NEWS: Universal Horror Unhinged; Dark Universe Animatronics Preview

0:07 Coming up your weekly roundup of news from around the haunt industry. Welcome to the show. I'm Philip on the hn 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 Darryl. Universal Destinations and Experiences UDX announce the first four haunts coming to the year round experience at Universal Horror Unleashed in Las Vegas, Nevada. Opening in a yet to be announced date in twenty twenty five, The Universal Horror Unleashed will be housed in the popular Area fifteen Entertainment district.

0:57 The immersive experience will feature houses the aimed around Universal Monsters, the Texas Chainsaw, Massacre, Scarecrow, the Reaping and Blumhouses, the Exorcist and Believer. Surrounding these haunts will before sinisterly themed in immersive areas including live entertainment, erie, eateies, and bars. Guests can expect a continuously updated experience with seasonal events and unique merchandise. Universal's rich history in the creation of the horror genre, drovar desire to bring year round horror experience to the incredible entertainment offerings in Las Vegas, said Page Thompson, president of New Ventures for UDX. We're thrilled to have our award winning creative and entertainment teams working tirelessly to bring terrors to life in twenty twenty five.

1:39 Visit Universal Horror Unleashed official website for updates. Universal Orlando Resort has released a first look at the lifelike animatronics from Monsters Unchained the Frankenstein Experiment, located in the Dark Universe section of Universal Epic Universe. The new ride will feature fourteen animated figures based on your favorite classical unit vers monsters, including Frankenstein, Dracula, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and the Wolfman. Monsters Unchained The Frankenstein Experiment will open along with the rest of the Universal Epic Universe on May twenty second, of twenty twenty five. The Haunt season continues this weekend with trans World's a Legendary Haunt Tour taking place November eight to ninth, The tour will head to Ohio to visit the Factory of Terror, a Dent Schoolhouse, the USS Nightmare, the Haunted Schoolhouse, and the Haunted Laboratory.

2:28 Tickets are on sale now, with options to join the bus tour or drive via your personal vehicle. The Haunted Attraction Association the HAA, will offer their Chaos Certification course with optional lunch before the Legendary Haunt Tour on November eight from ten am to four pm. Attendees will get six credit hours towards their certification. The remaining two hours required will be offered online at a later date. The class will occur at the BB Riverboats Corp Offices in their main conference room. Chaos attendees do not have to be part of the ticket holders for the Legendary Hunt Tour. Group registration is now open for the course, starting at twenty five dollars for HAA members and seventy five dollars for non members. The optional lunch buffet at BB river Boats is fifteen dollars. Pre registration is strongly suggested. Ever.

3:14 Haunt and Angle in New York will host three Behind the Screams tours on Saturday, November sixteenth at seven, eight, and nine pm. Guess will experience an approximately one hour long tour of the Haunt with a knowledgeable guide who will cover the themes, operations, and history behind the attractions, including the discussion of sets, props, special effects and more. Tickets for the tour are on sale now for twenty five dollars each. Be sure to reserve your space soon, as there are only thirty spots available, ten for each of the three start times. Goole Brothers Haunted House in Akron, Ohio is being forced to close due to a loss of their venue space after operating at the same location since twenty seventeen. Two weeks before the start of this Halloween season, their landlord's attorneys sent them a letter saying their lease will not be renewed and they only have two months to dismantle their traction and vacate the premises.

4:02 The short notice has caused financial difficulties and emotional stress. To David Barton, Ghuhle Brothers owner and creator, I don't even know where to begins at Barton. We're losing hundreds of thousands of dollars of investment because of this happening. He said that with more notice about the end of their lease. We could have been looking for a buyer looking for a property. We could have started to move and started divesting. While Barton hopes to rebuild and reopen someday, he says that that will be financially difficult and finding a new location that can house the sixteen thousand square foot attraction could be a challenge. Hundreds of revelers in Dublin, Ireland, lined up on October thirty first for a much anticipated Helloween parade that didn't actually exist. After a post for a Halloween parade went viral from a website called My Spirit Halloween dot Com. Thousands of people flocked to O'Connell Street in Dublin on a Halloween night, but found no barricades, security, or any indication that a parade was going to occur.

4:52 Around eight pm, an hour after the events listed start time, Dublin Police published a social media post stating that no parade was scheduled and asked all revelers to disperse from the area. The owner of My Spirit Halloween dot Com, Nazi Ali, said that the parade listing was made in airror and was one of their writers. Used a post of a previous parade and was unaware that the event was not taking place in twenty twenty four. We were highly embarrassed and shamed and we were really sorry about it that because of us, people wasted their time and money, Ali said in a statement to press. The Dublin Police released a statement saying that the event will not be investigated as no criminal offenses were disclosed. They further advised it in the future, individuals check official city websites for major event information. Some upcoming events from November through January include creep It Real Festive November twenty second and twenty third in Santa Ana, California, the Halloween and Party Expote January thirteenth through fifteenth in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the creepi e Con January thirty first through February first in Ontario, California.

5:53 And that's all for the news this week. Today's episode was produced by me Philip Ernandez, with reporting by Daryl Plunky post production. By David Swope. This hant News Update is a production of the Haunted Attraction Network, and you can sign up to our weekly newsletter at Hanta Attractionnetwork dot com. Support for this episode comes from Gantum Lighting and controls until next time. Haunters stay scary. This is a haunted attraction. Network production