Haunt Weekly

Haunt Weekly - Episode 167 - Spookers: A Family Like No Other

Episode  |  February 11th, 2019  |  50 mins 54 secs

fear, halloween, haunted attraction, haunted house, horror

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing a movie night as we sit down to watch Spookers: A Family Like No Other, a documentary about a year-round New Zealand attraction.

Haunt Weekly - Episode 166 - The Haunted Castle Fire

Episode  |  February 4th, 2019  |  58 mins 10 secs

amusement park, fear, fire, halloween, haunted attraction, haunted castle, haunted house, horror, safety, six flags

In 1984 a tragedy struck our industry that not only took eight young lives but also forever changed the haunted attraction industry. Here we discuss the Haunted Castle fire and its aftermath.

Haunt Weekly - Episode 165 - HAuNTcon 2019 Recap

Episode  |  January 28th, 2019  |  1 hr 12 secs

conference, convention, fear, halloween, hauntcon, haunted attraction, haunted house, horror

HAuNTcon 2019 is in the books and it was an amazing time. Here, we break down all of the classes, festivities and other action that went down!

Haunt Weekly - Episode 164 - December/January News

Episode  |  January 21st, 2019  |  52 mins 8 secs

fear, halloween, haunted attraction, haunted house, horror

This week on Haunt Weekly we're doing the news as we talk about the tragic escape room fire in Poland, some ambitious plans for a new haunt in Missouri and the haunt community losing one of its own.

Haunt Weekly - Episode 163 - Small Haunts

Episode  |  January 14th, 2019  |  53 mins 38 secs

budget, fear, halloween, haunted attraction, haunted house, horror, small haunts

A recent question on Haunter's Hangout asked "How small is too small for a haunt?" The truth is, you can have a great haunt at any size, but you might have to work and sacrifice to make it happen.

Haunt Weekly - Episode 162 - VR is Haunting

Episode  |  January 7th, 2019  |  52 mins 57 secs

fear, halloween, haunted attraction, haunted house, horror, virtual reality, vr

Virtual Reality is becoming big business for many haunted attractions. Here's the pluses and minuses along with how to set up your own.

Haunt Weekly - Episode 161 - HAuNTcon / New Orleans Tips

Episode  |  December 31st, 2018  |  57 mins 24 secs

Happy New Year's Eve everyone! As we're winding down 2018 we're also introducing a slightly new and improved Haunt Weekly as we've got some new kit we're learning to use. Hopefully, this week's podcast sounds a bit better than the previous 160.
But this ...

Haunt Weekly - Episode 160 - December News

Episode  |  December 24th, 2018  |  49 mins 19 secs

Happy Christmas Eve everyone! However, it's also a Monday and that means it's time to do another Haunt Weekly. Furthermore, since it's another episode divisible by four, it's time to do the news.
And what a lot of news we have, we have a lawsuit against ...

Haunt Weekly - Episode 159 - The Case Against Santa

Episode  |  December 17th, 2018  |  54 mins 49 secs

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing things a bit different. I'm recovering from a significant surgery so we're taking the opportunity to not only let Crystal take the lead on the show notes but to do our usual holiday tradition of doing an episode jus...

Haunt Weekly - Episode 158 - Christmas Haunts

Episode  |  December 10th, 2018  |  55 mins 56 secs

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're celebrating Christmas... sort of.
Ok, maybe we aren't big Christmas people but Christmas haunts are definitely becoming a big thing in the industry. Finally, we were able to go to our first one and have spent a lot of tim...

Haunt Weekly - Episode 157 - 10 Unique Things We've Seen in Haunts

Episode  |  December 3rd, 2018  |  54 mins 6 secs

When you've been to as many haunts as we have, it all tends to blur together some. We often struggle to remember what we saw in one haunt versus another and really struggle to recall when we saw something.
But then there are those moments that really sta...

Haunt Weekly - Episode 156 - October/November News

Episode  |  November 26th, 2018  |  59 mins 45 secs

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news!
This week is something of a catch up week as we cover stories that we either missed or didn't have time to mention last time and also cover some post-season news taking place in our industry.
And what a wi...