News Roundup: Dark Night Halloween World Dates, Hotel of Terror

0:07 Coming up your weekly roundup of news from around the haunt industry. Welcome to the show. I'm Philip on the h A N 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 Daryl. Dark Night Halloween World of Farmingville, New York, which is Long Island's fastest growing haunted pop up event, is returning to the Bald Hill Amphitheater starting on Friday, October thirteenth. The event will run every Friday through Sunday through Halloween, as well as family friendly daytime fall Fast on Saturdays. Dark Night Halloween World originally opened in twenty one, seeking to provide Long Island with a genuine haunted attraction an overall Halloween event with a strong nineteen eighties and nineties theme. Dark Knight's freight team has added tens of thousands of dollars worth of new theme part grade animatronics, control systems, Hollywood grade masks crafted by La effects artists, custom giant photo ops and props to their event. This year, the event will now feature more mazes, scare actors, and scare zones than in previous years. Even as we expand the event as a whole, we haven't lost sight of the flesh and bones of the event, which are the haunted attractions, adds co owner and marketing director Aiden P. Finnigan. So not only will visitors get to experience more haunted

1:41 mazes and special effects than anywhere else in the area, but if visitors want a Halloween experience with less emphasis on super scary, they'll get that too. We are excited to bring a large event to Long Island that's truly offers something scary or spooky for everyone. Dark Knight Halloween World is seeking to collaborate with new creators, artists, vendors, and attractions as they expand their Halloween festival. We're opening the doors for artists, brands, and businesses to create their opportunities at our event. Even other haunted attractions in the area can participate if you have an attraction of your own, whether that is an axe throwing or an escape room. We want to promote and sell your wares. Dark Knight Halloween World is the place to be, said Mortz Buck and Scrum, co owner of Dark Knight Halloween World. Tickets will go on sale this summer via the event's official website. Dark Knight Halloween World is embracing new technology but becoming the first haunted attraction designed and managed by AI. You can do anything with AI now, and it will only get better from here. The negative effects of it are already being felt by the artists and entertainment communities. So instead of letting it beat us, why not use it as a tool it was intended for, said Aiden p. Finnegan. We're striving to stay ahead of the game by using artificial intelligence. This will not only help us create our marketing and advertising, the experience and design of the event, but also manage and operated between our top of the line security force, our animatronics, and our staff's decision to be microchip to be fully integrated into our AI system.

3:07 What could go wrong? This is going to scare the pants off Long Island and the world, said Mortzpuck and Scrim, co owner of Dark Knight Halloween World. More details will be announced in the upcoming weeks. At the event's official website, Springfield City Council unanimously voted to repeal the bill declaring the use of eminent domain on the Hotel of Terror in Springfield, Missouri, after a successful campaign by the Haunts supporters. Negotiations will continue between the Hotel of Terror owners Sterling Mathis in the city, which hopes to purchase the building and demolish it to widen and fix the city's main street bridge. The city had previously offered Mathis five hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the properly. At the May ninth City Council meeting, Mathis says that he expects one point five to two million and be needed to move the Haunt to another location. I've been more than willing to move it, but I can't go bankrupt doing it, Mathis told council. If negotiations break down again, city Council has the opportunity to reintroduce and pass another eminent domain bill. Both sides hope to come to an amicable resolution. Haunters Against Hate founder Paul Lanner discussed protecting LGBTQ youth in a recent article in Bear World magazine. Laner recently won blurbs up in Light's contest with a Book of Haunters Volume nine. The grand prize was that both he and his book were promoted on a digital billboard in Times Square. In the interview, Lanard discusses the history in the future of Haunters Against Hate, as well as the connection between horror, haunt, goth culture, and the LGBTQ community. While there will not be a Haunters Against Hate event in twenty twenty three, the event will return in twenty twenty four and HAH will be represented

4:40 at Carolina Fearfest this month, made Wester's Haunters Convention in June and Texas Haunter's Convention in July. The former manager of Max's Revenge Haunted Attraction in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, is facing charges after he was accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. According to the Affidavid, State Police alleged that Clip Kolassar Junior, now age twenty six, sexually assaulted the fourteen year old victim of various locations, including the site of the Haunted House. Kolassar is currently being held at the Clearfield County Prison as he faces multiple accounts of felony rape, statutory sexual assault, and aggravated in decent assault. Is also accused of supplying alcohol to the underage employees at the Haunt. On May tenth, the Chamber of Haunters announced the future formation of the Chamber University, which will act as the educational front of the organization and provide new and continuing education to members and non members alike.

5:30 Chamber members will have free access to all educational content. Non members will pay a fee per course. I am proud to announce this project and look forward to working with the Chamber Board to ensure that we can bring about the type of education that so many need and wants. As Chamber President Robert Nelton, I feel there's a lot of great education out there and it is ever evolving. But I also feel that this industry deserves to be treated in the same level of respect and equality that other industries receive, and we want to make sure that the world takes this industry just as serious as many other industries out there. Upcoming advance from May through July twenty twenty three include Monster Palooza June second to fourth in Pasadena, California. Midwest Haunters Convention June tenth and eleventh in Rosemont, Illinois, Texas Haunters Convention July fifteenth and sixteenth and Mesquite, Texas. Horror Ween con Idaho July twenty first through twenty third in Boise, Idaho. Midsummer Scream July twenty eighth through thirtieth, Long Beach, California.

6:29 And The Ghosts of Summer July twenty ninth and thirtieth in Portland, Oregon. Looking to have a little bit of scare action early this summer in May, you can go to Bedlam in Scottsboro, Alabama. Doom Haunted Attraction in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Factory of Fear in Moline, Illinois, Fear Factory SLC in Salt Lake City, Utah. Haunted Hills Farm in Jasper, Georgia, Earl's House of Horror and Laurel, Maryland. Scare USA in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, Terrified Forest in Pickney, Michigan, and Eriebis Factory of Terror in Erie, Pennsylvania. The Halls of Madness in Paris, Illinois. A Haunted Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. Haunting of the Hills in Onstead, Michigan.

7:11 Then in June be sure to catch all Hello's Eve, Terror Town in Williamsburg, Ohio, The Drake Society in Ontario, California, Eloise Asylum in Westland, Michigan, Freightmare in Chesapeake, Virginia, Oller and Haunts Hayride in Clinton, North Carolina, Riverside Entertainment in Salome's Springs, Arkansas, Scream Hollow, Wicked Helloween Park and Smithville, Texas. Castle, Blood in Menissan, Pennsylvania, Dark Castle in Elgin, South Carolina, Wicked World, Scare Grounds in Nicholasville, Kentucky, Necropolis Underground in Indianapolis, Indiana, and SRDS Haunted Attractions Polkatello in Pocatello, Idaho. Scaring Along in July include the Ams Haunted Attractions in Maryville, Tennessee, Blood Prison in Mansfield, Ohio, The Cinema of Horror's Haunted House in Kelso, Washington, and Ever Haunted Angela, New York. Find links to all these attractions and all of the other articles and websites mentioned by following the links in our show notes or in our weekly newsletter.

8:13 And that's all for the news this week. Today's episode was produced by me Philip Hernandez, with reporting by Darryl Plunkey. Post production by David Swolk. This Haunt News update is a production of the Haunted Attraction Network and you can sign up to our weekly newsletter at Haunted Traction Network dot com. Support for this episode comes from Ghantum Lighting and Controls. Until next time, Haunters, stay scary. This is a Haunted Attraction Network