Haunt After Hours

Marketing in big box stores. Haunters resolutions. Park resolutions. 

Talking about what inspires us as haunters. 

Christmas Haunt's, a short lived attraction or the next big thing? 

How to handle bad reviews

In this weeks episode:

Nanni Janie shares a feel good story of the week.

Director Gary fills in for Cody with a K. Cody was out shooting our new Ranch of Horror movie and got over heated. The crew shares a few stories about Cody that they probably wouldn't share with him being present. Poor guy will probably never miss a podcast again.

Director Gary fills us in on some horror history as we delve into behind the scenes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. This lower budget production was filmed with actors who had little to no experience- similar to the movie Gary is working on right now. Will Ranch of Horror be the next horror flick with a cult like following?

The group discusses que line entertainment. Things we have done in the past, things we have seen and things we would like to see.

Molly Poppins shares her marketing tip of the week.

Heartless Heather's paranormal story is derailed when Molly shares a story about sticky sour patch kids leading her to set up cameras in her home. Molly doesn't eat sour patch kids and she hasn't had any guests over to leave the mess- so how did they get there?

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In this weeks episode:

Big Ant shares his boo story of the week. 

Nannie Janie shares a feel good story of the week. 

Director Gary fills in for Cody with a K. Cody was out shooting our new Ranch of Horror movie and got over heated. The crew shares a few stories about Cody that they probably wouldn't share with him being present. Poor guy will probably never miss a podcast again. 

Director Gary fills us in on some horror history as we delve into a behind the scenes look at the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. This lower budget production was filmed with actors who had little to no experience - similar to the movie Gary is working on right now. Will Ranch of Horror be the next horror flick with a cult like following? 

The group discusses que line entertainment. Things we have done in the past, things we have seen and things we would like to see. 

Molly Poppins shares her marketing tip of the week. 

Heartless Heather's paranormal story is derailed when Molly shares a story about sticky sour patch kids leading her to set up up cameras in her home. Molly doesn't eat sour patch kids and she hasn't had any guest over to leave the mess- so how did they get there?

This is a fun episode. If you like it please share it!

If you have any suggestions, stories or want to be a guest please emails: [email protected]. 

Let's stay connected! 

In this episode we discuss the pros and cons of make-up artists. Where are they needed? Is the end product worth the expense? 

If you have a perspective on this topic,  that differs from ours we would love to hear from you! email [email protected]. 

Nannie Jannie shares stories from her haunts auditions. 

Big Ants calls Sober Dave, a new member of the amputee community, this weeks boo of the week. You wont believe what Sober Dave asked his doctor before his amputation. Even better, is what Sober Dave's mother started requesting the doctor do. 

Cody with a K ditches the podcast for a date on the lake, but the rest of the haunt after hours crew fill in with props we love and want to see come to life. 

Molly Poppin's shares how vendors can help with marketing. 

Heartless Heather shares a common phenomenon that people near death and people that recently lost loved ones have experienced. 

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This episode focuses on the audition process in our affiliated haunt and reviews techniques other haunts use to find the perfect cast for scare season. 

Nannie Janie shares her love for fellow haunters. If you are looking for contacts for your actors check out our friends at Primal Contacts. Cool costume lenses use code DYS10 to save! 

You'll never guess what happened to this locksmith who got to visit a nudist colony for the first time, Big Ant shares the hilarious story with us in this episode. 

The crew discuses how to nail your audition- we pick apart Cody with a K's audition. And we discuss how one of Ranch of Horror's signature characters almost never happened. 

Molly shares her marketing tip of the week- social media is key- but what can you do with Snap chat? Tune in to find out! 

In Cody's crate of toys he teaches us some fun facts about scents and how they can enhance not just the characters wearing them but the customers experience. 

Heartless Heather, delves into the reality that we just don't know our neighbors! As we talk about famous murderers and kidnappers who were everyday people before their true identity came to light. 

This is a fun episode! Please listen and share! 

If you have any feedback, topic suggestions or want to be a guest, please send us an email [email protected]. 

"Haunt love" it is a thing- every year there's a juicy affair formed during haunt season. What causes it? Our guess is working in close quarters with someone who shares your interest, because let's face it if your working in the haunt industry you're probably pretty passionate about what you are doing. Is it real love? From our experience the answer is no. Most of the relationships that start during haunt season don't last forever. So our advice is not to walk away from your happy home for a seasonal love, like one of our cast members preaches from experience now.

This episode we discuss haunt love. 

Nannie Jannie shares her love for haunters who support each other across the country and around the world. 

Big Ants share a story of a mom who dyed her kid green for Halloween not realizing that the next day was picture day at school. As a group of haunters we would like to rally together to petition that schools do not have picture day the day after Halloween (or any day in October for that matter). 

Molly shares how haunts can use their casting calls to promote their upcoming event. 

Cody with a K unboxes new clown shoes for a character he is developing. 

Heartless Heather give you 7 tips to help you determine if you are in fact being haunted or maybe you're just paranoid. 

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This week we discuss haunt themes - what is overplayed, what would we like to see?

Nannie Jannie Brings a feel good story of the week, as she discusses the young "hauntrepreneurs".

Big Ant actually shares two stories this week about people doing questionable things. One guy was a busy driver hauling mentally ill, lost the passengers and picked up a group of people waiting at a regular bus stop. Took them to the mental institution that was awaiting their arrivals. Can you imagine the mess? "No, I don't belong here!" "Ya, that's what they all say buddy!" Listed to the show - this is a great story!

As a haunt with several attractions we have done all sorts of themes. We discuss the pros, cons and ideas for future themes.

Cody with a K gives us a sneak peak inside his crate of toys. Find out how to honk your light ;-)

Molly Poppins shares a marketing tip of the week - making a haunt video!

Heartless Heather shares an eerie experience that she had babysitting as a teenager. A creepy girl came over to play, this was before cell phones. The girl was familiar with the house and the child, but when pictures were developed of the girls playing the parents had no idea who the girl was- she was never seen or heard from again- but the creepy pictures still exist.

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