News: Hatbox Ghost & Halloween Time

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. The hat Box Ghost has materialized at the Haunted Mansion in Walt disney World in Orlando, Florida. Brave guests can encounter this aerie specter next to the Endless Hallway, where he takes fiendish delight in unnerving visitors with his heady parlor trick. Disney imagineers have been working hard to prepare the mansion for his arrival, enhancing lighting and updating paint throughout the Huan attraction.

1:00 The Hatbocks Ghost has been a fixture of the Disneyland version of the ride since his reappearance in twenty fifteen. This is his first visit to the East Coast attraction. Halloween time at the Disneyland resort in Anaheim, California, will return August twenty third through October thirty first of twenty twenty four. We could fun for all ages. This spellbinding season transforms the resort with autumn decor, characters dressed in hauntingly hote Halloween oefits, and uniquely themed attractions. The Da de los Mouertos Celebration Plaza de la Familia will return to Disney's California Adventure August twenty third through November two. Scream Break will return at six Flags Magic Mountain and Valencia, California, select nights March sixteenth through April thirteenth of twenty twenty four. Event details, along with ticket information, will be coming to the park's official website in the coming months. This year's event included two haunts, scare Zones, DJs themed food and beverages, more all with a Spring Break twist. The Haunted Attraction Network visited the event this past March for a little r and rip. Check out our twenty twenty three eventch coverage by following the links in the show notes. Nile's Scream Park and Niles, Michigan raised more than one hundred and fifty three thousand dollars for local groups this season. The money raised in this fiftieth consecutive year of the project benefited more than seventy seven area children's organizations, civic groups, and other charities. In additions to cash

2:30 donations, Nile's Scream Park supported many local causes, auctions, and benefits with ticket donations totally more than thirty five hundred dollars. They also awarded eight thousand, five hundred dollars in college scholarships in twenty twenty three. Since nineteen ninety six, the Scream Park has donated over two and a half million dollars to various local groups. Luke and Madison Roads, the creators of Crossroads Escape Games, have opened Slashers Acts Throwing in Ales and cost him as A, California. This horror themed ax throwing bar allows guests to try their hand at ax throwing versions of Battle Stations, Tic Tac Toe, Alien Invasion, and other fun games while enjoying craft ales. I see ax throwing the same as I saw Scape Rooms years ago, A fun and great idea, but lacking in immersive SATs and theatrical elements, says Madison Rose. We plan to take Slashers ax throwing in ales to the same elevated level as Crossroads escape games. At Slashers, every visit is a story waiting to unfold, a mini adventure to be had. Whether you are a horror movie buff, an ax throwing enthusiast, or just looking for a unique night out, Slashers is the place to be. Reservations are now available, with one hour sessions starting at forty dollars per person. The Lincoln Mill Haunted House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will present their first holiday haunt, a Twisted Christmas, on Saturday, December sixteenth.

3:53 Lincoln Mill Haunted House is an immersive storytelling attraction. We wanted to continue telling the Lincoln story through the holiday season, said Lincoln Mail Haunted House co founder Jared Bilsack. We always thought it would be interesting to mesh together our two favorite holidays, Christmas and Halloween. We also have many elaborate sets, scenes, and props that are sitting and collecting dust throughout the off season. It only made sense that we utilize our Haunted House space, sprinkle it with a little Christmas essence, and offer something new and exciting to the community. The haunt will feature over thirty five scare actors and holiday theme sets and soundtracks. Tickets are on sale now, starting at thirty two dollars for general admission and seventy five for VIP access. Christmas met Halloween at moon Spot Farms in Kunkletown, Pennsylvania. During their first Witchy Candy Cane Hunt, Clues sent participants on a hike and scavenger hunt to search for candy canes and witchy ornaments at seven different stops. It kind of gives us a little bit of a farm tour, but also fun with family and just like education on different spiritual things, relaxation, meditation and most importantly self care, said Abigail France, owner of Witchy Yogi Company. France has held doggy scavenger hunts in the past, but this is her first Christmas Halloween crossover event. Trans World's East Coast Hunter's Convention announced that their Saturday night party will be held at other World Philadelphia and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tickets will go on sale soon on the convention's official website.

5:19 Transportation will be included. Other World Philadelphia features large scale interactive art mixed with reality playgrounds and secret passageways with a surreal landscape of science fiction and fantasy. Spirit Halloween announced the return of its three point two foot Demonica animatronic, rising from the Grave, after last being sold from the retailer in twenty eleven. Demonica appears to break out of the ground while twisting and turning her head. From her creepy light up red eyes to her frightening growls and laughter, Demonica will have your guests running in terror. The animatronic is on sale now for one nine ninety nine. Adolescent Helloween fan Tanner Jay's Hand from Alexander City, Alabama, was wreckedgized by local news for his creative five Night at Freddy's costume.

6:03 He and his family spent nearly two months creating a lifelike spring Trap costume, his favorite character from the popular video game franchise. See the article by following the links in our show notes. Just because it's Christmas season doesn't mean your haunts can't be open. If yours is open, please contact us to get yourself added to this list, which includes the thirteenth Floor Haunted House Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, The thirteenth Floor Haunted House Denver in Denver, Colorado, thirteenth Floor Haunted House Houston, Houston, Texas, Thirteenth Floor Haunted House, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida. Thirteenth Hour, Haunted House in Wharton, New Jersey. Seven Gates Screen Park, Niagara Falls, New York. Akron Haunted Schoolhouse, Akron, Ohio. All Saints, Lunatic Asylum, Apple Valley, California, Asylum forty nine two, l Utah, The Asylum, Oklahoma, Newada, Oklahoma Asylum x Fort Smith, Arkansas, eight Rox Factory, Leeds, Alabama, Awaken, Leslie, Michigan, Azra, Chamber of Horrors, Haunted House, Madison Heights, Michigan. Barn of Terror in Bloomington, Indiana, Bayville, Haunted Scream Park, Bayville, New York, Blood Prison, Mansfield, Ohio. Brighton Asylum, Passaic, New Jersey, Brimstone Haunt, Wilmington, Ohio. Carnage, Haunted House, Columbus, Ohio, Castle Blood Monisson, Pennsylvania, Chambers of Hell, Hoppage, New York, Cinema of Horrors, Haunted House, Kelso, Washington, Dark Chambers, Hazel Green,

7:38 Wisconsin, Dark Hour, Plano, Texas, The Darkness Saint Louis, Missouri, Demon House, Monongehill, Pennsylvania. The Dent School House, Sinson, The Dent Schoolhouse, Cincinnati, Ohio. De Soto Asylum, Needles, California, Dread Hollow Chattanooga, Tennessee, Dungeon of Doom, Haunted House, Zion, Illinois, Edge of Darkness, Haunted House, Perea, Kentucky. Factory of Fear Mowlean, Illinois. Factory of the Dead Saginaw, Michigan, per Columbus, Columbus, Ohio. Beer on the Farm, West Virginia, Winfield, West Virginia, The Fear PDX Portland, Oregon. Field of Screams Mountville, Pennsylvania, Festa Fright Saint George, Utah, Folklore, Haunted House, Hackworth, Georgia, Folklore Slaughter House, Gravesville, Arkansas. Fright Haven Stratford, Connecticut. Fright Knights West Virginia, Daniels, West Virginia, Fright Mare, Chesapeake, Virginia, Fright Works Powell, Tennessee. Hacker House, Pilot Mountain, North Carolina. The Haunted Forest at Panic Point, Youngsville, North Carolina. The Haunted Hotel Kentucky, Louisville, Kentucky, Haunted Trail of Chaos London, Kentucky. The Hauntings of Boogeyman, Haunted House, Mathis, Texas, Hauntville, Haunted House, Illyria, Ohio, Hillside of Hell, Glenwood, Iowa. Hinterland, Haunted Attraction, Ashley, Michigan, Hell's Dungeon,

9:09 Dayton, Ohio. House of Torment, Austin, Texas, Insanity, Haunted House, Peru, Illinois. Jail of Terror, Newark, Ohio, Kim's Crypt, Haunted Mill, Screen Park, Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, Creepy Hollow, Bishopville, South Carolina. Literally A Haunted House at Culbertson Mansion in New Albany, Indiana. Laurel's House of Horror in Laurel, Maryland, Lincoln Mill, Haunted House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Maniac Manor, Bangor, Maine. Malice Haunted Attraction, Belfast, Tennessee. Malice Manor, Clarksville, Indiana. Massacre, Haunted House, Montgomery, Illinois, Midnight Terror, Haunted House, Oaklawn, Illinois. Nashville Nightmare Nashville, Tennessee. Necro Manor Haunted House, Bossier City, Louisiana, Necropolis Underground, Haunted Attractions, Indianapolis, Indiana, nether World, Haunted House, Stone Mountain, Georgia, New Orleans Nightmare, New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Newburgh cit have been zombie farm in Newburgh, Indiana, and that's all for the news this week. Today's episode was produced by me Philip Hernandez, with reporting by Daryl Plunky post production by David Swape. This hant News Update is a production of the Haunted Attraction Network and you can sign up to our weekly newsletter at Haunted Attraction Network dot com.

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