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Category: Haunter Interviews

Interviews with the people behind Haunted Attractions.

Moving a Haunt from Outside to Inside plus a FREE Place to List & Find Haunts

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Find Haunted Houses & Haunted Attractions in Your AreaYou think to yourself….”Should I start an outdoor Haunted Trail where the atmosphere is already creepy?” or “Get a building where it’s nice and dry during those wet Octobers?” There are disadvantages and advantages of both. Ian Austin from Circle of Ash Haunted Attraction sits in the dungeon with us and explains the challenges he faced during his transition from moving his Haunted Attraction from outdoors to indoors. He also shares a new website he has developed for listing your Haunt and finding other Haunts around you.

In this audio interview, Ian Austin walks you through some tips if you are thinking about moving your Haunt from outdoors to indoors. Reasons why he might enjoy Haunting in the woods just a little bit more than being indoors.  And get the update on his NEW website (find haunts.com) for listing your Haunted House for FREE and find other Haunts around you. It works on your mobile phone too!

We also play some morbid music from Sam Hayne’s New CD “Spine Chillers”, MadCity Haunt opens up the Haunter’s Toolbox with his segment on easy ways to carve foam and make foam wall panels, and we announce rules on how to win one of Sam’s new CDs! (We are giving away 4 copies.)

Ian’s Haunt- The Circle of Ash Haunted House & Attraction is in Cedar Rapids, IA. Started in 2010, by Frightmare Forest Productions, Circle of Ash has grown to five events since 2012. The off-season shows are Scare Up Some Love for Valentine’s Day Weekend, and Monsters during the Independence Day Weekend. There are three different shows during the Halloween season, Lockdown, Halloween Homicide and our main attraction, Circle of Ash. Plus, The Journey’s End Coffin Ride.

 

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The Right Way to Use Froggy’s Fog and Scents with Scott ‘Tater’ Lynd

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Buy Froggys FogSo…you’re cleaning that fog machine out and you think to yourself, what’s the best type of fog to use and how can I keep my machine running season after season without messing it up? What types of smells can I use to keep my attendees entertained and immersed in the scene? What is the difference between ‘discount store’ fog juice and ‘professional grade’ fog juice?

Well, Scott ‘Tater’ Lynd from Froggys Fog is here to help answer some of your most burning questions. Scott is a representative for Froggy’s Fog and knows the in-and-outs of the best type of fog to use, the specifications on each machine that is sold by Froggys, and why you need to be using Froggy’s Fog if you operate a Haunted House.

Scott is also a traveling Scare Actor with many years of acting undeScott Tater Lyndr his belt. So we had to ask him questions about his different scare acting roles and about his unique personalities- Granny and DeWayne. They even make a guest appearance on the podcast!

We play some new twisted tunes from Sam Haynes. The Bloodshed Brothers stop by to share their segment “Shit Haunters Say”. We also announce the two winners of The Halloween Experience DVDs!

So, if you’re searching for the best fog juice for your needs or just want some new ideas on How To Use Fog for Your Haunt…you might want to listen to this episode of HaunTopic Radio.

 

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Congrats to the winners this month!

Darling Gonzalez

Mark Allsop

They won this!

The Halloween Experience DVD Vol.1 (A guided tour through 6 of California’s best Haunted Attractions)

The Halloween Experience DVD

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The Halloween Experience: Bringing California Haunts to Your Living Room

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The Halloween Experience DVDHalloween is awesome. Ask anyone, it’s their favorite holiday. If they say it isn’t, they’re lying or are in need of having a stick removed from their back side. What’s not to like about Halloween? It’s all about time honored traditions like putting on a costume, trick ‘r treating , all night horror movie marathons and getting the crap scared out of you at the local haunted attraction. Maybe the only bad thing about Halloween is that it’s all over after October 31st. Or is it?

In this episode of HaunTopic Radio, we interview Haunted Attraction Junkies Phillip Crain & Bruce King (the creators of The Halloween Experience) about their idea to produce a DVD that features 6 different flow-throughs of some of California’s best Haunted Houses. We also get their take on what makes a great Haunted Experience and the key to their persistent motivation to create this unique compilation of Haunts!

Mint In Box Productions’ THE HALLOWEEN EXPERIENCE VOLUME ONE is a hosted haunted attraction showcase aimed at keeping the screams of Halloween going all year round. Haunted attractions have been featured in Travel Channel specials, countless YouTube videos and heart felt documentaries like AMERICAN SCREAM, but they’ve never been seen quite like this. Featuring an anthology of six haunted attraction segments, each has been filmed in a cinematic style that immerses the viewer in what can best be described as a mini-horror movie. Tying the whole experience together is the scream queen host, BLOODY JENNY (JENNY JONES), who harkens back to the campy classic horror hosts of the past. Aimed at both fans of Halloween and Horror, THE HALLOWEEN EXPERIENCE VOLUME 1 is a must buy!

 

Here’s what people are saying about THE HALLOWEEN EXPERIENCE VOLUME ONE:

 

“If you’re like me and love Halloween, this is the perfect DVD” –Dick Grunert “Adventure Time” Writer

 

“Everything I love about haunted attractions, I had a blast!”-Frighbites.BlogSpot.Com

 

“A nice way to visit all the haunts from an armchair.” –Don Coscarelli “Phantasm’ Creator/Director/Writer

 

The Halloween Experience Volume 2 is coming September 2014 with 5 all new haunted attractions!

 

Where to Buy The Halloween Experience DVDs

 

Haunted Attractions featured in The Halloween Experience Volume 1:

  • Chambers of The Mausoleum
  • The Backwoods Maze

 

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Living the Haunt Life with Haunters Daniel & Shawn Doepke

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haunt life In this episode of HaunTopic Radio, we interview Daniel and Shawn Deopke about their merchandise company completely focused on Haunters and living the #HauntLife. Still a small company, the brothers share their passion for the Haunt Industry by creating apparel for Haunters and wake up each day dedicated to living the Haunt Life.

Through the month of July 2014, 10% of all sales go to their friend who needs a new heart. When you purchase a t-shirt from their website between now and the end of July, you will be helping someone live a longer life.

Daniel & Shawn Doepke live in Lakeland, Florida and are currently helping the Black Jack Creature company with a few projects while improving their skills as Haunters. Daniel also has a small prop store on Etsy called Stabbing House where he sells bloody limbs, hands, & scare tools.

We also play a few tunes from Midnight Syndicate and announce who will be our special guests in our next podcast. Plus, Shawn and Daniel are donating 2 t-shirts from HauntLife.com which will given away at the end of July. To make sure you have a chance to win one of these awesome shirts Click Here To Join Our Haunter’s Toolbox Newsletter!

 

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Operating an Outdoor Haunted Attraction with Eric Lowther (A Haunter’s Hangout Exclusive)

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Have you always wondered what it takes to run a successful Outdoor Haunted Attraction? Through the snow, rainy days,competing with larger Haunted Houses, and still make enough progress to open up the next year?

In this episode of HaunTopic Radio, we have permission from The Haunter’s Hangout (Live Hangouts on YouTube) to rebroadcast their entire interview with Eric Lowther from The Haunted Overload! Eric opens up about the troubles he has had over the years keeping his Haunt open. He gives some sound advice you need to know about keeping your Haunted Attraction successful. And Eric lets you in on the new massive wood sculpture he is working on….

Haunted Overload New HampshireThe crew from The Haunter’s Hangout and guest Haunters all get together on Thursday evenings to chat about all things Halloween, Haunted Houses, and Home/Yard Haunts. Most hangouts are 2 hours long. I tried editing it down to less than 2 hours but the humor and information in this audio is priceless! You can watch this video on YouTube by clicking here.

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Special thanks to the crew at The Haunter’s Hangout for sharing this with us and you. And to Eric Lowther for inspiring us Haunters to Think BIG when it comes to building our next prop. You guys rock!

 

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