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Episode 129 – Transworld Coverage and the End of an Era

Transworld 2017 is in the books and man, was it a BIG one.  Haunters the world over descended upon St. Louis last weekend for a chance to see and buy the latest and greatest for haunt season 2017.  The Big Scary Show’s Badger and Meathook Jim were in attendance and they bring you a show FULL of coverage and interviews for what may very well be the last Big Scary Show.

this show is bursting at the seams, as we bring you interviews with Gantom Lighting, Dark Stitches, a resurrection of the Springboro Haunted Hayride at a new, mystery(for now) location, Ed Edmunds, Von Charon Productions, Don’t Be a Monster, Find-A-Haunt, Allen Hopps, Froggys Fog, Necrotic Creations, Shay Armstrong of Cameleon Makeup, Ticket Leap, Chad Savage, the Canadian Haunters Association, Haunters Against Hate, Haunt Pay, Spooky Props, Nasa Searchlights, Creative Visions, Creepy Collection, Sinister Signs, Skeletons and More, and MEL Products….whew, I’m tired of typing after that.

With so much content, there was no room for the Roundtable of Terror, but all of the usual segments are back, with Deadline News, Haunt Minute, Scare Actor Tips ‘n Tricks, and of course the spooky tunes.

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

THE BIG SCARY SHOW!!

Featured Music:

Gojira X – Teenage Frankenstein

Pine Box Boys- Child of Calamity

Psychocharger – Invasion of the Ball Snatchers

Episode 128

With less than a week until Transworld, the green beer is flowing here in the US, while the pints of Guinness keep coming at a pub in Dublin for Meathook Jim.  The Roundtable of Terror is about marketing, as the 4 (g) hosts are seated at the table with the Evil One himself, the Voice from Hell, Dick Terhune.

Badger brings us interviews with Creatures Crypt and Nick Wolfe, as well as the latest in Deadline News. Storm rants on about the wee little people, in a Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim addresses inspiration, on Tips n’tricks, and the Haunt-strementalist spins the spooky music .

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

THE BIG SCARY SHOW

Featured Music:

diemonsterdie – The Dead Shall Inherit the Earth

Demented Are Go Go – Welcome Back to Insanity Hall

Gathering of Darkness – Souls of Black

Episode 127

It’s a Stormy show this week as our own Jason Storm braves the wilds of Rhode Island to attend TerrorCon and get us interviews with Burnzing, Fear Town, Forest Haunt Bleached T-shirts, Jay Kennedy, ASoltys Art, and Waking the Murrow.

The Roundtable of Terror is all about actors, as the (g)hosts pull out a chair for Alan Shell, the owner of Backwoodz Oddities in Waverly, Ohio, and we learn about actor retention, divas and the shy actor who just needs that push.  Meathook Jim kept getting dragged into this ( we don’t know why) and Alan shares his take on the process and working with a good core group of actors.

Badger is back with the latest Deadline News, Storm rants on in a Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim brings the latest Tips ‘n’ Tricks and The Haunt-strementalist spins us the spooky tunes

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

The BIG SCARY SHOW

Featured Music

Halloween – Van Helsing’s Curse

Evil Dead – Silent Horror

Halloween 13-13 – Wednesday 13

Episode 126

With only 5 weeks until TransWorld’s Halloween and Attractions Show, the 4 (g)host open the Roundtable of Terror to the Sinister One, Chad Savage and Steve McCarthy, as we learn about a brand new joint venture called FearWear, a unique take on advertising with t-shirts designed by Chad and printed by Steve. Keep listening to the show to find out how you can get a FREE t-shirt at Transworld this year.

Badger brings us interviews from Days of the Dead Atlanta, as he chats with Father Evil and RedRum, as well as finding us a new Gruesome Giveaway winner and reading the latest Deadline News.  Storm rants on about Ghost Sharks in a Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim is back with Scare Actor Tips ‘n Tricks, and The Haunt-strumentalist spins the spooky tunes, including a debut track from his upcoming album, BlackMoon Asylum.  Vysther has one more Haunted Vista before he takes a Transworld break and brings us Shin Godzilla.

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

The BIG SCARY SHOW

Featured Music:

Jerry Vayne – Empty Inside ( From BlackMoon Asylum)

Chris Thomas –  A Lonely Hell

Sinister Symphonies – The Doll House

Episode 125

Badger headed out to Nashville to get a lot of HauntCon coverage, and he does not disappoint.  A show full of interviews with Agony Props, Demented Design Studio, Dr. Terror Eyes, Exotic Lenses, Gantom’s ZTag game, Haunted Farms, Nightmare on 3008, Mike Ross, and of course, the Godfather of HauntCon, Leonard Pickel.

Our Roundtable of Terror is a special one, as we celebrate 20 years of Midnight Syndicate.  Ed and Gavin provide some great insight on how the band came to be, what it was like performing live at Cedar Point, some of their favorite songs, as well as some exciting news regarding Midnight Syndicate at Transworld, but you have to listen to the show for the details.

Badger is back the latest in Deadline News, Storm rants on about the alleged bacon shortage, Vysther is back with a piece on the “Voice From Hell”, Mr. Dick Terhune himself.  Meathook Jim has returned with a new segment, Tips ‘n Tricks (TNT), and the first in helpful tips is addressed for new scare-actors, as the subject matter will be covered by any experienced haunter you work with.

The Haunt Rocker spins the spooky tunes, as we are playing the favorite tracks of Ed, Gavin and Jerry Vayne.

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

THE BIG SCARY SHOW

Featured Music:

Midnight Syndicate (as chosen by Ed Douglas) – Alternative Therapy

Midnight Syndicate (as chosen by Gavin Goszka – Slight Miscalculation

Midnight Syndicate w/ Jerry Vayne – Shadows  (Haunt Rocker Remix)

Episode 124

well, here it is. Mid January and its 60F in Cincinnati .  Things are already heating up with convention season getting ready to kick off.  On this episode we are going to jump ahead to March as Transworld’s Jen Braverman sits down with Badger to give us the latest on the Halloween and Attractions Show.

The Roundtable of Terror continues the Transworld talk with veteran vendors to the show, VFX and Creepy Collection, as well as a brand new vendor, Hallucinations Creations.  This lively and spirited conversation has body bags full of information for first time vendors and veterans alike, as advice and suggestions for the newbies is invaluable.

Badger not only brings us the latest Deadline News, but also a Gruesome Giveaway, that doesn’t quite go as planned.  Storm is back to rant on, in one of his longer Haunt Minute segments.  Vysther returns with his review of the Dent Schoolhouse, and the Haunt Rocker (from Ohio) is back with the spooky tunes.

Meathook Jim is ready to change things up again, listen to his segment to hear how you can get involved.

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

The BIG SCARY SHOW!

Featured Music:

Audio Zombie – The Living Dead

The Pine Box Boys – Mr. Skeleton

b-movie monsters – 10/31

Episode 123

Well, here it is 2017, and all the (g)hosts partied a bit too much over the holidays. We managed to get sober long enough to get this show together, but due to schedule conflicts, we do not have a new Roundtable of Terror for you, so we sorted through the archives and dug up our longest ROT, which was also our most populated ROT, as we had 5 count them 5 guests for the soon to be famous ROT from way back on Episode 8(!), the Horror Show Hosts.  This ROT was one for the ages  and the standard bearer, as with the (g)hosts we had 9 people on this call.  We are hoping some of our newer listeners will enjoy this blast from the past, as the Big Scary Show creeps closer to Anniversary #5, coming in April.

Most of the usual segments are back, with Badger and Deadline News, Storm ranting in a Haunt Minute, and Vysther is back with Music Appreciation.  Meathook Jim decided he was to hung over to do Scare-Actor Spotlight, and rumor has it he is developing a new segment for the show (STAY TUNED!). Of course the newly relocated Haunt Rocker found time to spin the spook tunes.

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

THE BIG SCARY SHOW!

Featured Music:

Shadow’s Symphony:

Desolate Horror

Blood Drenched Hall

Wailing in the Air

Big Scary Show – Episode 122

Well, here we are, the Holidays.  the 4 (g)hosts are gathered at the Roundtable of Terror to reflect on 2016, and look towards 2017.

Badger interviews Ming Chen, from Comic Book Men, as they speculate on the existence of a certain hit tv show.  A little later Badger also sits down with Leonard Pickel, as January and HauntCon, are right around the corner.

The latest Deadline News is presented by Badger, Storm rants on, in a Haunt Minute, The Unknown Scare-Actor has a “special guest” on Scare-Actor Spotlight, and Vysther is back, with George Romero’s Zombies.

As always, the newly relocated Haunt Rocker spins the spooky tunes, plus 2, just to keep you in the holiday spirit.

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

The Big Scary Show!!!

Featured Music:

From the Midnight Syndicate album, Christmas:  A Ghostly Gathering

Episode 121 – the Dark Ride Project

Well, here we are, December.  But before all the Krampus related material, 3 of the 4 (g) hosts take a trip “down under” and have a chat with Joel Zika, in Melbourne Australia, about the Dark Ride Project, as Joel is trying to preserve, via virtual reality, the dark rides of amusement parks and carnivals around the world. Most of us enjoyed these attractions in our younger years, and inspired the terror we now create.

Now, speaking of Krampus, Storm has an interview with Rich, of the New England Krampus Society, and Meathook Jim does his annual reading of “Twas the Fright Before Christmas” where the Krampus plays a part in the soon to be famous poem.

Badger not only brings us Deadline News, but also an interview with legendary professional wrestler Al Snow, and we find out what he has been up to with “head”.  Storm rants on in a haunt minute and the newly relocated Haunt Rocker spins the spook tunes from Columbus, Ohio.

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

The BIG SCARY SHOW!

Featured Music:

The Bloody Jug Band – If You Want Blood

The Independents – Bloody Night, Bloody Knife

Coffin Caddies – Zombies Ate My Neighbors

Episode 120 – ThanksKilling.

The Roundtable of Terror is serving up the main course, with Al Ridenour, as our yearly Krampus talk takes place, and we get yet another perspective on Krampus lore.   The side dishes include Badger, Jim, and Jerry chatting with Ari Lehman, the First Jason, and Jim tries to get in a quick interview with Jason Hawes, of Ghost Hunters.

Badger brings us the Deadline News, Storm rants in a Haunt Minute, Jerry spins the spooky tunes, and Vysther reflects on Halloween 2016, while we try to give away another prize from Screamline Studios, in the Gruesome Giveaway.

Featured Music:

Verse 13

– Embrace the Black Rose

– It Beckons

– The Souls that Wander