My Haunt Life

The Tension Experience: The End…?

Nine months ago, we started on a journey into the unknown. The Tension Experience came into our lives and changed them. A few days ago, it all came to an end. In this episode, we catch you up on things that have happened, we talk about our 2nd times through The Tension Experience: Ascension, and then tell you about what happened at “The End”. This podcast is just under FOUR hours long. It’s our longest to date. It’s also a roller coaster of memories. Sit back, relax, and get ready to be present and feel true and real emotion.

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

The Tension Experience – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Hamilton (Tension version) Featuring Andrew Perez (Ellis Gordon??) and cast

“The End” Periscope has been removed, but a HUGE thank you to Addison Born for filming the whole event. With his permission, I’m posting his link to “The End” video.

The Tension Experience – THE END 11.13.16 from Addison Born on Vimeo.

Thank you so much to Addison Born, Tim Redman, and Kimberly Stewart for the video and pictures used in the cover photo. Once again, this amazing COMMUNITY that was built, is coming through to help.

And coming soon…The Lust Experience

Halloween season has come to an end

Los Angeles Invades the Chicago Haunts

In this episode, Russell leaves the comfort and safety of our Los Angeles playground and travels into the unknown. He heads to Chicago and experiences Miasma: A Terror Experience. He then travels to visit the International Museum of Surgical Science and finishes his trip out by visiting HellsGate and Statesville Haunted Prison.

Featuring interviews with Justin, creator of Miasma, and John, the man behind Zombie Army Productions!

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

Miasma: A Terror Experience – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

International Museum of Surgical Science – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

HellGate – Website,

https://www.facebook.com/HellsGateHauntedHouse/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Statesville Haunted Prison – Website,

https://www.facebook.com/StatesvilleHauntedPrison/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Zombie Army Productions – Website,

https://www.facebook.com/ZombieArmy/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Days of the Living Dead – Website,

https://www.facebook.com/daysofthelivingdead/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube

Theatre: Creepy, Historical, Classic, and Immersive

In this episode, we head back to Motel 6 Feet Under and help some guests check in. Russell goes to The Tension Experience: Ascension for his second time and becomes speechless. We open the October Box of Dread and are pretty stoked at what’s inside. We follow a reporter investigating a missing girl and urban legends in Screamers and have an interview with the writer/director/producer Ben Cox. On the way to visit Cara within Devoted, Russell runs into some trouble. Mike was able to meet with her a couple days later to experience her memories. Mike is starting his immersive Shakespeare journey in the back of a van known as Hamlet Mobile. Finally, we searched Goldstar for some deals on creepy things and went to Spindle City: The Lizzie Borden Musical and Nosferatu: A Symphony in Terror.

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

Motel 6 Ft Under – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

The Tension Experience – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Box of Dread – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Screamers – Screamers

Trailblazer Productions – Facebook

The Shine On Collective – Web, Facebook, Twitter

Cara Darling – Facebook, Instagram

Hamlet Mobile – Website, Twitter

Spindle City: The Lizzie Borden Musical – Website

Nosferatu: A Symphony in Terror- Website, Facebook

Delusion, Sinister Pointe, IndieCade, and Coffin Creek…Oh My!

We finally get to experience a couple things that weren’t around last year. We first hit up Delusion’s “His Crimson Queen”, which has been one of the most anticipated works since we found out that they were coming back! The next night, we went to Sinister Pointe’s “Fear the Mark” and experience 4 different realms and 4 different demons. We made a quick return trip to Motel 6 Feet Under. Then we went to IndieCade’s Night Games for a night of immersive samplers (curated by Noah from No Proscenium). We were able to experience something new from The Speakeasy Society and Annie Lesser’s ABC Project. We ended the weekend by heading over to Coffin Creek…and they admitted us into their Insane Asylum!

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

Delusion – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Sinister Pointe – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Motel 6 Ft Under – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

IndieCade – Website, Facebook, Twitter

No Proscenium – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Speakeasy Society – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

ABC Project – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Go Fund Me

Screenshot Productions – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Hamlet-Mobile –

Las Vegas Haunts and Escape Rooms!

In this episode, we head to boo-tiful Las Vegas! We spent the weekend doing amazing haunts such as Hotel Fear/Asylum and Freakling Brothers Trilogy of Terror! In our down time, we escape from Lockdown Rooms’ “Mob Room”, the new Basement that opened up, as well as Xtreme Escape’s “The Great Escape”. Enjoy this turn around trip of terror!

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

Hotel Fear/Asylum – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Lockdown/Mob Room – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

The Basement – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Xtreme Escape/The Great Escape Room – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Freakling Brothers Trilogy of Terror – Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Haunt Season is in Full Swing!

We start off this podcast by realizing The Tension Experience STILL isn’t done with us and is STILL messing with our heads! We board the Grey Ghost to attend Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor. We return to Cross Roads Escape Games to try the newly redesigned “Hex Room”. Russell becomes a test pilot with Ves Corp. We head to Reign of Terror‘s massive, 95 room maze. We witness a seance in Force of Nature Productions‘ “Fallen Saints”. Finally, we check into Motel 6 Feet Under and get lost with Mable!

 

 

Links to what we spoke about:

The Tension Experience – Web, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor – Web, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Cross Roads Escape Games – Web, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Ves Corp – Web, Instagram, Twitter

Reign of Terror – Web, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Fallen Saints/TV Live/Force of Nature Productions – Web, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Motel 6 Feet Under – Web, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

We Are Indie Horror – Web, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Trap House LA – Web

Think Tank Gallery – Web,

Interview with Trap House LA Creators Adam Milicevic, Patrick Nissim, and Jacob Patterson

Trap House LA at the Think Tank Gallery, in Downtown Los Angeles, is part horror art show and part escape room. Continuing their successful streak as one of the haunt season’s go to locations in Downtown LA, warehouse turned arts space Think Tank Gallery is pleased to announce the world’s first sci-fi horror art show and escape room mashup. The Think Tank’s Trap House is a scary movie buff’s dream, welcoming a nightmarish trip down memory lane with some of the industry’s most legendary monster and SFX

makeup artists while drawing patrons into an immersive escape room experience designed by one of the best in the

emerging industry.

From October 8th-31st , patrons can experience art and horror in a way never done before. Featuring work by the historic Dick Smith designer of The Exorcist, Mike Hill, Andrew Freeman (Immortal Mask) , Blake Neubert, Catherine Coan, Cig Neutron, Scott Hove, Ave Rose, Ben Ploughman, Carl Lyon, Luke Pelletier, Ian Von Cromer and many more; some artists with work solidified in the art historical canon at Guillermo del Toro’s groundbreaking Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) exhibit, Trap House will run as a traditional (and free) art showcase, while drawing patrons into something more sinister: a secret escape room.

While the gallery is filled with fan -favorite pieces, it also houses the centerpiece of this Halloween experience: a

hidden escape room sending signals outward to gallery attendees as participants try to break free, encountering

scares and attempting to get out while their actions manipulate the art pieces outside like never done before.

Designed by illustrious escape room designer Adam Milicevic from Universal Studios Japan, his return to Hollywood

will build and break from his most recent project in Japan where over 200 visitors got trapped in an unprecedented

high stakes experience. Six guests at a time will enjoy his curated 30 minutes of panic as they navigate the terror of DTLA’s dark human trafficking past, an extravagant and fun take on a real issue with a portion of their ticket

purchase benefiting local anti-trafficking organizations.

Attendees who are in the know will be able to find their way inside… but once there, it will be a challenge to escape

the nefarious recording studio front for a secret operation room with their organs intact and make it safely back into the gallery. Targeted puzzles within the escape room will trigger signals in the gallery itself and broadcast escapees’ actions into functional, conceptual art installations inside the gallery. Technology and SFX makeup will collide as never attempted before in Trap House’s ambitious cross-platform presentation.

 

 

Links:

Trap House LA – Web

Think Tank Gallery – Web, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Interview with Anna and Marlee from The Shine On Collective

The Shine On Collective first appeared to us at the Hollywood Fringe Festival with their show “The Truth“. Since then, they’ve given us a glimpse into a freak show with “One of Us” and have shown us what love can be with their current piece, Devoted. We speak with the founders, Anna and Marlee, about Shine On, their shows, and themselves. If you are a fan of dark immersive theatre, definitely check out one of their shows soon!

 

 

Links:

The Shine On Collective – Web, Facebook, Twitter

Cara Darling – Facebook, Instagram

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