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This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing things a bit differently. Rather than talking about haunted attractions we're talking about our fair city, New Orleans.

Since many of you are coming down here for HAuNTcon, we wanted to do our part to make sure that you have the knowledge and info to be safe, have a good time and maybe know a few off-the-beaten path places that you can check out.

So, if you're planning a trip to NOLA, hopefully some of these suggestions will give you a leg up on finding things to see or visit while you're here. 

Also, we are still going to make ourselves available one evening for drinks on our side of the river along with an admittedly brief tour of our haunt (All 600 sq ft of it). 

But on that note, for those of you planning your trip to New Orleans, here's what we are advising you do to stay safe and have fun!

This Week's Episode Includes:

IntroConference RemindersGeneral New Orleans Safety TipsThoughts on the Locations HAuNTcon is VisitingSuggestions for Other Places to Check Out

All in all, if you're coming to HAuNTcon, this is one episode you do not want to miss!

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Episode 100, as most of you remember, was our blowout celebration episode where we definitely did NOT talk about any news. Episode 104 is where the hangover sets in. Now we have to get through two months, the two busines months, of haunt news in one go.

So, that's exactly what we're going to try and do (and probably fail miserably in the process). 

So, with that in mind, let's take a look at what is in this week's episode:

IntroRemembering Jerry Lesperance (Please consider donating to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention here) Jonathan will Be Speaking at HAuNTcon... TwiceConference RemindersHaunt Sued for Negligence Over RapePolice Called After Haunter Scares Pedestrians and CyclistsMaryland Haunt Canceled Due to Fire Code ViolationsUniversal's Monster Cafe Finishes Renovations and ReopensNBCUniversal is Killing Off ChillerWhy Haunted Houses Win Most of Their LawsuitsNew York Post Says Halloween Should Be Just For KidsTeen Uses Haunt To Raise Money for American Cancer SocietyCommunity Comes Together to Give Halloween to Special Needs Girl

This episode is in memory of Jerry Lesperance, whom we lost over the holiday weekend to suicide. Please, if you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, talk to someone. It can be as simple as reaching out to a friend or loved one. You can also call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 for help immediately. 

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Starting any haunted attraction is a daunting challenge. Starting a professional one is much, much more so.

However, when Jamie Lee Sullivan and Rickie Haines set out to make their own pro haunt, they didn't even have experience with a home haunt. Though they had been involved with haunted attractions for decades, they had never actually built a haunt in their lives. 

So how did they make the jump from avid actors and helpers to proud haunt owners? That's exactly what this episode is about.

It's a long, harrowing tale that involves research, planning, luck, an insane amount of work and at least one injury of note.

So how did they pull it all together? That's what we find out in this interview with the minds behind the Den of Fear!

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Haunting is hard. It's hard work, it's a hard business and it's hard creatively. 

Because of that, we sometimes turn to crutches and lean on things that, maybe, are more out of laziness and lack of ideas than what is actually best.

So, in this episode we're taking a look at just some of those crutches, the things we lean on when we're out of ideas but need to fill a room (or 20). 

This Week's Episode Includes:

IntroductionRenFest StoryConference RemindersChainsawsStrobe LightsFogDrop PanelsTechnologyCommon SayingsHaunt MarketingConclusions

To be clear, these aren't bad scares, but they are getting overused and are signs that maybe, just maybe, we're taking the easy way out...

All in all, this is a trip down the stuff we do because it's easy lane so join us for the ride as this is one episode you do not want to miss!

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This week on Haunt Weekly, we're taking it a bit easy. It's been a long, wonderful season so we need to take a moment to relax, reflect and talk about the season that's just finished.

And what a season it was. Record numbers, amazing scares and hours of security camera footage to pour over. We've got a LOT left to do but we can't help but take a minute and reflect.

So, reflect we shall!

However, this isn't all just about reminiscing, we've also got conference reminders and some podcast news to go over.

This Week's Episode Includes:

IntoEpisode 100 Thanks and RecapPodcast NewsConference RemindersAll About Our Season

Also, as mentioned in this week's podcast, here is our 360 video from our haunt this year. It's a bit dark because of the nature of the video, but it gives you an idea of what we do. We'll have more pictures coming shortly!

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

Hope everyone's season is going well and that you're having a safe, scary and (if relevant) profitable October. The big night is just ahead but, for us, this is also a major milestone as we release episode 100 of Haunt Weekly!

Due to the time of year and the fact we, like everyone else, is at our busiest, we decided to keep things low key, we're talking about what Halloween and haunting means to us.

To make things special though, it's our first ever lve episode as we record this in front of the world, taking questions and interacting with listeners as we go.

So join us on this journey as we talk about what Halloween means to us and answer some of your quesitons along the way. If there's interest, we may do more live recordings in the future so let us know what you think!

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This week on Haunt Weekly, we're wrapping up conversation about our Atlanta trip by looking at some of the lessons we learned from it.

Many of these lessons come not from anything specific to Atlanta, but rather, from visiting 9 haunts over 4 nights (including 7 haunts in 2 nights). When you do that, you start to see some paterns that you might miss when you go to just one or two a night.

Beyond that, we also have some news on the upcoming episode 100, which will be a LIVE edition of the podcast. You'll be able to listen in and (hopefully) ask questions on our YouTube Channel, so subscribe today and be sure to enable notifications so you'll get an alert.

Othewise, tune in 5 PM ET on Sunday Oct. 29 for a LIVE recording of the show!

Beyond that, here's a look at what's in this week's show!

IntroNews About Episode 100News About Our Upcoming Walkthrough VideoConference RemindersLesson 1: Vary Your ScaresLesson 2: Whole Room ImmersionLesson 3: White Out Mazes EverywhereLesson 4: Doubling Down Against Touch HauntsLesson 5: Backing Off on ChainsawsLesson 6: Focus on What Makes Your Haunt UniqueLesson 7: The Danger of OverhypeLesson 8: The Nearby Haunt is Not Your CompetitionLesson 9: Focus on Front of House ExperienceLesson 10: Different Areas, Different Rules

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

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We are back! We have returned from the exotic locale of Atlanta and, along the way, managed to take in 9 different haunted attractions including seven in two nights. 

While we really didn't want to make this a "review" episode of Haunt Weekly, it's kind of hard to talk about the trip without it being at least review-like. So, we're going to break down the haunts we visited, our thoughts on them and tell some stories of the general insanity of this trip.

It was a packed one that much is for sure!

This Week's Episode Includes:

Conference RemindersNightmare at 3008NetherworldParanoiaFolkloreContainmentNightmare's GateFreaks of FearCamp Blood13 StoriesWrap Up

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

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Hope everyone is having a great season and that your haunts are operating as smoothly and as briskly as you like. 

For us as home haunters, this part of the month is the time where we head out and visit literally all of the haunts we can. However, we noticed something: It's getting to be a pretty expensive hobby.

With that in mind we had to ask ourselves a simple question: Are haunts getting too expensive?

Since we didn't have the answer to that we decided to turn to someone much smarter than us in this field, Mr. Adam Drendel of HauntedIllinois.com. 

Adam is one of the premiere experts on haunted attactions in the Chicago area and a man who visits up to 40 haunts per year.

With an open wallet and a LOT of data about haunt pricing, Adam has a lot of useful things to say about haunt pricing and the trend of more and more expensive haunts. 

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This week on Haunt Weekly, it's another episode divisble by four and that means it's time to do THE NEWS!

If your season hasn't already started it's likely coming up very soon. Either way, this is definitely the busy season for the industry and that's also true for the news about the industry.

However, a lot of this week's news isn't all that happy. While we are hearing great reports of high ticket sales and interest in haunted attractions this year, we're also generating a lot of not-so-pleasant headlines about questionable billboards, props and other things widely seen as offensive.

So, with a mixed heart we dive on in to look at these stories and much, much more.

This Week's Episode Includes:

IntroSubscribe to Out Our YouTube ChannelWe Are Heading to Atlanta!Conference RemindersNC Haunt Sees Controversial Billboards Come DownHanging Dummy Prop Sparks OutrageLas Vegas Haunt Causes Controversy with Sepsis ThemeCabot Yard Haunt Returns After Controversial SeasonHong Kong Man Dies During Pre-Opening Haunt TourAmazon Creates "Lore" Haunted HouseHaunts: The Art of the Scare DocumentaryWyandotte Jaycees Celebrate 41 Years

All in all, this is one busy episode and a month's worth of news you do NOT want to miss!

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