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Haunt Weekly
by Jonathan Bailey and Crystal Ramey
Haunt Weekly is a weekly podcast about the haunted attraction industry, from the smallest home haunt to the largest event haunt. Hosted by Jonathan Bailey and Crystal Ramey, we aim to bring you the latest in haunted attraction news, views and laughs.To contact the hosts, please email [email protected]
Episodes
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Haunt Weekly - Special Apology Episode
Send us Fan Mail First off, we are deeply sorry about the unplanned, unannounced and extended hiatus. However, we hope that this extra-long, equally unannounced and unplanned episode can make amends for it. In this episode, we talk about why we went on hiatus, what our plans are for the future of...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 493 - Haunting in the Heat
Send us Fan Mail Most of the continent is currently under a heat dome. Feels like temperatures are climbing into the 110s and even 120s. It's not just hot, it's dangerously hot. But that sucks for haunters. Right now is when we want to be working on our builds and other projects. However, being...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 492 - June/July News
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we re doing the news! And there is a LOT of news to go over. We have an update on the Field of Screams, big news from Chicago and the loss of an industry legend. It's a busy time for the news so kick back, relax and let us bring to you all the haunted...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 491 - Why Are Haunts so American?
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're asking a simple question: Why is the haunted attraction industry so connected with the United States? We lay out seven reasons why the haunt industry is tied to the United States and it may struggle to find newer audiences abroad. This Week's...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 490 - Haunt Red Flags
Send us Fan Mail It is haunt recruitment season and actors everywhere are signing up for, training at and otherwise onboarding at haunted attractions. This includes many first-time haunters. So, if you're a new haunter or joining a new place, what warning signs should you be looking for? We have...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 489 - Buy Now, Pay Later for Haunts
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about the relatively new practice of "Buy Now, Pay Later," a form of short-term loan that many are using to make expensive purchases. To the older crowd, it might not seem like that big of a deal. However, to your younger audience, this is...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 488 - May News
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we are doing the news. It's admittedly a bit of a heavy episode with some major haunt closures to discuss. However, we do our best to provide some light and fun stories at the end. This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Work We Did for the Haunt 3....
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 487 - 8 Haunt Lessons from Sinners
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're looking at the film Sinners and what haunted attractions can learn from it. To be clear, this is not a review of Sinners. If you want that, we think it's a great film and you absolutely should see it in theaters if you can. Instead, this episode...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 486 - 7 Reasons the 2025 Looks Great
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're looking on the bright side of life and finding seven reasons that the 2025 haunt season may be amazing. Truthfully, this was a tough episode to write. However, there is some genuinely good news and some ways haunts could be an in-demand experience...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 485 - 7 Reasons the 2025 Looks Rough
Send us Fan Mail The 2025 haunt season is looking to be an unusual one. Though it is still many months away, there are several warning signs that the industry might be in trouble. From the ongoing tariff crisis to economic woes. From a lackluster Hollywood lineup to potential weather concerns,...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 484 - April News
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we are doing the news! It's a bit of a bummer episode as we say goodbye to several haunts, and another major attraction is searching for a new location. We also have an update on the tariff situation and its possible impacts on Halloween. It's a packed...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 483 - Is This Our Last Year?
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're examining one of the most difficult and most common questions we ask ourselves: Should this be our last year haunting? In this episode, we will discuss the reasons to make 2025 our last year, the reasons to keep going and also some talk about this...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 482 - The Great North
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're taking a virtual trip to Alaska to examine The Great North's latest episode, The Ghost Boat. When we saw this episode, we knew we had to discuss it. It represents haunted attractions in a fairly positive light and expresses a feeling that every...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 481 - Scream Park the Card Game
Send us Fan Mail Are you looking for a way to experience the thrill of running a haunt in a card game? Well, Scream Park may have just what you want. With fantastic artwork and colorful characters, it replicates the building of a haunt in card game format. While some bumps could be ironed out…
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 480 - March News
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news. Though there aren't many stories, we have several important news items to share. First, we have details about the upcoming Universal haunted attraction in Vegas year-round. A major international player is buying up US theme parks,...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 479 - The Backrooms
Send us Fan Mail Have you ever been in a place that just felt "off?" A place that looked lived in but felt abandoned? Then you've visited The Backrooms. In this episode, we're looking at The Backrooms, a meme that's been around for 6-7 years but has remained relevant. Best of all, it has some…
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 478 - Transworld Hangover
Send us Fan Mail We are in the post-Transworld hangover period. With Transworld behind us, the photos all posted to social media, and us awkwardly explaining why we couldn't go, it's time to recap Transworld, our trip to St. Louis, and some other stuff to fill the time. So get ready for a…
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 477 - 11 Transworld Tips
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're discussing Transworld and sharing some of the things we wish we knew on our first trip. So, whether you're a veteran or a first-timer, this is a great way to get caught up on what you need to know before heading to St. Louis. This Week's Episode...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 476 - Jan/Feb News
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news. This episode includes a haunt that has failed to issue refunds, another shuttered by a deep freeze, and one haunt that's also a movie theater. All in all, this is a surprisingly packed episode filled with the latest haunted...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 475 - Being a Good Neighbor
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're reliving the nightmare that was a New Orleans Superb Owl but taking the opportunity to find ways haunts can be better neighbors. Having a home or a business near a haunt isn't always easy. But there are many things we can do to make it better and...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 474 - Terrify-ied
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're discussing tariffs and how they might impact the industry in 2025. So yes, this is another sad episode. However, our industry is not immune to this issue and could face serious challenges should the tariffs proposed come into effect. This Week's...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 473 - To Be Haunted or Not?
Send us Fan Mail Many haunted attractions claim to be actually haunted. Some have reasonable claims to the title. Others, less so. But is it a good idea? What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a truly "haunted" attraction? That's what we're looking at in this episode. This Week's...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 472 - December/January News
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news. This includes tragic news from Malaysia, updates from Cedar Point and Disney as well as the closure of Party City. If it's haunted attraction news, it's in this podcast. That includes good news, bad news and weird news... This…
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 471 - Our 2025 Predictions
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're making our 2025 predictions and looking back at the ones we made in 2024. So what chaos will 2025 bring the haunt industry? Who knows! Certainly not us. But that won't stop us from making ten predictions about the upcoming year. Of course, it...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 470 - Digital Security for Haunts
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about digital security and what you can do to ensure that you and your haunt are safe from professional hackers and drunken customers alike. Haunts are in an unusual place when it comes to digital security. They are very exposed but, as...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 469 - Haunt Scams
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're celebrating the holiday season by discussing scams! Okay, that doesn't make sense, but we were visiting the grandbaby and didn't have time to come up with another idea. Still, haunts are uniquely vulnerable to scams and 'tis the season for them.…
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 468 - November/December News
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news. It's been a busy month, but we get to report on the opening of The Haunted Mansion in Disneyland, a haunt that is failing to give out refunds and two separate studies about the benefits of fear. We also have some big conference…
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 467 - Temu Buys
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're wasting perfectly good money for your entertainment by buying random haunt garbage from Temu. How bad is it? Well, there were a couple of decent times, but the inflatable sex doll, I mean tarped dummy, probably says it all. Fortunately, our misery...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 466 - 8 Improvements We Want to Make in 2025
Send us Fan Mail Last week on Haunt Weekly, we reviewed the 2024 season and gleaned lessons from it. This week, we're turning our gaze forward and examining the things we want to improve next year. All in all, this was a tough list to make. Most of the 2024 season went great, and the things that...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 465 - 7 Takeaways from the 2024 Haunt Season
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're looking back at the now-finished 2024 season. It was a wild one for us, and it felt like an uphill battle, both literally and figuratively. However, with the season in the books, we can pause, catch our breath and discuss some takeaways that we…
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 464 - September/October News
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're wrapping up our 2024 haunt season and covering the news. This includes discussing how our Halloween night went, our trip to the 13th Gate and, of course, the latest haunted attraction news. So please sit back as we cover all the haunted attraction...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 463 - Our Season So Far
Send us Fan Mail Though we know many of you are at the tail end of your season, we just got our first two nights in the books. And what amazing nights they were. A full crew, a good crowd, tons of great scares and a haunt that worked just about perfectly. You can't ask for anything more. So…
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 462 - New Orleans Haunts
Send us Fan Mail Sorry for missing last week, everyone, but we've returned with an overlong episode with much to discuss. We need to first update you on our haunt season. Then, we'll discuss our trips to three haunted attractions in the New Orleans area. It's a long one, folks, so strap in as we...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 461 - Kansas City/St. Louis Haunts
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly is a double-length episode as we discuss our recent trip to Kansas City and St. Louis, which included three full nights of haunt visits. First, we visited The Beast and Edge of Hell in downtown Kansas City. Next, we checked out Darren Lynn Bousman's...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 460 - Lost Souls Haunted Bus Tour Redux
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're recapping what has beeen one of the best weekends of our lives for visiting haunts: The Lost Souls Chicago Haunted Bus Tour. To say it was an amazing weekend is an understatement. Not only were there six great haunted houses, but an amazing bus…
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 459 - 8 Reasons We Hate Our Past Selves
Send us Fan Mail Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone does dumb things while they are learning. However, it's a very special kind of mistake that makes you want to smack your past self across the face. Yet, every year, we are confronted by just such mistakes. So we're going to talk about them. Here...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 458 - Happy Escape Tycoon
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about the week that was, including our experience with the hurricane and our recent haunt build. However, for those who want something to do when they aren't working or acting, we have a suggestion: Happy Escape Tycoon. The game's name is…
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 457 - Why 2024 May Be a Rough Haunt Year
Send us Fan Mail By its very nature, haunting is an up-and-down business. Sometimes, the queue lines are packed, and other times, it's impossible to get a crowd. After a few gangbuster years, things started to look scruffy, and there were a lot of indicators that should have given the haunters...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 456 - August News
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news! We have news about a haunt destroyed by arson, updates from Knotts Scary Farm and a series of celebrities getting involved in the haunt business. All of that and much, much more! This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2. Question…
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 455 - Crime Scene Cleaner
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're discussing the game Crime Scene Cleaner, recently released on Steam. The game isn't your standard cleaning simulation game. Instead, it's a masterclass of storytelling through one's environment. A great deal of thought went into the placement and...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 454 - Aphantasia in Haunting Redux
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly we're doing a topic that, for us, has been a LOOOOOONG time coming: Aphantasia in haunting. What is aphantasia? It's the inability to form pictures in your mind. Where most of the population can picture a beautiful beach or a country cottage, people with...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 453 - How to Build a Haunt Character
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're discussing building or improving your haunt character. It's the perfect time of year for this conversation, too. With just over a month before haunt season, many actors are trying to nail their characters down. This includes veterans looking to up...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 452 - July News
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news! Sadly, this week's lead story involves you-know-who being arrested on some serious charges. However, we also have some haunt openings, announcements from Six Flags and much more. This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro 2.…
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 451 - The Walking Dead
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're discussing the TV series The Walking Dead and examining the lessons that haunters can and should learn from it. From scare tactics to sound design, the show offers much to learn about scaring people. So, we will break down all the things you can...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 450 - 8 Uses for AI in Haunting
Send us Fan Mail AI is still the big marketing buzzword for the 2020s. However, as the hype and fear begin to fade, it's time to look at what AI can actually do and how it might be able to help. To that end, most of AI's improvements are more iterative than revolutionary. However, that doesn't…
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 449 - 6 Common Haunt Theme Mistakes
Send us Fan Mail Every haunt has a theme, even if they don't realize it. Sometimes, the theme is no theme; sometimes, it's a generic "Haunted Hosue" theme. Other times, it's something even worse. As haunts begin working on their themes and promotions, we'll discuss themes and the mistakes we see...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 448 - June News
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news! It's a busy time for haunt news as we ramp up the preparation for haunt season. However, that doesn't mean we don't have a few stories from outside the industry that could have major impacts on haunted attractions. This Week's...
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 447 - Why You Should Hire Haunters
Send us Fan Mail This week on Haunt Weekly, we're discussing day jobs—or rather, why day jobs should hire haunters. Haunting is hard work, and even those who've done it for years or decades may not view it as "real work." However, we should be more proud of our work and hiring managers should…
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 446 - 13 Things Every Haunter Should Have
Send us Fan Mail Haunting is hard work, but it's much more difficult when unprepared. In this episode, we will discuss 13 things that every haunter should own. They can make haunting easier, more comfortable and, in some cases, safer. So sit back, relax and take some notes. You probably have a…
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Haunt Weekly - Episode 445 - 13 Secrets We Don't Tell Customers
Send us Fan Mail A haunted attraction is basically a magic act. Though everyone knows it's an illusion, we don't share how it is done. However, we're throwing open the curtain a bit and looking at 13 secrets that pretty much every haunter knows, but doesn't tell their customers. Some are…
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Haunt Weekly is a weekly podcast about the haunted attraction industry, from the smallest home haunt to the largest event haunt. Hosted by Jonathan Bailey and Crystal Ramey, we aim to bring you the latest in haunted attraction news, views and laughs.To contact the hosts, please email [email protected]
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Haunt Weekly is a weekly podcast about the haunted attraction industry, from the smallest home haunt to the largest event haunt. Hosted by Jonathan Bailey and Crystal Ramey, we aim to bring you the latest in haunted attraction news, views and laughs.To contact the hosts, please email...
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