About this Event
Killer Queens
Killer Queens is a seductive, sinister theatrical cocktail experience where four of history’s most notorious women return to command the stage. Enter a world of dark glamour, deadly secrets and wicked indulgence as three crafted cocktails and one decadent confection carry you through 90 unforgettable minutes of true crime brought to life.
What Awaits You
👑 The Queens Take the Stage: Come face-to-face with Delphine LaLaurie, Lizzie Borden, Aileen Wuornos and Idaho’s own Lady Bluebeard, Lyda Southard as four infamous stories unfold before you.
🍸 Drink in the Darkness: Three wickedly crafted cocktails are woven into the experience, each inspired by the Queen emerging from the shadows. Mocktails are available upon request.
🩸 True Crime — Brought to Life: Forget documentaries and podcasts. Tonight, the stories step out of history and into the room with you through intimate, dramatic live performances.
🖤 An Evening of Dark Indulgence: Velvet, music, cocktails and theatrical storytelling collide in a deliciously dark atmosphere created for those who prefer their nights out with a little danger.
👑 The Queens: 4 Women • 3 Cocktails • 1 Wicked Confection
DELPHINE LALAURIE
New Orleans. Wealth. Society. And horrors hidden behind the doors of a Royal Street mansion.
🍸 Paired with House on Royal
LIZZIE BORDEN
Two brutal murders. One infamous rhyme. And a question that has survived more than 130 years.
🍸 Paired with 40 Whacks
AILEEN WUORNOS
Seven men dead along Florida highways—and one of America's most notorious criminal cases.
🍸 Paired with The Last Resort
LADY BLUEBEARD — LYDA SOUTHARD
Before the world knew her name, she was right here in Idaho. Husbands died. Insurance policies paid. Suspicion followed.
🍎 Served with Apple Pie Surprise — one wicked confection.
General Info
📅 October 1 & 2, 2026
📍 The Adelmann • Boise, Idaho
⏳ 90-minute experience
🔞 21+ with valid ID
♿ ADA accessible
🍹 Mocktails available upon request
🎟️ Three crafted cocktails and one wicked confection are part of your Killer Queens experience
Come for the true crime. Stay for the cocktails. Leave with a story worth telling.
Brought to you by Wicked Tales Society, a production of The Escapuary, Killer Queens marks the beginning of a darker new chapter. After years of traveling across Idaho transforming unexpected spaces into immersive M**der mystery nights, we’re taking the show back on the road with an entirely new experience—live theatrical storytelling, notorious true crime, wickedly crafted cocktails, and dark history brought dangerously close. The Society is traveling, the stories are getting darker, and Killer Queens is only the beginning.
Event venue & nearby stays
The Adelmann, 622 West Idaho Street, Boise, United States
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