Mystery, music & mayhem are on the menu at The Wilburton’s Getaway with Murder mystery weekend Friday, Nov. 15- Sunday, Nov. 17. Read about the history of Wilburton mystery weekends in Broadway World, AARP and The Boston Globe!
Join us in November for a new murder mystery inspired by local Vermont history: THE MURDER AT WIT’S END. It is 1924, and Alexander Woollcott - New York Times drama critic and literary influencer- has invited select guests to join his famous friends - Harpo Marx, Irving Berlin, Dorothy Parker and other witty members of the Algonquin Round Table- as members of an exclusive Vermont island club for the coming season. A rave review from Woollcott could make any book a bestseller, any play a hit, so Broadway producers, authors and stars are competing for favor in battles of wits, songs, and parlor games. Prospective members will have to play Woollcott’s favorite game of croquet (and he cheats) and solve The Murder Game. Some are vying to win. Others are dying to get in.
Wilburton mystery weekends began 30 years ago when innkeeper Georgette Wasserstein Levis wrote a murder mystery homage, The Brothers Rosenblood, to her sister, Wendy Wasserstein’s Broadway hit, The Sisters Rosensweig. Family innnkeeper and New York City playwright Tajlei Levis creates new mystery events each year, inspired by Wilburton and local Vermont history. THE MURDER AT WIT’S END is inspired by the true story of New Yorker editor Alexander Woollcott’s private Vermont club on Neshobe Island in the middle of Lake Bomoseen.
Prizes will be awarded for best dressed guest and the team who solves the case. All are encouraged to dress in 1920s festive attire, which might include flapper finery, Broadway or Hollywood style, vintage Vermont or Marx Brothers. A professional photographer will capture your portrait as a souvenir of this unique Vermont experience.
Up a winding driveway, perched on the crest of a hill, The 1902 Wilburton mansion transports you to a country manor setting, suitable to an Agatha Christie novel. This immersive weekend experience is truly to die for…
Stay in romantic guest rooms in the 1902 Wilburton mansion or share the fun with a group of friends and family in our spacious, dog friendly vacation homes.
Murder Mystery Weekend Package includes:
• 2 nights lodging in The Wilburton mansion and villa guest rooms
• Friday 6:00-7:30pm: Meet the suspects at a wine & cheese reception
• Saturday & Sunday 8:30 - 10am: Country inn breakfast featuring pancakes with VT maple syrup, eggs, bacon & wood-fired breads from our family farm & bakery.
• Saturday 10 - 11am: Guided tour at The Museum of the Creative Process.
• Saturday 6:30 - 10pm: The murder mystery musical dinner party to die for.
• Prizes for most festive costumes and best sleuthing.
• Professional photographer
TO BOOK
• Click here to pick your favorite lodging.
• Click here to add $150 per person + tax and service for the package.
Call 802-362-2500 for questions or help with your reservation.
Optional splurges:
• Pamper yourself with in room massages $125/hour - call in advance to reserve • Champagne & Chocolates in your room $60. •. Save 50% for a 3rd night stay
Pick your favorite guest room in the 1902 Clue like Mansion
Prior Murder Mystery Weekends Include:
