Haunted Attractions Podcast

Join Bryan (Team Skelegore) and Tiph (Team Terror Techies) to discuss different types of scares you will experience at haunted attractions.

The Canadian Haunters Association announces 2021 Home Haunters Awards; Get 50% off your Chamber of Haunters membership; The next Haunters Toolbox Haunt Master Class takes place Wednesday, June 22nd - "Hiring and Training Actors: From Application to Opening Night"; Halloween Nights at Eastern State Penitentiary seeks actors, performers, retail & customer service staff, and more; Halloween Horror Nights announces a new house based on the 1978 classic film, "Halloween"; After a 2-year break, Halloween Horror Nights will return to Universal Studios Singapore for its 10th event; Efteling theme park announces new dark ride, "Danse Macabre", to replace the current "Spookslot" haunted house; Filmmaker Nate Thompson seeks to create a year-round "Horror Town" at Michigan's Old West Stagecoach Shop; The National Council on Public History discusses how The Pennhurst Haunted Asylum creates a haunt that is respectful of the building's troubled past; Las Vegas Fright Nights will host their "Summer of Screams" preview event

In our first "IRL" episode, Scott takes us on-location to the Indianapolis Zoo for a construction update. Then, Philip speaks with Brian Morrow at BMorrow Productions HQ about the recession, staffing, upcoming projects, and working with IP.

A primer on preparing your haunt for guests with disabilities from Scott Swenson.

Find out all about Europe's only trade show for the scare attraction and horror industry, from the seminars and workshops to the awards and ball. ScareCON is the biggest European Scare Convention! Today’s episode is courtesy of our partner station ScareTrack – the UK's first podcast dedicated to showcasing the Scare Attraction & Haunted House Industry. Their team went on-location to ScareCON 2022 and this is a glorious compilation of all that European haunt and horror awesome.

Take a behind-the-scenes look at Spooktacular, the new documentary about Spookyworld! This new film takes an in-depth look at one of the original horror scream parks and Halloween destinations in America. This video is taken from a panel the team gave Friday during Monsterpalooza 2022. You’ll hear from the founder of SpookyWorld, David Bertolino, along with the documentary producers. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/SSbkx6-_fho

This week: Midwest Haunters Convention takes place this weekend in Rosemont, Illinois; HauntX returns to the Pomona Fairgrounds for a weekend of scare-based learning, exhibits, and more June 11th - 12th; Mark your calendars for Creepie Con 2022 - February 4th - 5th; Dark 2022 is now accepting applications for Scare Actors; Reminder - Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood Scare Actor Auditions are approaching on June 17th - 18th; Creepy Hollow schedules fundraiser event for June 18th; Scareventure's Fright Nights at Alesmith Brewing Company returns for 7 nights of frights this October; Madworld Haunted Attraction will open for their 12th year on September 9th; Terror Vault teases their 2022 Halloween theme: The Summoning; Perdition Haunt rebrands as The Haunted Harvest; Paranormal Cirque brings their circus/theatre/cabaret hybrid to California this June - July; Little Rascals Pumpkin Patch and Halloween Haunt announces 2022 dates; View this week's special events from SugarMynt Gallery; HauntPay's 2022 Haunt Indust

Tiqets.com published “Must-Know Travel Industry Trends For the 2022 High Season” and we dig into the report and discuss some key takeaways. We also discuss the Shanghai reopening, Castaway Cove’s staffing, the live production of “The Greatest Show On Earth,” and new announcements from Matel Adventure Park. Download the report here (https://www.tiqets.com/venues/resources/high-season-travel-industry-trends-2022/) and read the show notes here: https://www.haunt.news/green-tagged-2022-summer-travel-trends

Craig Watt (Terror Isle in Texas City) a veteran insurance agent explains haunt insurance in simple terms. He gets into some of the pitfalls for home and pro haunters plus reveals that the coverage you have might not be covering what you think it does. This episode is from one of our Partner Stations – Hauntopic Radio – hosted by Brian and Darryl. Today’s episode is a recording from Brian’s Haunt Master classes; you can join those at haunters toolbox.com

Ballview entertainment presented an odyssey-like popup immersive experience last weekend at the Sherry Theatre in North Hollywood – all centered on a hand. While the live show was only available one weekend, it will live on as a new VR Experience – marking the first time Ballview has experimented with VR. Today, we’ll speak with the creators about the show process and it’s evolution into VR. Show Notes: https://www.haunt.news/hand-immersive-experience

Coming up, the boozy cauldron was visiting Los Angeles and we went to check it out. The Boozy Cauldron is an immersive 4-part cocktail experience and interactive show themed to wizards and witches. It’s like a pop-culture-centric raunchy PG-13 variety show. Today, we’ll speak with Ryan Wieczorek about its creation and hear what the guests think. Show Notes: https://www.haunt.news/the-boozy-cauldron-bts

Monsterpalooza takes place this weekend June 3rd - 5th, 2022 in Pasadena, California; Haunters Against Hate The Event announces the theme of their 2nd annual Makeup Competition: The Nun; TransWorld Live: The Road to MHC - Episode 5 will go live Tuesday, May 31st at 6:00 p.m. PDT; Knott's Scary Farm is looking for monsters to join the madness of their 49th annual Halloween event; Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood scareactor auditions are set for June 17th - 18th; UnDead in the Water announced 3 upcoming casting sessions; A devastating fire burned down Creepy Hollow in Alberta Canada; Nightmares Manila opens in the Philippines; Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre Group presents Urban Death: Cannibal Corpse; The Austin Vampire Carnival returns to Texas with "Fear Factory" June 18th; Sir Henry's Haunted Trail announces their "Headless" featured trail; Hunt A Killer: Investigate LIVE is heading to the San Francisco Bay Area starting July 29th; Netflix celebrated Stranger Things: Season 4 with rifts to the Upside Down

This week we recap Licensing Expo 2022, discuss Ocean Park Hong Kong’s new water park, Hersheypark’s 2 new rides, Rocky Mountain Construction’s apprentice program, the Milwaukee County Zoo requiring masks, and the Drive-thru zoo experience returns to San Antonio Zoo. Show notes: https://www.haunt.news/green-tagged-current-uncertain-times

Today we go on location to Zombie Joe's new 20-minute Blind-Folded horror theatre experience that delves into your deepest nighttime terrors! Billed as a safe, non-aggressive, unique & personal phantasmagoric-immersion experience, the show is playing through May 30th, 2022. We’ll hear from the cast about what putting the show together was like. Featuring Ben Billand, Cochino Carlos, Charlotte Cocker, Jorge Lozano, Mery Piloyan, Ben Reynolds & Alex Schetter; Directed by Zombie Joe & Jorge Lozano.

Coming up, Big Moves in the Right Direction. We’ll talk about Disney’s pride collection, Pirates of Speelunker Cave, the Summer Celebration at Busch Gardens Tampa, and how attractions are using TikTok. All that and more on this episode of GT TP in 30.

Back for its third year at the LA County Fair and located in Building 9, the Haunt Supershow will be joining in on the centennial celebrations by offering an all-new “100 Years of Horror” exhibit. The popular social media photo-op attrac! Plus, two mazes with scare actors, a zombie shooting gallery, and plenty of vendors. Today we'll hear from organizer Dirk Hagen and Asylum Zone.

Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando & Hollywood have announced their "Universal Monsters: Legends Collide" original maze; Tickets are now on sale for Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party in Walt Disney World; Fear Forest is seeking managers and set designers/builders; Arson at Wild Woods of Terror; The Haunt Supershow returns to the LA County Fair for the third year; Carnival of Darkness haunted house to open in Ontario, California this Fall; Five Nights at Freddy's Haunted House will open in Medina, Ohio for four nights only this Halloween season; The Fear FDX hosted a successful Halfway to Halloween event this past weekend; SugarMynt Gallery hosts "Halloweentown" special events this Friday & Saturday; The Cleveland Haunt Club will host its 2nd Annual Half-way to Halloween Flea Market on Saturday, May 28th; The West Coast Halloween Convention returned this past weekend after two years away; Disney+ announced Hocus Pocus 2 will begin streaming on September 30th; Are You Afraid of the Dark? series Co-Creator D

Sugarmynt Gallery hosted a Q&A with series Co-Creator D.J. MacHale on May 21st. Moderated by Jeff DePaoli D.J., explains the history of the series and easter eggs behind 4 of the episodes. Today, we’re playing the full presentation for you. The event is part of the ‘Spooky Kids Club’ exhibit and there are more events scheduled through June; check www.sugarmynt.com/ for details.

Last week we talked about affordable media outreach for your haunt. Today we're diving into one specific tactic - hosting a media night. Today’s expert is Tori Elder, owner of victori solutions (victorisolutions.com/). In the haunted attraction space, Tori is best known for her work with The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor, Dark Horizon, and Temecula Terror. Show Notes: https://www.haunt.news/haunt-media-nights

Now in its 10th year, The Fear PDX in Portland Oregan opened for Halfway to Halloween on May 13th. This 1-night event was a first for the haunt, and it coincided with the WCHC bus tour. Today, we’ll go on-location and hear from the team. Show notes: https://www.haunt.news/the-fear-pdx-2022