The Overlap Between Haunted Attractions and Theater
All the Reasons for Haunters to Get Involved With Their Local Community or Professional Theater Welcome to this blog, which is based on Episode 17 of my A Scott in the Dark podcast. That one, like quite a few of my podcasts, was related to what was going on in my life at the time I recorded […]
Make It Cheap
Tips and Tricks for Using Your Creativity to Have the Most Awesome Haunt Ever… and Save Money In this blog based on Episode 16 of my A Scott in the Dark podcast, I’m going to go back to the whole reason I started doing podcasts in the first place, which was to share ideas and basically do […]
Learning from Ren Rats and Fairie Folk
Discovering the Similarities Between Renaissance Faires and Haunted Attractions by Scott Swenson This article is based on Episode 13 of my A Scott in the Dark podcast. At first, I wasn’t going to do this episode, but something happened recently that I just couldn’t get out of my head, so I decided I just had to do it. […]
The Art of Communication
How to Communicate With All the People in Your Process—From Creation to Production By Scott Swenson This article is based on episode 12 of my podcast, A Scott in the Dark, and the topic is communication—communication throughout the whole process, from creation to installation. I also did a video for my YouTube channel of this episode, so […]
10 Horror Games for Haunters
Jonathan and Crystal discuss 10 horror games that offer lessons for haunters. Hello, it’s Jonathan and Crystal again. This blog is based on Episode 185 of Haunt Weekly, which was titled, “10 Horror Games for Haunters.” This isn’t a top-10 list of great horror games or anything like that, but 10 games that, if you’re a […]
How to Make it to the End of the Haunt Season
The Key Is: Consistency, Consistency, Consistency by Scott Swenson Welcome back to the dark. This blog is based on Episode 9 of my A Scott in the Dark podcase series. It’s (ahem) been a while since our last episode, so I decided to about talk the reason for that, which is how to make it […]
The Best Room- How to Create the Most Memorable Room in Your Haunt
Following on the heels of blogs about the first room and the last room, Jonathan and Crystal discuss the best room. This blog is based on Episode 183 of our Haunt Weekly podcast, which was on the best room of a haunt. I, Jonathan, do most of the talking. Everything in quotes is from my […]
The Last Room
Jonathan and Crystal Discuss Six Approaches for Creating a Memorable “Last Room” in Your Haunt. This blog is based on our Haunt Weekly podcast, Episode 182, in which we discussed “The Last Room.” You may have heard that the last room is the most important room of the haunt. There are some reasons for that. […]
The Pros and Cons of Shows and Cons
How to Decide Which Events and Shows to Attend, and Why They’re Important to You and Your Haunt. Welcome, once again, to the Dark. In this blog, which is based on episode 8 of my A Scott in the Dark podcast, I’m going to talk about trade shows, seminars, symposiums, and other cons. This past weekend, I […]
Auditions and How to Survive Them
Advice for How to Make an Unforgettable—in a Good Way—Impression During an Audition This blog is based on Episode 7 of A Scott in the Dark—which I refer to as a periodic podcast for haunters. It was a while between Episode 6 and this episode, and the reason for that is the project I’m working on […]
