Draft:Escape This Podcast

Escape This Podcast is a 2017 Australian podcast hosted by Bill Sunderland and Dani Siller that focuses on solving Escape Rooms in an audio format. Since the debut of its first episode on May 24, 2017, the podcast has run for multiple seasons and has produced a collection of bonus episodes. Each episode features one or more guests either playing through a 'room' that Dani has created, or hosting a 'room' of their own for Bill and Dani to escape from.

While some seasons are comprised of individual stand-alone rooms, every other season brings a complete story arc of interconnected rooms that tell a larger story when listened to consecutively.

Though many guests over the years have been niche-specific figures in the Escape Room and puzzle game community, a fair amount of renowned actors and celebrities have also graced the seat such as Neil Patrick Harris, Milo Manheim My Brother, My Brother & Me, Clea Duvall, Janet Varney, Jason Ritter, Alex Horne, Ed Gamble, Rose Matafeo, Peih-Gee Law, Dungeons and Daddies, and several others including contestants of game shows and reality television programs like Jeopardy! and Survivor.

Dani has admitted that many of the episode titles are subtle references to The Simpsons, which she often describes as a favorite show of hers and her main exposure to American media.

Episode List

Season	Episode Name	#	Guest(s)	Synopsis
1	Alex’s Bathroom	1	Tess Hutley	A creepy bathroom, maths puzzles, threatening notes, and a hint ghost
1	Saving Razorface	2	Tess Hutley	A speakeasy, an angry chicken, disguises, and a mob boss
1	The Lair	3	Patrick Sunderland	A supervillain, logic puzzles, a strange bed, and a moral dilemma
1	Catwalk - All or Nothing	4	James and Cay	Models, reality television, a magic mirror, and hidden batteries
1	The Witch's Tower	5	Patrick Sunderland and Nick Sunderland	Fairy tales, nursery rhymes, a mysterious tower, and a cryptic rug
1	For Your Ears Only	6	Patrick Sunderland	A Cloakroom, an assassination attempt, two spies, and pockets full of clues
1	Tooth Trouble	7	Stavros Patsalos and Greg Hatten	Anaesthesia, locked cabinets, dental hygiene, and a helpful skeleton
1	Toys 'R' Us-cape	8	Lan Wei and Rose Still	Creepy toys, deadly weapons, broken train sets, and warring factions
1	The Importance of Being Escapists	9	Tess Hutley and Jess McKenzie	Victorian sensibilities, blackmail, double agents, and ornate furniture
1	Trapped in Tomorrow, Today!	10	The Room Escape Divas	Futurism, theme park closure, conveyor belts, and virtual reality
1	Les Miserabl-escape	11	Alessa, Harrison and Hannah	A dressing room, sabotage, musical trivia, and an influential critic
1	The Trial of the Century	12	Nick Clay	A murder trial, a courtroom, a conspiracy, and time-stopping twin detectives
1	Lan and Anika, Come on Down!	13	Lan Wei and Anika Berkman	An abandoned studio, a game show, a vindictive producer, and paint guns
1	Total Escape From The Heart	14	Zoe and Ben	A fantastic journey, a medical emergency, an evil nanobot, and a handful of cup-cells
1	20,000 Puzzles Under The Sea	15	Dave Anspach (guest host)	Underwater adventures, a hunt for an ancient creature, unfit pilots, and a strange control panel
2	Children of Maesaris Chapter 1 - Security Sacrificed	16	Derek Glasscock	A new job, a new mayor, a new mystery
2	Children of Maesaris Chapter 2 - Dead Man’s Chest	17	Rob Ferrante	A Captain, a sailing club, a treasure chest
2	Children of Maesaris Chapter 3 - Small Medium at Large	18	Lucy O’Brien	A backroom, a mystic, a trap
2	Children of Maesaris Chapter 4 - Despite All My Rage,I’m Still Just a Matt in a Cage	19	Matt Lee	A zoo, a very large snake, a discovery
2	Children of Maesaris Chapter 5 - Trouble Brewing	20	Nelson Allingham	A tea-party, a strange recipe, a key
2	Children of Maesaris Chapter 6 - Stranger Things Season 3	21	Katie Aldworth	A studio, a green screen, a talented director
2	Children of Maesaris Chapter 7 - School’s Out	22	The Wild Optimists	A classroom, a nurse, a betrayal
2	Children of Maesaris Chapter 8 - Grave Danger	23	The Dragon Friends	A whole, a mausoleum, a strange connection
2	Children of Maesaris Chapter 9 - Pastor? I Hardly Knew Her!	24	Devin McCurdy	A church, a birthday surprise, a secret revealed
2	Children of Maesaris Chapter 10 - Sic Semper Maesaris	25	Lisa and David Spira	A mysterious cube, a ferris wheel, a cult conclusion
3	According to Gym	26	Rob Maythorne	Two jocks trying to solve a mystery
3	Man Door Hand Hook Hen Door	27	No One Can Know About This	A pair of farm-whisperers track down a thief
3	Two Podcasters Walk Into a Bar	28	Cole Burkhardt and Michelle Nickolaisen	An exclusive club holds a mystery that needs a solution
3	Summer Es-camp Room	29	Alexander Gierholz	Campers searching for a hidden prank
3	It's His Party and We'll Spy if We Want To	30	Laura Hutton and Renee Rhodes	A poor little boy needs you to stop his parents
3	High Vaultage	31	Marcus and Keith	Two security guards attempting to stop a heist
3	In-convenience Store	32	Mary Holland and Matt Newell	A bomb hidden in a petrol station
3	Ten Pin Panic	33	Sarah Rhea Werner	A longstanding bowling rivalry comes to a head
3	A Room With A Review	34	Dave Anspach	A terrible escape room, an evil GM
3	Kaiya's World	35	Lee-Fay Low (guest host)	A journey into the mind of a child
3	The Crimes of Puzzlo	36	Advanced Sagebrush and Shootouts	Two policemen trapped in a museum full of puzzles
3	Christmas Special - Too Many Santas!	37	Mark Humphries	A plot to destroy christmas ends in a gathering of Santas
4	Descent of the Cullodens Chapter 1 - There Are Ghost CarsAll Over These Highways	38	Dave Anspach and Lee-Fay Low	The heirs arrive at the ghostly manor
4	Descent of the Cullodens Chapter 2 - A Toast to the HostWho Can Boast the Most Ghost	39	This Game Is Broken	The heirs explore a haunted kitchen
4	Descent of the Cullodens Chapter 3 - I'd Kill You If I Had My Gun	40	Lee DiGeorge, Amy Williamson and Alistair Bell	The heirs play with trophies in the game room
4	Descent of the Cullodens Chapter 4 - Anita Bath	41	MAUL Podcast	The heirs meet a cold ghost in a hot bathroom
4	Descent of the Cullodens Chapter 5 - Works on Contingency?No, Money Down!	42	Hey Riddle Riddle	The heirs study law in a basement
4	Descent of the Cullodens Chapter 6 - How Many Ghost ButlersWill There Be?	43	Milo Manheim and Owen Halpert	The heirs search the butler’s bedroom
4	Descent of the Cullodens Chapter 7 - Baby Button Eyes,What Are You Doing Possessedat this Hour?	44	Jason Ritter and Clea Duvall	The heirs get creeped out in a doll-filled nursery
4	Descent of the Cullodens Chapter 8 - I Want to go on theYard Work Simulator!	45	The Infinite Escape Room	The heirs leave the manor, but enter a overgrown yard
4	Descent of the Cullodens Chapter 9 - Who Needs MoneyWhen We Got Feathers?	46	Triviality Podcast	The heirs enter the master bedroom
4	Descent of the Cullodens Chapter 10 - Then Everything is Wrapped Up in a Neat Little Package	47	Kyle Akers and Brandon Boone	The heirs solve the mystery
5	Now You See Me (escaping this room)	48	Neil Patrick Harris	A confrontation with a famous stage magician
5	Pointless Tournament of Champions	49	Amy Williamson and Lee DiGeorge (guest hosts)	A quiz show turns into a terrible trap!
5	You’ve Lost That Oven Feelin’	50	Gemma Marsh	A bakery holds money, crime, and cakes
5	Communing with Nature	51	Scott and Molly Weiss (guest hosts)	Is feeding a snake always this much of a puzzle?
5	Stay Golden, Puzzle Boys	52	No One Can No About This	Track and field and puzzles and locks
5	The Lab	53	Collin Lewis (guest host)	Bomb disposal is a tricky thing
5	Double Double Toad and Puzzle	54	Curly Bros. Games	A witch has captured our adventures
5	Literal Fanfiction	55	Jim Fishwick (guest host)	The most meta episode we’ve done. Escape a podcast
5	Best Fraudster in a Supporting Role	56	The Wild Optimists	A fixed awards ceremony
5	The Eldritch Garden	57	Jen McTeague (guest host)	A Lovecraftian time-bending adventure
5	Goblins and Bandits and Dragons,Oh My!	58	Dungeons and Daddies	Warp into the world of tabletop roleplaying to solve puzzles
5	Clear and (Christmas) Present Danger	59	Pat Sunderland	An Aussie christmas special
6	Chronomaly Chapter 1 - Roman Holiday	60	Room Escape Artist	Ancient Rome - the time of statues and mythical creatures
6	Chronomaly Chapter 2 - Tomb Raider	61	Tommy Honton and Patrick Fye	A Chinese Tomb - the time of ropes and terracotta
6	Chronomaly Chapter 3 - Waking the Witch	62	Jason Ritter and Patrick Sunderland	Scotland - the time of witches and rats
6	Chronomaly Chapter 4 - London Has Fallen	63	Peih-Gee Law and Brian Corbitt	London - the time of fire and libraries
6	Chronomaly Chapter 5 - The Artist	64	Total Party Chill	Spain - the time of paintings and violins
6	Chronomaly Chapter 6 - Frozen	65	Neil Patrick Harris and Brent Bushnell	Antarctica - the time of exploration and beans
6	Chronomaly Chapter 7 - Weird Science	66	Gabriel Hicks and Olivia Petshaft	Paris - the time of radiation and glass rods
6	Chronomaly Chapter 8 - The Towering Inferno	67	Erin Kyan and Lee Davis-Thalbourne	The USA - the time of tragedy and flight
6	Chronomaly Chapter 9 - Night at the Museum	68	Brian Markenson and Peter Sciretta	The Future - the time of museums and monologues
6	Chronomaly Chapter 10 - Time Bandits	69	Finish It!	The Finale - the time of computers and decisions
7	One Last Vacation	70	Nic Notten (guest host)	A dead neighbour and a secret life
7	The Puzzlers Grimm	71	Isabel Schmiedel and Jan Buhlbecker (guest hosts)	A fairy tale and a strange band
7	Unleash the Power of the Primal Warrior	72	Lan Wei (guest host)	A coming of age and an experiment
7	2 Alex’s 2 Bathroom	73	Pat Mannion (guest host)	A return to our roots and some new gadets
7	A Game of Telephone	74	Rachel Arpin (guest host)	A technological journey and some minigames
7	You're a Puzzler-d, Harry	75	Amelia Shriver (guest host)	A magical adventure and a bad wizard
7	The Hostile Hotel	76	Karen Anderson (guest host)	A terrible escape room… or is it?
7	Bladerunner	77	Scott and Molly Weiss (guest hosts)	Puzzles on ice!
7	This Escape Room Sucks	78	Sarah Willson (guest host)	A spooky escape room, but something goes wrong…
7	Red Hill Asylum	79	Escapist NZ (guest host)	An investigation of an abandoned asylum leads to a gruesome discovery
7	It’s Puzzles All The Way Down	80	Jen McTeague (guest host)	Open a door to a world of escape rooms. Then open a door to another world of escape rooms…
7	Roland’s Game	81	Tommy Honton (guest host)	Waking up with no memory on a space station is about as enjoyable as it sounds.
7	Santa Maybe?	82	Alex Horne	Journey to the North Pole to make sure Christmas goes off without a hitch!
8	What Alice Found Chapter 1: Teambuilding	83	My Brother, My Brother & Me	A “Through The Looking Glass” themed escape room might be a lot of fun, if you didn’t have to be there with your boss and co-worker…
8	What Alice Found Chapter 2: Cake	84	Peih-Gee Law and Adam Klein	Picking up your wedding cake should be a breeze, unless someone has filled the bakery with puzzles. But who would do that?
8	What Alice Found Chapter 3: The Driver’s Seat	85	Texas and Travis DeVries	After finding a strange device in their home, our guests just need to get out for a drive, to clear their head. Now just to make sure that nobody hears them leaving!
8	What Alice Found Chapter 4: Surveillance	86	Alex Horne, Ed Gamble, and Rose Matafeo	Trying to process what is happening, our protagonist drives on through town. But then they see their local LC Electronics store. If there's anywhere that might help them get to the bottom of this spy camera situation, this will be the place...
8	What Alice Found Chapter 5: Caged	87	Janet Varney and Neil Patrick Harris	Seeking to find their mysterious helpful stranger, our protagonist looks to their best friend: Police Chief Ryan McDougall. But who knows if the relationship they have is any more real than the rest of their world...
8	What Alice Found Chapter 6: Fireworks	88	Bee Zelda and Tracy Gibbons	The wedding episode has arrived, but the beautiful couple isn't ready. And if everything goes according to plan, the wedding won't!
8	What Alice Found Chapter 7: Camera Obscura	89	Jim Fishwick and Kirsty McGuire	The cameras are off, and our players investigate the local movie theatre to find their mysterious friend.
8	What Alice Found Chapter 8: Tunnel Vision	90	Paul Williams and Guy Montgomery	Our guests journey through the sewers under the town, hoping to find a light at the end of the tunnel.
8	What Alice Found Chapter 9: Water Water Everywhere	91	Hey Riddle Riddle	The open water lies ahead for our guests, but is it quite as open as it seems?
8	What Alice Found Chapter 10: Through the Looking Glass	92	Good Job Brain	The final chapter.
9	Podland Prison	93	Tom Mortishire-Smith (guest host)	Podcast pirates get put into prison. A plethora of puzzles and problems prevent progress, but the players prove to be professionals.
9	Rampage on the Rusty Cutlass	94	Sophie McLellan (guest host)	Captain Red-Wig knows how to throw a party! But what’s that ship on the horizon?
9	Dimensional Analysis	95	Jen McTeague (guest host)	Museum heists take time to pull off properly. But this futuristic heist has far too much time, and far too few ways out…
9	Working in Harmony	96	Mathijs Jansen (guest host)	Our guest GM puts Dani and Bill through the one thing that could save or ruin the podcast: Workplace teambuilding exercises.
9	A Suitable Job	97	Miranda Phair (guest host)	A simple retail job turns into an undercover investigation
9	Lifeguards Locked In	98	Madison Littlepage (guest host)	Bill and Dani get a summer job as lifeguards at a rundown, mysterious pool.
9	Miss Hawthorne’s Garden	99	Cec Ganz (guest host)	A young victorian witch and a gigantic stick insect try to avoid punishment and wield their budding magical skills.
9	Flatpack Misfortune	100	Aiden Blackwood (guest host)	A magical journey through a non-specific, nordic furniture store.
9	The Greatest Escape Room	101	Olivia Anderson and Grace DeVries (guest host)	Bill and Dani break into a carnival to retrieve their lost goods.
9	Lifestyles of the Fish and Famous	102	Ossandra White (guest host)	A business deal turns into a complex spy thriller with secret agents, a mask, and a mysterious ticking noise…
9	John Beatty and the Phoenix Brigade	103	Jesse Birnstihl (guest host)	A puzzle filled prequel to classic novel Farenheit 451
9	Puzzler in Peril	104	Gemma Marsh (guest host)	A green field, a tree, and a menacing death-box. What else does an escape room need?
9	Christmas Special - Present Quest	105	David Correos and Pax Assadi	Two toys need to save christmas for one special boy, but first they’ll need to get out of this house!
10	Sick of Farming	106	Tom Scott and David Bodycombe	After their friend gets sick from something on her farm, our two puzzle-solving detectives are tasked with discovering the cause of the mystery illness...
10	The Thirty Year Storm ft.	107	Will Campos and Chris Yule	A 90s-inspired (knock-off Pointbreak) beach heist adventure. It's been 30 years since certain surfing bank robbers were caught by an ambitious FBI recruit, and now our players are on the search for missing treasure!
10	Espresso Crunch	108	Scott and Molly Weiss (guest hosts)	A coffee shop themed escape room!
10	Safari Sprint	109	Neil Patrick Harris and Jonathan Bayme	On a Botswanan Safari., will Neil and Jonathan be able to take photos of the big 5 before their rival does? More importantly, will they be able to stop their rival from getting himself killed?
10	Jail Bark	110	Adal Rifai and Janet Varney	Adal and Janet have been very bad. So bad that they find themselves locked away by their roommates, waiting to be cleaned, trained, and held overnight at the spa.
10	Tim’s Toys	111	Joshua Yang	A horror themed room full of creepy toys, hidden doorways, and tragic death.
10	The Wreck	112	Chase Ingraham and Em Earhart	We explore a sunken research vessel in this nautical escape room.
10	You’ve Activated my Trap Card	113	David Correos and Pax Assadi	A monster summoning, spell casting, shadow realm traversing Yu-Gi-Oh special!
10	Law and Order: Wizard City	114	Alec Gray (guest hosts)	A fantasy escape room in the tower of a criminal wizard.
10	Fight Fire with Puzzles	115	Eden Porter and Michael Campbell	We must catch an arsonist before they strike again!
11	Escape Roompaloompa Chapter 1: You Got A Ticket?	116	Bradley Lovell and Manda Whitney	We begin a new 5-room connected Willy Wonka-inspired arc involving a chocolate factory, a mysterious industrialist, and a bunch of children. But we're going to need to find a ticket first..
11	Escape Roompaloompa Chapter 2: The River Styx is a River of Chocolate	117	The Side Quest Inn	Cake orbs, a chocolate river, and a precariously placed boy in lederhosen...
11	Escape Roompaloompa Chapter 3: The Music of Machinery	118	Triviality Podcast	What is this strange room full of gum, geese, and gizmos?
11	Escape Roompaloompa Chapter 4: Silver Screen, Cathode Ray	119	Peih-Gee Law and David Spira	Will they be able to teleport a small boy and make him smaller?