Escape room worker almost dies in scary hanging act with real rope
Escape room worker almost dies in scary hanging act with real rope
2026-05-11
An escape room actor playing a ghost that died by hanging nearly actually died during her work shift this past Sunday. The incident happened at Rostart Games’s Xinyi branch in Taipei, where 29-year-old Ms. Wu tied a real rope around her neck instead of a prop. After performing for the players, she did not come out of the escape room with the rest of the team, which is when she was found to have actually strangled and in a coma. Fortunately, she regained vital signs later at the hospital. Ms. Wu’s family alleged that Rostart Games fail to adhere to safety standards, which was later found to be true by the city’s labor department. As a result, the branch was forced to suspend operations and could be fined up to NT$300,000.
Police inspect Rostart Games’s Xinyi branch in Taipei, where an employee stumbles while answering questions one day after another employee suffered a near-fatal accident at work.
Wu Wen-yi
FTV reporter
We’re at the location of the incident. The venue was supposed to open at 9:30 a.m., but it’s already been an hour, and it’s still not open.
On the evening of May 10, a 29-year-old female employee of Rostart Games Xinyi was playing the role of a ghost who had died by hanging. After the escape room game ended, she did not come out with the rest of the team. That’s when she was discovered in a coma with a real rope around her neck.
Voice of frequent escape room player (anonymized)
Familiar with employee’s act
She gave a little performance, and when players were scared enough, she performed hanging herself, which ended when an elevator appeared and we went on to the next scene. I believe the hanging scene lasted one minute at most. She of course, showed struggling motions, but she also had the typical horror makeup, so it was hard to tell whether she really felt unwell or if it was just an act.
Following the accident, a social media user claiming to be the employee’s brother wrote that what happened wasn’t an accident, because his sister had mentioned that her workplace does not thoroughly adhere to safety standards by using only professional props, and that the rope she performed with was a real rope.
Deputy head
Sanzhangli Police Station
Our initial assessment rules out external intervention. However, Ms. Wu’s family decided to sue the business operator on her behalf for causing injury by negligence and for severe injury caused by negligence.
Fortunately, the employee was successfully resuscitated and escaped death. Prosecutors and police continue to investigate the cause of her injury.
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扮吊死鬼! 密室逃脫員工"勒頸險喪命" 家屬怒:疑用真麻繩
2026-05-11
密室逃脫的員工，假扮吊死鬼，差點喪命！台北市知名的「邏思起子密室逃脫」信義店，昨天晚間，一名女店員扮演「吊死鬼」，疑似麻繩繞頸而窒息，直到遊戲結束後，其他員工沒看到她出來，進去一查，才發現女員工已經昏迷，所幸送醫救治，暫時沒有生命危險。對此，勞檢處稽查，認為業者沒採取必要預防措施，最高開罰30萬，並要求停業。
員警來到知名的密室逃脫「邏思起子」台北信義店，只見店員慌慌張張出來跟警方說明，原來裡面一名女員工出了意外。
[[民視記者 吳玟誼]]
“事發後隔一天我們實際重回現場，可以看到明明店家，應該要早上九點半開門，但遲遲過了一個小時都還是沒有開”
10號晚間，有民眾到店裡玩，一名29歲女員工扮演「吊死鬼」角色， 有吊掛繩子，不過遊戲結束後，其他店員發現她遲遲沒出來，前往一看，才發現女員工被麻繩繞住脖子，已經陷入昏迷。
[[聲源:資深密室逃脫玩家(變音)]]
“她先在裡面表演一段，然後就是嚇得差不多之後，她就開始表演上吊，然後電梯場就結束，再轉移到下一個場景，我覺得上吊的橋段頂多一分鐘，她一定會有掙扎動作，就是女鬼的妝，不會知道說她是真的不舒服，還是在演戲”
一名自稱女員工的哥哥在網路上發文，直呼這並不是單純的”意外”，因為妹妹曾向他提過，店內部分關卡設備並非專業安全道具，繩索也是真實的亞麻繩。
[[信義分局三張犁派出所副所長]]
“初步排除有外力介入，惟吳女家屬代為對業者，提出過失傷害及過失致重傷害告訴”
所幸女員工救治後，沒有生命危險，究竟怎麼釀成意外的，檢警還在釐清中。
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