No one died at the Marcus Welcome Center Friday, even though a lot of people tried to find out who committed a murder.

The center served as the scene of the crime for a SAC event titled “Bullets in the Bathtub,” presented by the comedy-improv-murder-mystery-dinner company Jest Mysteries. Not only did the evening provide a hearty meal, but some wildly unique entertainment.

Participants of the evening had to pre-register through the SAC website so that enough dinner could be served, which included a salad, chicken with potatoes and mushrooms, topped off with a slice of cheesecake for dessert.

Aside from the tasty meal, what made this night special was the show’s 1920s setting, which was referred to as “Cherry’s Speakeasy,” where the code word for alcohol was “Kool-Aid.” Participates dressed up in period clothing and some very stylish looking guys and gals turned out for the evening. It’s not every day you see women walk around in flapper dresses or men dress in sharp suits and fedoras on campus.

The show’s plot entailed a turf war between the Corneolis and Buttafuccos mob families. Parts were assigned to audience members, who shouted out certain phrases when something was said by the hostess of the evening, who went by the name of Trixie.

Audience members were given information describing who their character was and a set of directions about what to do. Some of the characters were so popular that people asked for their autographs, while others had some “business” to care to, like fulfilling a contract on a certain individual or making “special runs” later in the evening.

A Russian mobster named Harry Hyde was murdered. His dying words provided a clue about who was the murderer.

Other characters that came and went during the evening included a cement salesman, Red E. Mix, who’s now in the shoe-making business—concrete shoes that is.

When Constable Doyle Lonnegan, of course an Irishman, appeared on the scene to collect details of the murder scene, the “suspects” were allowed to re-enact their alibis in front of everyone, comically using another participant as the suspected murderer.

By the end of the evening, the audience was asked to guess who they thought committed the murderer, which was a character whose fish-related name tied into the “scales” clue Hyde gave.

The winner was declared by a drawing of the cards and was given a small trophy, as did other members who played major roles in the show, as a token of good will.

While it would have been more interesting to play this out with more disappearing guests throughout the evening and a trickier investigation system, “Bullets in the Bathtub” was nevertheless a fun night in a Kool-Aid-serving speakeasy.

Hopefully, Jest Murders will return again next year with another murder mystery dinner show. It might be a western, pirate or superhero-themed show. The Mayberry would be the most interesting one, but you’ll have to go elsewhere to see that one.