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Last week on Haunt Weekly, we reviewed the 2024 season and gleaned lessons from it. This week, we're turning our gaze forward and examining the things we want to improve next year.

All in all, this was a tough list to make. Most of the 2024 season went great, and the things that didn't were outside our control.

But that doesn't mean that we can't improve on success. So, with that in mind, here are eight areas we hope to improve in the coming year.

This Week's Episode Includes:

1. Intro
2. Work We Did for the Haunt
3. Question of the Week
4. Conference Reminders
5. Intro to the Topic
6. 8 Things We Want to Improve Next Year
7. Conclusions

All in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!

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This week on Haunt Weekly, we're looking back at the now-finished 2024 season. It was a wild one for us, and it felt like an uphill battle, both literally and figuratively.

However, with the season in the books, we can pause, catch our breath and discuss some takeaways that we hope to carry with us into 2025.

This Week's Episode Includes:

1. Intro
2. Work We Did for the Haunt
3. Question of the Week
4. Recap of the Season
5. 7 Takeaways from the 2024 Season
6. Conclusions

All in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!

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This week on Haunt Weekly, we're wrapping up our 2024 haunt season and covering the news.

This includes discussing how our Halloween night went, our trip to the 13th Gate and, of course, the latest haunted attraction news.

So please sit back as we cover all the haunted attraction news that is fit to print.

This Week's Episode Includes:

1. Intro
2. Question of the Week
3. Conference Reminders
4. Our Halloween Night
5. Our Visit to the 13th Gate
6. Haunted Hilltop Reopens One Week After Fatal Accident - https://www.local3news.com/local-news/update-one-child-was-killed-in-an-accident-at-the-haunted-hilltop-gofundme-created/article_43149a9e-8a08-11ef-9f78-ef0240b8215f.html
7. Harvest of Horror Hayride Cancels Season After 13-Year-Old Dies - https://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/2024/10/16/minnesota-halloween-hayride-canceled-after-13-year-old-dies/75702957007/ 
8. Orchard Accident: 25 Hurt as Hay Wagon Overturns on School Trip in Wisconsin - https://www.wisn.com/article/chippewa-orchard-wagon-rollover-field-trip-accident/62263169
9. Community's Haunted Hayride Shuts Down After Being Swarmed by Around 200+ Juveniles - https://local12.com/news/nation-world/halloween-haunted-hayride-knight-park-shuts-down-after-being-swarmed-by-around-200-juveniles-cincinnati-wawa-location-residential-backyards-mischief-altercations-mass-fights-event-security-disturbance-late-night-behavioral-situation-community-trend-riot
10. 'Death Trap' Haunted House Shut Down in New York - https://abc7chicago.com/post/haunted-houses-death-trap-house-haunting-hollis-queens/15412419
11. Chaperone Policy at Dent Schoolhouse in Effect After Shots Fired Incident Nearby - https://www.wlwt.com/article/dent-schoolhouse-chaperone-policy-halloween-house/62304688
12. Blount County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Incident at Maryville Haunted House - https://www.wvlt.tv/2024/10/21/blount-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-incident-maryville-haunted-house/
13. Deaconess Doctor Explains Radon’s Connection to Lung Cancer - https://www.14news.com/2024/08/29/deaconess-doctor-explains-radons-connection-lung-cancer/
14. ‘The Haunted Labyrinth’ in Cranston Announces Closure Before 40th Season - https://www.abc6.com/the-haunted-labyrinth-in-cranston-announces-closure-before-40th-season/
15. Ames Haunted Forest closes after 26 years of scaring Iowans - https://iowastatedaily.com/297788/news/ames-haunted-forest-closes-after-26-years-of-scaring-iowans/
16. Ghostly Grove Haunted Attraction Closed - https://www.whmi.com/news/article/ghostly-grove-haunted-attraction-closed
17. Tri-State Haunted Attraction Returns After a Shutdown - https://www.wevv.com/news/tri-state-haunted-attraction-returns-after-a-shutdown/article_a1574330-8c07-11ef-90bd-ab9b3bb5c764.html 
18. Oxford County and Snyder’s Family Farm Receive Federal Funding Boost - https://www.pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/article_f334bd0d-cc37-5a2d-8c0c-fea590c27e8b.html
19. Georgia Attraction Haunted Montrose Invites Halloween Enthusiasts For One Last Fright as Founder Announces Retirement - 
https://www.kilgorenewsherald.com/georgia-attraction-haunted-montrose-invites-halloween-enthusiasts-for-one-last-fright-as-founder-announces-retirement/article_946001d6-4bbd-57f4-9aff-2169b2666c30.html
20. Homeowner Receives Complaints After Setting Up Halloween Display in August - https://www.witn.com/2024/09/04/homeowner-receives-complaints-after-setting-up-halloween-display-august/
21. Sinister Visions Offering Fre

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Though we know many of you are at the tail end of your season, we just got our first two nights in the books.

And what amazing nights they were. A full crew, a good crowd, tons of great scares and a haunt that worked just about perfectly. You can't ask for anything more. 

So that's what we're going to talk about this week: our first two haunting nights, our visit to Decomposed Haunted House, and how much we love the Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival. 

This Week's Episode Includes: 

1. Intro
2. Question of the Week
3. Our First Two Nights Haunting
4. Our Visit to Decomposed Haunted House
5. Revisiting the Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival (https://adamgryu.itch.io/pumpkin-carver)
6. Conclusions.

All in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!

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Sorry for missing last week, everyone, but we've returned with an overlong episode with much to discuss.

We need to first update you on our haunt season. Then, we'll discuss our trips to three haunted attractions in the New Orleans area.

It's a long one, folks, so strap in as we have a LOT to go through.

This Week's Episode Includes:

1. Intro
2. Question of the Week
3. Update on Our Season
4. The Mortuary
5. New Orleans Nightmare 
6. Rise Haunted House.
7. Conclusions

All in all, this is one episode that you do NOT want to miss!

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This week on Haunt Weekly is a double-length episode as we discuss our recent trip to Kansas City and St. Louis, which included three full nights of haunt visits.

First, we visited The Beast and Edge of Hell in downtown Kansas City. Next, we checked out Darren Lynn Bousman's creation at Exiled in Bonner Springs. Finally, we returned to Waterloo Sportsman Club with family in tow for a third and final night.

So yes, you get double the Haunt Weekly this week, but in our defense, we had triple the amount to talk about!

This Week's Episode Includes:

1. Intro
2. Question of the Week
3. The Beast and The Edge of Hile
4. Exiled: Crooked Rose Woods
5. Waterloo Sportsman's Club
6. Conclusions

All in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!

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This week on Haunt Weekly, we're recapping what has beeen one of the best weekends of our lives for visiting haunts: The Lost Souls Chicago Haunted Bus Tour. 

To say it was an amazing weekend is an understatement. Not only were there six great haunted houses, but an amazing bus trip plus some great time with a good friend and friend of the show.

In this episode, we're recapping the weekend that was and, along the way, discussing why these kinds of tours are so great for customers and can also help out the haunts themselves...

This Week's Episode Includes:

Intro 
Conference Reminders
Our Experience Planning our Atlanta Trip
Why The Lost Souls Haunted Bus Tour and Ones Like It Are So Great
Friday's Tour
Saturday's Tour
A Big Thanks to Japes and Terry
Conclusions

All in all, if you're a fan of haunts, especially in the Chicago area, this is one episode that you do NOT want to miss!

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Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone does dumb things while they are learning.

However, it's a very special kind of mistake that makes you want to smack your past self across the face. 

Yet, every year, we are confronted by just such mistakes. So we're going to talk about them. Here are eight mistakes we made that really make us hate our past selves.

1. Intro
2. Question of the Week
3. Update on Haunt Visit and Plans
4. 8 Reasons We Hate Our Past Selves
5. Conclusions

All in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!

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This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about the week that was, including our experience with the hurricane and our recent haunt build.

However, for those who want something to do when they aren't working or acting, we have a suggestion: Happy Escape Tycoon.

The game's name is a misnomer. It is actually about running your haunted attractions and goes into surprising depth about doing so, especially for an idle/tower defense game.

So sit back, relax, and let us break it down.

This Week's Episode Includes:

1. Intro.
2. Update on the Hurricane
3. Work We Did for Our Haunt
4. Question of the Week
5. What is Happy Escape Tycoon
6. Why You Should Try It
7. Conclusions

All in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!

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By its very nature, haunting is an up-and-down business. Sometimes, the queue lines are packed, and other times, it's impossible to get a crowd.

After a few gangbuster years, things started to look scruffy, and there were a lot of indicators that should have given the haunters pause. No matter what the economy is actually doing, perception is 9/10s of reality.

So, let's examine the challenges the haunt industry will face this year and what, if anything, we can do about them.

This Week's Episode Includes:

1. Intro
2. Our Disastrous Weekend
3. Last Week's Question of the Week
4. This Week's Question of the Week
5, 5 Warning Signs for This Haunt Season
6. What We Can Do About It
7. 5 Positive Signs
8. Conclusions

All in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!

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