NEWS: Halloween Horror Nights & Oogie Boogie Bash 2025 Dates Annoucned

0:07 Coming up your weekly roundup of news from around the haunt industry. Welcome to the show. I'm Philip on the HN Show. We bring you the haunt news, information, and education you need to prepare for Halloween. On Tuesdays, we bring you a roundup of news from haunts worldwide. Read more about these stories and so much more in our free weekly newsletter. Subscribe at the link in the show notes, and as always for the news roundup, I'm passing it off to Darryl Holliday. Haunts are continuing this weekend. Listen to everything available at the end of this newscast, or follow the links in our show notes to find the full one hundred and seventy or more haunts available this season, save the dates.

0:51 Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal City, California announce their twenty twenty five slate of events. Halloween Horror Nights will take Pila select nights September fourth through November two, twenty twenty five. The park's new FanFest nights will occur select nights April twenty fifth through May eighteenth. The Oogie Boogie Bash will return to Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim, California for more dates than ever before in twenty twenty five. The event will take place thirty one nights between August seventeenth through October thirty first of twenty twenty five, three nights of which will take place prior to the official start of Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort, which begins on August twenty second. More information, including ticket pricing and availability, will be announced in the coming months in the event's official website. A jury in Florida has ordered United Parks to pay more than five million dollars to the family of a twelve year old who is injured during Bush Gardens Tampa Bay's Howlo Scream in Tampa Bay, Florida in twenty twenty two. According to the lawsuit, the boys sustained an injury after falling off a trampoline in the parks Stanleyville Theater. The doors to the theater had been left unlocked during the Hello Scream event, allowing the boy to enter and access the trampoline. The boys family was also found partially responsible for the incident, limiting United Parks liability to sixty five percent of what the jury determined to be eight point one million in damages. Registration for seminars and daily events is now open for trans World's Halloween

2:22 An Attraction Show, taking place in Saint Louis, Missouri, February twenty seventh through March second at America Center. Trans World Helloween, An Attraction Show, features daily networking events and seminars led by top industry professionals. Educational presentations and workshops cover many facets of the industry, from makeup to safety, to business and more. Highlights include the Haunted Attraction Association Presentations Chaos Safety Course on Thursday February twenty seventh, and Ensuring the Scare, Making Your Haunt and Insurance All Star on Thursday, February twenty seventh. Daily networking highlights include the City Museum Party on Thursday, February twenty seventh and the Zombie Prom on Saturday, March first. Tickets are on sale now. Individual classes range from fifty five to eighty dollars. Pre sale and seminar packages are available for multiple classes. Check back regularly for updates and additions. The Stearns County Sheriff's Office has closed the case on a thirteen year old boy who was crushed under a tractor at harvest of horror haunted hay ride in Saint Augusta, Minnesota, this past October. No charges are expected to be filed in the death of the volunteer scare actor, Alexander Mick. The Midwest Medical Examiner's Office listed the manner of death as accidental and the cause of death has blunt force trauma to the head. According to a newly released report from the Stearns County Sheriff's Department, several employees expressed concerns over mixed size and age, also saying that the boy was not always aware of his surrounding.

3:45 One employee told investigators that a previous occasion, she witnessed Mick reaching into the trailer from the side of the moving vehicle instead of the back, as they had been trained to do. She also saw him reach for customer's feet near the trailer's wheels. Trailers did not stop along the hay ride route. The driver of the trailer that ran over Mick stated that the cruise was set at two and a half miles per hour. Mick was in the eighth grade at Soak Rapids Rice Middle School, where he participated in band, choir, robotics, and soccer. According to his obituary, which states he was a kind, very polite, unique, creative, investigative and saw the good in everyone. Nos Faratu the Immersive Experience is coming to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California, December sixteenth through eighteen. Presented by Bloody Disgusting, Focus Features and Thirteenth Floor Entertainment, Brave Souls will succumb to the darkness of Robert Agger's upcoming Gothic horror film, nos Farratu.

4:35 Guests will encounter strange inhabitants, along with screen used props, occult artifacts, relics and costumes, amidst eerie soundscapes, and an epic score from the film's composer, Robin Carolan. The event also features themed spirits, merchandise, and more. Tickets are currently sold out, but there is a wait list available in case additional tickets become available in the coming days. Looking forward to going to a holiday haunt this season, Here's what's currently available, and the full list is also available on our website by following the links in our show notes. In Alabama, checkout a TROX Factory in Leeds, Alabama, Conjure Haunted House in Birmingham, Spook Trail Haunted Maze in Quinton and Sweet Dreams Haunted Attraction and Mobile in Arkansas. Make sure you check out Asylum X in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Oak Lore Slaughter House in Graysville, Looneyville, Haunted House in Biebe, Reaper's Night Off in Donaldson, and the Twisted Intent Haunted Attraction in Benton, Arkansas. In Arizona, checkout Yuma Nightmares in Yuma, Arizona.

5:38 California has the two O nine Hans in Lynden, California. All Saints Lunatic Asylum Haunted Attraction in Apple Valley, The Soto Asylum in Needles, Haunted Holiday's Car Wash in Anaheim, High Desert Haunted House in Apple Valley. In Colorado, make sure you check out the Thirteenth Floor Haunted House Denver and Denver, Colorado. In Connecticut, We've got Wright Haven in Stratford, Connecticut, and Nightmare Acres in South Windsor, Florida. Holiday haunted houses include the thirteenth Floor Haunted House Jacksonville and Jacksonville, Florida, Blackwater Grave in Fort Mead, Creepy Hollow Woods in j Lake, Catherine Blueberry's Haunted Halloween Maze, and Dark Forest in Groveland, Ominous Descent in winter Haven, Sir Henry's Haunted Trail in Plant City, Tales of Terror and Astatula, and the Wentz Brothers Festival of Fears in Mary Ester. If you're in and around Georgia, check out Thirteen Stories, Haunted House in Newman, Georgia, The Circus of Horrors in Rome, nether World, Haunted House in Stone Mountain, That's All Lights On Tour, Paranoia, Haunted House in Canton, Georgia, Screams Haunted Experience in Hoboken, Wicked South Productions in Pembroke, Georgia. In Illinois, check out the Thirteenth Floor Haunted House Chicago Area, sixty six, Haunted School, Livingston, Factory of Fear in mow Lean, Insanity, Haunted House in Peru, Massacre, Haunted House in Montgomery, or Midnight Terror Haunted House in Oaklawn.

7:11 If you're in Indiana, check out the Abattoir Haunted Attraction in Vincennes, Indiana, The Barn of Terror in Bloomington, House of Anguish at the Culbertson Mansion in New Albany, Hysterium, Haunted Asylum in Fort Wayne, Malice Manor in Clarksville Necropolis Underground Haunted Attraction in Indianapolis, the Newburgh Civitan Zombie Farm in Newburgh, or Nightmare on Edgewood in Indianapolis. Iowa. Has Got the Fifth Realm in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Eclipse Haunted Attraction in Iowa City, Hillside House of Hell in Glenwood at the Slaughterhouse Haunted Attraction in Des Moines, Kentucky. Haunted houses include the Black Orchard Haunted House in Shelbyville, Kentucky, Edge of Darkness, Haunted House in Berea, Bright Nights, Kentucky and like Xington, the Haunted Hotel ky and Louisville, Kentucky, Haunted Trail of Chaos in London, and Sinister Hills in Corbin, Louisiana.

8:09 Holiday haunted houses include Decomposed Haunted House in Huma, Necro Manor Haunted House in Bossier City, and New Orleans Nightmare in New Orleans. Maine. Holiday haunted houses included the Maniac Manor in Bangor, Maine. Maryland. Haunted houses including Bennett's Curse, Haunted House in Baltimore, Creekside Manor in Williamsport, Era's Nightmare in Westminster, and Laurel's House of Horror in Laurel, Michigan. Is scaring You with the Azra Chamber of Horror's Haunted House in Madison Heights, Michigan, Deranged Haunt and Romulus Factory of the Dead in Saginaw, Hinterland Haunted Attraction in Ashley, Rotten Manor in Holly, and The Scream Machine in Taylor, Michigan.

8:52 Missouri spooky places include The Darkness in Saint Louis, Missouri, Lamp Haunted House in Saint Louis, Missouri, and the Terror and Roots Six in Sullivan, Missouri. Mississippi has Terror on the Coast in Gulfport and Nebraska as the Roca Scary Farm in Roca. New Hampshire has The Fright Kingdom in Nashua, while New Jersey includes the Thirteenth Hour Haunted House in Wharton, New Jersey, and the Brighton Asylum in Passaic. For the New York area, People Seven Gates Scream Park in Niagara Falls, New York, The Bayvale Scream Park in Bayville, Chambers of Hell and Hoppage Crooked Descent Haunted Attraction in New Hartford, Dark Matter Scream Works in Rochester, Ever Haunt and Angela Field of Screams CNY in Cleveland, New York, and Terror Field in Clyde. North Carolina has the Backwoods Haunt at Mchorney's Auditorium in Barco, North Carolina, Extreme Fierce Scare Grounds in Kingston, the Haunted Forest at Panic Point in Youngsville, The Haunted Pyramids in Lawndale, The Hotel in a Haskie, Pinhead's Graveyard in Canton, and Spooky Bottom ho Trail in Seagrove.

10:01 Ohio includes the Akron Haunted Schoolhouse in Akron, Ohio, Blood Brison in Mansfield, Brimstone Haunt and Wilmington, The Dent Schoolhouse in Cincinnati. Fear Columbus in Columbus, The Haunted Farm in Pleasantville, Hell's Dungeon in Dayton, The Nightmare at Stagecoach Hollow in East Liverpool, and Nightmare Manor in Middletown, Oklahoma. Includes the Asylum Okay at Nowada, Oklahoma, and Mad Jack's Haunted House at Ardmore. In Oregon, make sure you check out the Fear PDX in Portland, Oregon, the Nightmare Chamber Haunted House in Medford, or Nightmares on the Rogue in Medford, Oregon, Pennsylvania's Coming to Scare You with Demon House in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, Devil's Last Laugh in La Heighten, Iribis and Erie, Fear at the Farm in Bloomsburg. Field of Screams PA in Mountville, Haunted Hills Estates in Uniontown, Hidden Scream Haunted Attraction in Lewiston, Kimscript Haunted Mill, Scream Park in spring Grove, Lincoln Mill, Haunted House in Philadelphia, the Penhurst Asylum in Springs City, Ravenwood Manor and Baccaria or Spookhaven Haunted House in mill Hall, Pennsylvania.

11:17 South Carolina includes Dark Castle in Elgin, South Carolina, The Deceased Farm in Lexington, Creepy Hollow and Bishopville and Nightmare Dungeon Haunted Attraction in Greenville. Tennessee has the Thirteenth Realm in Jackson, Tennessee, Dread Hollow and Chattanooga, Fright Works in Powell, Haunted Webb Scream Park in Memphis, Malice Haunted Attraction in Belfast, Nashville, Nightmares in Nashville, riger Mortis, Haunted House in McMinnville, the Unknown Haunt in Clarksville, Tennessee. Texas includes the Thirteenth Floor, Haunted House Houston in Houston, Texas, Cutting Edge, Haunted House in Fort Worth, Dark Hour in Plano, Doc Wilkes House of Horrors in Longview, Haunted Oaks in San Antonio, The Hauntings of Boogieyman, Haunted House in Mathis, The House of Terror in Corpus Christi, The House of Torment and Austin Moxley Manor, Haunted House in Bedford, Night Creatures, Haunted Trail and New bron Fels, Scream Depot and Baird Terror Isle and Texas City, or the Trilvania Haunted House Park in Terrell, Texas.

12:24 In and around Utah, make sure you check out Asylum forty nine in Tuel, Utah, or the Castle of Chaos in Midvale, Virginia. Is Scaring You with a Freight Mayor in Chesapeake, Virginia, Millertown Haunt in Lovettsville, Red Vane Haunted House in Ashland, Spooky Acres, Haunted House in Norfolk, Terror Manor and Roanoke in Washington, check out the Cinema of Horror's Haunted House in Kelso, Washington. In West Virginia, check out Fear on the Farm WV in Winfield, West Virginia, Fright Knights WV and Daniels in Furnham and Tara Hill on Earth in Wheeling, and twelve Pole Manor in Wayne, West, Virginia.

13:04 And finally, don't forget about Wisconsin's Dark Chambers in Hazel Green, Wisconsin. Some upcoming events December twenty twenty four through February of twenty twenty five include the Halloween and Party Expo January thirteenth through fifteenth in Las Vegas, Nevada, creep i Econ in Ontario, California, January thirty first through February first, and trans World's Halloween and Attraction Show February twenty seventh through March second in Saint Louis, Missouri. And that's all for the news this week. Today's episode was produced by me Philip Hernandez, with reporting by Darryl Plunky, post production by David Swope. This hant News Update is a production of the Haunted Attraction Network and you can sign up to our weekly newsletter at Hantattrastionnetwork dot com.

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