Slay Ride I
The original North Pole mystery
The Claus of Death (Slay Ride I)
Santa, Mrs. Claus, Elfish, Easter Bunny, and Tooth Fairy face a Christmas Eve crisis before the sleigh ever leaves the ground.
Open case file →Interactive Christmas Mysteries
Murder Is Coming to Town.
Eight interactive musical-comedy mysteries created for five performers, lively audiences, and holiday celebrations that refuse to behave.
Seven mysteries by Butch Maxwell & Bert Furioli. Good Grief, It’s Christmas by Butch Maxwell.
The Slay Ride Collection
Six complete mysteries.
Choose any one.
Every Slay Ride mystery stands completely on its own and may be produced independently, in any order. No previous production—or knowledge of the other shows—is required. Each uses North Pole crime to explore a different comic genre hiding beneath the tinsel.
Slay Ride II
Slasher-film parody
Fright Christmas (Slay Ride II)
or Screaming All the Wayor It’s a Wonderful Knife
Santa’s phone is hijacked, the reindeer are disappearing, and a hostile takeover of SantaCo becomes genuinely hostile.
Open case file →Slay Ride III
Elliot Brick holiday noir
The Santa Sham Scam (Slay Ride III)
A crooked trail leads private detective Elliot Brick from the city streets to a very compromised North Pole.
Open case file →Slay Ride IV
Police-procedural parody
CSI North Pole (Slay Ride IV)
Rudolph is dead, the crime scene is compromised, and two highly questionable investigators take the case.
Open case file →Slay Ride V
Backstage variety-show mystery
The Buttcracker Suite (Slay Ride V)
A North Pole variety show collides with Santa’s multimillion-dollar debt—and Anti-Santa’s untimely poisoning.
Open case file →Slay Ride VI
A deadly North Pole succession contest
Santa’s Last Christmas (Slay Ride VI)
Santa announces his retirement, four candidates compete for the job, and the succession contest turns deadly.
Open case file →Beyond the North Pole
Two more mysteries beyond the North Pole.
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One last pageant · A lifetime of memories · Murder
Good Grief,
It’s Christmas
Old friends reunite for one final Christmas pageant in the church where they grew up. Nostalgia, resentment, and unfinished business all take the stage.
The collection’s warmest—and most reflective—mystery.Enter the rehearsal room →08
Perfect town · Inevitable romance · Unscripted murder
A Very Hellmark
Christmas Special
A perfect little town faces demolition at midnight as a Hollywood star returns home, romance blooms, and the holiday movie formula goes off script.
Bright, knowing holiday-movie satire for festive crowds.Visit Christmastown →Find your Christmas mystery
What kind of trouble are you looking for?
Start with the experience you want to give your audience.
01Classic North Pole chaosThe Claus of Death (Slay Ride I)↗02Christmas with a body countFright Christmas (Slay Ride II)↗03Hard-boiled holiday noirThe Santa Sham Scam (Slay Ride III)↗04Table-based participationCSI North Pole (Slay Ride IV)↗05Music and backstage comedyThe Buttcracker Suite (Slay Ride V)↗06A deadly changing of the guardSanta’s Last Christmas (Slay Ride VI)↗07Nostalgia with a beating heartGood Grief, It’s Christmas↗08Picture-perfect movie satireA Very Hellmark Christmas Special↗
Built for festive chaos
A complete evening of theatre, music, and suspicion.
Flexible productions designed for dinner theatres, community theatres, fundraisers, performing arts organizations, civic groups, and private events.
5Principal performers
60–90Minutes of scripted performance
2½Hours for the complete experience
∞Opportunities for audience mischief
Audience participationMusical comedyDinner-theatre flexibleMinimal technical demands
The final clue
Make this holiday season a crime.
Choose your mystery, gather your suspects, and give your audience a Christmas celebration they’ll still be interrogating in January.