Attending a Parallel Industry Tradeshow
What Haunters Can Learn From Participating in Tradeshows Outside the Haunt World In this blog, I’ll be talking about my experiences at The Special Event show that took place from January 8 to 10, 2019 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. I call this a parallel industry tradeshow. Although it wasn’t a haunt […]
Shopping for Your Haunted Attraction Year Round
How and Where to Find Bargains on Stuff for Your Haunt Throughout the Year Welcome to my first blog of 2019. Since it’s right after the holiday season, I got to thinking about what we can do as haunters to get ready for what’s coming up. We’re all just twitching and itching to get back into […]
Krampus Show Debuts in Las Vegas for the 2019 Holiday Season
Guests are invited to an immersive family holiday party with an unexpected guest and horrifying consequences On December 5, 2019, the Majestic Repertory Theatre in Las Vegas will debut this year’s immersive holiday horror show, Krampus, which takes place at a secret residence in the northwest part of the city. This year’s Krampus performance is […]
Installing “ Dark ,” my First Haunt in Canada, at Fort Edmonton Park, Alberta
Moving into new territory with the installation of a haunt at a historic site in Canada I was thinking this blog should probably be called A Scott After Opening Dark, because it’s all about my first experience in Canada opening a new haunt in Edmonton, Alberta, called “Dark.” For this blog, my plan was to […]
ScareHouse Opens 2 New Experiences in Pittsburgh for 2019 Halloween
The Basement and Stalked by a Killer Open in Pittsburgh ScareHouse is on hiatus for 2019 while the attraction relocates, but the team announced two new experiences for this Halloween Season—a remodeled version of The Basement plus a new escape room, Stalked by a Killer. Both attractions are open Thursday through Sunday from October 17 […]
When the Tide Comes in, All Ships Rise
All the Reasons to Support Fellow Haunts and Haunters – Especially in Online Public Forums. Welcome, once again, to A Scott In the Dark. We’re getting into haunt season, and attractions have started to open—here in Florida especially. I think Disney started in August. Don’t misunderstand me, I’m not complaining, but they start a lot […]
Michigan’s Hush Haunted Attraction Grows 6X for 2019 Halloween
Hush Haunted Attraction in Westland, Michigan, is debuting three haunted houses in a new venue that’s 6X as large as the previous space. The trio of haunted houses—Descent, Coven, and Rosecliff Hall—live inside a 40,000-square-foot-building for one admission price. Hush opened on September 27th for the 2019 Halloween season and continues every Friday, Saturday, and […]
New for 2019 at Cross Roads Escape Games —The Séance Experience
Debuting at Cross Roads Escape Games in Anaheim, California for the 2019 Halloween season is The Séance, a theatrical horror experience For the 2019 Halloween season, Cross Road Escape Games unveiled a unique, theatrical horror experience with escape-game overtones—The Séance—which opened on October 2nd and will continue on through though November 3rd. Ticket costs range […]
Dead Factory Haunted House in Mexico, Missouri Focuses on Phobias
Family-Owned, Home-Grown Haunted House in Mexico, Missouri Focuses on Phobias. Dead Factory, located in Mexico, Missouri, is a 30-minute, linear, walkthrough experience in a 12,000-square-foot building. Guests enter the realm of Dr. Phil Obrian (aka Dr. Phobia), a deranged neuroscientist who specializes in a wide variety of human fears. Dead Factory allows guests to get up close […]
New Mazes and Special Events at this Year’s Haunted Fort
Historic, Haunted Buildings and Real Ghosts Await Guests at This Unique Outdoor Haunt at Fort Abraham Lincoln on the North Dakota Prairie. Haunted Fort is a seasonal attraction that takes place every October at Fort Abraham Lincoln near Mandan, North Dakota. The site is a reconstructed military fort from the 1870s and is most famously […]
