National Justice Museum to host boozy 80s-themed murder mystery night on New Year's Eve

By Daniel DeFalco
Published 27th Dec 2023, 13:14 BST
See in the New Year by cracking the case See in the New Year by cracking the case
See in the New Year by cracking the case
Forget Jools Holland's annual hootenanny, this is the only way to see in the New Year in Notts!

New Year is marked in all sorts of ways. Many of us head into town for drinks, while others prefer to sit in front of the telly and watch celebrations from around the world. 

If you’re still umming and ahhing about what to do this New Year’s Eve, how does a 1980s-themed murder mystery with cocktails float your boat?

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Most people will be looking ahead to 2024 on New Year’s Eve, but those at the National Justice Museum’s ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’ event on December 31 will be traveling back in time to the electric 80s. 

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The event description says: “The year is 1987 and you are invited to celebrate the closure of the Shire Hall before the courts move to their new home by the canal. 

The last Judge to preside over a trial at the Shire Hall vanished a few months ago after completing the case. Has another one bit the dust?”

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The city’s Shire Hall dates back to the 14th century and has had various uses over the past 550 years, including a prison, courtroom and police station. 

Suspects in the murder mystery will be interrogated before a trial in the Victorian-era Courtroom. 

Tickets for the event are priced at £27.95 per person and can be purchased here.

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