent of the Halloween season bellowing through the dining hall, attendees chatted with each other as the hired actors casually took seats among them. Most students sat at the tables introducing themselves to the actors, others, enticed by the smell of the buffet, sat silently, thinking to themselves about how hungry they were.

After the up-scale dinner, the audience was told of the murder of Hal Capone, a prominent Gangster in 1928, Chicago. During prohibition, this time period was filled with bootlegging, gambling and prostitution, and many of the actors sitting among the audience embodied these themes in both fun and clever ways.

The actors really played their parts convincingly, and never once slipped out of their 1920s