Classic escape rooms / Hilton Road, east Ferndale
The Fifth Wall Escape Rooms
A locally owned Ferndale escape room built on Detroit and Michigan stories: step into a trap built for Houdini in 1926, raid a Purple Gang stash house, and never worry about jump scares.
Open today · Monday–Friday 3–9:30 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m.–10 p.m.; Sunday noon–8:30 p.m.
At a glance
- Group size
- 1–10 players
- Game time
- 60 minutes
- Age policy
- Anyone under 18 needs adult supervision. Suggested minimum ages: Weirder Stuff 12, The Houdini Trap 8; The Purple Gang is for all ages. At least one paying adult per four kids under 16; players 16 and up may play on their own.
- Hours
- Monday–Friday 3–9:30 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m.–10 p.m.; Sunday noon–8:30 p.m.
You can book the whole room for your group
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The rooms you’ll need to escape
Room details are based on what the venue publishes on its own site.
The Harry Houdini Trap
Detroit, 1926, just before Houdini's last stage performance: someone built a room to trap him, and you have to finish four quests before six balls drop into the glass cylinder.
- Group size
- 2-10 players
- Game time
- 60 minutes
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Age policy
- 8+
Weirder Stuff
It's 1986 and your team is investigating a hidden cabin in the woods of western Michigan; a score-based game where your choices decide the ending.
- Group size
- 2-10 players
- Game time
- 60 minutes
- Age policy
- 12+
The Purple Gang
As Detroit cops in 1928, raid a Purple Gang stash house and uncover their plan with the Chicago mob before the gangsters get back; a 30-minute intro room.
- Group size
- 1-3 players
- Game time
- 30 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
02 / The story of this place
Make time for these
Every game runs under the framing of the fictional Fifth Wall Society investigators. The Harry Houdini Trap is set in 1926 Detroit, where Houdini gave his final performances, and the venue is a stop on the 2026 Houdini 100 Detroit tribute. The Purple Gang is a 30-minute beginner room about the Prohibition-era Detroit gang, while Weirder Stuff is a spooky, 1980s-style, score-based investigation with multiple endings. None of the rooms use jump scares.
- A trap built for Houdini in 1926 Detroit
- 30-minute Purple Gang room for beginners
- No jump scares, in any room
Plan your visit
Book online on their site. The Purple Gang is always private; the other two are private only if you book the whole room. Parking instructions are on the venue's Directions & Contacts page.
Parking
Parking instructions are on the venue's Directions & Contacts page.
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