Aug. 11, 2024

NEWS: Universal Studios Japan to Host all-night Halloween Party

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This week's News: Universal Japan's First ALL-NIGHT Halloween Party; New scare zones Halloween Horror Nights Orlando; New villains for Oogie Boogie Bash; Castle Dark returns Sept 20th - October 27th with new VR Maze; DETAILS: The Queen Mary's Dark Harbor 2024; Fear Farm & Keys2Fear Productions debut new attraction; New maze and theatrical experience for Los Angeles Haunted Hayride; Delusion's new location & new storyline; Spirit Halloween stores open across the U.S.; Pale Night Productions' Perma-Blood is now available at Spirit Halloween. Read the stories here.

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Coming up your weekly roundup of news from around the

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haunt industry. Welcome to the show. I'm Philip on the

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HN Show. We bring you the haunt news, information, and

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and as always for the news roundup, I'm passing it

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off to Darryl.

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Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida announced two new scare

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zones for this year's Halloween Horror Nights, named Duality of

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Fear and Demon Queens. As soon as you enter the

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gates of Halloween Horror Knights, choose a path through Duality

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of Fear, follow Sinister, a manifestation of visceral horror, or

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follow Surreal, the incarnation of unearthly terror. Further inside hhn

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get caught in the otherworldly healthscape of Demon Queens with

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four merciless queens loyal to surreal rule, surrounded by hordes

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of fanatical followers. Halloween Horrorites takes place on select Knights

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from August thirtieth to November three. Tickets are on sale now.

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Universal Studios Halloween Horrnites and Universal City California announced a

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new scare zone called Skull Lords. All Hail the Royal

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Court of the Undead, where Gothic kings and Queen's reign,

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But beware cross into their spectral kingdom at your own peril.

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All who challenge their rule meet a dead end. Halloween

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Horrnites Hollywood runs select knights September fifth through November three.

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Tickets are now on sale at the events official website.

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Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, teased two villainous additions to

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this year's Oogie Boogie Bash at Disney Halloween Party. A

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teaser video released last week featured a Greek vase with

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flames and a Fedora hat behind a control panel in

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a white lab coat, causing fans to speculate that this

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year's trade trails will feature haities from Hercules and doctor

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Heinz Dufenschmertz from the Disney Channel's popular animated series Phineas

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and Ferb. While the official reveal is on its way,

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the two new characters are set to join an impressive

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list of villains, including Agatha. Harkness, The Headless Horseman, The

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Sanderson Sisters, Captain Hook, Ursula, ja'far Mother, Gothel, and Moore.

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The Oogi Boogie Bash runs select evenings August twenty fifth

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through October thirty first. Tickets are currently sold out. Universal

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Studios Japan in Osaka, Japan will host its first ever

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all night Halloween Party on Friday, October eighteenth, from ten

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pm to five am. Guests will be able to enjoy

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the screams and excitement of Halloween horror nights all night long.

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Brave hordes of street zombies, ride popular attractions, dance along

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to the Zombie Dance, and go oh wild with Hamikuma

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in a dark show. The event will feature special show

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held at Waterworld filled with lively Helloween numbers. All night.

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Participants will also receive an event exclusive Hammi Kuma badge.

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Tickets are on sale now starting at twelve thousand yen,

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which is approximately eighty three dollars. US Castle Dark and Riverside,

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California will return with new mazes, scare zones, and more

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Fridays through Sundays September twentieth through October twenty seventh. This

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year's event will feature three traditional mazes named Funhouse of

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the Demented, Seance and Labyrinth, plus two scare zones, and

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the event's first ever VR Mays Sinister in an immersive

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five D experience that will be available for an additional fee.

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New shows include Sliders of the Kingdom, Tea Time with

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Lady Lou and Countess Alura. Special food, beverage and retail

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items will also be available during the event. Tickets are

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now on sale starting at thirty four ninety nine at

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Queen Mary's. Dark Harbor in Long Beach, California revealed details

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on returning characters, new mazes, and secret bars in their

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Midsummer screen panel last month. Returning select night September twentieth

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through November two after a five year hiatus, Dark Harbor

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will once again welcome Scary Mary, Graceful Gail, the Ringmaster,

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and the Captain as signature characters, along with a surgeon,

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a twisted and sadistic doctor featured in the new maze Infirmary.

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The event's popular speakeasies will be returning for twenty twenty four,

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but a new system for obtaining entry tokens to the

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four bars. They will be passed out during the event's

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nightly pre show and available for purchase via a new

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character named Lady Mabel. Currently announced mazes include the aforementioned Infirmary,

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Scary Mary's Maze, Lullaby at All, new chapter in Samuel

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Le Savage's story, Breakout, and Feast, a prequel to the

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original maze with the same name. Learn more and sign

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up for ticket sale announcements at the event's official website.

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In addition to the return of the popular Queen Mary's

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Dark Harbor, the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California has

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quite a few spooky surprises for this year's Halloween season. Firstly,

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starting Friday September thirteenth, Brave guests will once again be

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able to spend the night in the ship's most haunted cabin,

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Stateroom B three forty. Also announced as a Spooctacular, bizarre

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and movie night on Friday, September thirteenth, Shop till you

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Drop from a curated selection of local spooky vendors offering

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unique an eerie item, enjoy live music that will set

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the perfect eerie atmosphere, and settle for a double feature

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of The Nightmare Before Christmas followed by Labyrinth. Tickets are

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on sale now starting at ten dollars for general admission

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and two hundred and fifty for the ultimate movie package,

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including four tickets, seats on a spacious couch, QM blanket, snacks,

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champagne or SODA's, and a spectacular surprise. Adding to the

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festival fall lineup, The Queen Mary will present a spooky

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Speakeasy experience at September nineteenth and twenty six. This special

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engagement will feature haunting stories of the Queen Mary's most

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famous apt opparitions, each paired with a specialty beverage inspired

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by the specific spirit. Tickets are on sale now for

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fifty five per person, including four drinks. Finally, rounding out

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the announcements is an all new paranormal shipwalk entitled Forgotten Stories.

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This tour promises to delve into the lesser known hauntings

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and parallel phenomena aboard the Queen Mary. More details about

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this tour will be released soon via the ship's official website.

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Follow the links in our show notes to get yours.

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Beeer Farm and Keys to Fear Productions are joining forces

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to create the Inland Empire's newest multi attraction screen park,

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Beer farm Ie in Chino, California. This brand new event

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will host five separate Haunted attractions sped over two hundred acres.

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The Sundown Manor Barnaby Rust's Circus Carnage, the Haunted hay Ride,

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The Zombie Survival Experience Flight, and the Zombie Survival Experience

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Fight a Zombie Paintball Experience. The event runs Fridays and Saturday,

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September twenty seventh through November two, from seven to ten

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pm Nightlykeas It's are on sale now, starting at nineteen

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ninety nine for a single attraction and forty nine ninety

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nine for entry to all. Five Front of the line

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passes start at fifty nine ninety nine. They also offer

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an rip VIP package for one twenty four to ninety nine,

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which includes unlimited front of line admission to all attractions,

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t shirt, rere beverage, behind the scenes tour with one

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of the designers, and the opportunity to receive full professional

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makeup and costumes to become one of the monsters for

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the evening. It's way more fun to be a predator

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than it is to be praised, says co creator Matt Ganne.

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The Los Angeles Haunted hay Ride in Los Angeles California,

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were returned for its sixteenth season September twentieth through November two.

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In addition to the tuitular hay Ride experience, this year's

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Evan will feature two returning mazes, hel Billy Helloween and

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Trick Or Treat, as well as a new Ma's Monet

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Manor replacing the former Midnight Mortuary. Money Manor is presented

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in partnership with musician, author, actor, and fashion icon jenelleman Ody.

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The maze will blend eerie elegance with futuristic frights and more.

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Another new edition for twenty twenty four will be the

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event's first ever theatrical experience, Madame Aurora's Seance Theater. This

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Seance Gone Wrong will feature theatrical elements with a cutting

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edge audio, lighting, fact and more to create an Immersia

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fourty scary experience. Single day tickets have not yet gone

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on sale, but season passes are currently available. Starting at

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seventy nine ninety nine, unravel a new story with delusion

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the Red Castle in Los Angeles, California, taking place at

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a new location, The Stimson House, a three story, thirty

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room mansion in the University Park area of Los Angeles.

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This year's experience will tie back to the storyline from

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twenty twelves, the Blood Right Crossover. Characters and story elements

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will be present in the new tale, as audience members

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will once again come face to face with the banished

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psychologist doctor Lowell. Will you help him to bring back

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his dead wife? Sign up for pre sale notifications and

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announcements at the event's official website. Screams Halloween Theme Park

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and Waxahatchie, Texas is now hiring for the twenty twenty

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four Halloween season. Available positions include scare actors, food and

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beverage pubs, front gate games, grounds crew, makeup and costuming,

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sanitation and safety services. Actor and makeup training will take

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place September thirteenth through twenty eighth. Orientation and manager training

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in dress rehearsal takes place September twenty eighth, and the

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event runs Fridays and Saturdays October fourth through November two.

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Interested individuals can fill out the online form to apply.

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As of August first, Spirit Halloween has begun opening its

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fifteen hundred plus stores across the US and Canada. Festivities

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begin with the grand opening celebration at the Rental Chains

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flagship store at egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. Now throughout August,

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the chains will open stores across the country. Locate the

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nearest store near you at Spirit Halloween's official website. Pale

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Night Productions has announced Perma Blood will now be available

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at Spirit Halloween. Hunters can now purchase four rounds bottles

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for nine nine nine and select physical stores and online

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via Spirit Halloween's website. The chain is also selling a

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custom Perma Blood Green variant, similar to Pale Night Productions

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Perma Grime uv Green. Some upcoming events this August through

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October include creep It Real Nostalgic September fourteenth and fifteenth

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in Santa Ana, California, creep i e Con in Ontario,

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California from September twentieth through twenty second, and Son of

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Monster Palooza October eleventh through thirteenth in Burbank, California. Also

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going on in some South cal Halloween Haunt events including

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Oogie Boogie's Bash at Disney California Adventure August twenty fifth

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through thirty First Halloween hohrn Nights at Universal Studios September

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fifth through November three, Peer farm Ie and Chino September

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twenty seventh through November two. Fright Fest Extreme in Magic Mountain, Valencia,

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September seventh through November three. Not Scary Farm at Knotsbery Farm,

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Buena Park, September nineteenth through November second. Los Angeles Haunted

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Hey Ride at Los Angeles September twentieth through November second.

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The Queen Mary's Dark Harbor in Long Beach September twentieth

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through November second, Hello Scream at SeaWorld, San Diego September

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twenty seventh through November second, Reign of Terror in Thousand

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Oaks September twenty seventh through November second.

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And that's all for the news this week.

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Today's episode was produced by me Philip Bernandez, with reporting

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by Darryl Plunky. Post production by David Swope. This hant

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