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Speaker 1 (00:07):
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Two new mazes are coming to nought Scary Farm. On
August nineteenth, notts Berry Farm in Buena Park, California, hosted
its annual Nightmares Revealed event, announcing new and returning elements
for the coming season of not Scary Farm. The evening's
highlight was the announcement of two new mazes, The Zoo
and Mary The Haunting of Worth Home. In the Zoo,
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designed by Daniel Miller, guests will venture through an abandoned
zoo where the military is used animal DNA and genetics
plicing to create super soldier animal hybrids. A unique element
to this maze is that after eleven PM, the monsters
will turn off the light and brave souls will only
have a flashlight to guide them through the darkness. Mary
The Haunting of Worth Home, designed by John Aspirin, is
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a take on the Bloody Mary urban legend. Guests will
explore the Worth Home and bear witness to Mary's victims.
Not Scary Farm will take place select date September eighteenth
through November first. Tickets are on sale now starting at
eighty four dollars for single night general admission. Hallowscream Tampa
unveils Mars Haunted House. Hallowscream Tampa and Tampa Florida returns
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select nights September fifth through November two with a new
Haunted House, expanded scare zones, and updated experiences across the park.
This year's headline edition is Mars, a science fiction horror
concept set abort. A crash spaceship on the surface of Mars,
the Elysium Wants, a pro vessel in the interplanetary fleet,
has been destroyed on impact. Survivors now face the cold,
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failing systems, and a swarm of insect like alien creatures
drawn into the wreckage. Guests are cast as members of
a search and destroyed team tasked with reaching the ship's
core and preventing the threat from spreading mars, joins for
returning haunted houses, five scare zones, live entertainment, and themed bars.
Tickets are on sale now for as low as forty nine.
Ninety nine new mazes and scare zones come to Castle Dark.
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A new Icon character has emerged at Castle Dark in Riverside, California,
conjuring three new mazes, three new scare zones, and an
all new show for twenty twenty five. This year's Icon,
the Storyteller, has the ability to rewrite history and has
erased last year's mazes from memory, hushering in three new
haunts to terrorize guests. Fairy Tales turns classic fairy tales
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upside down with twisted versions of the Three Little Pigs,
Hansel and Gretel, Goldilocks, Cinderella, and more. Midnight Manor has
guests join a paranormal investigation team to explore the haunted
house with only a flashlight, But beware, as restless spirits
may disrupt the flashlight, leaving guests entirely in the dark.
Containment Preach will pit guests against hybrid plant zombies in
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a secret government facility. This maze will be directly tied
to a new scare zone Outbreak, where every thirty minutes,
monsters will escape the maze and terrorize the area. This
joins two more new scare zones, the Forgotten Kingdom and
the Endless Chapter Home to the Storyteller. Also new for
twenty twenty five as Echoes from the Grave, a rock
and pop musical review featuring chilling choreography and supernatural visuals.
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Castle Dark runs select nights September nineteenth through November first.
Tickets are on sale now, starting as low as twenty
nine ninety nine for general admission. Skip the line with
a Thrill Pass for fourteen ninety nine, and enjoy tasty
treats with a Castle Dark Tasting Card for thirty nine
ninety nine. Jock Lindsay's Hangar Bar at Disney Springs gets
a Halloween makeover for the first time ever. Jock Lindsay's
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Hangar Bar at Disney Springs in Orlando, Florida. We'll get
into the Halloween spirit with themed decor here he eats
and Sinister SIPs. Through November fourth, the bar will be
transformed into a nostalgic Helloween party from decades past with
pumpkin Scarecrows, Jack o' lanterns, and vintage style black Cats.
The Halloween Hangar Bar Menual feature nine new and exclusive
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SIPs and nibbles, including Alien Invader Sliders, Cursed Mummy Sausages,
Phantom Dumplings, Zombie Eye Bites, Snake Ache, Surprise, Cauldron, Cooler, Scare,
Beetle Essence, Skull of the Dead, and the Spike Trap.
Looking for more Disney Halloween trends, check out Disney Park
Blog's complete Helloween foody guide by following the links in
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our show notes. Queen Mary's Dark Harbor announces new and
updated mazes In a panel at Midsummer Scream, Queen Mary's
Dark Harbor and Long Beach, California shared details on new
and updated mazes for this year's event. Two returning mazes,
Beasts and Breakout, have received updated storylines and new elements
in its last year at Dark Harbor Feast, The Final
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Cut will conclude the story of The Butcher, featuring more
gore and cannibal chaos. Breakout Maximum Security will take us
further into the psychotic mind of the Samuel La Savage
and a unique new soundscape by Lovecraft twenty twenty five
will see us six mays added to the Haunt lineup.
Voodoo the Queen's Curse. This story centers around a Voodoo
priestess who seeks to make the Queen Mary her own.
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She looks to resurrect dead sailors to make a crew
that will allow the ship to set sail once again.
Queen Mary's Dark Harbor returns. Select knights September nineteenth through
November two get access to Phase two pre sale tickets
on the event's digital website. New for twenty twenty five
is the addition of season passes allowing guests to brave
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the six mazes, shows, themed bars, and more again and again.
Field of Screams Maryland will not open for the twenty
twenty five season. Field of Screams Maryland and Onne Maryland
has announced that the attraction will not operate for the
twenty twenty five season. In a statement posted on the
event's website and social media, organizers wrote that they will
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take this year to reimagine the attractions and infrastructure. They
plan to return in twenty twenty six with a stronger
foundation that will allow them to deliver advanced scares for
years to come. According to the Montgomery County Board of
Appeals records Field of Screams, Maryland drew nearly two thousand
visitors per night in twenty twenty four. Though this attraction's
official announcements assert that the decision to close this year
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was entirely their own, an article by a local radio
station detailed growing tensions between the event and neighboring residents.
Earlier this year, community members opposed plans for new structures
tied to the haunt, and a Montgomery's County hearing examiner
recommended that the nonprofit resubmit their build request with a
full site plan so a public hearing could be held
to discuss potential impacts on traffic and the neighborhood. Twin
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Cities Fearfest brings Elvira Pop up Bar and Shop to
Mall of America. The thirteenth Foor Entertainment Groups Twin Cities
Fearfest in Bloomington, Minnesota, will bring an Elvira pop bar
and shop to the Mall of America, along with two haunts,
many escape games, and a jellyball experience. Ship your way
into the spooky spotlight at the Alvira Pop Up Bar,
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where horror meets high spirits. Enjoy themed cocktails, eerie elixers,
and a dash of the Mistress of the Dark signature.
Camp Fans will also shop a curated collection of merchandise
inspired by Elvira, from witty t shirts to limited edition
accessories and official collectibles. Brave guests can venture into two haunts,
Deadwater Hollow and Sanctum of the Shadows to encounter detailed sets,
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dozens of live scare actors and special effects that create
an intense atmospheric experience. Twin Cities Fearfest run select nights
September twenty sixth through November two. Sign up for discount
pre sale tickets and event updates at the event's official website.
Mount Healthy Haunted Hall celebrates its thirty fifth anniversary. Now
in its thirty fifth year, Mount Healthy Haunted Hall in
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Mount Healthy, Ohio, will return to Harvest Souls Fridays through
Sundays September twenty sixth through October twenty five. The Haunted
Hall is sponsored by the Madonna Council, Knights of Columbus
and assisted by youth organizations. The Haunted Hall benefits these
groups and other charities. Entry is twelve dollars per person,
available on site only. With a two dollars discount for
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a canned good donation fast passes. No discounts are available
on site for eighteen dollars. A lights Up trick or
Treat event will take place on Sunday, October nineteenth. Tickets
for this family friendly event will be five dollars per
child with accompanying parents for free. Isazan Obaki Yoshiki returns
for a limited time at Diimerrouz Department Store. Isenobaki Yashiki,
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a haunted house that formerly operated at a now defunct
amusement park, is returning to Kyoto through through August thirty
first at Dimerrouse Department Store. A Kyoto based company manufacturing
theater sets and props which formerly designed and ran the
haunted house, remade all the large items needed for the reopening.
Guests will encounter a tory gate, lanterns, and spooky dolls,
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as well as ghosts in white kimono and cloud Japanese yokai.
It's even better than it was twenty six years ago,
said Kenji Kinugawa, who was supervising the project. Come and
enjoy a friendly kind of scare. Our ghosts are very
kind to frighten children. The attraction will also include an
exhibition of one hundred eighty items related to the original
Haunted House. His mission is fifteen hundred yen per adult,
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twelve hundred yen per high school and junior high school students,
and five hundred yen per elementary school student. Learn more
on the event's official website. Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Winnie
the Pooh, Blood and Honey come to Herefordshire with Halloween
Haunted Fests. A new horror experience, Halloween haunt Fest is
coming to Herfordshire, UK October seventeenth through November first. Leatherface
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is making his UK debut in a brand new immersive
attraction based on the nineteen seventy four horror movie The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Also making its Haunted debut is Winnie
the Pooh, Blood and Honey. Guests will be able to
step into the twisted world of carnage from the hit
British slasher film and its sequel in the spine Tingling
Scare Maze experience. The event also features two original mazes,
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live entertainment, photo ops, two themed bars, and more. Tickets
are on sale now starting at forty three pounds fifty
for standard admission. Halloween Horrorites Singapore highlights Asian horror intellectual properties.
Halloween Horrorites thirteen at Universal Studio Singapore and Santosa Islands,
Singapore is Summoning Spirits, Curses and Chaos eighteen select knights
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September twenty six through November first. This year's event highlights
popular Asian horror ips with two new haunted hoses. The
Unruly Immortals, based on the hit Chinese novel, plunges guests
into a fever dream of demons and hellish realms. Explore
the fractured psyche of the Hallai Hwong, a student caught
between the mystical world of ancient alchemy and a hospital
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war that insists he's hallucinating. The second new maze, Death Whisperer,
marks the first time a Thai film has been featured
in the event. Journey to Rural Kenchen Abury in nineteen
seventy two, where a cursed village hides them vengeful black spirit.
She's hunting for a new host, and she's chosen you.
These houses joined the returning Stranger Things Maze, based on
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the popular Netflix show and original mays Singapore's most haunted
built to Horror. Learn more about Halloween Horrnite's thirteen in
book tickets on the event's official website. Ad Venture Dome's
fear Zone organizer accused of sexual battery and solicitation of miners.
In a recent article from Vegas, four to one one
uncovered a twenty twenty lawsuit against Anthony Lopez, a social
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media influencer who manages South of Heaven Productions, the organizer
of fear Zone at Circus Circus Re Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In the lawsuit, two girls accused Lopez of sexual battery
and solicitation of miners. They claimed the twenty one year
old Lopez attempted to course them into sexual encounters and
solicited explicit photos from the girls despite knowing that they
were underage. The lawsuit also claims that there were reports
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from at least three additional underage victims of his sexual harassment.
The lawsuit was settled in twenty twenty four for an
undisclosed amount. Lopez has repeatedly denied these allegations, releasing a
statement to People magazine in twenty twenty one, these allegations
are not at all true. I never sent nudes to
these women. And I didn't ask them to send pictures either,
And I certainly wouldn't have sex with someone who told
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me they were under age. Vegas four one one reached
out to Circus Circus for a statement regarding Lopez's involvement
in Halloween attraction at the family oriented casino. As of
August twenty second, Vegas four one one has not received
response from the venue. Ask the scare actor trainer Sammy
Days from Fright Nights. Hunter's Toolbox is hosting a live
Q and A session with Sammy Days, the scare actor
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trainer and scare actor at Fright Nights in West Palm Beach, Florida,
on Wednesday, September three, from five thirty pm to seven
pm Pacific daylight time. Tune in for this ninety minute
live session to learn scare actor tips and tricks. Some
upcoming events this August through October twenty twenty five include
Creep at Real Oc in Santa Ana, California, September twelfth
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through fourteenth, and the Sun of Monster Loza in Burdbank, California,
October tenth through twelve.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
And that's all for the news this week.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Today's episode was produced by me Philip Bernandez, with reporting
by Darryl Plunky, post production.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
By David Swope.
Speaker 3 (13:13):
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