{"id":1859,"date":"2020-08-27T09:53:08","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T08:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1859"},"modified":"2023-04-16T13:17:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T13:17:02","slug":"cyanide-in-the-speakeasy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1859","title":{"rendered":"Cyanide in the Speakeasy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iER2y7rC1IY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cyanide in the Speakeasy<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0was the last Moonstone Murders play-a-long murder mystery event. the cast traveled back in time to the 1920&#8217;s and found themselves at a Speakeasy favoured by stockbrokers. John Hartsby had been found dead at his desk, a glass, smelling suspiciously of bitter almonds, by his side. Could he have been poisoned, and, if so, who could have done it?<\/p>\n<p>As ever, Inspector Rutherford was on hand, aided by two guest detectives, DI Howells and constable Mary, to question the suspects. This time the suspects were the victim&#8217;s wife, Rose, the bartender, James Ratney and stockbroker Nick Carterway plus the receptionist, Daisy Cordon.<\/p>\n<p>Another fun evening of investigation at <span style=\"color: var(--color-text);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iER2y7rC1IY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moonstone Murders play-a-long<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1865\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1865\" style=\"width: 867px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1865\" src=\"https:\/\/solvethemurder.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/07\/pexels-photo-4667152.jpeg\" alt=\"cocktail\" width=\"867\" height=\"1300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by cottonbro on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/person-pouring-brown-liquid-on-clear-drinking-glass-4667152\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pexels.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Join City Adventurers and discover even more mysteries\u2026..<\/h3>\n<p>Join our club for people who want to live life to the full.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Become a City Adventurer!<\/h2>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>The UK based Social Club for people who love exploring new places, discovering new things and solving mysteries.<\/strong><br \/><br \/>Life is a journey so experience its adventure with like minded people. Live the life you\u2019ve always dreamt of.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>Full\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityadventurers.co.uk\/City-Adventurers.html#custom-html-hp\">City Adventurers<\/a>\u00a0Membership includes invitations to adventures and travel mainly in the UK.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>If you are not UK based, or prefer online adventures, join the City Adventurers as an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityadventurers.co.uk\/Armchair-Detective.html\">Armchair Detective<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<a class=\"bmc-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buymeacoffee.com\/CityAdventurers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.buymeacoffee.com\/buttons\/bmc-new-btn-logo.svg\" alt=\"Buy me a coffee\"><span style=\"margin-left:5px;font-size:24px !important;\">Buy me a coffee<\/span><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyanide in the Speakeasy\u00a0was the last Moonstone Murders play-a-long murder mystery event. the cast traveled back in time to the 1920&#8217;s and found themselves at a Speakeasy favoured by stockbrokers. John Hartsby had been found dead at his desk, a glass, smelling suspiciously of bitter almonds, by his side. Could he have been poisoned, and,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1859\">More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cyanide in the Speakeasy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,5],"tags":[141,397,381],"class_list":["post-1859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-murder-mystery","category-murder-mystery-evenings","tag-city-adventurers","tag-cyanide-in-the-speakeasy","tag-moonstone-murders"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cyanide in the Speakeasy - Solve The Murder<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1859\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cyanide in the Speakeasy - Solve The Murder\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cyanide in the Speakeasy\u00a0was the last Moonstone Murders play-a-long murder mystery event. the cast traveled back in time to the 1920&#8217;s and found themselves at a Speakeasy favoured by stockbrokers. 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