Haunt Weekly Jonathan Bailey and Crystal Ramey

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: Intro
2. Work We Did for the Haunt
3. Question of the Week
4. Intro to the Topic
5. Seven Reasons Home Haunters Are Important
6. How Pro Haunters Can Help Home Haunters
7. Conclusions

All in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!
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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 shadowcasting.

This Week's Episode Includes:

1. Intro
2. Our Big News
3. Question of the Week
4. Conference Reminders
5. What Are Shadowcasts?
6. What Can Haunters Learn From Them?
7. Conclusions

All in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss. 
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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. Intro
2. Work We Did on the Haunt
3. Question of the Week 
4. Disclosures and Background
5. Analysis of AG/Fire Marshal Lawsuit
6. Analysis of the Hulu Lawsuit
7. Conclusions

All in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!
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This week on Haunt Weekly it is time to do the news! And we have a LOT of news for you this week including an update on McKamey Manor, an attraction closing at Niles Scream Park, a major Halloween Horror Nights change and much more.

We even have a summer camp for little haunters, a new video game to check out and, perhaps most importantly, a happy ending for the actor who played The Unknown at the terrible "Willy Wonka" event in Glasgow.

This Week's Episode Includes:

1. Intro
2. Work We Did for the Haunt
3. Explainer About Last Week's Episode
4. Question of the Week
5. Conference Reminders
6. McKamey Manor Sues Tennessee Attorney General - https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2024/04/01/tennessee-attorney-general-sued-by-mckamey-manor/73150089007/
7. Niles Scream Park Closes Hayride - https://www.facebook.com/nilesscreampark/posts/pfbid0GNV2H1mWaGqd2NqX9C825xDEcssbGBciY5Vxhgbj1stG9e7es9VFPBksdv6QjfB9l
8. HHN to Start Earlier - https://collider.com/halloween-horror-nights-2024-start-date/
9. Universal Studios Announces How to Train Your Dragon World - https://media.universalparksusa.com/press-releases/take-to-the-skies-and-soar-with-dragons-universal-orlando-resort-reveals-new-details-about-how-to-train-your-dragon-isle-of-berk-a-larger-than-life-world-of-viking-advent/
10. Old County Jail to Become Museum - https://www.wcjb.com/2024/03/25/trenton-city-commission-hears-plans-convert-old-gilchrist-county-jail-into-museum/
11. NC Haunt Expands with Flea Market and More - https://www.the-dispatch.com/entertainment/thomasvilles-haunted-attraction-expanding-to-offer-bands-food-trucks-and-flea-market/article_31d79f9e-1b32-5a7e-a9d3-41cac94c401c.html
12. Home Depot Bringing Back 12-Foot Skeleton - https://www.fox4news.com/news/home-depot-skelly-halloween
13. Minnesota Town Hosts Summer Camp for Little Haunters - https://wjon.com/youth-haunt-actor-theater-camp/
14. Content Warning is Coop Horror Fun - https://beebom.com/content-warning-co-op-horror-game-viral-spooktube/
15. Haunter's Purchases Cause Police Scare - https://www.facebook.com/groups/164316067069695?multi_permalinks=2698983010269642&hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen
16. The Unknown Gets a New, Professional Gig - https://www.vulture.com/article/willy-wonka-experience-the-unknown-london-dungeon.html
17. See People Get Pranked with Creepy Dolls
18. Conclusions

All in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!
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This week on Haunt Weekly we're flipping the script and reading some happy reviews of haunted houses. This includes reading some 30 reviews from the nation's biggest haunts and a few from our own. 

So let's all join around and have a feel good moment as we share the love from our happiest and most vocal visitors and learn both what they did and did not mention in their reviews.

This Week's Episode Includes:

1. Intro
2. Work We Did on Our Haunt
3. Question of the Week
4. Intro to the Topic
5. 30 Positive Reviews of 5 Haunts
6. 6 Positive Reviews of Ours
7. Conclusions

All in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!
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This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about ways that our brains are dumb and how haunters can exploit those tricks to make our scares more effective.

With this episode, you can stop living in the past by recognizing that you are always living in the past. You can also learn that your visitors are as well that knowledge can give you an edge.

Hat Tip

This Week's Episode is Based Heavily on this Episode of History of the Universe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSmNii0uOmw

Please check out their episode and the rest of their videos.

This Week's Episode Includes: 

1. Intro
2. Work We Did for the Haunt
3. Question for the Audience
4. Conference Reminders
5. Premise of the Episode
6. 3 Mind Tricks You Can Use
7. Other Common Optical Illusions
8. Conclusions

All in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!
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