Haunt Weekly
Haunt Weekly is a weekly podcast about the haunted attraction industry, from the smallest home haunt to the largest event haunt. Hosted by Jonathan Bailey and Crystal Ramey, we aim to bring you the latest in haunted attraction news, views and laughs.To contact the hosts, please email info@hauntweekly.com
Episodes
484 episodes
Haunt Weekly - Episode 484 - April News
This week on Haunt Weekly, we are doing the news!It's a bit of a bummer episode as we say goodbye to several haunts, and another major attraction is searching for a new location. We also have an update on the tariff situation and its po...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 483 - Is This Our Last Year?
This week on Haunt Weekly, we're examining one of the most difficult and most common questions we ask ourselves: Should this be our last year haunting?In this episode, we will discuss the reasons to make 2025 our last year, the reasons ...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 482 - The Great North
This week on Haunt Weekly, we're taking a virtual trip to Alaska to examine The Great North's latest episode, The Ghost Boat. When we saw this episode, we knew we had to discuss it. It represents haunted attractions in a fairly pos...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 481 - Scream Park the Card Game
Are you looking for a way to experience the thrill of running a haunt in a card game? Well, Scream Park may have just what you want. With fantastic artwork and colorful characters, it replicates the building of a haunt in card game format.<...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 480 - March News
This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news. Though there aren't many stories, we have several important news items to share.First, we have details about the upcoming Universal haunted attraction in Vegas year-round. A major interna...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 479 - The Backrooms
Have you ever been in a place that just felt "off?" A place that looked lived in but felt abandoned? Then you've visited The Backrooms.In this episode, we're looking at The Backrooms, a meme that's been around for 6-7 years but has rema...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 478 - Transworld Hangover
We are in the post-Transworld hangover period. With Transworld behind us, the photos all posted to social media, and us awkwardly explaining why we couldn't go, it's time to recap Transworld, our trip to St. Louis, and some other stuff to fill ...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 477 - 11 Transworld Tips
This week on Haunt Weekly, we're discussing Transworld and sharing some of the things we wish we knew on our first trip.So, whether you're a veteran or a first-timer, this is a great way to get caught up on what you need to know before ...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 476 - Jan/Feb News
This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news. This episode includes a haunt that has failed to issue refunds, another shuttered by a deep freeze, and one haunt that's also a movie theater.All in all, this is a surprisingly packed epi...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 475 - Being a Good Neighbor
This week on Haunt Weekly, we're reliving the nightmare that was a New Orleans Superb Owl but taking the opportunity to find ways haunts can be better neighbors.Having a home or a business near a haunt isn't always easy. But there are m...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 474 - Terrify-ied
This week on Haunt Weekly, we're discussing tariffs and how they might impact the industry in 2025.So yes, this is another sad episode. However, our industry is not immune to this issue and could face serious challenges should the tarif...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 473 - To Be Haunted or Not?
Many haunted attractions claim to be actually haunted. Some have reasonable claims to the title. Others, less so.But is it a good idea? What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a truly "haunted" attraction? That's what we'...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 472 - December/January News
This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news. This includes tragic news from Malaysia, updates from Cedar Point and Disney as well as the closure of Party City. If it's haunted attraction news, it's in this podcast. That include...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 471 - Our 2025 Predictions
This week on Haunt Weekly, we're making our 2025 predictions and looking back at the ones we made in 2024.So what chaos will 2025 bring the haunt industry? Who knows! Certainly not us. But that won't stop us from making ten predictions ...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 470 - Digital Security for Haunts
This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about digital security and what you can do to ensure that you and your haunt are safe from professional hackers and drunken customers alike.Haunts are in an unusual place when it comes to digital...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 469 - Haunt Scams
This week on Haunt Weekly, we're celebrating the holiday season by discussing scams! Okay, that doesn't make sense, but we were visiting the grandbaby and didn't have time to come up with another idea.Still, haunts are uniquely vulnerab...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 468 - November/December News
This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news. It's been a busy month, but we get to report on the opening of The Haunted Mansion in Disneyland, a haunt that is failing to give out refunds and two separate studies about the benefits of fear.<...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 467 - Temu Buys
This week on Haunt Weekly, we're wasting perfectly good money for your entertainment by buying random haunt garbage from Temu.How bad is it? Well, there were a couple of decent times, but the inflatable sex doll, I mean tarped dummy, pr...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 466 - 8 Improvements We Want to Make in 2025
Last week on Haunt Weekly, we reviewed the 2024 season and gleaned lessons from it. This week, we're turning our gaze forward and examining the things we want to improve next year.All in all, this was a tough list to make. Most of the 2...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 465 - 7 Takeaways from the 2024 Haunt Season
This week on Haunt Weekly, we're looking back at the now-finished 2024 season. It was a wild one for us, and it felt like an uphill battle, both literally and figuratively.However, with the season in the books, we can pause, catch our b...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 464 - September/October News
This week on Haunt Weekly, we're wrapping up our 2024 haunt season and covering the news.This includes discussing how our Halloween night went, our trip to the 13th Gate and, of course, the latest haunted attraction news.So plea...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 463 - Our Season So Far
Though we know many of you are at the tail end of your season, we just got our first two nights in the books.And what amazing nights they were. A full crew, a good crowd, tons of great scares and a haunt that worked just about perfectly...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 462 - New Orleans Haunts
Sorry for missing last week, everyone, but we've returned with an overlong episode with much to discuss.We need to first update you on our haunt season. Then, we'll discuss our trips to three haunted attractions in the New Orleans area....
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 461 - Kansas City/St. Louis Haunts
This week on Haunt Weekly is a double-length episode as we discuss our recent trip to Kansas City and St. Louis, which included three full nights of haunt visits.First, we visited The Beast and Edge of Hell in downtown Kansas City. Next...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 460 - Lost Souls Haunted Bus Tour Redux
This week on Haunt Weekly, we're recapping what has beeen one of the best weekends of our lives for visiting haunts: The Lost Souls Chicago Haunted Bus Tour. To say it was an amazing weekend is an understatement. Not only were ther...
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