Haunted Attraction Network

Jon Cooke is an attraction designer for Knott’s Scary Farm. He began at the theme park 11 years ago as a scare actor in the mazes. He became part of the production side doing carpentry, set dressing, and prop fabrication, and he’s now a full-time attraction designer focusing on the mazes. He’s also involved in other park elements such as stage shows, stunt shows, and dark rides. As an attraction designer, Jon’s responsible for imagining an attraction and then seeing it through to its full realization. In this episode we discuss Knott’s Scary Farm 2016, Jon’s Journey into attraction design, and the haunted attraction industry as whole. Thanks to our sponsor Gantom Live and their Real Life Zombie Infection Game- ZTag.

Keeping the sound contained in the rooms of your Haunt is a challenge. But with one simple material and a few tweaks to your layout, you can almost soundproof your haunt by absorbing lots of the noise. We say 'almost' because it's impossible to seal in all the sound but you can reduce noise overflow between areas. Listen to this podcast episode to learn more.

Halloween Begins Early this August in with #HFEST August 27-28 in the #Arlington Convention Center! Preview this year's haunts, shop the latest trends, and learn from the masters of fear.

Join Mikey, Sean, and Hannah as they take a special look into 'out of season' scare attractions along with on location audio from Twisted Attractions Terror Park.
Be sure to visit their Facebook page www.facebook.com/scaretrack to leave your idea for next months 'That Will Never Work' section.

From East to West and North to South, no matter where you live, there is a Halloween Event or Haunt Convention close to your neighborhood. Here we discuss two newer events that each have their own unique style and elements. MidSummer Scream in California and Haunt Faire in New York. Education, Vendors, Parties, Networking, Shopping, Demos....they both seem lots of fun. But which one do you attend? Both?

The Frequent Fear Podcast talks with the current Director of Entertainment at Universal Orlando and the head of Universal's Halloween Horror Nights. Mike discusses his childhood, love of horror, and his experience inside and outside of Halloween Horror Nights. Please share the episode with those who might be interested! Email us at [email protected]

Leonard Pickel, considered by many as the 'Godfather of the Haunt Industry', fills this one hour interview with behind-the-scenes information about his Haunted Attraction Conventions and a few ways to make your Haunted House successful just by tweaking a few things that many Haunters are doing wrong.

We're exploring Lora's journey of founding and producing Scare Los Angeles. ScareLA™ is the first convention dedicated to Halloween. Situated in the entertainment capital of the world, they celebrate the scare season traditions by giving Halloween an early start every summer. ScareLA is a convention that is breaking conventions. In fact, beyond the presentations, classes, experiences, screenings, and other activities planned -ScareLA will be producing an original haunted attraction just for the convention. Lora's story is a trough of information and inspiration. ScareLA is offering 20% OFF General Admission, Fear Freak, Scare Student, and Party Tickets to our listeners. Use the code "HANSCARE" at checkout to use your code. To receive show notes for this episode and to be notified when future episodes are available text the code "HAUNTING" to the number 33444.

What? Facebook is evolving!
Founded in 2004 Facebook became the fastest company ever to reach $250 Billion in July of 2015, and now 5 accounts are created every single second. Continued Growth of this nature is a difficult thing for a business, and Facebook has made many changes to stay relevant. Today we'll go through some of those changes, and what they mean for your attraction.

Join your hosts Mikey, Sean, and Hannah as we discuss this month's news & interview Brett Jones, seasoned scare actor and attraction creator.