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Episode 149

Well, 2018 is here, the holidays are over, and for some of us, it is cold as hell outside.  the 4 (g)hosts, along with Vysther and Wicked Wendy, grab a seat at The Roundtable of Terror, and discuss the year that was 2017.  Highlights, low lights, amusing stories, and what 2018 may bring.

Badger brings us the latest in Deadline News, Storm rants on in a Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim has a Face your Fears ( sort of),  The Hauntstrementalist spins a trio of spooky tunes, while Vysther brings us a segment all about Ed Gannon of Dark Hour.

We also have a winner for the December Gruesome Giveaway, and start the January Gruesome Giveaway, with the answer hidden somewhere in the show.

We his the body, and you will become an accomplice…just by listening to

THE BIG SCARY SHOW

Feature Music:

Audio Zombie – Apparition

Chris Thomas – A Lonely Hell

13 Pagan Holiday 13 – Long Shadows Fallon Halloween

Episode 148

The holidays are here, and even though they may not be our FAVORITE holiday, for some the run a close second.  On this episode, Santa’s bag is full of Big Scary Show goodness,

The Roundtable of Terror is all about “off season” haunted events at your favorite attractions, as the (g)hosts sit down with the owners of Fear Fair, The 7th Street Haunt, Brighton Asylum, and Dark Hour, to find out what they offer in the off season, and if Storm will ever get his Arbor Day Haunt.

Badger brings us an interview with Leonard Pickel about the upcoming HauntCon, now paired up with the Halloween and Party Expo, this looks to be an amazing tradeshow/convention, with a lot to offer any haunter.  Be sure to stop by the Big Scary Show Booth and record a shout out with MeatHook Jim/Unknown Scare-Actor.

it would not be a show with out our usual segments, as Badger brings us Deadline News, Storm rants about surprise Halloween finds in the clearance bins,The Unknown Scare-Actor does his yearly reading of “Twas the Fright before Christmas”,  Vysther is back with a retrospective of 2017 and the Haunt-strementalist spins not 3 but 4 spooky tunes for you this holiday.

From all of us here at the Big Scary Show, to all of our loyal listeners and sponsors, Thank you for supporting us for nearly 6 years , and we hope you and yours have a great holiday season, not matter how you celebrate, just don’t get caught, because we hid the body, and you are all accomplices, because you listen to …..

The Big Scary Show!!

Featured Music:

Jerry Vayne – From All of Us to All of You

King Diamond – No Presents for Christmas

Midnight Syndicate – Little Helpers

– Parade of the Tin Soldiers

Episode 147

Well, here we are, December, but that doesn’t mean the scares have stopped.  Many haunts around the country have taken on a Christmas theme, as well as the legend of the Krampus.  Speaking of Krampus, 3 of the 4 (g) hosts offer Meathook Jim’s chair to Al Ridenour, author of the book, The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas: Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil. They discuss the book, as well as Krampus Los Angeles, and they even managed to do it without Jim (wink) .

There is a very special interview from 2013 hidden in the show, so listen to find out what interview we brought out of the vault in remembrance of a good friend to the show, and yet again from the vault, a Haunt Rocker segment titled “Decomposing”.  All this plus Badger with Deadline News, Storm rants about the First Lady in a Haunt Minute, Vysther brings us the Boogeyman and the Villians of Rock and Roll, While the Haunt-strementalist spins a trio of holiday themed songs by Midnight Syndicate, and Oh, yeah, we may even have a new winner in the Gruesome Giveaway.

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

The Big Scary Show!

Featured music by Midnight Syndicate:

Krampus

Christmas at Midnight

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Episode 146

Thanksgiving is here and by the time you here this episode, you are probably on day two of leftovers, watching football, and wishing Halloween was still here.  The four (g) host’s promise to keep the Halloween spirit alive for you, regardless of those other, minor holidays.

Storm ventured into his own back yard to bring a a trio of interviews from Rhode Island Comic Con, including Chuckles the Clown, the V Connecticut Mothership, and the New England Brethren of Pirates

The Roundtable of Terror is a Thanksgiving treat for our listeners as we get the 5 W’s regarding HauntCon 2018, once again paired with the Halloween and Party Expo, in the Big Easy, New Orleans.  Mike Carlucci, Aneisha McMillan, and Linda Camplese give us 3 different perspectives of the upcoming show and what to expect.  If you plan on attending, this is one ROT you don’t want to miss.

Badger is back with the latest Deadline News, Storm rants on in a Haunt Minute, and dusts off a classic HM about Black Friday.  After a short hiatus, Storm’s Liar of the Marketing Weezel is back, while the Unknown Scare-Actor makes you Face your Fears of Turkey.  The Haunt-strementalist spins a trio of spooky tunes, while Vysther pays homage to the late Malcolm Young of AC/DC.

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

The Big Scary Show!

Featured Music:

SuperSuckers – Sleepy Vampire

The Graveyard Boulevard – Pay to Get In, Pray to Get Out

Valentine Wolfe – Black, Black Kisses

Episode 145

And just like that, the Halloween and Haunt Season is over 🙁   This was a strange year with a lot of ups and downs, but all in all another successful season.  So we either deal with it, or start planning for 2018.

The Roundtable of Terror finds the (g)hosts reminiscing over the season, with highlights and low lights to their seasons.

Badger brings us the latest Deadline News, Storm rants on in a Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim makes you Face Your Fears, while The Haunt-strementalist spins a trio of spooky tunes, and Vysther is back with segment about Iron Maiden.

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

THE BIG SCARY SHOW

Featured Music:

Psychocharger – Channel 13 ( with Unkle Pigors of Toxic Toons)

Audio Zombie – The Living Dead

Bad Jack Productions – Sanctuary of the Damned

Episode 144

Well, its kind of bitter sweet, but Kiddies, Halloween is almost upon us.  Meathook Jim,  Jerry Vayne and Badger made the trek to Cedar Point to see Midnight Syndicate Live!  Ed and Gavin have really upped the ante, as their first show in 2014 was a hit and in 2017 it’s even better.  Always a treat to see them perform live and if you ever get a chance it the future, make it happen.  We chat with Ed and Gavin about the show, and whats on the horizon for them.

Shortly after, we chat with Tony Clarke of Cedar Point, about a possible return for Midnight Syndicate, as well as the popular Halloweekends.

Badger stays close to home after this as he interviews several haunts in North Carolina, including Hallowed Grounds, The Haunted Mill, Lake Hickory Haunts and Zombie Hollow.

The Roundtable of Terror is about unusual Haunts, as we offer chairs up to Dan’s Haunted House, (the only Japanese themed haunt in the country),Grim Trails (based on Fairy Tales and Folklore), and Thriller Retro Haunted House( an 80’s themed haunt)  be prepared, some of the language does slip into the R -rated realm, so cover the kiddies ears!

Badger brings us the latest Deadline News, Storm rants on, in a Haunt Minute, the Unknown Scare-Actor talks about Samhainophobia in Face your Fears, the Haunt-strementalist spins a trio of Midnight Syndicate tunes, and Vysther is back with “What I did on my Halloween Vacation, Part 2.

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

THE BIG SCARY SHOW

Featured Music:

Midnight Syndicate

Born of the Night

Haunted Nursery

Shadows ( Haunt Rocker Remix, with Jerry Vayne)

Episode 143

it’s Friday the 13th and Drew Badger is back with a quartet of interviews from Scarefest in Lexington, KY. , as he chats with the Ghost Brothers, Halloween 24/7, the Paranormal Genealogist, and the Western Kentucky Ghostbusters.

The Roundtable of Terror is your favorite rewind and play along game show, the 13 Questions of DOOM!

Badger brings us the latest in Deadline News, Storm is back with Lair of the Marketing Weezel, addressing Social Media, and Haunt Minute is about a child left overnight in a corn maze.  The Unknown Scare-Actor is back with Pediophobia on Face Your Fears, The Haunt-strementalist spins a trio of Midnight Syndicate tunes, and Vysther brings us a piece on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.  and the Gruesome Giveaway question AND answer are hidden somewhere in the show.

I hope you don’t have triskaidekaphobia

Featured Music:

Midnight Syndicate:

Serenade

A Slight Miscalculation

Haverghast Asylum

Episode 142

October is in sight!  it’s September 30th, haunts are running, people are getting scared, and the Big Scary Show still finds the time for the latest and greatest the industry has to offer.  Episode 142 is all over the country, as Badger brings us interviews from California, Delaware, Pennsylvania, (and it think Texas), as he chats with Tony Clark of Cedar Point about Halloweekends and Midnight Syndicate Live, Leonard Pickel, of Haunt Con, Brett Bertolino, Kyle of Frightland, and Jack with Twisted Fields of Terror.  Storm brings us interviews with Inebriart, Mike Doherty, and the organizers of the Creature Double Feature.

The Roundtable of Terror is all about Haunt Tours, as the (g)Hosts offer a chair to Japes Palles and Scott Shier , to find out what it takes to organize this type of event.

Badger is back with Deadline News, Storm slithers out of the Lair of the Marketing Weezel, to offer up marketing tips, as well as rant about something new, in Haunt Minute, the Unknown Scare-Actor is back with the fear of the dark on Face Your Fears, while Vysther tells us about the first part of his Halloween travels, and we get the hear some brand new music from Haunt-strementalist, Jerry Vayne.

WE hid the body, but you will become an accomplice, just by listening to:

The Big Scary Show

Featured Music:

Jerry Vayne –  A New Kind of Treatment

– Empty Inside

– Mind Control

from the new CD, Blackmoon Asylum

*special thanks to Kevin MacLeod – Darxieland (HauntCon Commercial)

Episode 141

Once again, we bring you a MONSTER of a show, as Badger has a body bag full of interviews from the Halloween and Haunt Fest show in Mesquite, TX.  He chats with Allen Hopps or Dark Hour, Fearaphobia, Gantom, HauntPay, Hauntshirts, In Search of Brains, Madly Made, Michael Edwards, Missing Finger Productions, Reindeer Manor, Roger Hayes, Screams, Six Flags Over Texas, and HHF organizer, Steven Colberg.  (somehow, the Unknown Scare-Actor was able to sneak in an  interview with Adolfo Dorta from Days of the Dead Louisville).

Our Roundtable of Terror is about new haunts, as the (g)Hosts offer some electric chairs to Meeks Manor in Salem, Virginia, and Carnage Haunted House in Columbus, Ohio.  its a lively conversation, with some great insight and suggestions for those of you thinking of opening your own haunt in the future

Badger brings us the latest in Deadline News, The Unknown Scare-Actor is back to make you Face Your Fears, Storm brings us the latest Haunt Minute, plus a NEW segment entitled, The Lair of the Marketing Weezel.  Vysther is back, with a History of Haunted Houses, and the Haunt-strementalist brings us 3 spooky tunes, to get get you in a Halloween mood.

All this, and more, on this MONSTER sized…….

BIG SCARY SHOW

Featured Music:

13 Pagan Holiday 13 – Long Shadows Fall on Halloween

Bloody Jug Band – If you Want Blood

Wednesday 13 – Halloween 13 13

Episode 140.

September is now upon us, and it is officially Halloween Season.  We wrap up this series of interviews on both coasts, as we have Badger at Scare LA and Midsummer Scream in California, as he brings us talks with Atmos FX, Hollywood Horror Museum, John Murdy of Halloween Horror Nights, William Piotrowski from Nox Arcana, Ralis from Mad Monster Mask, and Quan Gan from ZTag.

Storm is at Necronomicon in Rhode Island and he chats with Holy Crow, Jennifer Lester, Jim Dyer, the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, Primal Adornments, Shogoth Assembly, and the Steampunk Festival.

The Roundtable of Terror addresses the very serious subject of plagiarism in our industry as we speak with Chad Savage of Sinister Visions and Robert Santos and Stacy Fitz of Necrotic Creations. Joining them is Jonathan Bailey, who is a plagiarism consultant, and they all discuss the effects of plagiarism and ways to better protect your intellectual property.

Badger brings us the latest Deadline News, Storm rants about stealing peoples s#!t, The Unknown Scare-Actor makes someone Face Your Fears, the Haunt-strementalist spins the spooky tunes, and Vysther is back, paying homage to Tobe Hooper, who passed away this.

I’m not sure I can get much more into this show!

We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice…..

just by listening to……THE BIG SCARY SHOW

Featured Music:

Silent Horror – Evil Dead

the Independents – Walking Dead

Transylvania Transport Co. – Suture Island