The Elms Resort and Spa is a true escape from everyday stress. We offer several different and distinct amenities that help create that escape.
Our award-winning spa has a comprehensive and welcoming selection of relaxing spa treatments. Unwind with a soothing aromatherapy massage followed by our signature rejuvenating Vichy rainfall shower. Visit the unique indoor European lap pool and its cold and hot tubs.
But we're pretty sure that on this one weekend, it won't be quite the restful place it normally is because of a murder (or two, let's say three at the outside) will be committed in front of a roomful of witnesses!
The weekend of crime will follow one of Keith and Margo's Murder Mystery Weekend special plots starting Friday evening when you meet with your fellow sleuths, not all who are what they appear to be. Infiltrating the group are actors who will do their best to blend in, and sometimes, even work to incriminate you. The Friday reception is a good place and time to become familiar with the scheming, manipulative, deceitful and murderous people that you will be spending the next day and a half with. As opposed to the ones you meet every week back home.
The mystery begins on Friday evening and develops at lunch on Saturday, but you'll still have some free time to take advantage of Elms Resort & Spa's facilities before dinner. Dreadful events occur, and you may stumble over a dead body or two. In the best tradition of television and the movies, the chances are good that a kindly, perhaps somewhat dishevelled, local detective with a possibly warped sense of humor, will become involved to clarify the situation, guiding and cajoling you into thinking about the means, methods and motives of murder!
By dinner on Saturday night, you should have all the information you need to solve the murder but just when you think you've got it sussed, watch out for the final twist!
Sunday breakfast at Elms Resort & Spa is when it all comes to an end! You'll be asked to write down our best hunch about who did what to whom, and why. (You already know how, because you'll have seen it with your own eyes.) While you enjoy breakfast with your fellow sleuths, (mercifully free of herrings, red or otherwise), our team will select the best submitted solution, along with some of the more outlandish suggestions for the prizegiving ceremony.
To reserve this murder mystery weekend: 1-800-THE ELMS
The Murder Mystery Weekend Includes:
3 day, 2 night interactive weekend adventure with two nights in a deluxe guestroom
An opening cocktail reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres and cash bar Friday evening
Saturday breakfast, lunch, cash bar cocktail reception and dinner.
A Fabulous Sunday brunch and.... A Murderous Good Time!
All taxes and gratuities.
The Murder Mystery Weekend in Excelsior Springs, MO
Who hasn't dreamed of beating Columbo to the punch or who hasn't wanted to be Jessica Fletcher or Hercule Poirot for a couple of days? Well, now's your chance.
Elms Resort & Spa offers you a unique and unforgettable experience that will put you smack dab in the middle of a homicide investigation.
Keith & Margo's Murder Mystery Weekends offer a chilling opportunity for people like you with a passion for cold blooded murder... slippery red herrings... diabolical clues... and ingenious detective work to be immersed in one of the most unusual, exhilarating, and spine tingling experiences ever! Come match wits with our detectives, make new friends and have a great time at this murder mystery weekend in
Excelsior Springs, MO!
The Murder Mystery Event Creators
Keith O’Leary and Margo Morrison, creators of Murder at the Elms, are award winning writers, producers, and directors with extensive backgrounds in motion picture, television, and theatrical production. Since 1985 they have been responsible for over 7,000 live mystery productions worldwide and have been featured in the print and television media in 37 different countries.
Labeled as “The Masterminds of the genre” by the Los Angeles Times, their mystery weekends and events have been co-hosted by such luminaries as Mary Higgins Clark, Peter Falk, and Dr. Henry Lee, and have been featured on Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous as well as all major television networks. Now, they bring their handiwork to
Excelsior Springs, MO.
You'll be surrounded by luxury, but there's still a murder mystery afoot!
The Elms Resort and Spa offers accommodations to suit every need. The following explains all of our room types:
Standard rooms - Tastefully appointed premium rooms combine antique charm with modern conveniences.
Deluxe rooms - Spacious accommodations combining historic charm with modern conveniences and a lovely view.
Standard Suites - Our welcoming suites combine a spacious sitting room with the bedroom and bath. The Capone Suite is our most noted standard suite.
Club level suites - These are standard suites on the fifth floor club level. Staying here also entitles you to an evening cocktail reception and breakfast the next day.
The Spa at the Elms has a long history of being a welcome retreat for the senses. This retreat, voted the Best Day Spa in Kansas City by K.C. Magazine, features many distinct and therapeutic treatments sure to soothe body and soul. Drawing from the natural environment to rejuvenate the body and spirit, you'll depart relieved of tension, stress and anxiety.
Before you leave Excelsior Springs, MO, you'll know who did the dastardly deed, and will long remember the Murder at the Elms.
Elms Resort & Spa 401 Regent Street
Excelsior Springs, MO 64024
1-800-THE ELMS or (816) 630-5500
Fax: (816) 630-5380
The responsibility of Murder Mystery Weekend, Inc. and/or its agents is limited. Murder Mystery Weekend, Inc. act as agents
for the various supplier companies and therefore accept no responsibility in all
or part and are not liable for any negligence or default in connection with any
delay, loss, accident, injury or damages to any person, however caused or
arising with the services of any vehicle, carriages, aircraft, motor or other
conveyances or hotel that may be used in this program. Murder Mystery Weekend, Inc. shall not be responsible for any damages, injuries or losses caused to any
traveler in connection with terrorist activities, social or labor unrest,
mechanical or construction difficulties, diseases, local laws, abnormal
conditions or any other omissions or conditions outside the agent's control.
Murder Mystery Weekend, Inc. shall not be responsible for any damages or losses
of any nature to luggage or personal belongings. By embarking upon his/her
travel, the traveler voluntarily assumes all risks involved with such travel,
whether expected or unexpected.
Program itineraries, dates and specifications
are subject to change without advance notice.
