As the popularity of room-escape games has exploded in recent years, fans of the genre have too often arrived to try out new scenarios and found drab, sparingly decorated conference rooms. Xscape Factor Fayetteville, however, has found a setting that's primed for spookiness and suspense: a historical late-1800s brick building. Below, see exactly what teams may encounter when they're locked away—armed only with their wits—and given a mere 60 minutes to solve the mystery and escape.

• Crime in the Windy City: In Prohibition-era Chicago, bootlegging is enriching crime bosses, thugs, and all manner of scum. But one man, a corrupt accountant, holds the key to the cash and their freedom—and he's gone missing. Find him and turn him over to the police before the mob has him swimming with the fishes.

• Abduction: The truth is out there, even if it's hidden away in top-secret government facility. Your paranormal team must break in to discover the facts about a mysterious disease that's changing humans into dangerous mutants.

• Big Top Murders: This circus has a dark side lurking in the places the spotlights don't reach. Performers have been disappearing over the last few months, and everyone is terrified that they're next. It's up to to find out which of the smiling faces conceals a twisted madman.

• Last Will and Testament: An old coot by all accounts, Mr. MoneyPinch wasn't missed when he kicked the bucket. But his money is. Unfortunately, his will is missing, no one knows where he stashed the cash, and your team of investigators believes one of the heirs murdered him. Maybe you're in for a reward if you can unmask the killer?