Big Scary Show

Transworld 2022 is in the books. Four days of amazing props, lighting, costumes, escape rooms, masks, makeup, Christmas decorations, animatronics, and so much more. Badger, The Old Crone, Wicked Wendy, and Sylvia Vile all descended upon St Louis and talked to so many people that we can’t get it all in one show. There are LOTS of interviews from the show floor by vendors like: Boneyard Productions, Kreepsville 666, MadnessFX, Nick Wolfe, Poison Props, KayCellFX, ToxicFX, When Hinges Creak, Haunt Scheduler, Rich Bianco from Transworld, and more.

Storm is ranting about haunted ventriloquist dolls in a Haunt Minute. Meathook Jim discusses torture and execution methods from ancient Rome. Badger brings you the latest in Deadline News. The Old Crone gives you a ‘best of’ the Oscares awards from Transworld. There’s also a trio of spooky tunes, and we just might have a Gruesome Giveaway winner for the month of March (sponsored by Screamline Studios).

No Roundtable of Terror this show as we have too many interviews, but it will return next episode. All this, and so much more,

We hid the body, but you’ll become an accomplice just by listening to........the BIG SCARY SHOW

Featured music: Midnight Syndicate - Carnival of Carnage

Shadow Symphony - Wailing in the Air

Midnight Syndicate - Haverghast Asylum

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Transworld 2022 is in the books. Four days of amazing props, lighting, costumes, escape rooms, masks, makeup, Christmas decorations, animatronics, and so much more. Badger, The Old Crone, Wicked Wendy, and Sylvia Vile all descended upon St Louis and talked to so many people that we can’t get it all in one show. There are LOTS of interviews from the show floor by vendors like: Boneyard Productions, Kreepsville 666, MadnessFX, Nick Wolfe, Poison Props, KayCellFX, ToxicFX, When Hinges Creak, Haunt Scheduler, Rich Bianco from Transworld, and more.

Storm is ranting about haunted ventriloquist dolls in a Haunt Minute. Meathook Jim discusses torture and execution methods from ancient Rome. Badger brings you the latest in Deadline News. The Old Crone gives you a ‘best of’ the Oscares awards from Transworld. There’s also a trio of spooky tunes, and we just might have a Gruesome Giveaway winner for the month of March (sponsored by Screamline Studios).

No Roundtable of Terror this show as we have too many interviews, but it will return next episode. All this, and so much more,

We hid the body, but you’ll become an accomplice just by listening to........the BIG SCARY SHOW

Featured music: Midnight Syndicate - Carnival of Carnage

Shadow Symphony - Wailing in the Air

Midnight Syndicate - Haverghast Asylum

#bigscaryshow #roundtableofterror

As we head into the final days before the biggest trade show in the haunt industry, the Big Scary Show is preparing for Transworld by packing our bags, making sure the booth is in good shape, and bringing you another full show to enjoy as you hit the road for St Louis. Badger was recently at the Oddities and Curiosities Expo in Charlotte and brings you interviews with several vendors and the organizer of the event. It’s traveling across the US throughout 2022 so be sure and catch it if it comes to a town near you.

Storm is ranting as usual in a Haunt Minute. Meathook Jim brings us another edition of Between the Corpses, Badger has all the latest in Deadline News. The Old Crone is back with another segment of Ask the Old Crone. There’s a new Gruesome Giveaway for March, and a few more surprises in store.

Instead of the Roundtable of Terror this episode, we bring back the haunt industries’ soon-to-be-famous game show The 13 Questions of Doom. Storm hosts the show and the Old Crone debuts as a contestant. Who wins? Stay tuned. All this and so much more.

One more thing, don’t forget to visit us at Transworld (Booth 2410) and say hi, record a shout-out, or talk to us about your haunt and/or haunt related products.

We hid the body, but you’ll become an accomplice just by listening to........the BIG SCARY SHOW

Featured music: Doyle - Abominator

Lita Ford - Devil in my Head

Wednesday 13 - What the Night Brings

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As we slide into March, haunters' thoughts are turning towards St Louis and Transworld. The Biggest trade show in the industry is just a couple short weeks away, so as you frantically work on your final booth displays and product lines give us a listen and let us keep you informed and entertained before you go completely nuts.

Storm is under the weather so we gave him the show off, but we bring back a classic Haunt Minute. Meathook Jim returns with another episode of Between the Corpses. Badger reads the latest in Deadline News, and brings you an interview with Daniel from the Haunted Farm. The Old Crone talks about using available resources to make and keep your haunt successful. There's also some great tunes to keep you in the haunt mood and maybe, just maybe, we’ll have a Gruesome Giveaway winner for February.

The Roundtable of Terror sits down with five (yes five) first-time Transworld attendees as we present our annual Transworld survival guide. What do you need to bring, what are must-sees, and what do you need to do in order to have a successful experience? Stay tuned to find out. All this and so much more.

We hid the body, but you’ll become an accomplice just by listening to........the BIG SCARY SHOW

Featured music:

T-Virus - Kill Her Tonight

The Independents - Walking Dead

The Night Keep - The Macabre Waltz

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Episode 256

Here it is, February, and the Roundtable of Terror is all about sliders. No , not the small burgers you get at place like White Castle, we are talking about a unique group of actors that "slide" up when you least expect it. Slider Jesus, Pongo Joe, Sparrow and T join us to talk about the history, skills and experience of being a slider.

Badger brings us the latest in Deadline News and a new Gruesome Giveaway, Storm rants about the Mexican Cartel workers, or are they just Haunters on a smoke break? Meathook talks about the martyrs of the Roman arena, in Between the Corpses, while the Old Crone brings you more wisdom for the Haunt Industry. all this topped off by the Haunt-strumentalist spinning the spooky tunes.

We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice, just by listening to ...............

THE BIG SCARY SHOW!

Featured Music:

The Recently Deceased - It Walks

the Rhythm Coffin - Halloween is Like Christmas to Me

The Skeleton Beats - Succubus

Episode 255

‘Tis the season of love and the Big Scary Show is feeling it as we’d love to have you listen to this current episode and get your haunted attraction fix as we countdown towards Transworld.

Storm is ranting about local laws in a Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim discusses torture techniques in ancient Greece, Badger bring you the latest in Deadline News, The Old Crone is back talking about branding (and not the type involving red-hot pokers) and we bring you more spooky tunes to keep you in the haunting spirit.

Speaking of the season of love, the (g)hosts invite haunt owners from Alabama, Michigan, and New Jersey to have a seat at the Roundtable of Terror, and have a conversation regarding their Valentine’s Day events. How difficult is it to put on such an event and why is going to a haunted attraction the perfect Valentine's Day date? Tune in to find out. So grab your significant other, dim the lights, cozy up to the fire, and enjoy Episode 255 of the Big Scary Show.

We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice just by listening to........The BIG SCARY SHOW

Featured Music: Michael Hedstrom - The House on the Hill

PTAN - Prelude to a Nightmare

Verse 13 - The Asylum Speaks

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It's mid-January and while a lot of people aren't even thinking about Halloween, now is the time for haunt owners to start planning their marketing campaign for 2022. Marketing guru and the Voice From Hell, Dick Terhune joins the (g)hosts at the Roundtable of Terror for a conversation about marketing strategy, and how demographics play a huge role. They also discuss A Christmas Carol ( in January???).

Badger is back with the latest in Deadline News, Storm rants about haunted Christmas gifts, in a Haunt Minute. Meathook Jim continues the history of torture and execution, in Between the Corpses, while The Old Crone returns with a segment on designing a logo. All of this is tied together by the Haunt-strumentalist spinning a trio of spooky tunes.

We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice, just by listening to...............

THE BIG SCARY SHOW

Featured Music:

Demented Are Go - Welcome Back to Insanity Hall

DIEMONSTERDIE - Lucky Number 666

Dr. Frankenfingers - An Unholy Citadel

It's a New Year and the Big Scary Show will be turning 10 Years Old soon, but before that milestone, we still have plenty of content for our listeners. The Roundtable of Terror focuses not only on Home Haunters, but the upcoming Home Haunter Awards and the Canadian Home Haunter Awards, as Chris Ainsworth, Christopher Pressley, and Troy Crivellone explain the upcoming awards show, and how you don't have to be from a specific country to submit your haunt to the judges.

Badger brings us the latest Deadline News, Storm rants about Alpha Con, in a Haunt Minute. Meathook Jim has a brand new subject for Between the Corpses, involving Torture and Execution, and the Old Crone is back with some suggestions regarding inspirations for your Haunt. The Haunt-strumentalist brings us a trio of spooky tunes.

We Hid the Body, but you will become an accomplice, just by listening to...............

THE BIG SCARY SHOW!

Featured Music:

Black Cat Attack - Sunday Sacrifice

The Independents - Bloody Night, Bloody Knife

Calabrese - Ghostwolves

Episode 252

As we wind down our final show of the year, we start to look back at how the year 2021 treated the haunt industry. To say it was...interesting would certainly be an understatement. If only someone had taken data from the past couple seasons and used it to come up with a general state of the haunt industry. What? Someone did that? And they also happen to be a sponsor of the Big Scary Show? How convenient.

Storm will be ranting about haunters taking advantage of supply chain economics in a Haunt Minute. Meathook Jim counts down some of his favorite haunt-themed adult beverages of 2021 in Between the Corpses. Badger will be reading the latest in Deadline News. We have a trio of spooky Christmas tunes to keep you in the holiday spirit. The Old Crone is back talking about making plans for the new year. And do we have a Gruesome Giveaway winner for December? Stay tuned to find out.

The Roundtable of Terror welcomes Alex Linebrink of HauntPay to have a seat and discuss all the new things HauntPay is offering to clients, as well as their newly-released ‘State of the Industry’ report. Some of the things they found were quite surprising and may change the way some haunters run their events. If you own a haunted attraction, you definitely should give this a listen. All this, and so much more.

We hid the body, but you’ll become an accomplice just by listening to........the BIG SCARY SHOW

Featured music: (Midnight Syndicate)

Krampus

Up on the Housetop

Parade of the Tin Soldiers

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Episode 251

Well, we’ve moved into the heart of the holiday season and we’re all anxiously awaiting the arrival of that big guy who visits once a year to bring us holiday surprises. Of course we’re talking about Der Krampus. Who did you think we meant? The Big Scary Show (g)hosts have hopefully all been good this year so that during Krampunacht, none of them will get carried away and punished. The haunt industry has embraced Krampus as part of their off season haunt events and it’s definitely becoming a bigger part of the holiday season. The Big Scary Show brings you all things Krampus for Episode 251. (Hope you haven’t been too naughty).

Storm rants about branding Der Krampus including getting him corporate sponsorship in a Haunt Minute. Meathook Jim will once again drink his way Between the Corpses with some spooky adult beverages. Badger will be reading the latest Deadline News, including some upcoming Krampus related events. The Old Crone returns to talk about planning for 2022. There’s a new Gruesome Giveaway for the month of December, plus a trio of spooky holiday related tunes to get you into the holiday spirit.

The Roundtable of Terror features all things Krampus with our friend Allen Hopps of Dark Hour Haunted House in Plano, Texas. His knowledge of Der Krampus is extensive, and we talk about how Krampus has integrated itself into American culture and how haunts are taking advantage of it. Fun fact: Did you know Der Krampus was almost killed by Hitler? Confused? Tune in and find out how.

We hid the body, but you’ll become an accomplice just by listening to........the BIG SCARY SHOW

Featured music: (Midnight Syndicate)

Little Helpers

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Christmas at Midnight