NEWS: Dark Nights at Hersheypark Returns Sept 13 with NEW Haunted House

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Coming up your weekly roundup of news
from around the haunt industry. Welcome to

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in the show notes, and as
always for the news roundup, I'm passing

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it off to Darryl. Dark Nights
at Hershey Park and Hershey, Pennsylvania.

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We'll return Friday, September thirteenth with
more haunting dates than ever before. The

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event will run for twenty five nights, including Halloween. New for twenty twenty

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four is the Haunted House, a
state of evil where every corner holds tales

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of temptation and terror. This Haunted
House joins four returning houses Antimore's Abatar,

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Haunted coal Mine, Curse of the
Tommy Knockers, Twisted Carnievil, and the

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Descent Catacombs of Decay. Three scare
zones including Followed Zone, Midway of Misery

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and Dark Stones, Hollow, and
more ghoulish delights throughout the park. Did

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you miss last year's event? Watch
our video of Anti Mortem's Abbatoir Twisted Carnival,

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or see the full event on the
video that we produced with Sharp Productions

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by following the links in our show
notes. Are you interested in working with

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Dark Knights? Epic Entertainment Group,
now in an expanded partnership with Dark Knights,

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is hosting six open auditions nationwide.
The tour will visit Los Angeles on

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June eighth, Harrisburg on June twenty
eighth, Hershey on June twenty ninth,

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Philadelphia on July thirteenth, Hershey on
July twelfth, Lancaster on July twenty seventh,

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and New York on August eleventh.
Fifteen people were injured in a tram

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crash at Universal Studios, Hollywood,
Universal City, California, on Saturday,

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April twelfth. According to the California
Highway Patrol report, the last car of

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the tram struck a guard rail,
which caused the car to tilt and eject

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multiple passengers from the tram. Universal
released a statement the next day. Our

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thoughts continue to be with the guests
who were involved, and we are thankful

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that, based on agency reports,
the injuries sustained were minor. We are

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working closely with public agencies, including
the California Highway Patrol, as we continue

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to review the incident and safety remains
a top priority. Tickets are now on

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sale for creep It Real Nostalgic on
September fourteenth and fifteenth at the Heritage Museum

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of Orange County in Santa Ana,
California. Answer the doorbell for an invitation

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to an eighties and nineties trigger Treat
party filled with entertainment, over eighty spooky

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vendors, food and drinks, and
more. Turn back the clock and check

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out some relics of creepy days gone
by with the Museum of Nostalgia and dress

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in your Halloween finance to participate in
the Ultimate Nineties Pog Scavenger Hunt. Tickets

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start at seventeen dollars for single day
admission, twenty seven for the Creeping Weekend

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Pass, and forty nine dollars for
the Dual Festival Weekend Pass, which grants

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you entry to the full weekend of
events for both creep It Real Nostalgic and

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creep It Real Festive in November.
Get ready to Scream this weekend May third

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and fourth, as Northern Screams Attraction
in Blezzard Valley, Ontario, Canada,

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visits the Freak Show Museum. Step
into a world where creepy clowns and freaks

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have taken over an abandoned hostel,
creating an eerie atmosphere packed with chills and

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thrills. The events will be a
mashup of Northern Screams award winning attractions.

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Tickets are on sale now starting at
fifteen dollars each. Additionally, on May

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fourth, celebrate World Comic Book Day
with a twist. Come dressed as your

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favorite comic book villain and enjoy a
day filled with vintage carnival games, inflatable

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sports games, and a massive dino
maze for the little ones to explore.

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The Freak Show Museum will also be
opened for a lights on, sensory friendly

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walkthrough before reopening for the nighttime Haunt. Tickets for the daytime halfway to Halloween

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event are on sale now starting at
fifteen dollars for adult admission and ten for

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child admission. Lincoln Mail Haunted House
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, returns this week

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with a new May the fourth,
Corrupt You, one night only event.

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The Haunt will go cosmic with this
Star Wars inspired event, including all new

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ultra violet lights, a sci fi
soundtrack with a dark horror twist, Out

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of this World, makeup in costumes, and other surprise nods to the famous

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movie. Throughout in Star Wars,
there is a constant clash between good and

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evil, and the evil force is
constantly striving to spread its influence, said

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Lincoln Mail. Haunted House co founder
Jared Bilsack. Tickets are on sale now,

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starting at thirty two dollars for general
admission and fifty for VIP tickets.

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Halloween decorations are out early this year, and some retailers offering items for Halfway

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to Halloween home depots. Halfway to
Helloween sale went live at six thirty am

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on Thursday last week and promptly sold
out in less than an hour. As

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part of the celebration, limited quantities
of the twelve foot skeleton, the Skelley

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Dog, Inferno, Deadwood Skelley,
and Frankenstein Monster were available for purchase.

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The retailer has not yet announced when
items will be back in stock for the

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Halloween season sales, but based on
previous years, the items will likely arrive

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online and in stores sometime in July. Lows these DIDs twenty twenty four Halloween

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lineup from Clowns to Wednesday in Adams
Family Animatronics, A skeletal rock band,

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to the Haunted Mansion, to Capitated
night an inflatable dragon to Nautical Nightmares.

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Offerings will fit any Halloween display.
Additionally, Low's announced that their twelve foot

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lighted animatronic scarecrow is returned and is
on sale now for three hundred and ninety

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nine dollars. Save the date.
Spirit Helloween's grand opening celebration will occur Thursday,

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August first in Eggharbor Township, New
Jersey. Fans and influencers lucky enough

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to attend will be the first to
see this year's full animatronics, props,

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costumes, and more in the lineup
at the retail chain's flagship location. More

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details will be announced in the coming
months. Spirit Halloween and US Ghost Adventures

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allow fans to win the ultimate Lizzy
Borden House experience. Follow both brands on

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Instagram, like their post and tag
your friends to be entered to win a

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guided house tour, a late night
ghost tour complete with professional ghost hunting equipment,

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and private breakfast in the Borden Family
Dining Room, Ghost Hunting starter kit

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and a lesson for two at us
Ghost Adventures Ghost Hunting Course, a Lizzy

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Bordon gift shop package, and the
winner's choice of a ghost Tour experience in

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Salem or a true Crime experience in
Boston for two. Official rules can be

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found on Spirit Halloween's website. If
you're in the So Cal area. Coming

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up, make sure you check out
Urban Death in North Hollywood, California,

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May third and fourth, and tenth
and eleventh, The Sip and Scream Hell

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Raiser in Burbank, California, May
third, The Haunt super Show in Poemn's,

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California, May third through twenty seventh, halfway to Halloween Festival in Riverside,

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California, May eleventh through twelve,
Google's Day Out in Los Angeles,

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California, May eighteenth. A little
farther along is Monster Palooza May thirty first

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through June second in Pasadena, California, and then Midwest Haunters Convention June seventh

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through ninth in Rosemont, Illinois.
No, that's not California, but it's

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a good event to at ten.
And that's all for the news this week.

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Today's episode was produced by me Philip
Hernandez with reporting by Darryl Plunky.

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