Highlights
✨ A True-Crime Descent: Step into the shadows as the terrifying stories of Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy, and Gein are brought to life before your eyes.
🍸 Sip the Story: Enjoy a curated tasting menu of 4 delicious, themed cocktails paired perfectly with each tale
🎭 Immersive Theater: Lose yourself in gripping, atmospheric live performances told through the twisted perspectives of the killers themselves.
🚨 For the Morbidly Curious: A meticulously crafted, 90-minute evening designed specifically for those irresistibly drawn to the darker side of history.
📂 The Setlist: 4 Killers, 4 Drinks
- Case File 1: Ted Bundy – Paired with the Friendly Stranger
- Case File 2: Jeffrey Dahmer – Paired with the Apartment Two One Three
- Case File 3: John Wayne Gacy – Paired with the Killer Clowns
- Case File 4: Ed Gein – Paired with the Gein’s Cauldron
General Info
📅 Date and time: Choose in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
📍 Location: The Nightingale
👤 Age requirement: guests have to be 21+ with valid ID
♿ Accessibility: The venue is ADA compliant
❓Please consult the FAQs of this experience here
🍹 Mocktails available upon request
Description
Brought to you by Midnight Creative, step inside the shadows and immerse yourself in the dark, twisted histories of America's most notorious serial killers. This exclusive touring event transforms The Nightingale into a gripping true-crime sanctuary. As you sip on expertly crafted spirits or bespoke mocktails, our mixologists and theatrical storytellers will plunge you deep into the minds and motives of Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy, and Gein. It is an unforgettable blend of tension, dark history, and theatrical intrigue. Tickets sell out fast—don’t miss your chance to unravel these chilling accounts, one sip at a time!
Produced by Midnight Creative, creators of the highly reviewed International touring Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy,
User reviews
Check out what others have said about this experience in other cities around the world!
- Soo good! Start to finish. Quality drinks and better performances. Would recommend
- This was the most fun I've had in a very long time. The performers were excellent, the show was interesting, and the drinks were delicious! 10/10 suggest to everyone I speak to!
- Outstanding!! Would like to see what the crew would've done with Auleen Wournous!
- The show was amazing! I didn't know what to expect and was pleasantly surprised. Loved how each story was told from a unique POV, the drinks were fantastic. The Actor for Jeffery Dahmer was my favorite. Really hope they have more shows soon.
- My husband and I had the BEST time!!
- Great show!
- We truly enjoyed the show! It was amazing that just 5 excellent actors are able to pull the whole event off, from the logistics to the terrific craft cocktails to the mesmerizing stories of monsters who lived in “plain sight.”
- Actors were amazing. I loved the story telling and drinks were great
- Excellent show, delicious drinks!
- This was absolutely amazing and thrilling !!! My girlfriend loved it she is a Stephen King nut and she jumped out of her skin a Couple times. We Really enjoyed it !
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Ticket for 1 person, including:
- Entry to the experience + 4 cocktails
Ticket for 1 person, including:
- Entry to the experience with front-row seating
- 4 cocktails
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