Jan. 31, 2025

NEWS: Halloween Horror Nights Returns Aug 29; Haunt Conventions

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This Week's News: Halloween Horror Nights Orlando Returns Aug 29; Six Flags Live Entertainment Open Casting; NEW Details: "Disney Villains: Unfairly Ever After"; "Insidious: The Further You Fear" theatrical experience begins; CreepIE Con is this weekend; SCARECON returns May 20th - 21st; TransWorld's Halloween & Attractions Show adds an evening networking lounge at the Marriott hotel; Haunted Attraction Association board member nominations; "The Fright Stuff" documentary from Zombie Army Productions and Yokai Films to premiere at TransWorld. Read the full stories 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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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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This week's episode of Green tag discusses Iappa's stance on

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the new administration's policies, immigration reform, terriff hikes, federally controlled

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ride safety, and drone regulation. The Trump Administration's policies will

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shake up the theme park industry, and we must be ready.

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This week's episode of the Green Tagged podcast focuses on

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Appa's position on these critical topics. Of note to hunters

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is Iappa's stance on allowing sixteen and seventeen year olds

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to work, establishing restricted zones for drones, and opposing federal

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oversight of attractions. Universal Studio or Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights

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in Orlando, Florida will return earlier than ever before, with

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select nights from August twenty ninth through November two. This

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continues the trend of theme park Halloween events extending the

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Halloween season from August through the first weekend of November.

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Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood in Universal City, California will run

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September fourth through November two. Not Scary Farm in Buena Park,

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California will run September eighteenth through November one, and Oogi

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Boogie Bash at Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim will

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run August seventeenth through October thirty first. While while Disney

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World has not yet announced the date of Mickey's Not

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So Scary Halloween Party, based on previous years, we can

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expect it to begin in mid August. Six Flags Live

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Entertainment announce the dates for their nationwide talent search, which

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casts actors, singers, and dancers for their forty two parks

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throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico. Upcoming casting sessions include

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Buena Park, California, January thirtieth and thirty first, Arlington, Texas

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January thirty first and February first, Gurney, Illinois in February fourteenth,

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and fifteenth and New York, New York in February twenty

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first and twenty second. Interested individuals may fill out the

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online audition form to apply by following the links in

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our show notes. A recent Disney Park's blog post revealed

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new details from the upcoming Disney Villains Unfairly Ever After show,

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coming to Disney's Hollywood Studios in summer twenty twenty five.

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The show will feature dozens of the most infamous evildoers

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from Disney classics coming to stage to prove once and

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for all why they are the most misunderstood. Fiendish foes

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Corella Deville, Captain Hook, and Maleficent have individual musical numbers.

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A dedicated team is spent nearly two years developing the

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cutting edge stage design, thrilling effects, and catchy live musical

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numbers that will celebrate the villains we Love to Hate.

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A new theatrical experience, Insiduous, The Further You Fear began

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its North American tour on January eighteenth, Presented by GEA, Live, Blumhouse,

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Sony Pictures and road Go Entertainment. Insiduous The Further You

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Fear combines live performances, cutting edge visuals, and chilling soundscapes

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to immerse the audience in the terrifying world of the

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Insiduous franchise. Hosted as a live show by the real

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Specs and Tucker, the actual paranormal investigators who inspired the

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original movie, the event soon takes a turn for the

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terrifying when a paranormal demonstration goes horribly wrong. During the

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eighty minute long experience, guests will be attacked by iconic

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characters such as the Bride and Black, the Wheezing Man,

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and the Red Faced Demon. This is definitely not your

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typical night out, said co director Toby Park. Raise yourself

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for an experience that will shake you to your core.

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This isn't just a show, It's a living, breathing night mare.

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See the full tour lineup and buy your tickets today

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on the event's official website. Creep I e Coon takes

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place this weekend January thirty first through February first at

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the Ontario Convention Center in Ontario, California. The event features

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horror celebrities and expansive show floor, Q and A, panels

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and arcade, food trucks and more. Fear Farm from Falan,

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California will host a mini haunt. Tickets are on sale now,

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starting from thirty to forty five dollars for single day

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general admission and seventy dollars for a three day general admission.

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Online ticketing fees apply. Scare con in Birmingham, UK has

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announced their twenty twenty five event dates May twentieth through

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twenty first at the Heart of England Convention Center. Things

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will kick off on Monday May nineteenth with a pre

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show meet and greet and a ticketed add on to

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a yet to be announced SCARE event. Tuesday May twentieth

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will host the exhibit floor workshop in Seminars Scareball and

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annual SCAR Awards. Wednesday, May twenty first will feature an

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after noon Extreme screen Park. Tickets are on sale now

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for the early bird price of eighty pounds. Transworld Talloween

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and Attraction Show in Saint Louis, Missouri announced they are

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adding a dedicated networking space at the Marriott Hotel for

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their twenty twenty five event. This exclusive lounge on the

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first floor of the hotel will be open from nine

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pm to one am Thursday February twenty seventh through Saturday,

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March first. Attendees and exhibitors can relax, connect and socialize

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all free with a valid trans World identification, cash bars

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will be available. Register for Transworld today at the events

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official website. Tickets start at ninety nine dollars for general admission,

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one ninety nine for early access, four hundred and thirty

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dollars for VIP passes, and seven hundred dollars for VIP

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and unlimited seminar passes. In the latest Haunted Attraction Association newsletter,

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current President Spencer Terry highlighted the haa's growth and progress

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over the past five years under his leadership. From twenty

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twenty to twenty twenty five, memberships increased over forty two percent,

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The operating budget and savings has grown by over five times,

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as sexual harassment and youth safety online video training was

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created and much more. The board completed over fifty five

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tasks and initiatives from their twenty twenty one through twenty

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twenty four strategic plan, and they have developed twenty new

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tasks and initiatives to be enacted between twenty twenty four

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and twenty twenty seven. The association has taken on new

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events goals, membership tiers, scholarships, vendor and legal advisory boards,

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and increase safety training courses. The future of the AHAA

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looks brighter than ever with incoming President Jim Wiener from

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Penhurst Asylum. Terry will continue to be a member of

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the HAA and will look forward to assisting and mentoring

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others to continue growing the industry. With three current members

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nearing their term limits the two to three year terms

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they are allowed, the Haunted Attraction Association is currently accepting

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candidates for an opportunity to serve on the Board of Directors.

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The board term lasts three years from March twenty twenty

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five through March twenty twenty eight. Board duties include twelve

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monthly meeting zoom calls each year, convention booth duties, and

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committee involvement. To be eligible, a candidate must be an

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owner or operator of a haunted attraction with five or

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more years of experience, be willing to volunteer forty five

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plus hours annually andres over two thousand dollars for operating expenses,

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and be either a current or a new HAA member.

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A full list of requirements can be found in the

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online nomination form. Deadline for nominations is February third. Zombie

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Army Productions and Yokai Films will present a special screening

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of The Fright Stuff on Friday, February twenty eighth at

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trans World's Halloween An Attractions Show in Saint Louis, Missouri.

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This documentary chronicles the life and times of the haunt industry,

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detailing the history and legacy, ideas and execution. Passionate Pitfalls

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from the Inside featured in the film as John la

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Flamboy as he builds and opens Hell'sgate Haunted House. The

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screening will be free to all trans World's attendees. Following

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the screening is a Q and A with the filmmakers.

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Is your Haunt open for this Valentine's Day season? A

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full list is available on our website and you can

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get yourself on it by following the links in our

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show notes or replying to our newsletter Valentine's Days. Haunted

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houses that we currently know about include in Alabama, Arks

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Mortis and killin Alabama, easta Boga Manor and easta Boga

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l Billy Hollow in Vincent, Nightmare at three thousand and

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eight in Fulton Dale, Pope's Haunted Farm in Salem, Spook

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Trail in Quintin Sweet Dreams Haunted Attraction and Mobile and

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Warehouse thirty one in Pellam, Alabama. In Arkansas, you can

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visit Folklore Slaughter House in Gravesville, Arkansas, while California has

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got All Saints Lunatic Asylum in Apple Valley, two oh nine,

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Haunts in Linden, and the Haunt in a Tesca Darro.

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Colorado's Valentine's Haunted Houses bring you the thirteenth Floor Haunted

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House from Denver, Colorado. And in Connecticut you can visit

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Fright Haven at Stratford, Connecticut. Florida has got the thirteenth

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Floor Haunted House in Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, Sir Henry's Haunted

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Trail in plant City, and the Wentz Brothers Festival of

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Fears in Fort Walton Beach. Georgia is bringing you the

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Folklore Haunted House in Ackworth, Georgia, Lake Joy, Trails of

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Terror in Kathleen, Paranoia Haunted House in Canton, and Screams

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Haunted Experience in Hoboken, Georgia. Illinois is bringing to you

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Scares from the thirteenth Floor Haunted House in Chicago, Illinois,

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Basement of the Dead in Aurora, Disturbia, Haunted House in

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Downers Grove Factory of Fear and mow Lean Hutchings Haunt

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in Parkersburg, the Cassa de Satanas in Chicago, and the

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Massacre Haunted House in Montgomery, Illinois. Indiana has got Hysterium

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Haunted Asylum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Malice Manor in Clarksville,

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Necropolis Underground in Indianapolis, and the Thirteenth Floor also in Indianapolis.

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Iowa's bringing you the Hillside House of Hell in Glenwood,

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Kentucky has got the Haunted Hotel Ky in Louisville. Louisiana

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has got Necro Manor and Bossier City, and Maryland is

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bringing you Bennett's Curse in Baltimore, Earra's Nightmare in Westminster

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and Laurel's House of Horror in Laurel, Maryland. Massachusetts is

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scaring everybody with a Chamber of Terror and Salem, mass

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And Michigan has got the Awaken Haunted Attraction in Leslie.

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Minnesota has got the Nowhere Haunted House in inver Grove Heights, Minnesota.

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And Missouri has got Terror on Route sixty six in

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Sullivan in the Darkness in Saint Louis, Missouri. New Jersey

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is bringing you the Thirteenth Hour Haunted House in Wharton

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and the Brighton Asylum in Passaic. New York has got

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Seven Gates Scream Park in Niagara Falls and the Bayville

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Adventure Park in Bayville, New York. North Carolina is scaring

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everybody with the Holler and Haunts Hey Ride in Clinton,

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North Carolina, Pinhead's Graveyard in Canton and the Hotel in

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a Hosky, Ohio is freaking people out with the Akron

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Haunted Schoolhouse in Akron, Ohio, Fear Columbus in Columbus, and

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Hell's Dungeon in Dayton, Oklahoma is bringing everybody. The Asylum

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in Nowata, Oklahoma. While Pennsylvania has got the Field of

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Screams PA in Mountville, Haunted Hills Estate, Scream Park in Uniontown,

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Hidden the Screams Haunted Attraction in Lewistown, or Orween Haunted

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Warehouse in Mount Union, and Penhurst Asylum in spring City.

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South Carolina has got the Deceased Farm in Lexington, South Carolina.

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Tennessee has got Freight Works in Powell, Tennessee, and Nashville

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Nightmare in Madison, Texas. Valentine's Haunted houses include the Thirteenth

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Floor Haunted House, Houston in Houston, Texas, Delusions Scream Park

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in Brian, Doc Wilkes House of Horrors in Longview, The

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House of Torment in Austin, Nightmare on Nineteenth Street in Lubbock,

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and Utah is coming to you with the Asylum forty

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nine and two Well Virginia Times Haunted Houses include the

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Fright Mayor in Chesapeake, Virginia, Spooky Acre's Haunted House in Norfolk, Virginia,

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Terror and Potomac Manor and King George and Terror Manor

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in roanoak And finally, Washington's Valentine's Haunted House include the

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Cinema of Horrors and Kelso, Washington, and Frightville in Oakharbor.

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Is your haunt opening for the holiday season, simply let

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us know and get included on this list. Upcoming events

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January through March of this year include creep i Econ

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in Ontario, California, January thirty first through February first, and

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trans World's Halloween and Attraction Show Saint Louis, Missouri, February

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twenty second through March second.

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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 Bernandez, with reporting by Darryl Plunky.

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Post production by David Swape. This hont news update is

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a production of the Haunted Traction Network and you can

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