Haunt Weekly - Episode 290 - 10 Tips for First-Time Haunt Goers

This week on Haunt Weekly it is time to do the news! And it's a quiet month for haunted attraction news but there are plenty of stories for us to sink our teeth into.

We have the latest on the Hotel of Terror, a casket washing up on Galveston beach and, yes, that terrible Willy Wonka event in Glasgow.

So kick back and relax as we go through the haunt news that is not fit to print.

This Week's Episode Includes: 

1. Intro
2. Work We Did for the Haunt
3. Question of the Week
4. Conference Reminders
5. Springfield, KY Leaders Negotiating with Hotel of Terror - https://www.ky3.com/2024/02/13/springfield-city-leaders-discussing-proposal-end-debate-over-hotel-terror-property/
6. The Sad/Hilarious Willy Wonka Event - https://www.audacy.com/wwl/news/local/coffin-on-texas-beach-stirs-up-social-media
7. New Haunted Amusement Park Coming to NY - https://wyrk.com/haunted-amusement-park-clarence/
8. Scream Break Returns to Six Flags - https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/travel/scream-break-returns-march-16-april-7/ar-BB1jsTK6
9. The Tale of Peaches Christ - https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/midnight-mass-san-francisco-bridge-theatre-18680884.php
10. Slider Jesus Comes to Transworld - https://www.riverfronttimes.com/arts/slider-jesus-came-to-st-louis-and-shared-his-haunted-house-tricks-42061738
11. 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 taking a more positive approach as we discuss trends we're seeing in the haunt industry that we hope will continue and grow even stronger.

Whether it's better accessibility to all, improved marketing or a more diverse vendor landscape, there are a LOT of reasons to be positive about the future of the industry.

Here is just a handful of them!

This Week's Episode Includes:

1. Intro
2. Work We Did for the Haunt
3. Question of the Week
4. Apologies for Being Late
5. Good Luck to Everyone at Transworld
6. A Quick Aside About Glasgow's Willy Wonka Event
7. Trends We Hope Will Grow in the Haunt Industry
8. 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 letting you write the episode as we discuss 13 trends we hope will die in the haunt industry, as commented by you.

So what were your least favorite haunt trends and what are our thoughts on them? That's the exact questions of this week's episode and, believe me, there's a lot of trends to go around.

This Week's Episode Includes:

1. Intro
2. Work We Did on the Haunt
3. Conference Reminders
4. Intro to the Topic
5. 13 Trends You Said Should Die
6. Closing

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 haunt trends that we wish would just go away... permanently.

That's right, we're covering ten of our least favorite things we see in haunted houses and why we think it's past time the industry moved on.

This Week's Episode Includes:

1. Intro
2. Question of the Week
3. This Week's Question of the Week
4. 10 Haunt Trends We Wish Would Go Away
5. Outro

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

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This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news! We have a haunt putting on a special show for a conference, the world's smallest escape room and a petition to save a long-gone but still beloved haunted attraction.

This Week's Episode Includes:

1. Intro
2. Work We Did for the Haunt
3. Question of the Week
4. Conference Reminders
5. Spanish Company Introduces World's Smallest Escape Room - https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/worlds-smallest-escape-room-is-coffin-2024-01-25/
6. A Petrified Forest Does Special Show for Megacon - ç
7. Contain Introduces Haunt Elements to FPS GEnre - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/this-spec-ops-haunted-house-shooter-got-me-thinking-about-unexpected-scares-in-call-of-duty
8. Anarchists Build Haunt to Raise Money - https://crimethinc.com/2024/01/19/how-to-host-a-haunted-house-with-a-video-walkthrough
9. Petition to Revive Long Gone Washington Haunt - https://www.change.org/p/reopen-our-beloved-haunted-attraction-in-washington-court-house-oh
10. 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 empowering people, specifically how you can help empower your fellow haunters and your customers through the art of fear.

For many people, haunting gives them a very real sense of pride, control and achievement that they can take into other parts of their lives. Here's how to nurture that experience.

This Week's Episode Includes;

1. Intro
2. Work We Did for Our Haunt
3. Question of the Week
4. Intro to the Topic
5. Ways to Empower Fellow Haunters
6. Ways to Empower Customers
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 taking a look at the things you can learn from reality TV and why your guilty pleasure TV time may not be as big of a waste of time as some may think.

To that end, you can learn a great deal from reality TV, from learning what your particular tastes are, mastering new techniques and even basic skills like communication and business operations.

"Trash TV" can be surprisingly useful to a haunter...

This Week's Episode Includes:

1. Intro
2. Housekeeping
3. Work We Did for the Haunt
4. Question of the Week
5. Conference Reminders
6. Our Recent Reality TV Viewing Habits
7. Things You Can Learn from Reality TV
8. Conclusions

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

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This week on Haunt Weekly, due to illness, we are revisiting an older episode where we sat down with Dwayne Sanburn from the 13th Gate. A great interview with a great haunter.

Check out part two of the interview here: https://www.hauntweekly.com/1991532/10646240-haunt-weekly-episode-70-dwayne-sanburn-2-13th-gate

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Previous Notes: 

This week on Haunt Weekly, we sit down with a legend in the industry, Dwayne Sanburn of the 13th Gate Haunted House, Necropolis 13, 13th Gate Room Escapes and Midnight Productions.

In this episode we sit down with Dwayne and discuss his haunt history including how he got started in the business, how he opened his first haunt and the path to having one fo the haunts that is consistently listed on top ten haunted attraction lists across the country.

What we learn is that Dwayne's path to haunt success was not a linear one, it was a journey that involved a lot of hard work, more than a dash of inspiration and suffering through a few setbacks as well.

So take a moment and spend the hour with us as we talk with Dwayne about his haunted attraction(s) and set the stage for our conversation next week about his room escape ventures. 

Hope you enjoy!

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This week on Haunt Weekly we're doing the news! 

We have a lot of important stories this week including the latest on a haunt owner pleading guilty to sexual assault, a haunt that is facing imminent domain and two major acts of haunt charity.

Not bad for a January.

This Week's Episode Includes:

1. Intro
2. Housekeeping Notes
3. Question of the Week
4. Conference Reminders
5. Haunt Manager Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault - https://gantnews.com/2023/12/20/clearfield-man-pleads-guilty-in-sexual-assault-case/
6. Field of Screams Gives Away 100 Christmas Trees - https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/field-of-screams-lancaster-county-christmas-tree-giveaway/521-81558f5c-dbe7-4c10-b469-d5832f03b15a
7. Canadian Home Haunt Donates $18,000 to Local Food Bank - https://www.tricitynews.com/local-news/big-scares-generate-big-bucks-for-tri-cities-food-bank-8035888
8. Reaper's Realm Faces Imminent Domain - https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/hammond-moves-to-replace-reapers-realm-haunted-house-in-historic-indiana-botanic-gardens-mansion-with/article_26c99b4a-9f86-11ee-b0e8-cb52829c44e4.html
9. Mystery Manor Demolished - https://omaha.com/news/local/photos-mystery-manor-haunted-attraction-torn-down-after-decades-in-omaha/collection_2a26fcea-a5be-11ee-9258-f71b6affa696.html#1
10. The Challenges of Using Public Domain Characters - https://screenrant.com/steamboat-willie-horror-movie-winnie-pooh-blood-honey-director-warning/
11. 18 Year Old Opens Haunt Store - https://www.irontontribune.com/2024/01/10/it-grew-into-a-monster/ 
12. Haunting Helps Improve Stress - https://glasgowguardian.co.uk/2023/12/21/from-one-season-of-terror-to-the-next-how-the-horror-genre-can-help-us-prepare-for-exams
13. 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 taking a look at the (now expanding) public domain and what in there might be of good use for haunted houses.

Due to a copyright extension, no new works entered into the public domain from 1999-2019. However, now things are lapsing every year including early versions of Winnie the Pooh, Mickey Mouse and the rest of the Sherlock Holmes stories.

So what's in the public domain that may be good for haunters to use? It turns out a lot. There's even some weird quirks that caused much newer works to lapse way before their time.

Special Thanks:

Duke University Center for the Study of the Public Domain: https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/
Screen Rant: https://screenrant.com/best-public-domain-horror-movies-ranked/

This Week's Episode Includes:

1. Intro
2. Work We Did on Our Haunt
3. The Question of the Week
4. Intro to Copyright and the Public Domain
5. 2019-2024 Public Domain Entrants
6. Random Things in the Public Domain
7. Historical Public Domain Characters
8. Conclusions

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

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