Oct. 31, 2024

NEWS: Hayride Closes After 200+ Teens Disrupt Event

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This week's headlines: 200+ disruptive teens cause closer of Haunted Hayride; Shanghai police crackdown on Halloween celebrations; University poll says kids should stop trick-or-treating at 13; "Insidious: The Further You Fear" to visit 80 theaters in 2025; "The House on Watch Hill" extends through November 2024; Vendor applications now open for Midsummer Scream; 8 eco-friendly ways to dispose of your pumpkin after Halloween. Read the newsletter 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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The callings Wood Haunted hay Ride in Collingswood, New Jersey

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closed down after two hundred plus teens disrupted the event.

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According to a statement from the Collingswood Police Department, at

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approximately eight to twenty pm on Saturday, October nineteenth, over

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two hundred juveniles and young adults began fighting each other,

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running recklessly through the crowd and cutting in line for

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the hay ride. Officers on do at the event quickly responded,

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working to disperse the use and to ensure the safety

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of the families attending the event. To ensure the safety

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of those in attendance, the decision was made to shut

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down the hay ride and manage the crowds in a

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safe manner. Together, the collings Would Police Department, event organizers,

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and mutual police agencies managed to safely escort families away

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from the chaos while simultaneously addressing and dispersing the individuals

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involved in the altercations. Two other area locations not engaging

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in Halloween events also reported incidents involving fifty to eighty

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juveniles each that required officer involvement. No arrests were made,

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and the hay Ride incident remains under investigation by the department.

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The collings Would High School and Middle School PTA, which

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organized the hay Ride, posted a statement on their Facebook

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page on October twenty first, thank you to everyone for

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your patients, for all your help, for creating something special

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for the children and their families, and supporting the CHSCMS

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students and staff. Unfortunately, as everyone saw and realized, a

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lot of the evening was beyond what could have been expected.

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But with the feedback and awaywareness, we will review and

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organize to determine a way to move into next year.

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We appreciate your support and without it, our event could

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not happen. Thank you. On behalf of the Call's Haunted

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hay Ride Committee, Shanghai police patrolled the downtown streets of Shanghai, China,

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this past weekend to restrict Halloween celebrations. The increased police

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presence was an attempt to prevent a repeat of last

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year's crack down on political expression at the Halloween Parade,

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in which revelers were detained by police and arrested for

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wearing costumes and makeup that criticized the Chinese government and policies.

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This past Friday, October twenty fifth, at least half a

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dozen individuals and costumes were seen being led away by

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police from Shanghai's Zongshan Park. While there was no official

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citywide ban on Halloween celebrations, local district officials sent notices

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to area businesses encouraging family friendly celebrations and discouraging activities

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in which adults would be wearing costumes. Officially sanctioned Helloween

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celebrations at the Shanghai Disney Resort and Happy Valley Amusement

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Park went ahead as scheduled. Our recent poll from Fairlay

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Dixon University in Madison, New Jersey, found that Americans say

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kids should stop trick or treating at around age thirteen.

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Between October eighth and fourteenth, Braun Research of Princeton, New Jersey,

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contacted a sample of eight hundred and six registered voters

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with questions related to Helloween trick or treating. Secular holidays

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like Halloween require us to make up our own practices

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in norms, said Dan Casino, professor of Government and Politics

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at Fairlagh Dickinson and the executive director of the poll.

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Local practices very widely, but the consensus on when kids

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should stop trick or treating is very stable. Across groups

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of respondents that gave an age for when kids should

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stop trick or treating, the average answer was thirteen and

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a half years old, though twenty five percent of Americans

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do believe that kids can trick or treat for as

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long as they like. Older Americans are more likely to

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say that kids should stop trick or treating at ages

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eleven or twelve, while younger Americans support kids of any

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age continuing their Halloween fund The poll also asked about

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the types of candy people planned to provide on Halloween.

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Twelve percent of voters in the US say they plan

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to give out full sized candy bars or chocolate bars

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at Halloween this year, while forty six percent say that

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they'll be giving out mini or fun sized candy or chocolate.

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Mini sized candy is still the norm, but warehouse stores

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have made it a lot cheaper to give out full

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sized bars, said Casino. Lots of Americans delighted in getting

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up full sized candy as a kid, and it seems

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they want to pass that feeling on Tricker Streets is

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returning for a third year to New York City. Nearly

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one hundred and fifty car free streets have been announced

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in the New York City area to allow groups of residents,

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community organizations, institutions, and neighborhood associations save spaces to conduct

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their Halloween festivities. With more children expected out on our

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streets for Halloween, Tricker Streets provides a safe way for

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families to enjoy the holiday and connect with their neighbors.

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At NYC Dot Commissioner Candas Rodriguez, Tricker Streets is just

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one example of the ways we're reimagining our streets for

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people through our Open Streets program throughout October and into

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November for a d d Lesmortos, the New York's City

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Department of Transportation has hosted over one hundred car free

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events across the Five Burroughs. A full map of event

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locations and details can be found on the NYC dot's

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official website by following the links in our show notes.

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In twenty twenty five, the World of Insidious will jump

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off the screen into your theater seat with Insidious The

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Further You Fear, an immersive live horror experience. This collaboration

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between Blumhouse, Gea Live, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and road Co

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Entertainment will combine live performances, cutting edge visuals, and chilling

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soundscapes inspired by the Insiduous franchise, hosted as a live

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show by their real specs and Tucker, the actual paranormal

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investigators who inspired the original movie. The event soon takes

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a turn for the terrifying when a paranormal demonstration goes

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horribly wrong. Guests will find themselves under attack from iconic

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

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the Red Faced Demon. The eighty minute long experience will

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tour over eighty theaters throughout the US starting in January.

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Tour lineup and buy your tickets today on the event's

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official website. The University of Florida's Swamp Hunters Haunted House

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design team presents by You Bloodbath Masked Madness on October

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thirtieth and thirty first, from eight to eleven pm in Gainesville, Florida.

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Brightwater Byou has finally opened its Masked jubileed guests from

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around the world. Sadly, not all of the areas denizens

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are happy that outsiders are joining the celebration. Some people

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believe this town has lost its way and will do

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whatever it takes to fix it. Will you survive the

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Byou blood Bath or will you be the next victim

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of the mask Madness. Swamp Hunters, a division of Gator

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Theme Park Engineering and Design, is the first and only

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design team at UF focused on designing and building full

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scale haunted houses. Their project brings together students from many

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disciplines to design and construct a themed haunted house completely

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from scratch. Tickets for BUYU Bloodbath mask Madness are on

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sale now for eight dollars per ticket twenty five for

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a four pack. Arabis Haunted Attraction in Pontiac, Michigan, celebrates

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their twenty five year of fear and innovation this Halloween

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season with special activities, daily giveaways, and gift caskets. Founder

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Ed and Jim Terrabus began professional haunting in the nineteen eighties,

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starting off with a simple tented haunt in the parking

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lot of a local kmart. In two thousand, they invested

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everything they had to open Arabus Haunted Attraction in its

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current location. This building was vacant for forty years before

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we got it. Ed said, there was nothing inside it.

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Nothing was working, the roof was leaking. Anything working in

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that building. Now we made it work. I sold my house.

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Jim remortgage. Kis we were either going to succeed or

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go down in flames. The Haunt has since gained national

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recognition for its innovative scares in immersive storyline. Rather than

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having people touch you, we created things that will touch you.

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Ed says in our Haunt. We have things that will

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grab you, bite you, land on top of you. We'll

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put you in a room and bury you alive. But

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no human will touch you. We actually created things that

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will do that. For their twenty fifth anniversary, the Haunt

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has revamped its third floor with nostalgic Halloween vibes, creating

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a haunted forest lit by jack O lanterns, with a

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boogeyman and giant Chomping pumpkin Erabus is open every night

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now through November second. Tickets are on sale now starting

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a twenty eight to thirty five per person take a

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tour through the massive, four story haunt with a Haunted

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attraction network. In a recent Haunted on video, WSBTV two

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Atlanta went behind the scenes of Netherworld Haunted House in

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Stone Mountain, Georgia to see the more than one hundred

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scare actors, make up artists, and managers prepare for each

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night's event. Co creators Ben Armstrong and Billy Messina hire

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four to five hundred people each Halloween season to scare

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act and operate the Haunt, with over one hundred staff

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or scare actors on site each evening they are open.

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Nether World features two haunts, Wake the Dead and Mister

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Grendel's Birthday Party of Horrors. Year round escape rooms, Monster Museum,

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and Midway Area. Nether World is open every night through

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November three, and finishes its season November eighth and ninth.

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Tickets are on sale now, starting at thirty to forty

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two dollars for general admission. Vegas Theater Company's new musical

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The House on Watch Hill in Las Vegas, Nevada, has

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extended its run through November twenty twenty four. Written by

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Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor, the team behind the Tony

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Award winning Bandstand, and directored by Vegas Theater Company's artistic

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director Daz Weller, The House on Watch Hill tells the

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coming of age story of a gang of horror obsessed

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teens who, in the summer of nineteen eighty four, are

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determined to build the greatest haunted house ever. Featuring a

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dynamic live band and electrifying nineteen eighty's inspired score, the

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House on Watch Hill takes audiences back to an era

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with an iconic blend of teen hijinks, comedy, and raw heartache.

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The musical's run has been extended to select dates through

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November seventeenth. Tickets are on ziel now starting at twenty

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eight for students and forty four ninety nine for adults.

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Vendor applications are now being accepted for Midsummer Scream in

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Long Beach, California, taking place August fifteenth through seventeenth, twenty

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twenty five, at the Long Beach Convention Center. Their three

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hundred plus vendor show floor features spooky products and services.

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Of all kinds, including horror t shirts and collectibles, haunted

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house props and decor, paranormal investigation tools, and more. Both

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new and returning vendors must complete the application to be

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considered for booth spaces for next year's event. Vendor approvals

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will be made in various stages between now and next spring,

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with most approvals sent in January twenty twenty five. Once approved,

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vendors will be given a brief window to order and

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pay for their space. USA Today posted their twenty twenty

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four Reader's Choice Awards for the ten Best Haunted Attractions.

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For the ten best Haunted Houses and Attractions in the

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US and ten Best theme Park events, Nominees were selected

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by the USA Today panel and winners selected by reader vote.

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Readers were instructed to vote based on the quality of

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each event's actors, set designed special effects, and value for

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the money. Follow the links in their show notes to

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see these twenty winners. Pumpkin carving is among the top

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favorite activities to celebrate Halloween. Each year, However, one point

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three billion pounds of pumpkins make their way to landfills

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in the US. Follow the links in our show notes

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to have a look at the list of eight eco

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friendly ways to display those of your pumpkin, from composting

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to feeding the pumpkins to wildlife and farm animals, there

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are a variety of ways to put your pumpkin to

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use after its jack o' lantern grin is lit the

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way for tricker treaters Halloween Night. Upcoming events from now

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through December include creep It Real Festive in Santa Ana, California,

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November twenty second and 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 Bernandez, with reporting by Daryl Plunky.

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Post production by David Swope. This hant News Update is

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