Cocktails & Crime Stories at Paddo Inn

Overview

How do you like your crime stories? Podcasts? Audiobooks? Good ol' fashioned paperback novels? Or maybe do you prefer to hear about humanity's evils in person over a drink? That's the premise of Cocktails & Crime Stories, an in-person retelling of Sydney's historic crimes served with drinks and food at Paddo Inn for one night only.

Hosted by Sydney Crime Historian Max Burns-McRuvie, who has hosted several crime retellings across Sydney, you'll step into 19th century Sydney with three cocktails inspired by the stories of the evening: the Bloody Berry Spritz, Eye-chee Martini and The Missing Cherry.

While you sip, listen as your host tells you all about figures like the Pyrmont Bridge Stalker, the homicidal housewife of Botany Bay and the bigamist butcher of Sussex Street, from their evil deeds to their destination at the hangman's noose.

No good story should be heard on an empty stomach, and you'll be able to snack on Italian canapés from Il Baretto, including homemade focaccia al rosmarino, fennel salami with seasonal fruit compote and rigatoni alla norma.

It's all taking place on Monday, November 24, with arrivals from 6.30pm for a 7pm start. Tickets are $60 per person and include all food, drinks and ghoulish goosebumps you'll experience throughout the evening.

For more information or to book tickets, visit the website.