News Roundup: "The Last of Us" at Halloween Horror Nights and Terror Roulette

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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
in our free weekly newsletter. Subscribe at

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the link in the show notes,
and as always for the news roundup,

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I'm passing it off to Darryl in
this week's convention in Mixer News. Horror

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in Color will host their third annual
Pride or Die, a free horror themed

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event celebrating lgbt QIA plus identities,
on Saturday, June twenty fourth, from

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four pm to nine thirty pm at
the Media Pollution in Los Angeles, California.

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Guests will be treated to a mini
marketplace of horror or vendors, immersive

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art, health resources from Aid's Healthcare
Foundation, Pharmacy and Children's Hospital Los Angeles,

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a live podcast from Afro Horror,
special performances from Major Lights Out,

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and more, all in a haunting
atmosphere. All proceeds will support local LGBTQIA

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plus organizations RSVP online by following the
links in our show notes. The Last

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of Us will be coming to Universal
Studios Halloween Horror Knights in Orlando and Hollywood

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this fall. Enter the world of
Naughty Dogs video game in real life as

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you fight to survive and navigate your
way through an abandoned Pittsburgh with Joel and

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Ellie. The world inside the game
offers a multitude of suspenseful and horrifying opportunities

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to provide guests with a one of
a kind experience that can only be found

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at Halloween Horror Knights. John Murdy, executive producer of Halloween Horror Nights at

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Universal, set in a statement.
HHN Orlando will take place Select Knights September

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first through October thirty first, and
hh N Hollywood will take place Select Knights

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September seventh through October thirty first.
Tickets are on sale now and single night

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passes starting at seventy nine ninety nine
for Orlando and seventy four dollars for Hollywood.

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Halloween on the High Seas will return
to the Disney Cruise Line in mid

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September through October twenty twenty four.
Chart a course to Tropical locales on a

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Bahamian and Western Caribbean voyage from Fort
Lauderdale, or discover dazzling destinations in the

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Eastern and Western Caribbean and the Bahamas. When it's sailing from Port Canaveral,

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families will dress up and join Disney
characters in their Halloween costumes, dance the

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night away at Spooky Celebration on the
upper decks, enjoy spine Tingling themed food

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and beverages, and immerse themselves in
a ghostly ship takeover with elaborate decor and

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a magical pumpkin tree. Hookings will
open to the public on June twenty sixth

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of this year. A brand new
immersive experience will be coming to the Chicago

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area this Halloween season, Terror Roulette
the spine Tingling Event as a partnership between

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the Arboretum of South Barrington and IWG
Productions, Running Thursdays through Sunday, September

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twenty ninth through Halloween. Designed for
horror ends, this event thrusts participants wishing

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to test their fate into an interactive
story where they become the selected victims of

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a bloodthirsty secret society. At the
heart of this bone chilling experience is the

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enigmatic villain known as the Dealer,
who literally holds all of the cards.

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The Dealer presides over a sinister realm
filled with a host of maniacal slayers,

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each with their own killer specialty.
Terror Roulette combines heart pounding challenges with a

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thrill of an ever changing narrative.
Groups of eight guests age sixteen plus will

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be separated and reshuffled as they face
different challenges. Some may even be forced

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to face their fears alone. Each
card is signed by the Dealer, will

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expose the guests to the lurking horrors
awaiting them in the next room. Tickets

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will be available soon at the event's
official website. Stay tuned to the Haunted

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Attraction Network for more on this experience. They will be featured on this year's

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Hauntathon. The next Haunters Toolboxmasterclass will
take place on Tuesday, June twentieth at

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five thirty pm. This month's topic
is build props and sets like Haunted.

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Over a few of the core set
construction crew it Haunted Overload will share ideas

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and how to use natural materials to
make unique sets and props that will make

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your haunt something to really scream about. While on a budget. Sign up

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for the Haunters Toolbox membership to access
each month's live sessions and past recordings and

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more. In retail news, Disguise
Inc. The costume division of toy and

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consumer products manufacturer Jack's Specific, Inc. Announced a partnership with Mob Entertainment to

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offer a new line of Poppy Playtime
costumes and accessories for the twenty twenty three

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Halloween season. Year after year,
Disguise keeps Expanion's collection of costumes in this

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ever growing genre of episodic horror games, expressed Tera Cortner, President and GM

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of Disguisink. As the popularity of
this genre continues to surge, we are

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thrilled to be a part of it. Our passion lies in developing costume that

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bring kids, adults, and fans
into the world of their favorite characters.

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Poppy Playtime is sure to be a
hit this year. Mary Simmons of Piqua,

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Ohio, made the news this week
when she refused to take down her

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ten foot all werewolf decoration after receiving
a warning from the city. Simmons said

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that the werewolf, nicknamed Phil,
has become her house mascot. She has

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left the prop up year round and
decorates it for each season their holiday.

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The city told the local news station
that it issued Simmons a warning due to

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an anonymous complaint, but the city
has no plans to further enforce the decorations

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removal. Simmons said that she won't
take down the prop unless it becomes a

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safety hazard. You can follow Phil's
story and the seasonal outfit changes on his

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official Facebook and Twitter accounts. Events
upcoming this June through August include the Texas

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Haunters Convention from July fifteenth and sixteenth
and Mesquite, Texas orr Ween con Idaho

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

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

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through thirtieth in Portland, Oregon.
There's also some spring and summer haunts still

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open. This June, you can
go to Necropolis Underground in Indianapolis, Indiana,

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and SRDS Haunted Attraction in Polkratello,
Idaho. Then in July, make

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sure you visit the AMS Haunted Attractions
in Maryville, Tennessee. Blood Prison in

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

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and ever Haunt in Angela, New
York. 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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Darryl Plunky post production by David Swolk. This Haunt News Update is a production

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