Escape The Past: A Trail of Burke & Hare

By | June 11, 2025

by Escape The Past (website)

Edinburgh

2-30 players

Languages: EN

new
120 mins
different
Wheelchair suitable - contact the venue for detailsDeaf friendly - contact the venue for details🐶👶

A body has been discovered in The Cowgate with wounds eerily reminiscent of a dark period of Edinburgh’s past… Beside the corpse, a satchel - deliberately placed, an ominous message within…

The killer is obsessed, fixated on Burke and Hare, the city’s most infamous murderers. Promising to kill again unless you can unravel their morbid puzzle….

The path ahead descends through Edinburgh’s darkest history. Discover the identity of their next victim. Save them — if you can…

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peterdavid rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 27 Jun 2025 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
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Escape rooms can be a great tool for tricking an audience into learning something, and A Trail of Burke and Hare gets that balance pretty good. In fact, so do all of Escape the Past‘s escape rooms, for that matter! I wish more escape rooms took note of the local history and built their experiences around it.

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