News Roundup: Monsterpalooza This Weekend & Scary Farm Auditions

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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 Phillip 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.

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

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more about these stories and so much
more in our free weekly newsletter. Subscribe

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at the link in the show notes. And as always for the news roundup,

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I'm passing it off to Daryl calling
all monsters not Scary Farm in Buena

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Park, California is hiring scare actors
for their fiftieth anniversary event in person.

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Auditions will be held on June sixteenth
and seventeenth, and twenty fourth and twenty

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fifth. To secure an audition reservation, individuals must submit an application via knots

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Very Farm official job website. See
the link in our show notes. A

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link to book your addition appointment will
be shared two to five business days after

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an application has been received. Walk
in additions will not be permitted. Come

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to the addition prepared to move and
act like a monster, but please no

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costumes, monster makeup, or props. Monster Palooza takes place this coming weekend,

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June second through fourth, at the
Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California,

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celebrating the art of monsters and movie
magic. The event will feature over

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four hundred and fifty exhibitors, monster
museum, makeup demos, celebrity guests,

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and more. Programming highlights include the
Shining Panel with star Danny Lloyd Friday at

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ten pm and a Hocus Pocus panel
featuring cast and crew including Doug Jones,

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Amricats, Vanessa Shaw and Moore Saturday
at three. Saturday Night at seven thirty

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is the official Monster Palooza Afterlife Party, honoring Mike Elizalde, a spectral motion

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including live music, cash bars,
and surprise guests. Admission to the after

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party is free with a Monster Paloozer
wristband. Tickets for Friday and Sunday admission

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are available to purchase online. Saturday
admission is sold out online, but a

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limited number of tickets will be available
at the door. Midsummer Scream in Long

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Beach, California, debuted their first
ever television commercial, now running on Pluto

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TV's Horror channel. The Haunted Attraction
Network provided the footage and Josh Quillen,

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director of epic Home Haunts edited it. The spot also features music by Lovecraft.

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Midsummer Scream will take place at the
Long Beach Convention Center on July twenty

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eighth through thirtieth. The theme of
this year's event is Ghoulish Games. Guests

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will be able to explore an enormous
array of horror themed games, from video

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and role playing games to board and
tabletop game a special game area on the

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show floor, along with game themed
presentations. I'll join a full lineup of

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Midsummer Scream weekend activities that include the
Hall of Shadow, Mini Haunts, the

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Screaming Room, panels, presentations,
performances, Paranormal Pixies, Pumpkin Patch,

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Children's Zone, the Exhibitor Floor,
the Black Cat Lounge, Saturday Night Party,

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and or. Tickets are on sale
now with a single day passes starting

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from thirty five dollars for adult admission
and one hundred and forty day for a

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three day VIP gold bat pass.
Creep a Real OC in Santa Ana,

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California, announced a new addition to
their programming. On Sunday, September seventeenth,

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they will present Black Flame Campfire Tales, thirty years of Hocus Pocus hosted

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by Jeff D. Paoli of Disney
Coast to Coast Podcast Here what it was

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like to film Disney's hocus Pocus with
original cast members Vanessa Shaw, Jason Mardsden,

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and Omriecats. Tickets for Creep a
Real Oc are on sale now,

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starting at fifteen dollars for a single
day passes and twenty five dollars for weekend

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passes. Hell's Gate Haunted House in
Lockport, Illinois is hosting its first annual

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Spooky Garage Sale June sixteenth through eighteenth. To sale will feature over twenty five

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years of Zombie Army productions collection of
spookiness from their flagship attractions, Hell's Gate

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Haunted House and Statesvale Haunted Prison.
Items for sale include Helloween decor, animal

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tronics, prop costumes, yard decor, furniture, antiques, and more.

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Zombie Joe's Underground Theater Group in North
Hollywood, California proudly present Doctor Smegma's Human

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Petting Zoo and Sparkling Waters Waiting Room
June ninth through eleventh. Step into the

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horrorfying realm of Doctor Smegma's macab Hospital, where the boundaries between creation and destruction

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dissolve into a nightmare of unimaginable proportions. In this ghastly cat cafe style immersive

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experience, guests will find themselves trapped
within the hospital's nightmares, sparkling waters,

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waiting room, and air conditioned purgatory, teeming with unfathomable monstrosities that yearn for

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human touch. As you sink deeper
into the dramatic ambiance, sip on some

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refreshing sparkling water, and surrender to
the unhinged charm of the deformed creatures that

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hunger for your calming, therapeutic affection. Brace yourself for a treat unlike any

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other, where the boundaries between pleasure
and horror blur, leaving you forever scarred

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by the insidious secrets that lie within. Directed by Zombie Joe and Charlotte Cocker

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for Audience's eighteen plus, tickets are
on sale now for twenty dollars in advance

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twenty five at the door. Searching
for a perfectly ghoulish getaway, join the

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Ghostly Retreat Airbnb rental for an open
house on Saturday, June tenth. Enter

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the popular Haunted Mansion themed Airbnb.
Meet Disney imagineer Bob Gurr, the mastermind

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behind the magic of the original Haunted
Mansion, Doom Buggies, and receive an

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autographed Haunted Mansion Attraction poster. Explore
the retreat with designer Jeff Scheffelbean to hear

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stories and insights from the creation process
of this enchanting experience. Light refreshments will

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be provided as you take in the
erie atmosphere and mingle with fellow Disney enthusiasts.

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It's an ideal occasion to share and
make new connections. Tickets are available

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online for forty five dollars per person. Pirate's Dinner Adventure in Buena Park,

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California, is adding a brand new
character to their dinner theater adventure, the

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dreaded Leviathan. Starting this summer,
guests can experience an epic adventure is the

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brave swashbuckling Pirates face their biggest challenge
yet. Watch in Aws, the animatronic

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dragon moves its long neck across the
ship and snaps its harrowing jaws full of

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sharp teeth on an all new finale. Pirates Dinner Adventure is an interactive,

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family friendly dinner theater that has been
entertaining the Buena Park area for nearly twenty

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years. Learn more and book your
tickets on their official website Save the Date.

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Crampus Tavern at the Globe Theater in
Los Angeles, California, will return

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on December tenth, twenty twenty three. Follow Midnight Souls Productions on Instagram for

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event announcements and ticket sales in the
coming months. Event organizers have also shared

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the following message to vendors via social
media. In order to improve our guest

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experience and to ensure a safe open
floor plan, we will not be opening

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vendor applications for our cocktail experiences at
Globe Theater. A very small group of

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vendors will be curated by invitation only
to best fit the theme of the experience.

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Upcoming events this June and July include
Monster Pollut June second through fourth in

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Pasadena, California, Midwest Haunters Convention
June tenth and eleventh in Rosemont, Illinois.

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Texas Haunters Convention July fifteenth and sixteenth
in Mesquite, Texas. Horror Ween

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Cohn, Idaho July twenty first through
twenty third in Boise, Idaho. Midsummer

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Scream July twenty eighth through thirtieth in
Long Beach, California. Ghosts of Summer

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July twenty ninth and thirtieth in Portland, Oregon. Spring and summer haunts include

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All Hallows Eve, Terror Town in
Williamsburg, Ohio, The Drake Society in

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Ontario, California, Eloise Asylum in
Westland, Michigan, Freight Mare in Chesapeake,

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Virginia, Aller and Haunts, Hayride
in Clinton, North Carolina, Riverside

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Entertainment in Saloam Springs, Arkansas,
Scream Hollow, Wicked Helloween Park and Smithville,

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Texas, Castle, Blood in Menisson, Pennsylvania, Dark Castle in Elgin,

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South Carolina, Wicked World Scare Grounds
in Nicholasville, Kentucky, Necropolis Underground

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in Indianapolis, Indiana, and SRD
Haunted Attractions in Polkatello. Then moving into

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July, We've got the Ams Haunted
Attractions in Maryville, Tennessee, Blood Prison

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in Mansfield, Ohio, Cinema of
Horrors, Haunted House in Kelso, Washington,

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and Ever Haunt and Angela, New
York. If your haunt is open,

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remember to add yourself to our list
by contacting us through the links in

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the show notes or replying to your
newsletter. And that's all for the news

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this week. Today's episode was produced
by me Philip Hernandez, with reporting by

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Daryl Plunky post production by David Swolk. This haunt News Update is a production

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