Photo Story: Students put on their detective caps for Magical Murder Mystery Night

Caroline Larson

October 11, 2023

The Honors School hosted a murder mystery event at Memorial Union on Sept. 20, 2023 for Geek Week.

There are three rounds and in each round characters investigate one another to find out who committed the crime. Macy Monical is one of the main “characters”, as she is the victim during the murder mystery event.

Event coordinators pass name tags to students as they stand in line in front of a table. The photo is taken through a window. — Students grab their character names for the Magical Murder Mystery event on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 at Memorial Student Union in Columbia, Mo.

Someone holds a pencil as they are writing notes on a piece of paper. — Students write down notes as they discuss the other characters during round one of the Magical Murder Mystery event at Memorial Union.

A girl holding a phone as she is typing notes. — Notes accumulate during the second round of the Magical Murder Mystery event as more information was revealed to the participating students.

The photo shows a girl curiously looking at another student as she holds her noted paper close to her body. — A student, playing the character Yun Sax, questions another student about what clues she has heard from other students. The orange name tags indicate that those characters are prime suspects in committing the murder.

The photo shows two people laughing at each other. — Macy Monical (right) as fictional character Reese Rich at the Murder Mystery event, laughs with Madison Miederhoff (left) who is portraying Justice Cross. Reese Rich was the victim of the murder in the event.

The photo shows a wide shot of the room as people are talking to one another at the end of the event. — Students give their final thoughts before the murderer is revealed. The killer was Piper Morgan, a character at the event, and was able to escape in the end.

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