- Victorian Crime Scene Invitation
Design Idea: A sepia-toned invitation styled like an old police report or coroners’ inquest. Include fingerprint smudges and typewriter-style font.
Card Wording:
Official Notice of Suspicious Death
Case File No. 1874-A
You are hereby summoned to the scene of a most heinous crime.
Join Inspector Blackwood and a cast of suspects as the mystery unfolds.
Location: Ravenswood Manor (address here)
Date/Time: Saturday, July 20th at 7:00 PM
Formal attire encouraged. Clues will be revealed. Secrets will be exposed.
RSVP if you dare: (contact info)
- Redacted Dossier Invitation
Design Idea: A top-secret folder cover with redacted lines, spy fonts, and a confidential stamp.
Card Wording:
CLASSIFIED INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING
Operation: Murder at Midnight
Agent, you are required for an undercover mission. A crime has occurred at a high-profile gathering, and the killer is still among us.
Date: Saturday, July 20
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Safe House (address here)
Disguises encouraged. Suspect list enclosed.
Trust no one. Even you may be a suspect.
- Theater Playbill Invitation
Design Idea: Styled like a dramatic playbill or ticket to a mystery theater production.
Card Wording:
You’re Invited to an Evening of Suspense
A Killer Performance: Murder at the Masquerade
Step into the spotlight—or into the shadows.
The evening’s mystery: Who committed the crime?
When: Saturday, July 20th | 7:00 PM Curtain
Where: The Marlow House (address here)
Roles will be assigned. Costumes encouraged.
One guest won’t make it to the final act…
- Detective’s Notebook Invitation
Design Idea: Looks like an open detective’s notebook, with scribbled notes, mugshots, and pins.
Card Wording:
Case Log: Murder on Mulberry Lane
Entry Date: July 20
Time: 7:00 PM
Clues suggest the crime will unravel at:
(Party location)
Person of interest: YOU
Your mission: Gather evidence, interrogate suspects, and solve the case.
Come dressed to kill—or to investigate.
RSVP for assignment instructions.
- Crime Scene Invitation
Design Idea: Yellow caution tape theme, blood spatter graphics, chalk body outline.
Card Wording:
CRIME SCENE: DO NOT CROSS
A murder has taken place—and you’re a suspect.
Join us for a thrilling night of deception, deduction, and danger.
Location: The Baxter Estate (address here)
Date & Time: July 20 | 7:00 PM
Dinner and deadly secrets served.
Costumes encouraged. Mystery guaranteed.
RSVP to confirm your alibi.