Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news! It is a very busy news month as we have the latest on the ongoing Field of Screams scandal, a copyright case filed against Spirit Halloween (that we get to break) and the latest on Halloween Horror Nights. We also have a big announcement about where you can meet us this coming weekend and much, much more! This week's episode includes: 1. Intro 2. Update on Bloodshed Brothers Episode 3. Come See Us at Haunters Against Hate: The Event 4....
Jul 04, 2022•52 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, it is admittedly a difficult subject. With news about the sex ring at the Bloodshed Brothers' operated haunted house. We've invited Maddie Rachael, better known as Maddi Monster, to talk about her experience at the haunt, and what other haunt owners can and should do to prevent something similar from happening. It's a difficult but important episode that, we hope, will spark a much bigger conversation across the haunted attraction industry. This Week's Epis...
Jun 27, 2022•56 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're spending more time looking at our week away and discussing some other lessons that we learned from our time in Myrtle Beach. While we visited a lot of haunted houses, we also checked out some of the other tourist trap locales and came with it a new appreciation for how these kinds of businesses operate. So sit back and relax as we take a look at what we learned while on our summer vacation. This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Housekeeping Note 3...
Jun 20, 2022•52 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're enjoying a bit of vacation. However, what vacation is complete without visiting a haunt or three? That's precisely what we've been doing, and we've got a lot to discuss as we talk about the various places we've been to as we explore the year-round haunted attractions that make up the Myrtle Beach area. So join us as we discuss some very unique haunted attractions! This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Housekeeping Notes (https://patch.com/californ...
Jun 14, 2022•59 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we are doing the news! Even though it may not be the busy season for haunted attraction news, there is still a lot going on, including an arson at a trail haunt, an update on HHN and a haunt coming to the Gathering of the Juggalos. We have all that and much, much more on this episode of the Haunt Weekly News! This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Housekeeping Notes 3. Question of the Week 4. Conference Reminders 5. Woman Sets Fire to Haunted Attraction ...
Jun 06, 2022•51 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about comedy. Humor may seem to be the antithesis of what haunting is all about. However, it's a potentially powerful tool that can make your scares hit harder and give customers new reasons to love your haunt. So, this episode we are looking into humor in haunting, including how, when and why you might want to incorporate a little comedy between your scares. This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Question of the Week 3. Housekeeping Note 4...
May 31, 2022•52 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly we are returning to our live format to bring on two amazing haunt actors, Japes Palles and Katie Lane, to talk about the ins and outs of being a traveling actor. So sit down as two expert actors, discuss the topic ahead of their face off at the Midwest Haunters Convention Next month. This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Interview with Japes Palles and Katie Lane 3. Conclusions All in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss: Note: We had an issu...
May 23, 2022•44 min
Send a text THIS IS NOT A HAUNT WEEKLY EPISODE!Haunt Weekly is moving web hosts. It's not our choice, especially right now, but we have to do it urgently. We need YOU to check your feed Monday/Tuesday and make sure that the move worked swimmingly.However, for those that are either podcasters or curious, I will spend a little bit of time talking about exactly what happened and why we're leaving so abruptly. Basically, we want to make sure you don't fall into the same trap (both money and time wis...
May 19, 2022•10 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're having a bit of a fantasy. We are exploring the various things we would change about the haunted attraction industry if we could wave a magic wand and do it.Some of these items are big, some of them are fairly small, but they are all things we feel that the haunted attraction industry could be improved by implementing.So kick back and relax while we enjoy an hour's worth of wish fulfillment. This Week's Episode Includes:IntroLast Week's Question of th...
May 17, 2022•51 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we are doing the news. It may be mid-Spring, but there's a great deal of haunted attraction news to go through, including the latest on the Myrtle Beach shooting. We also have a series of wild Disney stories, an update on the 13th Gate and a look at the Spooky Swap Meet.So sit back, relax and learn about what is going on in the haunted attraction industry. This Week's Episode Includes:IntroLast Week's Question of the WeekThis Week's Question of the WeekConf...
May 09, 2022•54 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about the middle of haunting. THe middle class of haunts, the middle tier of vendors and so forth.Though the haunt industry is doing well, much of those gains are at the extremes. Large haunts getting bigger, small haunts that are hanging on. The middle tier of haunts, however, have had a rough time of it lately.The reasons are many, but rising costs, COVID and more have been slowly whittling away at the all-important middle tier of the indust...
May 02, 2022•54 min
Send a text Age restrictions in haunted attractions are something of a touchy subject. Some don't want the kids around, others don't want to turn away a major part of their audience.But we're going to talk about it, looking at the reasons you might have to set up an age gate, the reasons you might want to, and some alternatives.So take a seat and relax as we talk about the younger haunt lovers and whether they should be allowed in.This Week's Episode Includes:IntroLast Week's Question of the Wee...
Apr 25, 2022•57 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're asking some tough questions. Or rather, we're telling you questions that you should ask yourself before starting any haunted attraction.Whether you want to start a pro haunt, a home haunt or something in between. So, if you're looking to make 2022 or 2023 your first haunting year, these are the questions you should be asking yourself before spending any time, energy or money on the project.This Week's Episode Includes:IntroLast Week's Question of the ...
Apr 18, 2022•56 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news! And we have a lot of big news stories for you this month.Whether it's a tragic death at a Florida theme park, Disney suffering supply shortage issues, a haunted house restaurant teaming up with the movie Ambulance and much, much more. So sit back and relax as we take you through all the haunted attraction news that's fit to print (or talk about)!This Week's Episode Includes:IntroLast Week's Question of the WeekThis Week's Question of t...
Apr 11, 2022•52 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly we are revisiting episode 86 (https://www.hauntweekly.com/86) where we featured 13 online services every haunter should know. It was a great episode that's held up well, but we have 13 MORE services we want to share with you.So whether you're looking to build a haunt, improve your marketing, edit together your promo video or a myriad of other things, we have you covered this week!This Week's Episode Includes:IntroQuestion of the WeekIntro to the TopicPexels ...
Apr 04, 2022•55 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're not getting political, we're getting realistic.The truth is that the labor market in the United States has changed a great deal over the past few years, and it isn't going back to the way it was. In many states, the minimum wage was lifted, everywhere, the practical minimum wage is going up. Likewise, it's getting harder to recruit, train and retain actors and employees.So what's a haunt to do? That's what this episode is about, finding ways for haunt...
Mar 28, 2022•54 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're looking back to some of our most WTF haunt moments, both in our haunt and while visiting others.To most people, haunting is something of a head scratcher already. We're a bunch of weird people that enjoy scaring others and go to great lengths to make it happen.So, what does it take to make a pair of haunters with decades of experience go WTF? Well, here are ten moments that did just that for us.IntroLast Week's Question of the WeekThis Week's Question...
Mar 22, 2022•56 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news!It's been a surprisingly busy week for haunted attraction news as police seek your help in finding a haunt arsonist, a huge new haunt is announced in North Carolina and Disney suffers from issues with two of its most popular attractions.Add to that some lighthearted fun, including a look at some of video games' scariest haunted houses and some new business ideas for haunts year-round.This Week's Episode Includes:IntroQuestion of the Wee...
Mar 14, 2022•52 min
Send a text For many haunt fans, the peak of haunted attraction love is the haunt road trip. This is when you take off and try to squeeze a bunch of haunts into just a handful of nights. However, they can be something of a nightmare too. You're trying to plan a large number of haunted attractions into very little time, all the while visiting a strange city. There are so many things that can go wrong and blow the whole trip up.Fortunately, there are several tools and techniques that can minimize ...
Mar 08, 2022•51 min
Send a text If you're a haunt owner, it will happen at some point. An actor will approach you with a character of their design that they want to bring in to your haunt. To that end, there are a lot of reasons to consider bringing in actor-created characters, but also a lot of pitfalls that can make it go badly awry. Weighing those pros and cons is not easy.That's why we're here to help. With information to help both haunt owners and haunt actors get the most out of their actor-created characters...
Mar 01, 2022•59 min
Send a text Group size is one of the most important, if one of the most mundane questions, every haunt owner has to answer. It's a question that impacts every area of your haunt from how much money a haunt makes, to the experience of both customers and actors. It can literally make or break your haunt.So sit back and relax as we discuss some group dynamics and ask: How many people should go through your haunt at one time.This Week's Episode Includes: IntroRevisit Last Week's Question of the Week...
Feb 21, 2022•48 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly we are doing the news. However, we are deep into the off-season and, for the first time in a while, we don't have a lot of news to go through. But, that doesn't mean that there is nothing. We have an interesting study that looks at fear reactions in haunted attractions, a major international haunt up for sale (again) and other great haunted attraction news.To buffer it, we also a few haunt-adjascent stories and a bit of levity to round out the show.This Week...
Feb 14, 2022•47 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're rolling back the clock and looking at a topic we first covered more than six years ago: Touch vs. No Touch Haunts.Simply put, a lot has changed in the past six years. We've learned a lot, visited a ton more touch haunts, and gotten some feedback. So, we wanted to revisit this point.So what is the difference between touch and no touch haunts? What are the benefits and perils of each? How can you incorporate touch safely? We answer this and much more in...
Feb 07, 2022•52 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're discussing HYPE!!!That's right we're talking about what it takes to adequately hype up a haunt and how anyone, with a few marketing tweaks, can increase the excitement others feel as they show up at your door.The message is actually very simple: Give people a reason to be excited, then give them a mystery to have fun with.However, there's much more to this episode so dive in and get hyped for the hype!This Week's Episode Includes:IntroLast Week's Ques...
Feb 01, 2022•54 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly we are revisiting one of our older topics: Online TicketingCovered all the way back in September 2016, we're taking a fresh look at the subject including explaining why haunts should offer online ticketing, the companies that specialize in doing it and some pitfalls that you should avoid.Ultimately, this is a topic that impacts everyone in the haunt, not just the higher ups, so it's important for all haunters to be at least aware of the issue. That said, it'...
Jan 24, 2022•52 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly we're doing the news. However, since it is something of a slow news cycle, we are spending some extra time discussing your answers to last week's Question of the Week: When was a time a haunt actually surprised you?But don't think that's all we have this week, we have conference reminders, an update on our COVID scare and tons of the usual pointless banter you've come to expect.This Week's Episode Includes:IntroHousekeeping NotesLast Week's Question of the W...
Jan 18, 2022•48 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're discussing something so many haunts forget to bake into their haunt layout and design... ... ... ... ... TIMING!That's right, we've discussed what scares you should place and where you should place them, but now we are discussing WHEN you should be placing them.Simply put, haunt pacing is an underappreciated art when it comes to haunted house design, and we're giving you the rundown on how to avoid turning your haunt into a static mess that doesn't sc...
Jan 11, 2022•52 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're ringing in 2022 with a to-do list.As most haunters already know, haunting is a 365 day per year affair. Though there may be busier times than others, there's always something going on. Surprisingly, that includes right now. Though we are nine months removed from haunt season and entering the coldest part of the year, there are things you can and should be doing for your haunt right now, today even, to make sure your 2022 season is a success.There's a ...
Jan 04, 2022•46 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're wrapping up 2021 by taking a look ahead to 2022. Though no one can predict the future, the last two years have set the stage for a very interesting year in 2022. As we watch the latest COVID news and try to figure out the ways it will impact our 2022 season. But what about the ways COVID has already changed haunting? How many of those impacts will be permanent? Also, what will the demand be like in 2022? We take a look at all those questions and much ...
Dec 27, 2021•56 min
Send a text This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news and, let's be honest, there's not a lot of news to go around. However, we do have one important story as one tragic haunt legend comes to life and a lot of great news about the charity work that haunted attractions are doing.So kick back, relax and let's go through all of the news, conference reminders and weekly questions that are fit to podcast!This Week's Episode Includes:IntroLast Week's Question of the WeekThis Week's QuestionConfe...
Dec 21, 2021•43 min
