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Deadly Derby Murder Mystery at Mount Hope 2025

Deadly Derby Murder Mystery at Mount Hope 2025

An interactive culinary "who-done-it" in a beautiful surrounding.

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An interactive culinary "who-done-it" in a beautiful surrounding.

Deadly Derby

Mount Hope Estate, Manheim, PA

Wednesday, April 1, 2025

$195 per person

Includes transportation, hat making workshop, meal & show.

 

$50 deposit required at booking.  Full payment due 30 days prior to departure.

Ticketed event - no refunds will be issued after final balance due date.

 

Join us for an interactive culinary "who-done-it," which includes a sumptuous four-course meal!  A great opportunity to become the detective, interrogate the suspects, put the clues together and uncover the truth!  Your experience begins as soon as you walk into the mansion!

 

The Scenerio:  Kentucky Derby!

It's 1930 at the Kentucky Derby and tensions are high. Rival families face off at this final race to determine who will take home the crown and usher in a new era of horse racing. It's all anyone can talk about...until the murder! Don your hats, place your bets and make sure your Juleps are strong, we've got a mystery to solve.

 

NEW ADDED FUN

We arrive a bit early to participate in a hat decorating workshop so everyone has a hat to wear to the derby themed mystery!

 

Kentucky Derby Inspired Menu

Traditional Meal (standard for all unless otherwise requested)

  • Appetizer- Pimento Cheese Ball w/ crackers

  • Salad – Old Kentucky Bibb Salad w/ Biscuits and Honey Butter

  • Dinner – Hot Brown Stuffed Turkey* w/ Polenta Fries (Description – Ham, Tomato, Cheese Stuffed Turkey topped with Bacon and Mornay Sauce)

  • Dessert – Pecan Pie w/ Bourbon Chocolate Sauce

 

Alternative Meal (GF, Dairy Free, Vegan & Vegetarian)

  • Appetizer- Vegan Pimento Cheese Ball w/ gluten free crackers

  • Salad – Old Kentucky Bibb Salad 

  • Dinner – Twin Jack Fruit “Crabless” Cakes w/ Polenta fries (Description – These Vegan Cakes are delicate, flaky, and full of flavors of the sea: Nori and Old Bay add all the right notes, while Jackfruit creates the perfect crabless cake texture.) 

  • Dessert – Chocolate Hazelnut Vegan Cake

 

*We understand that we have groups of differing beliefs – some that include a pork-free diet. We are able to make a pork-free version of the Hot Brown entrée on request.

 

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Pick Up Locations

7:00 AM - DuBois
7:30 AM - Clearfield
8:00 AM - Philipsburg
8:30 AM - State College
9:15 AM - Lewistown
9:30 AM - Mifflintown

*Please arrive at your pick up location 15 minutes prior to scheduled departure time.

Tentative Itinerary

Arrive on the grounds of Mount Hope Estate & Winery approximately 11:00 AM for the Hat Decorating Workshop. They meal/show begins at 1:00 PM. Stretch your legs and explore the winery on site or just take a look around this beautiful mansion. Then, settle in for a scrumptious meal and mystery! Depart for home immediately following show. Please note that there will not be a meal stop on the way home. Rest/snack stop in Mifflintown as needed.

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Approximate Returns

6:00 PM - Mifflintown
6:15 PM - Lewistown
7:00 PM - State College
7:30 PM - Philipsburg
8:00 PM - Clearfield
8:30 PM - DuBois

D=Dinner

Tour Includes:

  • Tour Attendant

  • Round Trip Motorcoach Transportation

  • Hat Making Workshop

  • Theater Performance

  • Meal

Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.

Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.

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Clearfield Clearfield-Walmart Parking Lot
Back end of parking lot on grocery side of store
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DuBois DuBois Mall
Rear of JC Penney's near former Sears
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Lewistown Mifflin County Library
123 North Wayne Street, Lewistown
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Mifflintown Mifflintown Econo Lodge
Park away from front of hotel near Rte 35
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Phillipsburg Philipsburg - Peebles Parking Lot
near Goodwill Store
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State College State College Bus Garage (near Airport)
2101 Alexander Drive, State College PA 16803
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