Chicago Murder Mystery Tour

Name: Chicago Murder Mystery Tour
Address: 430 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, US
Telephone: +18723107645

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Take the Chicago Murder Mystery Tour! It's a tour AND murder mystery game!

04/08/2025

Incredible photos by the wonderful Airbnb Photos Team! Tours everyday, solve a murder with your friends this Spring!!

03/28/2025

A red-roofed hut at the mouth of the Calumet is one of the only clues to a forgotten history: Chicago’s Shrimp Shacks. Calumet Fishery is a one-room shrine to the smokiest salmon and juiciest fried shrimps since 1928. Lawrence’s Fisheries started when a first generation American began serving frog legs in 1950. But if shrimp shacks were once a critical part of Chicago cuisine, how could this Chicago tradition fade away, and how can visitors still taste the recipes that shaped community in the Windy City?
Troha’s Shrimp House, operational since 1917, saw an opportunity in 1935 to sell fried shrimp from New Orleans. Soon a new flavor hit the taste buds of Chicago, and the shrimp shack was born. After WWII, Chicago’s waterways saw an increase in shipping and fishing boat traffic. Smokehouses were set up along the Calumet River, and shrimp was no small business.
The honeymoon was short lived. As early as the 1960s the shrimp shacks of Chicago were feeling the pressure from mother nature herself. Lamprey eels decimated local trout populations, the once mighty community of Chicago’s smelt fishermen, the elusive Spring-time seasonal favorite of Lake Michigan, also fell prey to new predators leading to near-extinction. Ecological change, and the overall slowing of boat traffic through Chicago’s waterways, made the surrounding shrimp shacks disappear.
So where should our dear readers go if they want to experience a shrimp shack that’s as real Chicago as Deep Dish? The good thing about hard times is that only the best survive. That’s what you’ll find in the 95th Calumet Fishery, Troha’s Shrimp House, and Lawrence’s Fisheries. Newcomers like Frank’s and Snappy’s uphold generations of tradition, continuing to serve history through the highest quality product, one shrimp at a time.

02/22/2025

Hidden Chicago History: The Vi**ra Triangle By the 1960s, Rush Street was the center of the action. State Street, that Great Street, already began to show signs of fade as decades of organized crime withered it down to a string of peep shows, gambling dens, and other rings of vice. Nearby Rush Street took the mantle as Chicago’s nightlife district, hosting the most exciting acts in the country at Mister Kelly’s Nightclub. If you can name an entertainer, singer, or comedian from the height of the Rat Pack Era, from Ella Fitzgerald to Richard Pyror, they performed at Mister Kelly’s. Today, Gibson’s Steakhouse now sits on the site of the famed nightclub, with the only clue to the past the block of Bellevue in front of it, honorary Frank Sinatra way. While a summer night in The Triangle still brings its share of people watching, and bartenders certainly have their share of memorable characters and dates shuffling around still, the days of Mister Kelly’s glamor and Playboy’s mark on the character of a district once rivalling Vegas are now but history; in some ways perhaps for the better.

11/01/2024

Munchin on Murder! Tours Everyday!!

07/03/2024

Solve a Murder! Explore Chicago in its newest interactive tour experience, The Chicago Murder Mystery Tour!

Immerse your group into wild fun, fantastic tales of high-society crimes, and real true-crime drama!

Finding things to do in Chicago has never been easier. Delve into history with the Chicago Murder Mystery Tour!

Tours everyday, join us today!

05/26/2024

New Camera, New Killer!!

04/16/2024

Thank you at the Bureau of Friendship during this year’s . Priceless work at the Bureau which can help out future investigations!

04/11/2024

“Special trip complete with a great tour by Andre good stories and fun mystery!!” -Aleina

04/02/2024

“Father and I really got lost in the excitement! Definitely recommend to anyone named Declan.” -Declan

03/30/2024

“Jolly good time! Killer almost got away with it, too!” Max K.

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430 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL

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+18723107645

Website

https://magnificotours.com/

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