Mindless Horror Podcast

With Midsummer Scream 2026 arriving this weekend, we sit with Rick West, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Midsummer Scream! We talk about the weekend that is to unpack and what's in store! All this and so much more as well as a MASSIVE GIVEAWAY at the end of the podcast!Social Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

On today's episode of the podcast, I sit with Ernie and Marv, who wanted to come on the show to chat their stories as the Chef and The Butcher! However, Ernie said he did have a surprise for me and you! I'm so grateful and thankful to have had this land on the podcast! Ladies and Gentlemen, Ernie aka the Chef of Dark Harbor, Marv The Butcher/Chef of Dark Harbor and our Mystery Guest, someone at Dark Harbor in the last year 2 years has shown us that the RINGMASTER is in more than safe hands! Our third guest is the BRAND NEW RINGMASTER at Queen Mary's Dark Harbor, Noelle! Social Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

We sit with Emani, who got his start at Queen Mary's Dark Harbor! His journey would take him through to Knott's Scary Farm and eventually he would land back at Queen Mary's Dark Harbor for it's return! All this and so much more on today's episode!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

On this episode of the podcast, we sit with SLIDER TEAM, FEAR FRONTIER! A slider group based out of North Idaho and taking what was already brought to the table and things they've created themselves to bring to the forefront of the sliding community! All this and so much more on todays episode!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

On todays episode of the podcast, we sit with Carnevil and Decayed Brigade member, Tay aka Needles! We talk what it was like for her growing up into the world of horror and punk rock and how it lead her to eventually try out for Knotts Scary Farm and make her official debut into the haunt community! We talk about her journey as a scare actor and what its been like to be apart of Decayed Brigade! All this and so much more on todays episode!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

Jesse has been someone who has been in this industry for quite sometime! We've been wanting him on the podcast for sometime! Today the STARS ALLIGNED! Jesse sits with us IN STUDIO to talk his love for horror and Halloween! We take a walk down memory lane for his Haunt Career and what its been like sliding with Decayed Brigade!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

We sit and chat with Slipping Hazard! We talk his love for acting and theater and how that found his love for haunt! Especially when hes only been scaring for a few short years, but has longed loved Halloween and horror all his life! All this and so much more on todays episode!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

Today on the Mindless Horror Podcast, we sit and talk with Destinni! A long time Veteran at Knott's Scary Farm, Destinni shares with us what made her fall in love with Halloween and Horror and what made her want to get involved with Haunt! All this and so much more on todays episode!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorr

APRIL FOOLS DAY! I'm a guest on LS3 and Lucio is a guest on the Mindless Horror Podcast because why not! We catch up and talk mental health and what its been like to scare on Carnevil for the 2025 season! All this and so much more on todays episode!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

If you didn't catch the Creepcast with Rick Creeper and Scott Dieterman, go check out that podcast as well! Such a great listen. But today on the Mindless Horror Podcast, we sit and chat with our good friend Scott Dieterman and catch up with what he's been up to since we had him on the podcast, including his FIRST FULL TIME RUN in 15 YEARS!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

On today's episode of the Mindless Horror Podcast, we sit and talk with Marv who play the Chef at Queen Mary's Dark Harbor! We chat what it was like growing up and joining the Haunt industry, how Dark Harbor built him his better work ethic and how he overcame addiction. All this and so much more on todays episode!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

Well this one is a few years in the making! We've known Torin and his parent for quite sometime and for a year now, believe it or not, this has been a highly requested guest! So I present to you Fetus! We talk his early love for haunt and Halloween. We also talk his first year finally getting to work haunt and achieving his dream sliding on Decade Brigade at Midsummer Scream 2025! All this and so much more on todays episode!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

On this episode of the podcast, we chat with Knotts Scary Farm Monster, Pillsbury! We chat him being a fan of the podcast and how watching these episodes helped him audition for Knotts Scary Farm and land his first role inside the Chilling Chambers! He would then go on to Carnevil where he talks his experience there. All this and much more on todays episode!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

On this episode of the podcast we sit and talk with Logan aka Moan Damage! We talk his start at HHN all the way to his most latest move in his haunt career, Queen Mary's Dark Harbor! All this and so much more on today's episode of the podcast!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

Recorded on location at Kombat Karate in Long Beach, CA, we sit with Slider X and for the first time ever, Nemo and The Almighty Brix! We talk the love and fun they found doing haunt and talk what it was like in those early days! All this and much more!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

We sit and chat with L!L Timmy aka Olive Panick! We talk her career and what it took to get to where she is today working Knott's Scary Farm! All this and she talks her newest perfume line she just dropped available now!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

On this episode of the podcast, we sit with Full Send, part of the 2025 QM Slider Team! We talk how he finds the balance of1 working out and lifting weights with sliding and how he wants to combine skateboarding and sliding one day! All this a much more on today's episode!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

Heatwave joins us this week for a brand new episode of the Mindless Horror Podcast! She talks her 15 year career in the haunt industry, but only her first year sliding this past season! All this and much more on todays episode!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

On this episode of the podcast, Life Alert returns to talk what he's been up to since we last spoke with him. We talk QMS Bootcamp 2025, Dark Harbor 2025 and much more on today's episode!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

For the first time in 4 years, Killus returns IN STUDIO before is farewell leaving to Texas! We talk what hes been up to and what was ultimately his road to com back to the haunt that made him! All this and much more!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

On this episode of the podcast, after 6 years in the making, we FINALLY sit down IN STUDIO with Steven aka COMEBACK! The 2025 Slider of the Year at Dark Harbor tells us his ups and downs in the haunt industry, but the ultimate COMEBACK to the world of haunt for him would be none other than DARK HARBOR!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026! We are back with brand new episodes of the podcast with our DAY 1 EDITION of the podcast! Our first guest scared her first year ever at Queen Mary's Dark Harbor this past 2025 season! Prior to that, she was chasing her passion with creating wardrobe for the event! It was through there she would find the door to sliding and scaring! The rest as they say is history!

A podcast over a year in the making and months in the planning and scheduling stage, I present to you Washington State's very own NORTHWEST POSSESSED!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

We sit QM Slider of 2024, Tay who got her start very similar to our last guest Tanto with Chewie. Chewie also joins for a sneak preview of what to expect at his year round haunt and this Halloween! All this and much more!

On this episode of the podcast, we sit with QM Slider and FRIEND of the channel, Tonto aka Mike! We talk his upcoming of working haunt at an early age at Knott's Scary Farm to evolving elsewhere but always returning to, you guessed it, CHEWIE! Hope you enjoy todays episode!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

On this episode of the podcast we sit down IN STUDIO with Daddy aka Eric! You know his most recent work in Forsaken Lake, but go back with us as we discuss how he found his love for Halloween and Horror as well as his Haunt journey before he arrived at Forsaken Lake!

On this HISTORIC EPISODE of the Mindless Horror Podcast, we sit with Xeno and Kaiju from AUSTRALIA! We talk the haunt they work at and what drove them to start sliding! We get into what a typical season looks like for them and get into the hate for sliding the boss had for sliding and how Kaiju and Xeno changed there opinion! All this and much more on today's mid-season finale of the Mindless Horror Podcast!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

On this episode of the podcast, we travel to Ohio and talk to Chuckles as she tells us how the haunt industry is over there and how she's met new people along the way that has helped her achieve where she is today! All this and much more on todays episode!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

We have docked up for the month and are finishing strong for the Dark Harbor Takeover with our final guest, JB! We talk about what it was like to work at Shaqtoberfest and how it opened the door for Dark Harbor! All this and much more in the FINALE of the Dark Harbor Takeover 2025!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

We continue along our road through Queen Mary Dark Harbor with our next guest, who brought the essence of Scary Mary back to Dark Harbor for 2025, Shorty aka Jasmine. We talk not only about Haunt but about her love for Horror as a whole! We also talk her experience getting to bring Scary Mary back to life and how it all played out for her!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

On this episode of the Mindless Horror Podcast, we continue our DARK HARBOR TAKEOVER with our next guest and easily one of our longest podcast in a long while, Devon aka LIFE ALERT! We talk his time at Six Flags Fright Fest and how he found his love for Halloween and Haunt! We also talk his transition over to the Queen Mary and of course the return of Dark Harbor 2024 and his role is all of it!(Description and Links for things)Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/productsSocial Media:Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorrorX: https://x.com/nightsofhorrorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

It's February and you know what that means?!?! We board the Queen Mary for our next takeover, DARK HARBOR! Join us as we sit with guests for the next 3 weeks and talk about the return of the infamous Queen Mary's Dark Harbor! Our first guest made the PRO HAUNT debut this year with Queen Mary's Dark Harbor 2024, Ruby. We talk about his haunt journey from when he fell in love to how he landed a slider position at the return of DARK HARBOR 2024!

The FINALE of the CarnEVIL Takeover has been one to remember for sure! Our finale consists of 2 guests, Christine and Ripley! We talk about what it was like for Christine to return as a BRAND NEW character and how Ripley joined in pretty late but we learn how the 2 of them met and what a crazy fun season it was for the 2 of them! (Description and Links for things) Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/products Social Media: Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorror X: https://x.com/nightsofhorror Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/ Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

Gavin joins us this week on the Mindless Horror Podcast for the CanrEVIL Takeover! We talk him joining on the 50th Anniversary for his Rookie year and his love for haunt as far back as being a kid! All this and much more on this weeks episode!

Week 3 of the CarnEVIL Takeover is here, and today's guest, Nate aka Toe-Jam, made his mark on his debut rookie year of CarnEVIL! Nate talks about what it was like rollerskating through the zone and we talk his haunt journey to the debut year in 2024! All this and much more on today's episode of the Mindless Horror Podcast!

Week 2 of the CarnEVIL Takeover is here and we sit and talk with Nicole, the clown everyone fears when walking into CarnEVIL at Knott's Scary Farm! We talk how she mastered her craft and her 7 years experience at Knott's Scary Farm! All this and much more on today's episode! (Description and Links for things) Merch: https://the-nights-of-horror-merch.printify.me/products Social Media: Tik Tok: @thenightsofhorror X: https://x.com/nightsofhorror Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenightsofhorror/ Twitch: twitch.tv/thenightsofhorror

2025 is here and so is the RETURN of the MINDLESS HORROR PODCAST! We are back with another TAKEOVER MONTH here on the Nights of Horror, kicking the New Year off right with the start of our CarnEVIL Takeover with none other than the Nerd Clown herself, LuLu aka Audrey! We talk about her love for haunt and her new love for horror as she talks about her years at Seaworld's Howl O Scream in San Diego and Knott's Scary Farm in Buena Park! All this and much more on the 2025 DAY 1 edition of the Mindless Horror Podcast!

It's been a long time since we sat with Sakaye and it was with a group. Now all these later we finally had the chance to sit and hear Sakaye's haunt story! From her early days of going to Knott's Scary Farm to scaring on Ghost Town, Sakaye has accomplished a lot in such a short period of time!

On this episode of the podcast, we were kindly invited back to Escapade Games to chat with the cast and crew of Zoe Reborn. And we recorded from INSIDE the escape room! What chaos will unfold during this podcast?

On this episode of the podcast, we sit with the Creator and Owner of Zoe: Reborn, Christina Compani. We talk her different Escape experiences they have to offer from Zoe: Reborn, The Invention Room, Rockband and coming soon Pinocchio Master of Puppets! We talk how she got inspiration and how her best ideas come to her as well as her taking a shot on herself, even when the going got tough, she continued to push through! Book your Escape Experience now here: https://www.escaperoomera.com/escapade-games Dubby Energy: https://www.dubby.gg/ Use CODE: NIGHTSOFHORROR for 10% off your order!

On this episode of the podcast, we sit with Slider X, one of the first Shipwrecked and Queen Mary Sliders! We talk his years scaring, Sliders Unite and much more!

On this episode of the podcast, we sit and talk with Captain Jordan and Co-Captain Aiden to discuss the newest Slider group based out of Orlando, Florida, The Slider's Syndicate! We talk how it came to be, how long it took to get it up and running, haunt season and the growth in the community out in Florida!

We sit and talk with Rick West in the newest episode of the Mindless Horror Podcast to talk his health issues in 2023 that stopped him from being there most of the weekend to his recovery today and how much healthier and better he feels! We talk Midsummer Scream 2024 to the panels, the vendors and of course the Hall of Shadows! We also talk our love for Las Vegas and the growing haunt scene in Las Vegas! All this and so much more on today's episode!

On this episode of the Mindless Horror Podcast, we sit and talk with M! M has been apart of both Fright Fest and Scream Break! Killing it in both roles, they bring out the role of Margo Rita once again for the 2024 Scream Break Event! We talk to them about what's happened since we last interviewed them until now! All this and much more on today's episode of the podcast!

We kick off our Scream Break Takeover with Laz as you know as the Vampire Owner of The Bloodbourne! We chat what it was liking opening the event and what its like continuing the story for his character. He also talks working with legends in the business at Six Flags, the incredible work done by the makeup artist and much more! And because this was uploaded the weekend of Wrestlemania 40, we even get into his predictions for Wrestlemania 40!

To believe I get to say this is the 200th episode of the Mindless Horror Podcast is very unreal to me! I would've never imagined that this podcast would takeoff the way it did over the years and the amount of people that it has reached! The amount of people we've had on the show and continue to bring onto the show! I'm very grateful I was able to create a platform that gives a voice to this talented people to showcase said talents and talk about their experience! So many great stories and memories on this show! I love doing the show and will continue to produce the best interviews I can possibly do! Today's guest, someone who I've been a fan of for quite sometime when first listening to his podcast, The Creepcast! Rick Creeper has had an extensive haunt career spanning from the independent scene to his spot at the 50th Anniversary of Knott's Scary Farm! To finish off Goreing 20s Takeover and celebrate the 200th episode, I'm so thankful for it all!

On the final episode of our 100s, we sit and talk with Kate and talk her first year on Goreing 20s and how her theater background helped her with her character! We talk all the fun times they had and much more!

On this podcast episode, we sit and talk with Haunt Veteran Jenny Aguilar-Mikkelsen to take a trip down Memory Lane. We talk about her inspiration for the character, the idea behind the glowing mouth, fun moments that will have you in tears, and much more!

We keep off the Goreing 20's Takeover with the man with no name, Nameless! We talk about how it was from him closing out Dark Ride in 2022 to scaring on Memory Lane for the 50th Anniversary in 2023! All this and much more!

For our last episode of the Forsaken Takeover, we invite Sage and Joey on the show to talk about their experience as The Reapers of Forsaken Lake and their history of getting to the Lake! All this and much more are on the finale of The Forsaken Takeover on the Mindless Horror Podcast!