The Serial Killer Speakeasy brings true-crime cocktail experience to Denver area
May 21, 2026, 3:32 PM | Updated: May 27, 2026, 12:54 pm
Watching true crime on Netflix is cool, but leaving your house for a speakeasy dedicated to the bad folks you learned about on those shows sounds way cooler!
A touring immersive experience that bills itself as “your favorite true-crime podcast, but with cocktails, atmosphere and a killer twist” is making a stop in the Denver metro area later this month.
The Serial Killer Speakeasy, a theatrical cocktail show that has toured more than 40 cities nationwide, will set up at the Nuur Event Center, 13250 E. Mississippi Ave. in Aurora, on May 29-30. The show runs three sessions each evening — at 6, 8 and 10 p.m. — with general admission tickets starting at $55.
The premise is as macabre as it sounds. Live performers retell the stories of four notorious serial killers — Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy and Ed Gein — from the killers’ own perspectives, while guests sip a curated tasting menu of four themed cocktails, each paired with a tale. The production company describes the mood as an “ominous true-crime world” blending immersive storytelling with theatrical performance.
The show previously played Denver proper in April at Temple Nightclub, and organizers are marketing the Aurora dates as the experience’s return to Colorado. Tickets are available through Fever, the events platform hosting the tour. The show is 21 and older only.
True-crime fans in the Mile High area have had no shortage of dark entertainment options this year. An Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy — run separately but in a similar format — staged its own cocktail-and-performance show in Denver earlier in 2026 at Baldoria on the Water, and Slasher’s, the horror-themed bar on East Colfax, remains a year-round fixture.
