Old Post Office holding murder mystery dinner

A 1930s-themed murder mystery event at the Old Post Office will bring guests into a “high-stakes world of rival airlines, government contracts, and hidden agendas” on May 30.

“For that one night, we become a restaurant with a full theater involved,” owner John Noel told The Post-Searchlight.

The first show is at 6 p.m and will feature a buffet-style seated dinner where guests will try to solve the murder mystery alongside friends and other guests. The second show at 9 p.m. is a non-dinner performance. Those who dress in themed attire will get their first drink free.

Noel said he expects to sell 80 tickets for the event. He was encouraged to host a murder mystery after seeing the success of other performance-based events such as the Edgar Allen Poe Speakeasy. He saw the event draw in people from “all over.”

“They’re bringing in people from the whole region,” Noel said.

The Old Post Office was also recently awarded for excellence in rehabilitation by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. Noel said it spoke of the standards the business stuck to when rehabilitating the building.

“I was delighted that they gave us this award,” he said. It was a full circle moment for him as his father, who attended the ceremony with him, also renovated old buildings.

“Here I am 40 years later doing the same,” Noel said.