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Murder Mystery Party Invitations

Murder mystery party invitations built from clues: Clues, a magnifying glass over a fingerprint with a candlestick and a key, under A Night of Murder & Mystery, and Sealed Envelope, a wax-sealed envelope with a key and a magnifying glass under Whodunit?. No bodies, no blood: just the evidence. Choose Oxblood & Brass, Vintage Green, Bone & Ink or Black & White, type the details, and download.

2 designs

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Clues

No photo needed · 3 palettes · Playfair Display

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Sealed Envelope

No photo needed · 3 palettes · Alfa Slab One

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Party tip

Send the invitations two to three weeks ahead and the character packets a week later: Clues' sample says "Your character arrives by mail". Guests need time to put together a costume for the character they're given.

How it works

Details, wording, colors, download

Open any design above in the maker. Type the hosts, the date and the place; the back carries the details and the line that sets the evening: the dress code, costumes required, 21 and over, or when the character packets arrive.

Pick the original colors, the second palette, or Black & White for a mono printer, then download a 5 x 7 PDF (front and back), a two-per-sheet letter PDF for home printing, print-shop PNGs with bleed, 4 x 6 PNGs for a photo counter, a phone-sized PNG or a Word file. Every palette is drawn on light paper, so a stack prints without draining the ink. For more lines to put on the card, see the Halloween invitation wording ideas.

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Frequently asked questions

Is this a board game?

No. These are original invitations for any murder mystery party, whether you write the story yourself or use a kit. The clues are drawn generically, with no game's name or characters.

What should a murder mystery invitation say?

The date, the place, the setting or era if there is one, whether guests should come in character, and when character details arrive. Sealed Envelope's back note says "Come in character, clues await".

Updated through May 2026