The Undertaker
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The diarist

About the diarist

A short biography, in his words and then in ours.

In short: The Undertaker is a fictional villain created by Escape This for Buried Alive. In this diary he is a pompous games-maker who also claims the villains of Asylum, Cannibal and Meat Grinder.

In his own words

A self-portrait, unretouched

I am a maker of games, a collector of hats and the most misunderstood figure in Australian entertainment. I began, like all great artists, with a shovel.

My tastes are simple. Candlelight. Good joinery. Guests who arrive on time and leave later than planned. Puzzles that take a full hour and an argument to crack. I dislike bright lights, short reviews and anybody who says my coffins are “cosy”.

I am never in the room. People find this mysterious. It is, in fact, because I am usually in the next room, polishing something.

I have several other names and several other hats. I keep them on labelled hangers. Do not touch the toque.

— U.

Cameo silhouette of the Undertaker in a top hat with a shovel over his shoulder The Undertaker’s brass pocket watch, stopped at two minutes to twelve

Known habits

  • Signs every entry “U.” and seals the important ones in mulberry wax
  • Owns a pocket watch stopped at two minutes to twelve, on purpose
  • Polishes his shovel more often than he uses it
  • Reads every review aloud, and resents every gamesmaster named in one
  • Refuses to write down a single puzzle answer
  • Is always, somehow, out at the shops when the hour ends
Out of character

The facts about him

The Undertaker is the villain of Buried Alive, a two-player horror escape room by Escape This that opened at Escape This Northbridge in August 2021 and now also plays at Escape This Sydney CBD.

In the room he is never seen. Players wake in separate coffins remembering a shovel and a laugh, and must work together to finish his game within the hour.

This diary is fiction written by Escape This. It imagines his voice and gives him the villains of Asylum, Cannibal and Meat Grinder as alter egos, along with two rooms still in development: Murder Van, where he is the Night Locksmith, and Death Row, where he is the Keeper. No real person, place or crime is described.

The Undertaker’s polished shovel, the tool he is proudest of

Buried Alive’s official site, buriedalive.com.au →

Out of character

About the diarist

Is The Undertaker a real person?

No. The Undertaker is a fictional villain created by Escape This for its Buried Alive escape room. He is not based on any real person, and nothing in his diary describes a real event. The diary is played for laughs: a vain, fussy character complaining about reviews, panic buttons and gamesmasters.

Do any diary entries draw on real crimes or real killers?

None of them. The Undertaker, his alter egos and every situation in the diary are invented, and the entries describe no real crime, criminal, victim or crime scene. Where a real place appears, such as an Escape This venue on Lake Street or Collins Street, it is only where the escape rooms are played.

Is the diary itself safe for work, even though the rooms are adults-only?

Yes. The Undertaker’s diary has no gore, no violence described, nothing sexual and nothing graphic; the menace is implied and played for laughs. The rooms it describes are another matter: Buried Alive, Asylum, Cannibal and Meat Grinder are all strictly 18+, so reading about them is fine but booking them is for adults.

Who actually writes The Undertaker’s diary?

Escape This writes it. The Undertaker’s diary is a piece of fiction produced alongside the official sites for his rooms, in the voice of a pompous villain who believes he wrote himself. Every fact outside the diary text, such as players, ages, venues and dates, comes from Escape This’s booking system or its room pages.

Who is The Undertaker in the Escape This rooms?

The Undertaker is the villain of Buried Alive, a two-player escape room by Escape This. In the room he is never seen: players wake in separate coffins remembering a shovel and a laugh, and must beat his game within 60 minutes. This diary imagines his private life, and his other disguises.

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