News: Haunts Open This Weekend; China's Halloween Blowback

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

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the show. I'm Philip on the
HN Show. We bring you the haunt

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news, information, and education you
need to prepare for Halloween. On Tuesdays,

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we bring you a roundup of news
from haunts worldwide. Read more about

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these stories and so much more in
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link in the show notes. And
as always for the news roundup, I'm

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passing it off to Darryl. If
you're not screaming at your minions to get

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your holiday haunt ready or croaking at
your crampuses to get them ready for the

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crampus loft coming up, it is
almost December, and if your voice doesn't

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sound like this, what are you
even doing? In international news, Halloween

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costumes are taking jabs at the Chinese
government and flailing economy have led to a

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crackdown in China. A number of
Chinese youth have been detained by police for

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their political expression at the Halloween parades, and Chinese tech companies have been instructed

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by authorities to rectify content related to
Halloween costumes and ban Halloween posts that violate

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the core values of socialism. Costumes
that have garnered international attention include references to

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China's COVID restrictions, frustration over the
country's record high youth unemployment rate, and

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at least one person dressed as Winnie
the Pooh, a character is often censored

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in China due to its apparent physical
resemblance to Chinese presidency. Halloween has long

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been a somewhat touchy subject in China, with authorities previously arguing that scary makeout

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could cause public panic and others decrying
the celebration as an unwelcome Western influence.

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After three years of COVID lockdowns and
last year's historic protests, this year's Halloween

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celebrations took on extra political significance for
certain revelers back in the US side from

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scary to marriage. The Factory of
Terror in Canton, Ohio is following a

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trend of using their venue to host
a family friendly Christmas event for the holiday

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season. Operating select dates now through
December twenty third, the Ohio Christmas Factory

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will feature light shows, music,
Christmas characters, photo opportunities, decorations,

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a hot chocolate bar, giant gingerbread
house, and more. About twenty percent

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of the venue will be transformed.
For example, the pirate themed haunt is

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being converted to a Caribbean Christmas featuring
palm trees and recorded holiday music with steel

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drums. A tunnel with light effects
and a moving walkway becomes Tinsel Tunnel.

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The Room of Mirrors is now Mary
Mays Kim Shapiro, bar manager at Factory

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of Terror, says that a Christmas
event allows for a broader appeal. The

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demographics of people who like Christmas is
much bigger than people who think this is

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just a haunted house. We're starting
to be a seasonal attraction, not just

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a haunted house. Tickets are on
sale now, starting at twenty three to

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ninety five for adult general admission and
seventeen ninety five for children's general admission.

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After a successful twenty twenty three season
Terror Vault, the Initiation in San Francisco,

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California, will come back for a
four night revival February twenty third and

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twenty fourth and March first and second. Guests are invited to a tender recruitment

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seminar for Insight, a spiritual cult
whose sole purpose is to open your eyes

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to the consciousness within. As guests
become indoctrinated, they are able to soon

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see horrors hiding in the darkness and
around them. As cult members and their

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leaders nefarious plans for mutilation and murder
become all too real if you survive the

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initiation. Tickets for this limited run
event are now on sale for seventy dollars.

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Follow the links in the show notes
to get yours. Zombie Joe's Underground

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Theater Group and Force of Nature Productions
combine forces to bring a classic Christmas Carol

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to North Hollywood, California. Come
out December fourth teenth through seventeenth. Who

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experienced Charles Dickens's magnificent holiday adventure of
Ghosts, Redemption and the Christmas Spirit,

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also featuring the hauntingly melodic No Ho
Ghoul Chorus. Tickets are on sale now

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for twenty two dollars pre sale and
twenty seven at the door. The Crampis

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nolav Parade returns to the streets of
New Orleans, Louisiana, on Saturday,

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December two. After two years of
a stationary parade, their traditional parade is

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back. The crew of Crampus is
pleased to offer the first accessible and inclusive

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parade in New Orleans, with accessibility
row on Independent Street, between Royal and

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Burgundy Streets. In this two block
section, there are areas for people with

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limited mobility. There is an area
with a host providing audio descriptions of the

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parade for people that are blind,
and there's an American Sign Language ASL interpreter

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for people that are deaf or hard
of hearing, and a quiet zone for

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children with sensory processing needs. Following
the parade will be an after party at

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Ratziall and bud Rips. Costumes are
are encouraged, but not required. Instead

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of a traditional admission fee, guests
are asked to make a donation in whatever

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amount they can. Crampus Fest is
returning to Market Square in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

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on Tuesday, December fifth, for
its eighth annual event. Admission is

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free. Enjoy the restaurant's performers and
holiday shops with the whole family in this

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night of old world festivities and magical
surprises. Crampus will arrive at the main

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stage at seven pm. From meet
and greets and pictures. Live music will

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be provided by the Crampus band Slayer. A Crampus Crawl bar crawl will be

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sponsored by Penn Brewery. If you
have local Crampus events in your neighborhoods.

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Go out and see them. This
is a lot of fun and bring scary

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to Christmas. Celebrate a Merry Axe
Mess at Pinhead's Graveyard in Canton, North

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Carolina. This holiday walk through haunt
will take place December eighth and ninth,

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and fifteenth and sixteenth from seven to
ten pm. Located inside a truly haunted

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one hundred plus year old building,
Pinhead's Graveyard will delight thrill seekers as they

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encounter iconic horror movie characters with a
scary Christmas twist. Guests will also get

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to take pictures with Crampas and Santa
Otis. Tickets will be available for cash

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at the door for thirty per adult
twenty per child. Upgrade your experience to

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a touch experience for five dollars per
ticket. Is your haunt having a holiday

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haunt this season like these ones are, Please let us know so you can

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get on this list and be included
with the thirteenth Floor Haunted House Chicago in

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Chicago, Illinois, thirteenth Floor Haunted
House Denver, Denver, Colorado, thirteenth

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Floor Haunted House Houston, Houston,
Texas, thirteenth Floor Haunted House Jacksonville,

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Jacksonville, Florida, Thirteenth Hour,
Haunted House in Wharton, New Jersey.

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Seven Gates Scream Park in Niagara Falls, New York. Akron Haunted Schoolhouse in

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Akron, Ohio. All Saints Lunatic
Asylum, Apple Valley, California, Asylum

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forty nine and two, al Utah
Asylum, x Fort Smith, Arkansas,

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a Trox Factory Leads, Alabama,
Awaken in Leslie, Michigan, Azra Chamber

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of Horrors, Haunted House and Madison
Heights, Michigan. Barn of Terror in

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Bloomington, Indiana, Bayville Haunted Scream
Park, Bayville, New York. Bennett's

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Curse, Haunted House, Baltimore,
Maryland, Blood Prison, Mansfield, Ohio.

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Brighton Asylum, Passaic, New Jersey. Brimstone Haunt Wilmington, Ohio.

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Carnage Haunted House, Columbus, Ohio, Castle Blood Monisson, Pennsylvania, Chambers

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of Hell, Hoppage, New York, Dark Chambers, Hazel Green, Wisconsin.

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The Darkness Saint Louis, Missouri,
Demon House, Monongahela, Pennsylvania,

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The dn School House, Cincinnati,
Ohio. De Soto Asylum, Needles,

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California, Doomsday Haunt Athens, Alabama, Dread Hollow Chattanooga, Tennessee. The

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Dungeon of Doom, Haunted House,
Zion, Illinois, Edge of Darkness,

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Haunted House, Berea, Kentucky.
Factory of Fear Molean, Illinois, Factory

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of the Dead, Saginaw, Michigan, Fear Columbus, Columbus, Ohio.

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Fear on the Farm, West Virginia, Winfield, West Virginia, The Fear

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PDX Portland, Oregon. Field of
Screams Mountville, Pennsylvania. Folklore, Haunted

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House, Ackworth, Georgia, Folklore, Slaughter House, Gravesville, Arkansas.

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Fright Haven Stratford, Connecticut. Fright
Kingdom Nashua, New Hampshire, Fright Knights,

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West Virginia, Daniels, West Virginia, Freight Maor Chesapeake, Virginia,

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Freight Works Powell, Tennessee. Hacker
House, Pilot Mountain, North Carolina.

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The Haunted Forest at Panic Point,
Youngsville, North Carolina. The Haunted Hotel

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Kentucky, Louisville, Kentucky, Haunted
Trail of Chaos London, Kentucky. The

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Hauntings of Boogieman, Haunted House,
Mathis, Texas, Hauntville, Haunted House

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in Olliria, Ohio, Hillside House
of Hell, Glenwood, Iowa. Hinterland,

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Haunted Attraction, Ashley, Michigan.
House of Torment, Austin, Texas,

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Insanity, Haunted House, Peru,
Illinois. Jail of Terror, Newark,

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Ohio, Kim's Crypt, Haunted Mill, Scream Park, Spring Grove,

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Pennsylvania, Creepy Hollow, Bishopville,
South Carolina. Literally A Haunted House at

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Culbertson Mansion, New Albany, Indiana, Laurel's House of Horror, Laurel,

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Maryland, Maniac Manor, Bangor,
Maine, Malice, Haunted Attraction, Belfast,

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Tennessee. Malice Manor, Clarksville,
Indiana. Massacre, Haunted House,

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Montgomery, Illinois, Midnight Terror,
Haunted House, Oaklawn, Illinois. Nashville

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Nightmare Nashville, Tennessee. Necro Manor, Haunted House, Bossier City, Louisiana,

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Necropolis, Underground, Haunted Attractions Indianapolis, Indiana, Nether World, Haunted

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House, Stone Mountain, Georgia,
New Orleans, Nightmare, New Orleans,

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Louisiana, The Nightmare Chamber, Haunted
House, Medford, Oregon, Nightmare,

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Manor, Middletown, Ohio, Nowhere, Haunted House Invergrove Heights, Minnesota,

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Panic Point, Youngsville, North Carolina, Paranoia, Haunted House, Canton,

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Georgia, Tradition Pines, Antigo,
Wisconsin. Pinhead's Graveyard, Canton, North

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Carolina, Plantation Blood Augusta, Georgia, Red Vane Haunted House, Ashland,

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Virginia, Reign of Terror, Thousand
Oaks, California, Rotten Manor, Holly,

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Michigan, Scream Hollow, Wicked Helloween
Park, Smithville, Texas, Sir

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Henry's Haunted Trail, Plant City,
Florida, The Slaughterhouse, Haunted Attraction,

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Des Moines, Iowa. Lukavan Haunted
House, Mill Hall, Pennsylvania, Spooky

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Bottom, Haunted Trail, Seagrove,
North Carolina. Saint Charles Haunted House,

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Saint Charles, Michigan, Terror Manor, Rowan Oak, Virginia, Terror on

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the Coast, Gulfport, Mississippi,
twelve Pole Manor, Wayne West, Virginia,

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Twisted Haunts La Los Angeles, California. I'm Coming In. Bands from

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now until January include the Halloween Party
expot January twenty third through twenty fifth in

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Las Vegas, Nevada. And that's
all for the News this Week. Today's

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episode was produced by me Philip Hernandez, with reporting by Daryl Plunky. Post

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production by David Swope. This Haunt
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