Feb. 11, 2025

NEWS: 88 Haunts Open Nationwide This Weekend for Valentines

This week: 88 Haunts Open Nationwide This Weekend for Valentines; Disney Struggles to Impress Wall Street; Tokyo Disneyland Leans into Halloween; Spooky Swap Meet Tickets;
TransWorld's Halloween & Attractions Show Updates; Haunted Attraction...

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Coming up your weekly roundup of news from around the

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haunt industry. Welcome to the show. I'm Philip on the

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Haan Show. We bring you the haunt news, information, and

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education you need to prepare for Halloween. On Tuesdays, we

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bring you a roundup of news from haunts worldwide. Read

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more about these stories and so much more in our

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free weekly newsletter. Subscribe at the link in the show notes.

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And as always for the news roundup, I'm passing it

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off to Darryl.

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Prepare to get your scare on this weekend. With eighty

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eight haunts that are open for the Valentine's weekend, We'll

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get to the full list shortly. The Haunted Attraction Association

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has announced last week that the Chaos recertification program is

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now available online. Anyone needing to complete their Chaos recertification

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may go to the Chaos page of the AHAA web

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site for the HAA Facebook page for more information and

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the link to register. The cost is fifty dollars. The

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re certification process involves four seminar videos approximately five hours

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of content, with tests to be completed after each video.

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For those who would like to become certified for the

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first time, the full chaos certification will be conducted at

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Transworld's Halloween Attraction Show Thursday through Sunday, February twenty seventh

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through March first of twenty twenty five. Tickets are now

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on sale for the Spooky Swap Meet in Los Angeles, California,

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happening April twenty fifth through twenty seven. Shop among the

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Spirits at the Heritage Museum for one of a kind

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Halloween treasures. This curated marketplace features a mix of used

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Halloween to core and props, as well as unique new merchandise.

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Address in your Halloween Finest. Cosplay is encouraged to trigger

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treatment manners. Hosted by local haunts and businesses including La

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Haunted hay Ride, a Mister he Slasher, Edatorium Emporium, Stage

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Freight Theater, so Win's Restless Farm, and more. The event

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will also feature Fortune Teller's food, live performances, and walk

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through experiences. Single day general admission tickets are twenty two dollars.

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Friday first access Ghost Getter tickets are thirty two dollars.

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Be sure to purchase your tickets early, as the event

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is sold out in previous years. You can follow the

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links in the show notes to learn more about this

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spooky experience with one of our walk through videos. Early

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bird pricing for trans World's Halloween and Attraction Show in

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Saint Louis, Missouri ends on Thursday, February thirteenth at eleven

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fifty nine pm CST. Early bird tickets started ninety nine

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dollars for general admission, one ninety nine for early Access,

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four thirty for VIP passes, and seven hundred for VIP

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with unlimited seminar passes. Taking place February twenty seven through

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March second at the America Center in Saint Louis, trans

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World's Halloween an Attraction Show offers an expansive marketplace where

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the industry gathers to network, get new ideas, and purchase products.

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The event will co locate with Transworld's Interactive Entertainment Show

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and trans World's Christmas show. Dance with Demons in Zombie

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Joe's Underground Theater Group's Toxic Vampire from February twenty first

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through twenty third in North Hollywood, California. Become entranced by

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the Motley Misdievious Toxic Vampire Coven as they lure thrill

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seeking humans to their wretched soul Sucking Phantasmagoria The Toxic

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Vampire Pleasure Discotheque, a sinister den of deception, embombed with

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the blood promise of a blissful, eternal life devoid of

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pain and worry. This forty minute haunted walk through theater

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experience contains mature triggering and adult themes. Guests must be

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eighteen and over. Tickets are on sale now for twenty

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dollars in advance. In twenty five at the Door, Arizona

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Haunters will offer a tabletop Pepper's Ghost Class at Heat

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Sink Labs in Mesa, Arizona, on Saturday, February fifteenth, at

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ten am to one. This May and Take workshop will

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teach attendees how to build a tabletop version of the

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classic illusion using a cell phone. Perfect for home haunters,

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this technique uses reflections to make ghostly figures appear and

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disappear before your eyes. Learn the principles behind this time

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tested effect and see how it can transform your haunt

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into something unforgettable. Whether you're new to haunting or a

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seasoned pro, this hands on project is sure to inspire you.

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Registration is twenty dollars and forty cents. Sign ups and

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after Monday, February tenth, and now the list you've all

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been waiting for this weekend. We've got eighty eight haunts

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that are opening for Valentine's Day on February fourteenth and fifteenth.

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You can get scared at Arx Mortis in Killin, Alabama.

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Conjure Haunted Attraction in Birmingham, Alabama. Nightmare At three thousand

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and eight in Fultondale, Alabama. Pope's Haunted House in Salem, Alabama.

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Folklore Slaughter House in Gravesville, Arkansas. Two Nine Haunts in Linden, California.

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The Haunted at Tesca Darrow in a Tesca Darrow, California.

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The Thirteenth Floor Haunted House in Denver, Colorado. Wentz Brothers

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Festival of Fears in Fort Waltham Beach, Florida. Folklore Haunted

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House in Ackworth, Georgia. Lake Joy, Trails of Terror in Kathleen, Georgia.

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Wright Haven in Stratford, Connecticut, Chittyville School Haunted House in Harron, Illinois.

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The Massacre Haunted House in Montgomery, Illinois, Malice Manor in Clarksville, Indiana.

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Necropolis Underground in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Thirteenth Floor in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Hillside House of Hell in Glenwood, Iowa. The Haunted Hotel,

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ky And Louisville, Kentucky, Necro Manor and Bossier City, Louisiana.

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Bennett's Curse in Baltimore, Maryland. Harri's Nightmare in Westminster, Maryland.

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Laurel's House of Horror in Laurel, Maryland. Awake In Haunted

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Attraction in Leslie, Michigan. Azra Chamber of Horror's Haunted House

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in Madison Heights, Michigan. Terror On Route sixty six in Sullivan, Missouri.

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Brighton Asylum in Passaic, New Jersey. Seven Gate Scream Park

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in Niagara Falls, New York. Akron Haunted Schoolhouse in Akron, Ohio,

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The Asylum in Newada, Oklahoma. The Fear PDX in Portland, Oregon.

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Field of Screams PA in Mountville, Pennsylvania. Haunted Hills Estate,

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Scream Park in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Borween Haunted Warehouse in Mount Union, Pennsylvania.

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Lincoln Mill, Haunted House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Penhurst Asylum and

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Spring City, Pennsylvania. The Seased Farm in Lexington, South Carolina.

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Also on February twenty first and twenty Second Wright Works

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in Powell, Tennessee. Riger Mortis Haunted House and McMinnville, Tennessee.

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The Scream Chamber Haunted Attraction in North Athens, Tennessee. Cutting

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Edge in Fort Worth, Texas. Asylum forty nine and two,

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l Utah Right Mare in Chesapeake, Virginia. The Terror at

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Potomac Manor in King George, Virginia. Terror Manor in Roanoke, Virginia.

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Cinema of Horrors in Kelso, Washington. Frightvale in Oakarbor, Washington.

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Coming to You on the fourteenth through the sixteenth of

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February includes Warehouse thirty one in Pelam, Alabama. All Saints

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Lunatic Asylum in Apple Valley, California. Sir Henry's Haunted Trail

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in Plant City, Florida. Thirteenth Floor Haunted House Chicago in Chicago, Illinois,

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Disturbia Haunted House and Downers Girl of Illinois. Hush Haunted

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Attraction in Westland, Michigan. The Hotel in Ahoskie, North Carolina,

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Beer Columbus and Columbus, Ohio. The thirteenth Floor Haunted House

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Houston in Houston, Texas. The Hangman's House of Horrors in

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Fort Worth, Texas. House of Torment in Austin, Texas. Spooky

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Acre's Haunted House in Norfolk, Virginia. Only open from the

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thirteenth through the fifteenth this weekend include East of Boga

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Manor in easta Boga, Alabama. La Cassada Satanas in Chicago, Illinois,

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Nowhere Haunted House in Invergrove Heights, Michigan, Bayville Adventure Park

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in Bayville, New York, Nightmare Dungeon in Greenville, South Carolina,

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Nashville Nightmares and Madison, Tennessee. Only open on February fourteenth

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include The High Desert Haunted House in Apple Valley, California,

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Hysterium Haunted Asylum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Crooked Descent Haunted

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Attraction in New Hartford, New York, Health Dungeon and Dayton, Ohio.

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The Blackness Haunted House in Plainview, Texas, The Haunted Dollhouse

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in San Antonio, Texas, Nightmare on Nineteenth Street in Lubbock, Texas,

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and the Castle of Chaos in Midvale, Utah. And those

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only open on the fifteenth of February include Screams Haunted

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Experience in Hoboke and Georgia, Hutchings Haunt and Petersburg, Illinois. Abattoire,

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Haunted Attraction in Vincenne's Indiana, Nightmare on Edgewood in Indianapolis, Indiana,

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The Darkness in Saint Louis, Missouri, Chambers of Hell and Hoppage,

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New York, Holler and Haunts Hayride in Clinton, North Carolina,

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Pinhead's Graveyard in Canton, North Carolina. Nightmare on the Rogue

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in Medford, Oregon, Hidden Screams Haunted Attraction in Lewiston, Pennsylvania,

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Dark Castle in Elgin, South Carolina, Dark Hour in Plano, Texas,

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Delusions Scream Park in Brian, Texas, Doc Wilkes House of

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Horror in Longview, Texas. And Here on the Farm in Winfield,

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West Virginia. Some upcoming events February through April of twenty

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twenty five include trans World's Halloween and Attraction Show in

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Saint Louis, Missouri February twenty seventh through March, Second Spooky

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Swap Meet in Los Angeles, California, April twenty fifth through

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twenty seventh, and the East Coast Haunters Convention in Oaks,

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Pennsylvania from April twenty sixth through twenty seventh.

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And that's all for the news this week.

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Today's episode was produced by me Philip Bernandez, with reporting

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by Darryl Plunky post production by David Swape. This haunt

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News Update is a production of the Haunted Attraction Network

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