Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about ways that our brains are dumb and how haunters can exploit those tricks to make our scares more effective. With this episode, you can stop living in the past by recognizing that you are always living in the past. You can also learn that your visitors are as well that knowledge can give you an edge. Hat Tip This Week's Episode is Based Heavily on this Episode of History of the Universe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSmNii0uOmw Please c...
Mar 26, 2024•49 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're looking at some of the meanest reviews that large, well-loved haunted attractions have ever received. This isn't to call out those haunts, but to show that even the best attractions sometimes get ugly one star review. But how many of these are customers gone wild or actual haunt issues? That's what we're trying to find out. This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Work We Did for Our Haunt 3. Question of the Week 4. The Origin of This Episode 5. 6 Ha...
Mar 19, 2024•59 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly it is time to do the news! And it's a quiet month for haunted attraction news but there are plenty of stories for us to sink our teeth into. We have the latest on the Hotel of Terror, a casket washing up on Galveston beach and, yes, that terrible Willy Wonka event in Glasgow. So kick back and relax as we go through the haunt news that is not fit to print. This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Work We Did for the Haunt 3. Question of the Week 4. Conferenc...
Mar 12, 2024•50 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're taking a more positive approach as we discuss trends we're seeing in the haunt industry that we hope will continue and grow even stronger. Whether it's better accessibility to all, improved marketing or a more diverse vendor landscape, there are a LOT of reasons to be positive about the future of the industry. Here is just a handful of them! This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Work We Did for the Haunt 3. Question of the Week 4. Apologies for Be...
Mar 06, 2024•50 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're letting you write the episode as we discuss 13 trends we hope will die in the haunt industry, as commented by you. So what were your least favorite haunt trends and what are our thoughts on them? That's the exact questions of this week's episode and, believe me, there's a lot of trends to go around. This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Work We Did on the Haunt 3. Conference Reminders 4. Intro to the Topic 5. 13 Trends You Said Should Die 6. Closi...
Feb 27, 2024•55 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about haunt trends that we wish would just go away... permanently. That's right, we're covering ten of our least favorite things we see in haunted houses and why we think it's past time the industry moved on. This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Question of the Week 3. This Week's Question of the Week 4. 10 Haunt Trends We Wish Would Go Away 5. Outro All in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss! Get in Touch and Follow Us! Face...
Feb 20, 2024•51 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news! We have a haunt putting on a special show for a conference, the world's smallest escape room and a petition to save a long-gone but still beloved haunted attraction. This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Work We Did for the Haunt 3. Question of the Week 4. Conference Reminders 5. Spanish Company Introduces World's Smallest Escape Room - https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/worlds-smallest-escape-room-is-coffin-2024-01-25/ 6. A Petrifi...
Feb 13, 2024•45 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about empowering people, specifically how you can help empower your fellow haunters and your customers through the art of fear. For many people, haunting gives them a very real sense of pride, control and achievement that they can take into other parts of their lives. Here's how to nurture that experience. This Week's Episode Includes; 1. Intro 2. Work We Did for Our Haunt 3. Question of the Week 4. Intro to the Topic 5. Ways to Empower Fellow...
Feb 06, 2024•46 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're taking a look at the things you can learn from reality TV and why your guilty pleasure TV time may not be as big of a waste of time as some may think. To that end, you can learn a great deal from reality TV, from learning what your particular tastes are, mastering new techniques and even basic skills like communication and business operations. "Trash TV" can be surprisingly useful to a haunter... This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Housekeeping ...
Jan 29, 2024•49 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, due to illness, we are revisiting an older episode where we sat down with Dwayne Sanburn from the 13th Gate. A great interview with a great haunter. Check out part two of the interview here: https://www.hauntweekly.com/1991532/10646240-haunt-weekly-episode-70-dwayne-sanburn-2-13th-gate ----- Previous Notes: This week on Haunt Weekly, we sit down with a legend in the industry, Dwayne Sanburn of the 13th Gate Haunted House, Necropolis 13, 13th Gate Room Escap...
Jan 23, 2024•52 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly we're doing the news! We have a lot of important stories this week including the latest on a haunt owner pleading guilty to sexual assault, a haunt that is facing imminent domain and two major acts of haunt charity. Not bad for a January. This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Housekeeping Notes 3. Question of the Week 4. Conference Reminders 5. Haunt Manager Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault - https://gantnews.com/2023/12/20/clearfield-man-pleads-guilty-in...
Jan 15, 2024•50 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're taking a look at the (now expanding) public domain and what in there might be of good use for haunted houses. Due to a copyright extension, no new works entered into the public domain from 1999-2019. However, now things are lapsing every year including early versions of Winnie the Pooh, Mickey Mouse and the rest of the Sherlock Holmes stories. So what's in the public domain that may be good for haunters to use? It turns out a lot. There's even some we...
Jan 09, 2024•56 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're celebrating the new year by both looking back at the year that was and looking ahead to the opportunities and challenges we see for the 2024 season. To that end, 2023 was a challenging season with many haunts reporting staffing shortages, lower numbers and rising costs. So, will 2024 break those trends? That's what we look at in this episode! This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Work We Did for the Haunt 3. Question of the Week 4. Conference Remi...
Jan 01, 2024•55 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about flat black walls. We promise, it's at least slightly more interesting than watching paint dry. That's because we're talking about how to quickly and easily decorate such walls. After all, we've all been there and run out of time to detail, here's how to fix it. But if that doesn't sound interesting to you, that's ok. We also get to discuss Decomposed Haunted House's Christmas show, as well as Christmas shows more broadly. This Week's Epi...
Dec 26, 2023•50 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're celebrating episode 420 (nice) the only way we can... By doing a regular news episode... That's right, we're covering all the haunted attraction news that is fit to print including a possible Terrifier haunted attraction, a huge home haunt that's avoided closure and much, much more! This Wee's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Work We Did on Our Haunt 3. Update on Last Week's Episode 4. Question of the Week 5. Conference Reminders 6. Haunt Owner Pleads No...
Dec 19, 2023•55 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're not discussing haunted attractions. Instead, we're taking our year "holiday" divergence to talk about something that means a great deal to us. Rather, we're talking with someONE who means a great deal to us and that is George Patience, the performer behind I HATE XMAS, one of the all-time great anti-Christmas tracks. So sit down with us as we sit down with him and he tells us the history of this amazing song in what can only be described as a celebrit...
Dec 11, 2023•54 min
Send a text As per the intro, go check out George Patience's song "I Hate Xmas" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PrNnVq3CAQ&t=0s ---- Previous Notes ---- This week on Haunt Weekly, we're not actually talking much about haunted houses and instead are looking at one of our holiday traditions: The Anti-Christmas Playlist Our Anti-Christmas playlist is a (nearly) 20-year tradition that started on burned CDs for our car and has grown to a mammoth YouTube playlist with over 80 tracks and 4 h...
Dec 05, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly we're sitting down with Japes Palles to discuss not only how the Niles Scream Park event went, but also the upcoming event supporting Jim Warfield and Raven's Grin Inn. So, I'm going to skip the usual longer show notes and just encourage you to visit the event's page and get a ticket if you can go or donate if you cannot. https://app.hauntpay.com/events/Forev... Jim is an industry legend that needs to no introduction. However, that's not going to stop the th...
Nov 27, 2023•54 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news! We have all the latest news from the haunted attraction industry, including an update on McKamey Manor, several stories of haunts being robbed and a small-town haunt that is approaching 40 years. In short, we're wrapping up the 2023 haunt season with all the news that is fit to discuss! This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Congrats to Maximus 3. Question of the Week 4. Conference Reminders 4. McKamey Manor Investigated by Tennesse...
Nov 21, 2023•51 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're saying it loud and proud: Haunting is for everyone! However, there are numerous people who are intimidated to try. Maybe it's due to a physical issues, a fear of being the new actor in the haunt and so forth. So, if you think you can't be scary, here's why you're wrong This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Work We Did on Our Haunt 3. Question of the Week 4. Brief McKamey Manor Talk 5. Why We're Doing This Top 6. Reasons People Think They Can't Sca...
Nov 14, 2023•57 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, it's early November, so that means it's time to talk about how our haunt season went. From a haunt perspective, it was our best season ever with great haunt, amazing visitors and plenty of laughs and smiles shared. That said, there are a few issues that we wanted to go over and improve next year. So sit back and relax as we go through our 2023 season and what we're looking to improve in 2024! This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Conference Reminders 3....
Nov 07, 2023•58 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're delving into the last three haunts we visited this season, namely Decomposed Haunted House, Haunting on Da Bayou and Rise Haunted House. Spoiler: It is a very strong finish to our haunt visits this season. In addition to that, we talk a bit about how our season is going and about a fun little game we've been playing with, Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival, and invite you to go on a bit of a scavenger hunt at the festival itself. In short, it's the perfect p...
Oct 31, 2023•55 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're covering the news. However, we're also nearing the end of the 2023 haunt season, meaning we have a lot of news, both good and bad, to go through. So, take a break from your haunt season, sit back, relax and let us take you through all the haunt news that is fit to print! This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Question of the Week 3. Conference Reminders 4. Our Season so Far 5. Haunt Visits We Made 6. Check Out Reckless Ben's Latest Video (https://w...
Oct 24, 2023•50 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing another split episode as we first talk about how our 2023 season is going so far and then detail our trip to the 13th Gate. So how has our season been going? It's been a real mixed bag. Though we're happy with all the results and feel as if we are in a good place, the process has been brutal. As for the 13th Gate, it's the 13th Gate, no real surprises there when it comes to greatness. If you want more than that, you need to listen to the episode...
Oct 16, 2023•59 min
Send a text Check Out the Haunted House Chicago Event Here: https://www.hauntedhousechicago.com/2023/09/special-event-for-jim-warfield-and-ravens-grin-inn-save-the-date/ Most haunters are already very familiar with Raven's Grin Inn, a year-round haunted attraction in Mt. Carroll, IL. The brain child and labor of Jim Warfield, it is an attraction that is both unique and revered. Last week, we got the chance to see the iconic haunt and it was indeed every bit as unusual an amazing that we thought ...
Oct 10, 2023•1 hr
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing things a little bit differently. This episode was recorded last week, right after we visited the two largest haunted attractions in the New Orleans area: The Mortuary Haunted House and New Orleans Nightmare. So what did we think of these haunts? Did they help us find our Halloween spirit? You'll have to tune in to find out. This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Question of the Week 3. Review/Recap of The Mortuary 4. Review/Recap of New Orlea...
Oct 02, 2023•55 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news. As the 2023 haunt season gets underway, we have a LOT of news to go through. We have a major announcement involving an event to honor Raven's Grin Inn, an Omaha haunt shutting its doors, haunters that are courting controversy and much, much more. So sit back, relax and enjoy all the haunt news that is fit to talk about! This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Housekeeping Notes 3. Work We Did for the Haunt 4. Question of the Week 5. ...
Sep 25, 2023•57 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're not bringing you one topic, we're bringing our four! This includes discussing our latest retail visits, updates on McKamey Manor, our latest backstory and, most importantly, the haunts that we intend to visit. So sit back and relax as we bring you an eclectic mix of haunted attraction content. This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Work We Did for the Haunt 3. Question of the Week 4. Intro to the Topic 5. Visiting Michael's, Party City and Big Lots...
Sep 19, 2023•57 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about McKamey Manor. Or, to put it more accurately, two YouTubers who endured the tour and showed the world what was actually (and not actually) a part of it. What they revealed was more sad than anything. It gives us a fresh look inside what McKamey Manor is today and highlights just how little there is to it. To be clear, if you haven't seen the videos, please do so. You can check out them out here: Reckless Ben: https://www.youtube.com/chan...
Sep 12, 2023•54 min
Send a text In two weeks, Niles Scream Park (https://haunted.org/) will be hosting a haunter takeover as more than two dozen amazing actors will descend on the park to guest act and raise money for Haunters Against Hate (https://www.hauntersagainsthate.com/). To help us understand what's going on and how you can participate, even if you can't make it on the weekend of the 15th and 16th, we're sitting down with Japes Palles, Ross Ratliff and Roberta McCllen to discuss what is going on and how it ...
Sep 04, 2023•57 min
