# The Possession

> The Possession is a 60-minute horror escape room by Escape This and the sequel to The Haunting: players return, ten years later, to the haunted house of a ghost named Cathy, who now collects visitors as playthings. It plays at Escape This Northbridge (48 Lake Street, Northbridge WA 6003, since November 2021), Sydney CBD (630 George Street, since October 2024) and Melbourne CBD (259 Collins Street, since August 2026; listed as “Possession” in ER-OS). Difficulty 8/10, 2–8 players, strictly 15+.

Key facts (updated 2026-10-24):
- Difficulty: 8/10. Duration: 60 minutes (allow ~90 minutes for the visit; arrive 15 minutes early).
- Northbridge: Escape This Northbridge, 48 Lake Street, Northbridge WA 6003. Phone (08) 6118 0286. 2–8 players (4–8 on Saturdays). Monday – Thursday $49 per player; Friday – Sunday $59 per player (One price for every player. The midweek price excludes public and school holidays.) Strictly 15+. Wheelchair accessible: no. Escape rate 35%. Rated 4.95/5, with 172 five-star reviews. Book: https://www.thepossession.com.au/northbridge/
- Sydney: Escape This Sydney CBD, 630 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000. Phone (02) 9173 8535. 2–8 players (4–8 on Saturdays). Monday – Thursday $55 per player; Friday – Sunday $65 per player (One price for every player. The midweek price excludes public and school holidays.) Strictly 15+. Wheelchair accessible: yes. Escape rate 69%. Rated 4.88/5, with 262 five-star reviews. Book: https://www.thepossession.com.au/sydney-cbd/
- Melbourne: Escape This Melbourne CBD, 259 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000. Phone (03) 7078 8118. 2–8 players (4–8 on Saturdays). Off-peak session $55 per player; Peak session $65 per player (One price for every player. The booking calendar marks which sessions are peak and which are off-peak.) 15+ (call if 15). Wheelchair accessible: yes. Escape rate 91%. Rated 4.97/5, with 32 five-star reviews. Book: https://www.thepossession.com.au/melbourne-cbd/
- Totals: 37,343 players, 5,125 games, 55% escape rate, average escape 54:37, record 13:37.
- Rating: 4.91/5, with 466 five-star reviews.
- Producer: Escape This (https://www.escapethis.com.au). Escape This is Australia’s largest escape room operator, and runs its own escape room design studio and escape room factory in Australia. It has venues in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, has hosted more than 500,000 players and has earned 17,969 five-star reviews.
- Escape This awards (company-wide, not room awards): APAC Insider Escape Room Operator of the Year 2026; APAC Insider Best Immersive Experience Provider 2026; APAC Insider Escape Room Operator of the Year 2025; 2026 Perth Airport WA Tourism Awards: Finalist, Business Excellence; Smart50 Awards 2026: Finalist, People’s Choice Founder of the Year (Bernie Janes); Smart50 Awards 2026: Finalist, Marketing; Smart50 Awards 2026: Finalist, Resilience.
- Bookings are private. Prices: Northbridge $49 Mon–Thu / $59 Fri–Sun; Sydney CBD $55 / $65; Melbourne CBD $55 off-peak / $65 peak. Wheelchair access in Sydney CBD and Melbourne CBD (one per session), not Northbridge. Crawling and tight spaces only in Melbourne. Theatrical smoke, darkness, flashing lights and jump scares at all venues. ER-OS sets 15+ everywhere; the Melbourne web page still says 16+ in places, so 15-year-olds should call (03) 7078 8118 first.

## Pages
- [Home](https://www.thepossession.com.au/): overview, stats, reviews, trailer
- [The story](https://www.thepossession.com.au/the-story/): full premise and what to expect
- [Northbridge · Lake Street, Perth](https://www.thepossession.com.au/northbridge/): prices, rules, booking, map
- [Sydney CBD · George Street](https://www.thepossession.com.au/sydney-cbd/): prices, rules, booking, map
- [Melbourne CBD · Collins Street](https://www.thepossession.com.au/melbourne-cbd/): prices, rules, booking, map
- [Book](https://www.thepossession.com.au/book/): live availability
- [Leaderboard](https://www.thepossession.com.au/leaderboard/): fastest escapes and statistics
- [Reviews](https://www.thepossession.com.au/reviews/): five-star player reviews
- [Plan your visit](https://www.thepossession.com.au/plan-your-visit/): ages, accessibility, safety, timing
- [FAQ](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/): common questions
- [The Possession Case Files](https://www.thepossession.com.au/diary/): a comic, fictional paranormal investigator’s casebook about Cathy’s houses, each file beside the real room facts
- [The Possession Case Files: Case Opened: 48 Lake Street (20 August 2021)](https://www.thepossession.com.au/diary/case-opened-48-lake-street/): Desmond Crouch, paranormal investigator, opens a file on a Lake Street building with a dark past, and is told his meter must spend the night in a locker.
- [The Possession Case Files: The Event Down the Corridor (26 November 2021)](https://www.thepossession.com.au/diary/the-event-down-the-corridor/): The Possession opens at Escape This Northbridge on 26 November 2021, and Desmond records what he is certain is the start of a paranormal escalation.
- [The Possession Case Files: Exit Interviews (8 July 2022)](https://www.thepossession.com.au/diary/exit-interviews/): Desmond spends a winter night interviewing teams as they stumble out of The Possession, and compiles his findings into a deeply unscientific table.
- [The Possession Case Files: Halloween Field Report (31 October 2023)](https://www.thepossession.com.au/diary/halloween-field-report/): Halloween on Lake Street: Desmond is mistaken for a costume, outnumbered by exorcists and a hens’ party, and logs a record night of screams from upstairs.
- [The Possession Case Files: Manifestation on George Street (25 October 2024)](https://www.thepossession.com.au/diary/manifestation-on-george-street/): Desmond flies east when The Possession opens at Escape This Sydney CBD on 25 October 2024, convinced the haunting has learned to travel interstate.
- [The Possession Case Files: Why Do They Go Back? (7 March 2025)](https://www.thepossession.com.au/diary/why-do-they-go-back/): Desmond puts the central question of his investigation to the teams leaving Lake Street: why would anyone go back into Cathy’s house after ten years?
- [The Possession Case Files: Collins Street, and a Crawl (10 August 2026)](https://www.thepossession.com.au/diary/collins-street-and-a-crawl/): The Possession opens at Escape This Melbourne CBD on 10 August 2026, and Desmond logs two anomalies: a missing ‘The’ and the only crawl in Cathy’s houses.
- [The Possession Case Files: These Files Are Now Public (22 October 2026)](https://www.thepossession.com.au/diary/these-files-are-now-public/): After five years of observation from the footpath, Desmond Crouch publishes his case files on The Possession, with a note on what they will never reveal.
- [Fact sheet](https://www.thepossession.com.au/facts/): citable facts
- [The Escape This studio & factory](https://www.thedunny.com.au/studio-and-factory/): who designs and builds the rooms (company FAQ lives there)

## Statistics (as of 2026-10-24)
- As of 25 October 2026, teams have played The Possession 5,125 times across Northbridge, Sydney and Melbourne, and 55% escaped (64% so far this year).
- At Escape This Northbridge, 1 of the 9 ranked rooms lets fewer teams out than The Possession, which 35% of 2,210 teams have escaped.
- At Escape This Sydney CBD, 3 of the 9 ranked rooms let fewer teams out than The Possession, which 69% of 2,713 teams have escaped.
- At Escape This Melbourne CBD, 1 of the 4 ranked rooms lets fewer teams out than The Possession, which 91% of 202 teams have escaped.
- Teams that beat The Possession need 54:37 and roughly 5.4 hints on average.
- Fastest exorcism on record: 13:37, by a team of 4 at Escape This Melbourne CBD.

## Common questions
- [What are you walking back into in The Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-what-awaits): A house you already escaped once. The Possession is Escape This’s 60-minute horror escape room set ten years after The Haunting: you return to Cathy’s home, find it darker than you remember, and have an hour to get out before she adds you to her décor. It runs in Northbridge, Sydney CBD and Melbourne CBD for teams of two to eight, all aged 15 or over.
- [Should we play The Haunting before The Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-play-order): Ideally, yes. The Haunting is chapter one and The Possession is chapter two: the same house, a decade apart. Escape This says you can walk into The Possession cold, but knowing Cathy’s home from the first visit makes the return hit harder. The Haunting only plays at Escape This Northbridge, so Perth teams can take both chapters in order on one night.
- [Why would anyone return to Cathy’s house?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-why-go-back): The Possession leaves that deliberately open. Escape This’s Perth version asks whether you came back because you doubted your own memory of the first escape, or because you pitied Cathy. Either way, ten years later something has pulled you through her door again, and The Possession starts the moment it closes.
- [What has Cathy turned into since the first escape?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-cathy-now): Something much worse than a lonely ghost. In The Possession, Escape This says Cathy has become “something else”: she turns visitors into grotesque playthings and dresses the house with what remains of her “friends”. Your team has to get through her collection without provoking her.
- [Is the Perth Possession set in Atkins House?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-atkins-house): Yes. The Northbridge telling of The Possession names the building as Atkins House and calls it Perth’s most haunted house, the scene of twelve macabre deaths over 125 years. Escape This built the room inside its heritage-listed Lake Street venue, a building it describes as having a dark past of its own.
- [Does the story change in the Sydney and Melbourne houses?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-city-story): Only the opening. In Sydney CBD and Melbourne CBD, The Possession begins in a decaying building that has stood abandoned behind the city’s glass towers, a place you wrote off as rumour until you were shut inside. The fate to avoid is identical: ending up as one more piece of Cathy’s collection.
- [How much of The Possession’s ‘true history’ is real?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-true-story): Escape This bills The Possession as based on a real haunted house and inspired by its true history, and its old room site pointed to the deaths recorded in the Northbridge building. The game itself is a scripted horror story, so take the ‘true history’ as atmosphere rather than a documentary.
- [Will the puzzles in The Possession stretch an experienced team?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-puzzle-difficulty): Tough. Escape This rates The Possession 8 out of 10 and calls its puzzles intermediate: layered and complex, yet tuned so a sharp team isn’t left stranded for long. It rewards groups who already have a few escapes behind them; a team of total beginners will find it a steep first night.
- [Is The Possession scarier than The Haunting?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-scarier-than-haunting): That’s how Escape This pitches it. The studio says The Possession “ups the ante on horror” and bills it as the most terrifying escape room experience in Australia, which is its own claim rather than an independent ranking. Expect strong adult themes, jump scares, total darkness, flashing light and some gory touches.
- [How much time does a night at The Possession take?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-how-long): Around 90 minutes from start to finish. The Possession gives you 60 minutes inside; Escape This asks teams to arrive 15 minutes early and suggests leaving another 15 afterwards to get your breath back and debrief.
- [Can a team of complete first-timers handle The Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-beginners): It’s a big ask. Escape This suggests The Possession for groups where at least some players have done a few escape rooms, because of its 8/10 rating. A brand-new team usually has a better first outing in an easier room, then returns for the sequel once it knows how escape rooms work.
- [What does a ticket to The Possession cost in each city?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-ticket-prices): Northbridge: $49 a player Monday to Thursday and $59 Friday to Sunday. Sydney CBD: $55 Monday to Thursday and $65 Friday to Sunday. Melbourne CBD: $55 for off-peak sessions and $65 at peak. The Possession is 15+, so there’s no child rate, and in Perth and Sydney the midweek price doesn’t apply in public or school holidays.
- [How do we lock in a session for The Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-book-online): Use the live calendar on this site’s booking page: choose Northbridge, Sydney CBD or Melbourne CBD, pick a time and The Possession is confirmed on the spot. To book by phone, ring Northbridge on (08) 6118 0286, Sydney on (02) 9173 8535 or Melbourne on (03) 7078 8118.
- [There are only two of us. When can we book The Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-pairs-weekends): Most of the week. The Possession takes pairs except at peak times: Northbridge and Sydney CBD want four or more on Saturdays, and Melbourne CBD wants four on Fridays from 4pm and Saturdays from midday. In Perth and Sydney a pair can still ring on the Saturday or walk in and grab any spare slot.
- [What if more than eight of us want to face Cathy?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-big-group): Split up. The Possession caps every team at eight and Escape This won’t bend that, so bigger groups book a second room to start at the same time. In Northbridge, The Haunting is an obvious companion; for work groups and larger events, Team Escape organises multi-room bookings.
- [Could strangers end up in our Possession session?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-private): No. Every booking for The Possession is exclusive to your group, a policy Escape This has held from the start. Nobody you don’t know will be in Cathy’s house with you.
- [Is there a way to gift someone a scare in The Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-gift): Yes. Escape This gift vouchers cover The Possession in Northbridge, Sydney and Melbourne and are sold on escapethis.com.au. Just make sure the lucky recipient is 15 or older, because the age rule still applies on the night.
- [Is The Possession a good pick for a bucks party, hen’s night or Halloween?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-celebrations): Escape This has promoted The Possession for exactly those nights, as well as birthdays and date nights. Up to eight horror fans fit in one session, nobody under 15 can join, and anyone who has been drinking will be turned away, so keep the celebratory round for after you get out.
- [How many players fit in one session of The Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-team-size): From two to eight. The Possession runs with as few as two at quieter times and never more than eight, with a four-player minimum at each city’s peak times.
- [Is The Possession strictly 15-plus?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-fifteen-plus): Yes. Escape This’s booking system sets The Possession at 15 and over in Northbridge, Sydney CBD and Melbourne CBD, staff may ask for ID, and children aren’t allowed in to watch. The old room site once called it adults-only; 15+ is the current rule.
- [Will Melbourne let a 15-year-old into The Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-fifteen-melbourne): According to Escape This’s booking system, yes: The Possession in Melbourne CBD is set at 15+, like Perth and Sydney. Parts of the Melbourne room page still say 16 and over, though, so ring the Collins Street team on (03) 7078 8118 and have them confirm a 15-year-old will be let in.
- [Do all of us need strong English for The Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-english): No, but most of the team should be comfortable with it. The Possession’s narration and hints are spoken in English and some clues need moderate reading, so a confident reader keeps things moving and a mostly fluent group gets the most from the story.
- [Which Possession venues can take a wheelchair?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-wheelchair-venues): Sydney CBD and Melbourne CBD, one wheelchair per session at each. Some puzzles are harder to reach seated, and in Melbourne one or more chambers may be out of reach depending on the mobility aid. The Possession at Northbridge isn’t wheelchair accessible, and the team there can suggest an accessible room instead.
- [Which Possession house makes you crawl?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-crawling): Only in Melbourne. Escape This says The Possession at Melbourne CBD involves crawling or tight spaces, which may not suit pregnant players, people with limited mobility or severe claustrophobia. The Northbridge and Sydney CBD builds have no crawling and no tight spaces.
- [I’m pregnant. Which Possession should I book?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-pregnancy): Northbridge or Sydney CBD. Escape This lists both versions of The Possession as free of crawling and tight spaces and a good choice during pregnancy or with mobility difficulties. Melbourne’s version includes crawling, so skip that one. Theatrical smoke is used at all three, so raise any breathing concerns when you book.
- [Will the haze in The Possession bother my asthma?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-haze-asthma): It might. All three versions of The Possession use theatrical smoke, and Escape This warns it may not suit people with asthma or other respiratory conditions. Call the venue before booking if that applies to anyone in your team.
- [How dark does it get inside The Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-darkness): Pitch black at times. The Possession uses controlled lighting with spells of complete darkness and flashes of light, and the Melbourne page says it isn’t recommended for anyone with light sensitivity or epilepsy. Jump scares come with the territory too.
- [Is The Possession a problem for claustrophobic players?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-claustrophobia): It depends on the city. Escape This describes the Northbridge and Sydney CBD versions of The Possession as a good choice for claustrophobic players, while warning that confined moments are possible in any room. Melbourne’s version has crawling or tight spaces and isn’t advised for severe claustrophobia.
- [What happens if someone wants out of The Possession early?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-leave-early): They hit a panic button. The Possession has them so any player can leave before the hour is up, and gamesmasters watch every session on CCTV, so help arrives fast. The rest of the team can keep going without them.
- [Can a player who is hard of hearing follow The Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-hearing): Yes, with teammates passing on the sound cues. Story narration and the hint system in The Possession are audio, so the group fills in anything missed; Escape This says it shouldn’t spoil the night because the puzzles call on all sorts of abilities.
- [What time should our team turn up for The Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-turn-up): Fifteen minutes before your booked start. That covers lockers and the gamesmaster’s briefing, so none of your hour inside The Possession gets eaten up.
- [Can we turn up to The Possession in costume?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-costumes): Yes, and plenty of teams do. For The Possession, think ghost hunters, exorcists or shaken survivors of the first visit, but wear closed shoes and something easy to move in. In Melbourne, choose clothes you don’t mind crawling in.
- [What has to stay in the lockers during The Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-lockers): Phones, smart watches, cameras, video cameras and anything that records sound. The Possession has a strict confidentiality policy, and Escape This provides lockers for your valuables while you play.
- [Will we be turned away from The Possession after a few drinks?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-drinks): If you’re under the influence, yes. Escape This won’t let anyone affected by alcohol or drugs into The Possession, so save the Lake Street, George Street or Collins Street bar crawl for afterwards.
- [Which three venues run The Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-three-venues): The Possession first opened upstairs at 48 Lake Street, Northbridge WA 6003, in November 2021. Sydney followed in October 2024 at 630 George Street, and the Melbourne copy opened in August 2026 at 259 Collins Street, where the booking system shortens the name to Possession.
- [How do the three versions of The Possession differ?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-versions-compared): Same story and rating, different builds. Northbridge is the original, with no wheelchair access and no crawling. Sydney CBD takes one wheelchair and has no crawling. Melbourne CBD takes one wheelchair but adds crawling and tight spaces, and prices by peak and off-peak sessions rather than weekdays and weekends. Escape rates differ a lot between them, too.
- [Why does Melbourne’s booking screen just say Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-melbourne-name): It’s a naming quirk, not a different game. Escape This’s ER-OS system lists the Melbourne CBD room as Possession, while its Melbourne page and posters call it The Possession and tell Cathy’s story. Book under either name and you get the sequel to The Haunting.
- [Which floor of the Lake Street building is The Possession on?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-hall-of-horrors): Upstairs, in the part of the venue Escape This calls its Hall of Horrors. The Possession shares the heritage Lake Street building with The Haunting and the rest of the Northbridge horror line-up, so the prequel is only a few doors away.
- [Do more teams escape The Possession in Sydney than in Perth?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-sydney-vs-perth): Yes, by a wide margin. 69% of teams have escaped The Possession at Sydney CBD, against 35% at Northbridge, the original Perth build. Both carry the same 8/10 rating on paper; the game records say the Lake Street house is far less forgiving.
- [When is The Possession cheaper in Melbourne?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-melbourne-off-peak): At off-peak times. Melbourne CBD charges $55 a player for off-peak sessions of The Possession and $65 at peak, and the booking calendar shows which is which before you pay.
- [What are the odds of escaping The Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-escape-rate): 55% across 5,125 recorded games. Split by venue: Northbridge 35%, Sydney CBD 69%, Melbourne CBD 91%. The Possession’s survival odds swing hugely between cities, so look at the one you’re booking.
- [Is The Possession the toughest escape in Northbridge’s Hall of Horrors?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-hardest-at-northbridge): Almost. Ranked from lowest escape rate, The Possession sits 2nd of 9 at Escape This Northbridge, 4th of 9 at Escape This Sydney CBD, 2nd of 4 at Escape This Melbourne CBD. At Northbridge only Cannibal (33%) lets fewer teams out. Here “hardest” means the fewest successful escapes.
- [What is the fastest anyone has escaped The Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-record-time): 13:37, set by a team of 4 at Escape This Melbourne CBD with 0 hints. That left 46:23 on the clock, when most teams that escape The Possession need nearly the full hour.
- [How long do winning teams usually take in The Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-winning-time): Nearly the whole hour: 54:37 on average, with about 5.4 hints along the way. The Possession seldom lets anyone stroll out early.
- [Is The Possession getting easier to escape this year?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-this-year): A little. 64% of teams have escaped The Possession so far this year, against 55% all-time. This year by venue: Northbridge 49%, Sydney CBD 72%, Melbourne CBD 91%.
- [What do players say after surviving The Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-player-verdict): They rate The Possession 4.91 out of 5 across Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, with 466 five-star reviews so far. Reviews talk about screaming loud enough to be heard outside, escaping with seconds to spare, puzzles that make you think sideways, and gamesmasters who kept the night on track.
- [Who dreamed up The Possession and built the house?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-who-built): Escape This did, as the follow-up to The Haunting and the first sequel room it ever made, and it runs all three versions. Escape This is Australia’s largest escape room operator, and runs its own escape room design studio and escape room factory in Australia. It was named Escape Room Operator of the Year in 2025 and 2026.
- [Which horror room should we try after The Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#possession-what-next): If you skipped it, The Haunting at Northbridge, to see where Cathy’s story began. Beyond that, other Escape This horror rooms share venues with The Possession: Cannibal and Buried Alive in Northbridge and Sydney, or Meat Grinder and Van Helsing in Melbourne. Horrorscape lines them all up by city, age and escape rate.
- [What are The Possession Case Files?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#what-are-the-possession-case-files): A comic, invented casebook that Escape This writes in the voice of Desmond Crouch, a self-appointed paranormal investigator who has watched Cathy’s houses from the footpath since 2021 and been wrong about nearly everything. He logs The Possession’s openings in Northbridge, Sydney and Melbourne and quizzes teams on their way out. Safe for work, and no puzzle is given away.
- [Is Desmond Crouch a real ghost hunter?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#is-desmond-crouch-real): No. Desmond, his one-man Northbridge Paranormal Society, his sister Noreen and his beeping meter are all made up for the case files. He is not part of The Possession and won’t be waiting outside your session, though nobody can promise the same about Cathy.
- [Do the case files give away how to escape The Possession?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#case-files-spoilers): No. Desmond spends the files on the footpath, at the lockers or interviewing teams after the fact, and never records how Cathy’s house works or how anyone got out. Read them before your session or after; The Possession will still surprise you.
- [Which dates in the case files match real openings?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#case-files-real-dates): Three of them. Escape This’s booking records show The Possession opening at Escape This Northbridge on 26 November 2021, Sydney CBD on 25 October 2024 and Melbourne CBD on 10 August 2026. Desmond’s files for those days carry those dates; the rest are dated for the story.
- [Does Cathy keep her own account of the man outside?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#case-files-cathys-side): She does. Cathy writes a diary on the site of The Haunting, the first chapter, and calls Desmond “the Beeping Man”. Many of her pages describe the same nights as his files, seen from the upstairs window instead of the footpath, without repeating a word, and neither one spoils The Possession.
- [How often does Desmond add a new case file?](https://www.thepossession.com.au/faq/#case-files-schedule): Roughly monthly. Each new file appears on the date at its top, so the case files keep pace with The Possession’s real houses in Northbridge, Sydney and Melbourne through 2027.

## Optional
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