Haunt Weekly

Haunted attractions are a business. Business, typically, want to make more money.However, most of the ways haunts can make more money are either expensive or time-consuming. Considering haunt owners are already overtaxed, it's often not practical.That's why we're coming at you with 9 low-effort ways that haunts can make more money. These ideas range from the simple to maybe some effort is required category.This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Question of the Week3. Update on Transworld4. Intro to the Topic5. 9 Ways Haunts Can Make More Money6. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news, and we have a LOT of news to get through this week.We have an update on a haunt break in from over the summer, news that Universal Studios is opening a year-round haunt in Vegas, as well as a major haunt renovation in progress.This episode is jam packed with must-known stories, conference reminders, and one of our busiest questions of the week.This Week's Episode Includes1. Intro2. Housekeeping Note3. Conference Reminders4. Question of the Week5. Planet Doom Suspects Arrested - https://www.eastidahonews.com/2023/01/planet-doom-burglary-suspects-bound-to-district-court/6. Universal to Open Year-Round Vegas Haunt - https://bloody-disgusting.com/the-further/3746580/universal-studios-launching-a-year-round-horror-destination-in-las-vegas/7. Abandoned Asylum Getting $4 Million Renovation - https://www.mlive.com/news/2023/01/abandoned-eloise-asylum-to-get-4m-renovation-into-hotel-restaurant-haunted-attraction.html8. HUSH Haunted House Holds NYE Bash - https

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're taking a look at why we don't return to many of the haunts we visit.We're pretty avid haunt goers and, on the whole, if we're in the area, we'll try to come by. But every year there are haunts we can easily go to but choose not to make the time for.So, to show haunts what might be killing their repeat business. This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Housekeeping/Transworld Update3. Question of the Week4. Work We Did on Our Haunt5. Intro to This Week's Topic6. 9 Reasons We Don't Return to a Haunt7. ConclusionsGet in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're coming out of the holidays to round out the year and look toward 2023. This year promises to be a very interesting one, with COVID (hopefully) in the rearview mirror, haunts are exiting survival mode and starting to evolve.So, what ways will haunting change in 2023? Here are eight possible ways.This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Transworld Announcement3. Question of the Week4. Conference Reminders5. Update on Our Haunt6. Housekeeping Note7. A Look Back at 20228. 8 Ways Haunting May Change in 20239. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking about holiday lore again, and we're turning our attention to Santa's reindeer.Sure, the lore about the fat man is interesting, but we've done that already. So now we're discussing how the reindeer first came to be and how they got their names.Along the way, we'll discuss a naming dead end (thankfully) and the one addition that did stick.This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Question of the Week3. Update on Our Haunt4. The First Mention of Santa's Reindeer5. A Visit from St. Nicholas6. L Frank Baum's Attempt7. Rudolph Makes an Appearance8. Reindeer Facts9. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one holiday episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're doing the news. A lot has happened in the industry this past month as we mourn the loss of a member of our community, find more problematic haunts and some haunts that were especially charitable this season.And, for a bit of levity, we discuss some of the biggest escape room disasters and much, much more. This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Conference Reminders3. Haunt Builder Lindsey Phillips Passed Away at 23 - https://obits.theadvocate.com/us/obituaries/theadvoc4. Repeat Sex Offender Arrested Again After Being Fired from Haunt - https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/11/23/lorain-county-habitual-sex-offender-who-worked-haunted-house-arrested-again/5. Hutson's Haunted Hallow Donates to Salvation Army - https://www.dailyamerican.com/story/lifestyle/2022/12/02/haunted-attraction-raises-funds-for-the-salvation-army/69686311007/6. Four Scythes Donates to Dozens of Charities7. Netherworld Hosts Behind the Scenes Tour - https://www.ajc.com/things-to-do/atlanta-winter-

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're not actually talking much about haunted houses and instead are looking at one of our holiday traditions: The Anti-Christmas PlaylistOur Anti-Christmas playlist is a (nearly) 20-year tradition that started on burned CDs for our car and has grown to a mammoth YouTube playlist with over 80 tracks and 4 hours of music.For the first time ever, we're opening that list up to you and the world, you can view it here: https://tinyurl.com/antixmas2020If you want a guide to that list, well, that's what this episode is all about! This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Question of the Week 3. Housekeeping Notes4. What We've Been Working On5. Raven's Grin Inn GoFundMe (https://tinyurl.com/goravensgrin)6. Why Do We Make the List?7. What is an Anti-Christmas List?8. Parodies of Christmas Songs9. Parodies of Mainstream Songs10. New "Christmas" Carols11. Drinking/Family Songs12. Depression Songs13. Other Religions14. Classic Comedy15. Songs That Are Kind

While it is true that most of your haunt's visitors will be from the local area, there will always be some who come from far afield.However, those customers often have different needs from your local customers. As such, there are some considerations you may want to make to entice them.The good news is that, almost any improvement you make for out of town visitors will also help your local ones, making the experience better for everyone. This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Question of the Week3. What We Did for Our Haunt4. Suggestions for Helping Out of Town Visitors5. What Makes a Good Haunt Trip?6. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

First off, a big thank you to everyone for your patience with me as I recover. I'm not 100%, but I'm well enough to do this, so thank you all for your patience!This week on Haunt Weekly, we did a non-haunty thing. Namely, we helped Elli open a yarn store. Fortunately, we were well-prepared for much of it. Running a haunted house helped us immensely as it gave us experience and tools for dealing with the insanity.However, there were some key differences to. So sit back as we break down all the ways running a haunt helped, and didn't help, us get this task done.This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Question of the Week3. What We Did on Our Haunt4. Intro to the Topic5. How Haunting Helped (And Didn't Help) Us Open a Small Business6. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're covering all the news from the previous haunt season. We're playing catch up as we cover the past eight weeks in haunted attraction.Fortunately, this was a relatively incident-free season, very different from 2020 and 2021. Still, there is a LOT of news to go over, so here's a look at all the news that's fit to talk about.This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro2. Question of the Week3. Conference Reminders4. Work We Did on Our Haunt5. Focused on the Yarn Store. Alleged Violent Incident at Fear Overload Scream Park - -https://www.dailydot.com/irl/fear-overload-scream-park-crime/6. Reindeer Manor Halloween Park to Move After Nearly Half Century - https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/reindeer-manor-halloween-park-to-move-after-nearly-half-century/3110788/7. Man Who Sued Spirit Halloween Over Mask Settles8. Erebus Haunted Attraction Offering 'Fun Without Fear' Scare-Free Weekend Tours - https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/erebus-haunted-attraction-offer

This week on Haunt Weekly, we are looking into the future as we discuss the things that we are going to change next haunt season.Our 2022 season was great. It was our first time open since 2018 and it went amazingly well. However, every year is a learning experience and this one is no different.So what lessons did we learn? That's what this episode is all about. So stay tuned as we try to predict our future!This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Question of the Week3. What We Did with Our Haunt4. Recap of the 2022 Season5. Seven Things We're Changing in 20236. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we are continuing our look back on the 2022 season and, specifically, the things that worked.This was our first full year back since 2018. So, for us, it was also a year to try a LOT of new things. Some of it worked well, some of it less so.So we're focusing on the wins this week and looking at seven things that were new this year that we are definitely bringing back for 2023.This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro2. Question of the Week3. Work We Did on Our Haunt4. 7 Things We're Keeping from 20225. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

Send us a textThe 2022 haunt season in the books. After three years of forced closure, we were finally able to open our doors again and, with a largely new crew, bring Halloween back to our area.It was a wild season with several ups and downs. While it wasn't our busiest ever, we definitely enjoyed being back in the full swing of things. So, what you get in this episode is two exhausted and very brain-dead people recapping the season that was. I'm sure we'll have more to say as the weeks go on, but we wanted to do an overview of it the best we can.This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Visit to Rise Haunted House3. A Night by Night Recap4. A Room By Room Description5. Question of the Week 6. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

The headless horseman is one of the most iconic images of both Halloween and haunting. His namesake haunt is one of the best known in the country, and his tale is many a child's first introduction into spooky stories. But where did this legend come from, and how much truth is there to it? Also, are there other headless horsemen around the world? These questions and more will be answered in this episode. This Week's Episode Includes: Intro Question of the Week What We've Been Working On Follow Up on New Orleans Nightmare Our Own People Are Trash Story Raven's Grin Inn GoFundMe Intro to the Topic History of the Legend of Sleepy HollowWashington Irving's Version Film AdaptationsEnglish FolkloreIrish FolkloreScottish FolkloreReturn to the Weekly Question Conclusions All in all, this week's episode is one that you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, haunt season continues! For us, that means doing a lot of work in our home haunt, which we have some great updates on, and getting a few more haunt visits.This week, we first crossed the river to hit up The Mortuary and then headed west to visit Decomposed Haunted House and Haunting on DA Bayou.These are three very different haunts in just about every way, so this is an interesting comparison in haunting styles.  All in all, this is one great trip to discuss in a very fun episode for us to record.This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Question of the Week3. Update on Our Haunt4. Visiting The Mortuary5. Visiting Decomposed6. Visiting Haunting on DA Bayou7. ClosingAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

 This week on Haunt Weekly, we are heading to Mobile, Alabama to visit the area's haunted houses.On that trip, we hit up five haunts along the gulf coast. This is after we visit the 13th Gate in Baton Rogue AND discuss a haunt we forgot to talk about last week.So strap yourself in for one of the longest episodes of Haunt Weekly as we talk about 6 and a half different attractions all in one go.This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Conference Reminders3. Phobia at New Orleans Nightmare4. The 13th Gate5. Terror on the Coast6. South Bay Nightmare7. Nightmare Creatures8. Living Dead9. The Dark Woods10. Sweet Dreams11. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're discussing the progress we made on our haunt, our first regular haunt visit in three years and, best of all, YOUR advice for new haunters.Not sold yet? This episode includes a lengthy rant on holiday lights and the problem of finding the correct part in a pandemic-induced shortage.That should get butts in seats.If not, well, here's what else is in the show.This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Question of the Week3. Update on Our Haunt4. Visiting New Orleans Nightmare5. Your Advice for New Haunters6. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

No views  Sep 26, 2022  This week on Haunt Weekly we're doing the news, and, I hate to say it, but it's kind of a heavy one. We have updates on two previous shootings, a potential new one and another haunt owner arrested for sexual assault.As positive as we try to be about the haunt industry, much of this one is going to be a downer. However, we do have some more upbeat stories, as a New Orleans parade is working to return to its full walk and a Michigan haunt is introducing some hidden bars.Might be a great place to grab a drink after listening to the rest of the news...This Week's Episode Includes: 1. Intro2. Question of the Week3. Conference Reminders4. The Work We Did for Our Haunt5. Planning Haunt Visits6. Man Who Murdered a 29-Year-Old Outside Erebus Haunted Attraction in 2020 Sentenced (https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/09/21/man-who-murdered-29-year-old-outside-erebus-haunted-attraction-in-2020-sentenced/)7. Mom of Wilmerding Teen Killed at Haunted Attraction Files Lawsuit

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're reaching out to the new actors, the people who are just starting their first haunt season.For us, it's been over 20 years since we were those fresh-faced youths, but there is a lot we learned in that time. To that end, we're going to break down nine things that we wished we knew when we started.This Week's Episode Includes:1. Intro2. Question of the Week3. Work We Did on Our Haunt4. Update on Our Haunt Trip5. 9 Tips for New Haunters6. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com

This week on Haunt Weekly, we're talking marketing!Specifically, we are talking about our 2022 marketing plan. As many of you know, we've been closed forcefully since 2018. First it was a road closure and then two years of COVID. Now that we're coming back, that's the message we need to get across.So, how are we going to do that? That's especially difficult with our meager budget. So let's talk marketing plans and what we're doing this year to get the word out about our haunt.This week's episode includes:1. Intro2. Question of the Week3. Conference Reminders4. Work We Did on Our Haunt5. Planning Haunt Visits6. Intro to the Topic7. Advertising8. Public Relations9. Social Media10. The Eng Goal11. ConclusionsAll in all, this is one episode you do NOT want to miss!Get in Touch and Follow Us!Facebook: @HauntWeeklyTwitter: @HauntWeeklyYouTube: @HauntWeeklyEmail: info@hauntweekly.com