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What is HAuNTcon? HAuNTcon will push your attraction business out of its comfort zone and introduce you to game-changing new products, ideas, and concepts. Improve your Haunted Attraction, start a new Haunt related business, or get ideas for next...

It's another episode that's divisible by four and that means its time to do the news! And what a week do we have for you guys. We have attempted arson, a haunted house run by a retirement community and one …

Based on a suggestion from the "A Scott in the Dark" Facebook group, Scott uses his visit to ChristmasTown at Busch Gardens Tampa to discuss the similarities and changeover process between Halloween and Christmas Events. This episode was recorded on...

Last week, we discussed how to find what your pricing should be for your haunt. This week, we're looking at how to increase your prices if you decide you need more pert ticket and how you can make it more …

Scott shares ideas to recognize and celebrate the cast between haunt seasons...let's keep the after dark family together!

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about pricing your haunt. Choosing the price for your haunt is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make with it and it's one of the easiest to get wrong. Price too …

A collection of recordings done over the Halloween Weekend 2019. Scott talks to SpOoOoky Steve, the winner of the 2019 Trick or Tweet story telling competition at Tampa Theatre, gives his view of Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens Tampa, chats about...

Everyone, the 2019 season is in the bag and that means all eyes should be on 2020. But, before we get back to slinging panels and building props, it's worthwhile to take a moment and examine the lessons that we …

ScareHouse is on hiatus for 2019 while the attraction relocates, but the team announced two new experiences for this Halloween Season—a remodeled version of The Basement plus a new escape room, Stalked by a Killer. Both attractions are open Thursday...

The ScareTrack team experience the Contained Liverpool Press Night! Click and listen too our full review of the TWO brand new attractions at Contained Liverpool....

Last weekend we had to record early because we were making the long trip to Houston. Well, we're back and, after having hit nine haunts in just three nights, we have a LOT to talk about. We visited two trail …

Hush Haunted Attraction in Westland, Michigan, is debuting three haunted houses in a new venue that’s 6X as large as the previous space. The trio of haunted houses—Descent, Coven, and Rosecliff Hall—reside inside a 40,000-square-foot-building for one...

For the 2019 Halloween season, Cross Road Escape Games unveiled a unique, theatrical horror experience with escape-game overtones—The Séance—which opened on October 2nd and will continue on through though November 3rd. Ticket costs range from $45 to...

Dead Factory, located in Mexico, Missouri, is a 30-minute, linear walkthrough experience in a 12,000-square-foot building. Guests enter the realm of Dr. Phil Phobia, a deranged neuroscientist who specializes in the wide variety of human fears. Dr....

ScareTrack - Thorpe Park Fright Nights 2019 / On-location Review The ScareTrack team experience the 3 mazes at Thorpe Park Fright Nights 2019 Listen now to hear our thoughts on their brand new attraction Creek Freak Massacre...

We're more than just haunt builders, we're major haunt customers. It's one of our favorite things to do and we spend north of $1,000 per year just going to haunts. But, as much as we love it, there are times …

The ScareTrack team experience the Tulleys Shocktoberfest VIP Press Night! Tulleys Shocktober Fest the world-famous Scream Park, located in Crawley England. The Scare attraction features over 18 nights of fright, book now or miss out! Click and...

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're playing catch up as we cover all of the news we didn't get to cover in Episode 200 due to our anniversary celebrations. And news we do have as it's the busy season for …

The multiple award-winning event ‘Horror Nights – Traumatica’ takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. In the immersive live story world, 5 factions all vie for control of Traumatica. The more you know about the world of Traumatica, the more immersed...

“This isn’t just an old warehouse building in some downtown area. It's an actual fort with real buildings that give people a completely different haunt experience.” Those are the words of Matt Schanandore, Creative Director for Haunted Fort, which is...

Blackpool Pleasure Beach is an amusement park situated along the Fylde coast in Blackpool, Lancashire, North West England. Mikey and Hannah visit Blackpool Pleasure Beach for the Freak Nights Press Preview event. We find out more about this first time...

It is our 200th episode and, to celebrate, we're going through our entire library and highlighting the best of the best. That's right, we both blindly picked 12 episodes we thought worthy of mentioning. Of the 12 we each picked, …

Evac Scare Attraction returns to the National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield on Fri 11th October 2019 - Sat 12th October 2019. For nearly half a decade all had been quiet at the Museum, until in the dead of night …

The ScareTrack team experience the biggest launch night ever at Farmaggedon. Click to listen to on-location screaming, crying and laughter with our review of all 4 attractions....