192 episodes

Have you always wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes of Haunted Attractions, Scare Attractions, and Halloween? We tell those stories here!

We capture the stories of the people behind the scary events and share tips along the way on HOW YOU can make your own Haunted House scary and effective...without spending lots of money to do it. We've done it and are still doing it.

Join us, Brian Foreman and Darryl Plunkie, as we pick the brains of the professionals that make up the Haunted Attraction Industry!

HaunTopic Radio: Haunted Attractions | Haunted Houses | Halloween | Haunters Brian Foreman & Darryl Plunkie: Haunters, Scare Actors, Haunt Owners

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    • 4.6 • 46 Ratings

Have you always wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes of Haunted Attractions, Scare Attractions, and Halloween? We tell those stories here!

We capture the stories of the people behind the scary events and share tips along the way on HOW YOU can make your own Haunted House scary and effective...without spending lots of money to do it. We've done it and are still doing it.

Join us, Brian Foreman and Darryl Plunkie, as we pick the brains of the professionals that make up the Haunted Attraction Industry!

    Scare Tactics: How To Scare the Crap Out Of Your Customers

    Scare Tactics: How To Scare the Crap Out Of Your Customers

    Inside a Haunted Attraction, it's all about the SCARE! But how do you pull it off when your audience gets braver every year? Learn the proper techniques to create that perfect scare that can be effective over and over again. We'll talk about Actor Tools, Set Design, & Scare Techniques.
    To join us next time LIVE and get this video master class, become a member at HauntersToolbox.com

    • 1 hr 10 min
    Wicker Manor: The Journey from Home Haunter to Pro

    Wicker Manor: The Journey from Home Haunter to Pro

    Sean Herman takes us through the Wicker Manor and tells us how he will transition from a haunt in his two-car garage into a permanent location.

    Wicker Manor was featured on ABC’s Great Halloween Fright Fight and also won Best International Haunt in an award show.
     
    To start your own haunted attraction business, visit our homebase at HauntersToolbox.com

    • 1 hr 8 min
    Terror in the Corn: Mazes, Marketing, Management & Monsters

    Terror in the Corn: Mazes, Marketing, Management & Monsters

    Join the haunt community at HauntersToolbox.com and start your own haunted attraction or grow your current haunt business. Get instant access to haunt master classes, the haunt library, haunt vendor discounts, and haunt coaching.
    Bart Butler from Terror in the Corn located in Erie, Colorado, shares his knowledge about building corn mazes, designing haunted houses, scare actor management, and how he changed his marketing strategy to drastically increase his attendance numbers.
    Find Bart at TerrorInTheCorn.com

    • 1 hr 50 min
    Improve your haunted attraction in 2024 | Haunted Attraction Network

    Improve your haunted attraction in 2024 | Haunted Attraction Network

    What can you do before next season to improve your brand, your marketing, and your attraction? Are you focused on the right things? 
    Philip Hernandez, from the Haunted Attraction Network, lets us in on a few things he noticed in 2023 that will be game-changers for the future of your haunt. 
    Find Philip here: Haunted Attraction Network
    Start and grow a Haunted Attraction business here: Haunters Toolbox
    Buy ScareIt Badges for your haunt crew and yourself here: ScareIt Badges
    Music by The Crypt Keeper and Midnight Syndicate

    • 1 hr 35 min
    Take Your Haunt From Good to Great with The Scare Factor

    Take Your Haunt From Good to Great with The Scare Factor

    What makes a Haunt a GREAT one? The Scare Factor reveals their secret list of what they look for as they review haunted attractions. What to do and what not to do. We all can improve our attractions, here's your list.
    Become a member of The Haunter's Toolbox and make your attraction great.

    • 2 hr 1 min
    Haunted Hollows & Warehouse of Nightmares

    Haunted Hollows & Warehouse of Nightmares

    Come with us as we tour a couple of haunted attractions in and around Hannibal, Missouri. 
    Haunted Hollows Haunted Trail
    Warehouse of Nightmares
    Don't forget your ScareIt Badges for your Haunt parties and to reward your haunt staff this season. Buy them here.

    • 45 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
46 Ratings

46 Ratings

the original gendo ,

So much info and ideas

I love this podcast! I’ve been listening for about a year now and have had a home/garage haunt for 2 years. 2021 will be 3 years. With covid we are currently planning for the worst but excepting the best of situations! Thanks to these guys, we know what to look out for and how to market!!

Kerry77634 ,

Great inside inforamtion and insight

I'm relatively recent haunt world fan having just starting attending haunted regularly in the past 5 years. The interviews and inside details this show provides are outstanding! It really gives an added dimension to being a fan of the industry.

BonnieBonnet ,

Meh

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