Episodes

It's been a rough few days around here. Earlier this week we learned that we have no choice but to cancel our 2019 season due to road construction and safety concerns. This, obviously, has us gut wrenched and we were …

An abandoned theme park sat deserted for years after a horrific accident, but now, the chaotic and haunted remains of what was once a fun-filled playland are coming back to life. Slaughterland, located in Binghamton, New York close to the...

Mikey interview Calum Beckett, the Creative Director of Scream Camp, the UK's only over night scare experience running today. ...............................................................................................................................

This week on Haunt Weekly we're doing something a bit different. Since we're home haunters, we get to spend much of our season not just building and running a haunt, but going to others. The problem is, that can get …

Welcome back to a new season of Haunting The Globe! In this interview, I chat with Steve Sheldon and Charity Hill, Executive Producers at EPIC Entertainment, about Dark Harbor in Long Beach and Dark Horizon in Orlando. Dark Harbor is …

Mikey hosts a Q&A session with the creators of the UK's first and only scare attraction documentary UK HAUNTERS. Dan and Jess spent a whole year documenting their work when visiting key players on the UK Haunt scene. The documentary …

It's easy to think about nothing but the ways that we make our customers happy. We love building great scenes, amazing scares and giving customers the screams they paid us for. But here's the thing: A lot about going to …

For the first time on Marketing Your Attraction, we bring a listener on the show for live coaching. Gamliel Beyderman is Founder of OneBefore, America's First Jewish Escape Room in Brooklyn New York. Visit OneBefore here: https://onebeforeescape.com.

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news and, as we approach the beginning of season, we have a LOT of news to go over including some of the last HHN news, some major haunt openings and a big …

UK Haunters will be the first-ever documentary to showcase the Scare scene here in the UK. We interview filmmaker Dan Brownlie about the making of the documentary, his Horror Film work, HHN and more. Want to see the UK Premier …

In this episode Scott discusses the power of using REAL paranormal investigation as an additional element to your haunted attraction. Scott interviews Jill Witecki, Director of Marketing at Tampa Theatre and Jeremy Rettig with Genesis Paranormal...

This week on Haunt Weekly illness is in the air as a severe case of stomach flu has crippled 1/2 of the team but we are determined to persevere. Unfortunately, we had to scrap our planned episode and, instead, we're …

Monster FX offers prosthetics from Zombies to Mummies! Will Harvey discusses his humble beginnings setting up the business, what Monster FX can offer you now and their plans for the future. Visit Monster FX now: https://monsterfx.co.uk...

At this time of year, most non-haunt folks are mourning the end of Summer or thinking about going back to school. Haunters, however, are ramping up for the busiest and most exciting time of the year...HAUNT SEASON! In this episode, …

Jac Rock has been a scare actor in the UK haunt industry since 2006. Since then she has gone onto training fellow actors, designing attractions and doing voice over work for Thorpe Park Fright Nights. Mikey interviews Jac about how …

This week on Haunt Weekly we're talking about how you, yes you, can give a talk that will help improve the haunt industry. With HAuNTcon extending the deadline for speakers, now is a great time to think about what topic …

Marketing your Haunted House for Today's Haunt Customer It's getting harder to get people to hear about your haunted house. You've got an awesome haunted attraction but your attendance isn't growing. There are so many channels like social, radio,...

ScareTrack Episode 145 - AromaPrime / Florentina Interview Mikey interviews Forentina, the Managing Director of Aroma Prime, market leaders in scent design for attractions around the world. They discuss how the company started and how it now offers...

This week on Haunt Weekly it's all about Computer Assisted Design (or Computer Aided Drafting if you're the older crowd). While many think of CAD as a highly-technical skill only achievable by those that have studied it for years, that's …

Join Scott at Midsummer Scream in Long Beach CA. This episode was recorded August 2-5, 2019 and includes information about the trade show, interviews with vendors and even a shout out from the wonderful people who attended Scott's class on...

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news and what a news episode it is! We have an update on our 2019 season and a possible danger to it happening. We also have the latest on the rather stupid …

In this podcast episode, we ask Scott Swenson all the different ways that you can use your attraction’s back story and why it’s important today more than ever. If you are a Haunted Attraction that has never used a back …

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're discussing year-round haunting and we're doing it by sitting down with Shelby Rodwell. Shelby runs both The Haunted Mayfield Manor and Pirates! Legends of the Gulf Coast in Galveston. The first is a year-round …

Pretty much every haunted house has a merch booth or a gift shop. There's almost no reason not to. It's a fairly straightforward way to make extra money from your haunt and, in many cases, do some great self-promotion. However, …