Escapology is the practice of escaping from restraints or other traps. Escapologists escape from handcuffs, straitjackets, cages, coffins, steel boxes, barrels, bags, burning buildings, fish-tanks, and other perils, often in combination.

What does the word Escapology mean?

: the art or practice of escaping.

What is Escapology day?

Escapology Day takes place on September 21, on the anniversary of the date in 1912 when he first publicly performed his Water Torture Cell escape, which took place at the Circus Busch in Berlin, Germany. He performed it on many other occasions and it became one of his most well-known feats.