The Acid Bath Murderer (Live Experience)

Not an escape room but still had some escape room style puzzles. We were quite apprehensive at first as we normal go for more traditional escape rooms but we all enjoyed it. The actress we had was amazing and told the story really well and the theming and props were unbelievable, you can tell they have spent a lot of time money making things as authentic as possible. It can be a little jumpy / scary but that’s not the main focus of the experience and I think most adults would be absolutely fine with it all

This isn’t quite an escape room… the closest analogy I can think of is a Professor Layton game where you’re driven along by the narrative but there are puzzles in your way you have to unlock. It’s thrilling, immersive and chilling at points (and as a bonus… educational!). An (absolutely brilliant) live actor takes you through the story with various twists and turns. For anyone in two minds… just do it, it’s a great experience even if you’re not too keen on the scary things… you’ll be fine! It’s nothing you won’t be able to handle… probably.

Loved the added tension of not knowing when our storyteller might just pop back up, so felt like we were working under even more time pressure. Loved that the story is local and relevant (and a bit gruesome) and the themeing for each part of our journey was on point. Solid actor skills (naturally 😉) and all zones were very atmospheric. Came out happy to have achieved a positive result, but also a bit unsettled. . . . Thank goodness John Haigh got sent down. Let’s hope he doesn’t haunt anywhere in Crawley 👻