TRAIN RIDE Murder mystery sleuths sit and wait on the train before the Murder at the Museum event began Everyone was given snacks before the event while a train ride was projected up on the screen
By: Jacob Kessler
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
jacob@thevillagereporter.com
Picture yourself on a train. You are sitting in one that goes down the tracks, through Fulton County.
The New York Central train company has been wanting to increase its passenger count, so it created a new entertainment car, which you bought tickets for. The theme for this train ride is set in the 1960s.
Everyone is having a good time when, all of a sudden, a woman screams. The emergency cord is pulled, and the train comes to a screeching halt.
The woman is consoled but remains hysterical. It is a short time before she alerts the crew to that fact that she saw someone get pushed out of the train. A search ensues, with a body being found just down the tracks.
The body discovered was that of a local doctor who was working on cutting-edge technology that had applications in cancer research. Everyone on the train was a suspect until the crew was able to narrow it down to just nine.
This was the scenario given to those who attended the Fulton County Museum’s “Murder At The Museum” event this past weekend.
Ticket holders were brought into a room with a projected image of a train going down the tracks on a screen. Many of them were dressed up in 1960s attire and were served snacks that one would expect to be served in the 60s.
Everyone was welcomed to the event before the scream was heard. Each participant was then given their paper, which included a list of each of the remaining nine suspects.
It was then their job to go around and interview each of the suspects to find out two things. What was the motive and who committed the crime.
The Murder at the Museum event is currently in its fourth year. Each year the theme changes, with this year’s theme coinciding with the new Train Exhibit at the museum. Tidbits of local history are thrown into the event as well.
