Haunt Weekly Jonathan Bailey and Crystal Ramey

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're celebrating the retirement of our longest-running partner, our recorder.So we've decided to honor the little recorder that could by remembering how and why we started this podcast and looking back at the ideas, plans and visions we had all the way back in 2015.So take a trip with us down memory lane. Not advised if you have an allergy to cringe.This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro2. Work We Did for the Haunt3. Housekeeping4. Question of the Week5. How W...

If you search the web for haunted attractions, you'll likely get the Wikipedia entry as your first result. So, after 400+ episodes and thousands of searches, we're finally reading it.So, does the entry do us justice? What did we learn from reading it? What do we disagree with?We discuss that and much more in this episode.This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro2. Question of the Week3. Reason for Choosing This Topic4. Section-by-Section Breakdown of the Page5. ConclusionsAll in all, this i...

This week on Haunt Weekly, it's an episode divisible by four, meaning that it is time to do the news!The news has been surprisingly busy this month, with a haunt scoring a major legal win, the Queen Mary making a comeback, and some haunts getting an early start to the season.So sit back, relax and enjoy as we go through all the haunted attraction news fit to print.This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Work We Did for the Haunt3. Question of the Week4. Conference Reminders5. Judge Rules in F...

The haunted attraction industry is bizarre. In many ways, it more closely resembles a sport than an industry, partly because of the importance of amateur/home/charity haunters for sustained growth.That said, a few professional haunters still look down on the home haunt crowd. So, we will talk about why home haunters are important to the industry and how pro haunters can help their home haunt community flourish.This Week's Episode Includes:1: Intro2. Work We Did for the Haunt3. Question of the...

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about shadowcasts, including what they are, why you should check them out and what haunters can learn from them.For those who don't know, shadowcasts are when performers pantomime the film while it is being screened. Most commonly associated with Rocky Horror, many other films have been getting the shadowcast treatment, including Repo the Genetic Opera, The Room, Dr. Horrible and more.So sit down, or rather stand up, as we discuss the art of shadowcast...

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're donning our hazmat suits and diving deep into the two lawsuits filed by Russ McKamey of McKamey Manor fame.What is he suing for? How solid are his arguments? How could these lawsuits impact the haunt industry? We're going to discuss all that and much more.This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro2. Work We Did on the Haunt3. Question of the Week 4. Disclosures and Background5. Analysis of AG/Fire Marshal Lawsuit6. Analysis of the Hulu Lawsuit7. Conclusi...