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

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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
h A N Show. We bring you

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

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

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about these stories and so much more
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And as always for the news roundup,

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I'm passing it off to Daryl.
Dark Night Halloween World of Farmingville, New

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York, which is Long Island's fastest
growing haunted pop up event, is returning

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to the Bald Hill Amphitheater starting on
Friday, October thirteenth. The event will

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run every Friday through Sunday through Halloween, as well as family friendly daytime fall

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Fast on Saturdays. Dark Night Halloween
World originally opened in twenty one, seeking

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to provide Long Island with a genuine
haunted attraction an overall Halloween event with a

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strong nineteen eighties and nineties theme.
Dark Knight's freight team has added tens of

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thousands of dollars worth of new theme
part grade animatronics, control systems, Hollywood

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grade masks crafted by La effects artists, custom giant photo ops and props to

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their event. This year, the
event will now feature more mazes, scare

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actors, and scare zones than in
previous years. Even as we expand the

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event as a whole, we haven't
lost sight of the flesh and bones of

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the event, which are the haunted
attractions, adds co owner and marketing director

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Aiden P. Finnigan. So not
only will visitors get to experience more haunted

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mazes and special effects than anywhere else
in the area, but if visitors want

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a Halloween experience with less emphasis on
super scary, they'll get that too.

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We are excited to bring a large
event to Long Island that's truly offers something

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scary or spooky for everyone. Dark
Knight Halloween World is seeking to collaborate with

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new creators, artists, vendors,
and attractions as they expand their Halloween festival.

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We're opening the doors for artists,
brands, and businesses to create their

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opportunities at our event. Even other
haunted attractions in the area can participate if

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you have an attraction of your own, whether that is an axe throwing or

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an escape room. We want to
promote and sell your wares. Dark Knight

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Halloween World is the place to be, said Mortz Buck and Scrum, co

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owner of Dark Knight Halloween World.
Tickets will go on sale this summer via

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the event's official website. Dark Knight
Halloween World is embracing new technology but becoming

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the first haunted attraction designed and managed
by AI. You can do anything with

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AI now, and it will only
get better from here. The negative effects

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of it are already being felt by
the artists and entertainment communities. So instead

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of letting it beat us, why
not use it as a tool it was

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intended for, said Aiden p.
Finnegan. We're striving to stay ahead of

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the game by using artificial intelligence.
This will not only help us create our

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marketing and advertising, the experience and
design of the event, but also manage

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and operated between our top of the
line security force, our animatronics, and

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our staff's decision to be microchip to
be fully integrated into our AI system.

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What could go wrong? This is
going to scare the pants off Long Island

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and the world, said Mortzpuck and
Scrim, co owner of Dark Knight Halloween

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World. More details will be announced
in the upcoming weeks. At the event's

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official website, Springfield City Council unanimously
voted to repeal the bill declaring the use

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of eminent domain on the Hotel of
Terror in Springfield, Missouri, after a

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successful campaign by the Haunts supporters.
Negotiations will continue between the Hotel of Terror

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owners Sterling Mathis in the city,
which hopes to purchase the building and demolish

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it to widen and fix the city's
main street bridge. The city had previously

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offered Mathis five hundred and fifty thousand
dollars for the properly. At the May

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ninth City Council meeting, Mathis says
that he expects one point five to two

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million and be needed to move the
Haunt to another location. I've been more

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than willing to move it, but
I can't go bankrupt doing it, Mathis

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told council. If negotiations break down
again, city Council has the opportunity to

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reintroduce and pass another eminent domain bill. Both sides hope to come to an

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amicable resolution. Haunters Against Hate founder
Paul Lanner discussed protecting LGBTQ youth in a

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recent article in Bear World magazine.
Laner recently won blurbs up in Light's contest

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with a Book of Haunters Volume nine. The grand prize was that both he

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and his book were promoted on a
digital billboard in Times Square. In the

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interview, Lanard discusses the history in
the future of Haunters Against Hate, as

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well as the connection between horror,
haunt, goth culture, and the LGBTQ

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community. While there will not be
a Haunters Against Hate event in twenty twenty

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three, the event will return in
twenty twenty four and HAH will be represented

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at Carolina Fearfest this month, made
Wester's Haunters Convention in June and Texas Haunter's

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Convention in July. The former manager
of Max's Revenge Haunted Attraction in Clearfield,

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Pennsylvania, is facing charges after he
was accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl.

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According to the Affidavid, State Police
alleged that Clip Kolassar Junior, now

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age twenty six, sexually assaulted the
fourteen year old victim of various locations,

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including the site of the Haunted House. Kolassar is currently being held at the

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Clearfield County Prison as he faces multiple
accounts of felony rape, statutory sexual assault,

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and aggravated in decent assault. Is
also accused of supplying alcohol to the

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underage employees at the Haunt. On
May tenth, the Chamber of Haunters announced

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the future formation of the Chamber University, which will act as the educational front

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of the organization and provide new and
continuing education to members and non members alike.

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Chamber members will have free access to
all educational content. Non members will

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pay a fee per course. I
am proud to announce this project and look

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forward to working with the Chamber Board
to ensure that we can bring about the

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type of education that so many need
and wants. As Chamber President Robert Nelton,

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I feel there's a lot of great
education out there and it is ever

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evolving. But I also feel that
this industry deserves to be treated in the

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same level of respect and equality that
other industries receive, and we want to

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make sure that the world takes this
industry just as serious as many other industries

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out there. Upcoming advance from May
through July twenty twenty three include Monster Palooza

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June second to fourth in Pasadena,
California. Midwest Haunters Convention June tenth and

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eleventh in Rosemont, Illinois, Texas
Haunters Convention July fifteenth and sixteenth and Mesquite,

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Texas. Horror Ween con Idaho July
twenty first through twenty third in Boise,

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Idaho. Midsummer Scream July twenty eighth
through thirtieth, Long Beach, California.

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And The Ghosts of Summer July twenty
ninth and thirtieth in Portland, Oregon.

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Looking to have a little bit of
scare action early this summer in May,

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you can go to Bedlam in Scottsboro, Alabama. Doom Haunted Attraction in

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Idaho Falls, Idaho, Factory of
Fear in Moline, Illinois, Fear Factory

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SLC in Salt Lake City, Utah. Haunted Hills Farm in Jasper, Georgia,

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Earl's House of Horror and Laurel,
Maryland. Scare USA in Two Rivers,

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Wisconsin, Terrified Forest in Pickney,
Michigan, and Eriebis Factory of Terror

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in Erie, Pennsylvania. The Halls
of Madness in Paris, Illinois. A

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Haunted Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky.
Haunting of the Hills in Onstead, Michigan.

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Then in June be sure to catch
all Hello's Eve, Terror Town in

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Williamsburg, Ohio, The Drake Society
in Ontario, California, Eloise Asylum in

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Westland, Michigan, Freightmare in Chesapeake, Virginia, Oller and Haunts Hayride in

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Clinton, North Carolina, Riverside Entertainment
in Salome's Springs, Arkansas, Scream Hollow,

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Wicked Helloween Park and Smithville, Texas. Castle, Blood in Menissan,

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Pennsylvania, Dark Castle in Elgin,
South Carolina, Wicked World, Scare Grounds

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in Nicholasville, Kentucky, Necropolis Underground
in Indianapolis, Indiana, and SRDS Haunted

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Attractions Polkatello in Pocatello, Idaho.
Scaring Along in July include the Ams Haunted

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Attractions in Maryville, Tennessee, Blood
Prison in Mansfield, Ohio, The Cinema

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of Horror's Haunted House in Kelso,
Washington, and Ever Haunted Angela, New

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York. Find links to all these
attractions and all of the other articles and

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websites mentioned by following the links in
our show notes or in our weekly newsletter.

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And that's all for the news this
week. Today's episode was produced by

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me Philip Hernandez, with reporting by
Darryl Plunkey. Post production by David Swolk.

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