Room Escape Artist

“Like a piñata filled with grenades… that happened to be bats.”

 The story of the bat bomb begins as so many horrible things do: with a dental surgeon in Pennsylvania who had some connection to Eleanor Roosevelt. In this episode, David tells the story of a completely insane weapon that was built and tested during the World War 2 era, but was ultimately never used. Bill Sunderland and Dani Siller of Escape This Podcast join us again to dive down the rabbit hole of the bat bomb. They also tell us about their podcast Solve This Murder. Today’s game is Right Off the Bat, where every answer is a word containing the letters “B A T.”

If you enjoyed this episode, check out our interview with Dani and Bill on REPOD S5E8, and you can find all their projects at ConsumeThisMedia.com.

Time Stamps

• 01:38 Game: Right Off the Bat
• 12:25 About the Guests: Solve This Murder
• 14:08 Discussion: The Bat Bomb
• 20:17 Credits

Guest: Bill Sunderland and Dani Siller of Escape This Podcast

Dani and Bill created Escape This Podcast in an attempt to bring escape rooms into the audio space with TTRPG-style gameplay. The experiment worked, and since launching the show in 2017 they now work full time as podcasters and game/ puzzle designers with a second show (Solve This Murder) and a variety of other creative projects.

With backgrounds in science, musical theatre, writing, TTRPGs, trivia, and more, Dani and Bill’s eclectic interests are on display across all their work, from escape rooms set in laboratories, to murder mysteries on planes, to digital puzzle adventures where magicians steal the Sydney Opera House.

Bill and Dani also worked as narrative and puzzle designers for the detective video game The Rise of the Golden Idol by Color Gray games.

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More Podcasts from Peih-Gee & David

If you enjoy PG’s Playhouse, check out Reality Escape Pod (REPOD), where your hosts David Spira & Peih-Gee Law explore immersive gaming from all angles, alongside guests with incredible experience in this realm.

And by supporting Room Escape Artist on Patreon, you’ll get access to the REPOD Bonus After Show ($5 per month and up) and the Spoilers Club ($15 per month and up) where we chat in depth with creators about iconic escape rooms… spoilers and all!

Production Credits

• Hosted by Peih-Gee Law & David Spira
• Puzzles by Peih-Gee Law
• Produced by Theresa Piazza
• Supported by Lisa Spira
• Edited by Peih-Gee Law
• Music by Matt Farthing
• Logo by Theresa Wagner