Plot Synopsis

In EXTREME ESCAPES, the world's top escape masters challenge the laws of physics in unbelievable stunts performed all around the globe. Each one-hour episode features dangerous feats of escapology with astonishing performances by artists including: magician Brandy LaPlante, who attempts to be the first woman to complete the insane car drop escape before being crushed; magician Michael Turco, who undertakes a mobster-style challenge where he's shackled, put in cement shoes and tossed to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean; Hungarian escape artist David Merlini, who recreates a brutal execution scenario used centuries ago at the Salem Witch Trials -- being burned alive at the stake; illusionist Franz Harary, who must break free from the chains binding him to railroad tracks in China as a powerful locomotive bears down on him; illusionist Jonathan Pendragon, who puts himself in the line of fire for a dangerous and often deadly feat -- attempting to catch a speeding bullet; AMERICA'S GOT TALENT contestant Spencer Horsman; MASTERS OF ILLUSION LIVE! performer Farrell Dillon; Las Vegas Laugh Factory's headlining comic magician Murray Sawchuck and his counterpart Jan Rouven; New Jersey magician Matt Cadabra; and AMERICA'S GOT TALENT contestant Michael Griffin.