Oct. 14, 2025

NEWS: Fear Factory Transforms Fire Damage Into Tribute; Treat Maps

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After a grassfire in July destroyed a small structure near the train tracks, Fear Factory SLC (Salt Lake City, UT) rebuilt the damaged area and turned the loss into inspiration. Also this week: Disney Raises Prices—Is the “Happiest Place on Earth” Now for the Wealthiest? ; Uniquely Chinese Halloween Fun with Universal Beijing Resort's Scares @ Universal; Disneyland Visitor Dies After Riding Haunted Mansion; Halloween Night at the Disney Mansion; Nextdoor Treat Map. Read more here.

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

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off to Darryl.

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Take a tour of the Fear Factory SLC in Salt

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Lake City, Utah in the Haunted Attraction Network's newest walkthrough

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video by following the links in our show notes. With

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six buildings up to six stories high, two underground passages,

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and dark Spirit Bar, this ninety thousand square foot haunted

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attraction has been featured on the Travel Channel, named as

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one of the top ten haunts in the US by

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USA Today and Travel Channel, and has been named a

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twenty twenty five Iconic Tier Top Haunt by the Haunted

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Attraction Association. For twenty twenty five, the attraction has added

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nearly one hundred new scares and themes throughout the attraction.

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One highlight is the new Abattoir Chainsaw Area, with a

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budget reaching over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The

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new area raises the chainsaw bar to all new levels

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with special effects, an ominous meat locker, played corpses in livestock,

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and integrated freight truck and more. Guests will also notice

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a nod to the grass fire that destroyed a small

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structure on the property is past July. The area has

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been turned into a dedicated photo op scene of a

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building on fire. The Haunt has also created all new

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menu for their barre Dark Spirits with drinks theme to

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elements from their Haunt. Try the new Death Dare Shooter

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for a fun mix of spice, salt and sweetness. Fear

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Factory SLSE is open select nights now through November First.

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Tickets are on sale now with the Haunts of website.

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You can also tour Fear Factory SLC on November eighth

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as part of the Legendary Haunt Tour. Guests will have

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the chance to see full live show and then take

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a lights out self guided tour and a behind the

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scenes operations tour before enjoying an after party on property.

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Tickets are still available on the tour's official website. Disney

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is raising prices. Is the happiest place on Earth now

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for the wealthiest. Disney has hiked prices again. Day tickets,

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annual passes, parking, and even Lightning Lane at Disneyland Parking

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now costs forty dollars a day, and the top tier

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Inspire Key annual pass jumps to eighteen hundred and ninety

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nine dollars, still with block dates and reservation limits. In Florida,

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annual passes are up as well. The one day tickets

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remain steadier. In this week's episode of The Green Tag Podcast,

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Philip and Scott debate whether these moves are a strategy

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to manage crowd levels or a sign of the parks

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leaning further into exclusivity, especially as Disney faces stock pressure

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and Boycott's our Higher prices are reset for quality incapacity

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for the next step in making Disney a luxury brand,

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and should Netflix buy Disney Uniquely. Chinese Halloween Fun with

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Universal Beijing Resorts Scares at Universal Universal Beijing Resort in Beijing,

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China presented its largest scares at Universal Halloween event to date,

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blending established horror ip with China specific offerings. Scares at

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Universal features four mazes, scare zones, a stage show, and more,

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three scary cute mascots. Hamikuma, a partially dismember teddy bear

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from Universal Japan Emo two, a Manaiyaka looking bunny returning

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from last year's event, and a new character, Foxy Lady,

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a punk rock box described as a confidence stage queen,

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make their first joint appearance in the Hamikuma Hallopalooza stage show.

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Two new mazes are making their debut, the House of

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Huapai House of Painted Skin, which draws inspiration from a

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well known Chinese short story from the eighteenth century, and

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Universal Monsters Crypt, which introduces Dracula, Frankenstein, the Phantom Wolfman,

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and the Mummy to Chinese audiences. These join returning favorites

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Jack Circus and House Number eighty one. Now in its

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third year, the expanded event demonstrates the appetite for Universal

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horror in Beijing and showcases a uniquely Chinese Halloween event.

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Scares a Universal run select dates now through November two.

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Learn more and purchase tickets on Universal Beijing Resorts official website.

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Disneyland visitor dies after riding the Haunted Mansion. A woman

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has died after riding the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

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The victim, whose identity has not been revealed by police

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out of respect for the family, was a sixty year

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old woman. On Monday, October sixth, members of the Anaheim

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Police Department responded to a report of an unresponsive woman

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who had just ridden the attraction. Disneyland security personnel provided

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CPR until paramedics arrived, and the woman was transported to

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a li local hospital, where she was later pronounced deceased.

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In a statement on October eighth, the police department said

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the woman suffered an unfortunate medical episode and that Orange

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County Sheriff Coroner will determine the cause of death at

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a later time. There's been no indication of any operating

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issues with the attraction, which was reopened shortly after the incident.

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Halloween Knight at the Disney Mansion the Legend of Sleepy

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Hollow Cabaret. This Halloween Haunted Orange County invites you to

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step inside Walt Disney's private storybook mansion for an evening

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of Cocktail's eerie performances and haunted tales inspired by the

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Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The night begins with our Dervs

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and signature drinks, hosted by Julie Tremaine, writer chef and

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author of the Unofficial Disney Villains cookbook. Inside the mansion's

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grand living room, guests will enjoy a cabaret led by

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Jonathan Rieger with Ben Bromfield and Libby Ward. Next, step

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into Walt's private screening room to view the Legend of

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Sleepy Hollow. Finally, joined Disney historian and mansion greater Dusty

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Sage for a candlelight walk through the home's upper halls.

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Be careful, one of the ghosts just might follow you home.

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Costumes are welcome, but not required. Tickets are on sale

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now for two hundred and twenty five per person. There

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will be two showtimes for October thirty first, three thirty

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pm and eight thirty pm. Each showing will accommodate up

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to twenty five people. Nextdoor treat Map next Door has

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unveiled its thirteenth annual Nextdoor treat Map, an interactive guide

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to local festivities. Users can navigate through their neighborhood using

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the interactive map to find homes and businesses that plan

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to celebrate Halloween through trigger treating and or decorating. Neighbors

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and businesses can also pin their locations to the app

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with images and texts to help inform visitors of their

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frightfully festive decor or perhaps to hand out king sized bars.

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The treat map is a perfect example of how Nextdoor

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helps every neighborhood feel like a home, said CEO and

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co founder near Aftolia. Halloween is a holiday built on

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local connection, and this year's insights show that neighbors are

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more eager than ever to celebrate with their communities. Use

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the app to plan your perfect Halloween night. Some upcoming

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events this October through December include Iappa in Orlando, Florida,

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November seventeenth through twentieth and creep It Real Festive in

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Santa Ana, California, November twenty first through twenty third.

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And that's all for the news this week. Today's episode

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was produced by me Philip Hernandez, with reporting by Daryl

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Plunky post production by David Swope. This HANT News Update

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is a production of the Haunted Attraction Network, and you

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Until next time, haunters stay scary. This is a Haunted

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