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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:11 — 62.0MB) In Episode 27 we put the Unknown Scare Actor in a small closet with lots of spiders and make him tell us all of his Scare Acting Secrets. Well…kinda. Jim Millspaugh (the Unknown Scare Actor) has acted most of his life, scares the body fluids out of most guests at The Dent School House, & trains other Scare Actors to utilize his techniques. He uses the tagline “Everyone is Afraid of Something” in his segment on The Big Scary Show as he shares different Phobias each episode. And after doing a bit of research on Phobias, it seems there really is a Phobia for everything. Using Phobias &...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 48:34 — 55.6MB) In Episode 25 of HaunTopic Radio we chat with Damon Carson of Fright Masters Props and House of Fright. Damon has loved Halloween ever since he was a little boy & has turned his passion into building props for other Haunters. We discuss Things You Can Do To Keep Volunteers Coming Back, a few Classic Horror Movies You May Have Not Heard Of, and Some Of the Biggest Challenges When Owning Your Own Haunt. Damon has been involved with Halloween & Haunting for most of his life. Whether it was the horror movies he watched as a boy, helping the JayCee’s raise money by putting on a Haunt,...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 50:13 — 57.5MB)   In Episode 23 of HaunTopic Radio we chat with Erick Gyrion & Dan Doble from the Oblivion Haunted House and get some helpful advice for operating  your Haunt & a small peek into their lives as Haunters. After a few laughs & stories of their journey, we dive deep into a few topics any Haunter would be interested in, such as: HOW TO GET KEEP VOLUNTEERS/EMPLOYEES COMING BACK FOR MORE WHY HAVING A CREATIVE PLAN IS THE BEST WAY TO SET UP YOUR HAUNT IS IT NECESSARY TO REBUILD YOUR HAUNT EACH YEAR & HOW TO DO IT HOW TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA & THE INTERNET TO...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 35:13 — 40.3MB) In Episode 8 of HaunTopic Radio we get a behind-the-scenes interview about HAuNTcon with the “Haunt Godfather” and Owner Leonard Pickel. Leonard is the co-founder of the Haunted Attraction Magazine, Consultant at Hauntrepreneurs.com, and a list of achievements that I couldn’t fit on this page. Come on…he’s been around the Haunt Industry for over 35 years! But we’ll have more on Leonard in another episode, we had to cut it in half. The next episode with Leonard Pickel will include his insights on Building a Haunt and Things to Know Before You Get Into the Haunt Industry. So Subscribe to The Haunter’s Toolbox to Get The Next Episode...

  This is not a new episode of HaunTopic Radio…but an update of what has been going on and what we have planned for the upcoming months. As you know. Darryl Plunkie from dEdmonton.com and myself have stepped into the world of podcasting and online radio. We created hauntopic.com and felt that we needed to take some of our experience and the experience of other Haunters and create an audio version for you to listen to at your convenience. We created HaunTopic Radio. There will soon be a series of episodes covering the Transworld Haunt & Halloween Show and all the friends I caught up with. So we have ScaryVisions.com, dEdmonton.com, and HaunTopic.com. Where do you start? Well, check...