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#1 ·
In order to avoid any confusion with posting more than twice a month when new shows come out, since we started putting out Big Scary News, I have decided to put everything in one convenient thread. Check back here weekly to get a link to the newest show

New Big Scary Show is online:

Episode XXXVIII

October 2013 is finally here and the screams fill the night as we talk haunts with Frightmares on Buck Hill, The Hill Has Eyes haunted attraction with the Zimmermans, and later with Jean Sockness of Nightmare Hollow Scream Park. Bob Connor from the Original Pumpkin Teeth drops by to talk how to make your gourd truly gruesome.

The Roundtable of Terror brings back Craig Hines to talk about his book Gateway of the Gods. The (g)hosts go deep into concepts Craig discusses in his book, how he came to the research he's done, and just talk about things the possibilities of what lies just beyond our understanding.

Badger has the biggest haunt stories in Deadline News. Storm has an epic rant about National Haunted Attraction Day in Haunt Minute. The Unknown Scare Actor has you Face Your Fears of the government and Jerry Vayne has some dark music to get your October blood pumping. There is an October Gruesome Giveaway and tons more tricks and treats to get you through the next couple weeks of the haunt season.

We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice just by listening to the Big Scary Show!!!

Episode XXXVIII featured music:

Empty Coffin by Verse 13
Prelude to a Nightmare by Prelude to a Nightmare
The Final Hour by Gravetone Productions

www.bigscaryshow.com
 
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The new episode is now online!

Episode XXXIX

It's a bittersweet week at the Big Scary Show, a new episode comes with the news of Brian Wolfe's passing after a battle with cancer. We take time to remember his family, his struggles and accomplishments over the past 18 months, and keep in mind the positive impact he had on the industry and so many lives. We will re-air an interview with Brian from Halloween Extreme in May.

The show does continue with the purpose of our industry and what keeps us doing all the work day after day… Haunts!!! Jen Braverman stops by to talk about the Legendary Haunt Tour in Texas next month.

We have interviews with some of the haunts out there including; A Haunting Experience, Maze of Terror, Terror by the Creek, and Horror Fields. The Roundtable of Terror discusses Home Haunting, with three notable names in Home Haunting, Alan Shell of Backwoodz Oddities, Chris Trubela of Uncle Bucktooth's All American Zombie Hunt and Gun Club, and we bring in Vic Bariteau who was one of the featured home haunters in the American Scream Documentary. The gHosts sit down with them to discuss the motivation and madness behind starting a home haunt, the challenges they face, and how they are shaping the industry.

Badger has packed the body bag full of the breaking stories for Deadline News. The Unknown Scare Actor remembers Brian and has you Face Your Fears with Carcinophobia.

Storm rants about your least favorite haunt patrons and loads them on a bus to the local store. Jerry Vayne has a big announcement, will it be a new album, a live tour, Jerry Vayne Halloween masks, or has that dream of a Haunt Mariachi Band finally come to life? (the new haircut would fit under the hat) Enjoy the great tunes Jerry has dug up and find out what the announcement is.

There is an October Gruesome Giveaway and tons more tricks and treats in this special October show.

We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice just by listening to the Big Scary Show!!!

Episode XXXIX featured music: The Descent by Chris Thomas/Music for Haunts

The Living Dead by Audio Zombie

All Hallows by Sam Haynes

www.bigscaryshow.com
 
#4 ·
The latest BIG SCARY NEWS is up! All the latest news, (including a list of haunts open Nov 1-3rd). In addition we have an exclusive interview with Gavin Goszka of Midnight Syndicate. He rarely gives interviews so this is a treat. It's the most informative 30 minutes in the haunt industry. Be sure to check out Episode 7 and stay on top of things!

http://www.bigscaryshow.com/big-scary-news/

Remember to listen to our latest show and enter the Gruesome Giveaway before midnight October 28th.
 
#5 ·
New BIG SCARY SHOW is up just in time for Halloween!

Episode XL

As we enter into our favorite holiday of the year, We continue to find ourselves remembering the awesome talents of Brian Wolfe with a couple of remembrances from his friends and fans.

All that we have worked for all year long, is finally starting to come to a close here in the 2013 haunt season. The Haunt Rocker talks with Robert Bruce about the Haunted Hotel in San Diego, California. We also have interviews with Ryan Tunney of the Nightmare Factory in Havelock, NC as well as speaking with Wendy Smith, Store Manger of Spirit Halloween in Cincinnati, OH. Badger also spends some quality time with Don Coscarelli, Director of such movies as Phantasm, Bubba Ho-Tep, and John Dies at the End.

And for all you book worms out there, we talk with authors Lesley Bannatyne and Sandy Schlosser in the Roundtable of Terror. Our g(H)osts talk with Lesley about her books on Halloween folklore and superstitions, uncovering some interesting information about our beloved holiday. They also speak with Sandy Schlosser, author of the Spooky Series, the 24-book series on states with spooky tales.

In the Deadline News segment of this episode, Badger gives the time and date of Brian Wolfe's Celebration of Life. There is also some VERY interesting news from Clive Barker that all of you Hellraiser fans might find quite interesting!

Storm rants on in a Haunt Minute about wrap-ups from location managers, wanting to keep it to the K.I.S.S. principle.

The Haunt Rocker keeps it real with great music to fit the holiday, and the Unknown Scare Actor brings another fear to life with Samhainophobia.

We have our October Gruesome Giveaway winner and so much more!

We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice just by listening to the Big Scary Show!!!

Episode XL featured music:

Salem's Lot by The 'B' Movie Monsters
The Dead Don't Rise by Calabrese
I, Vampire by Solitude Black

www.bigscaryshow.com
 
#7 ·
Episode 41

Sadly another haunt season has come to a close, leaving behind the bodies that died in fear. And as usual, our four (g)hosts have had time to rest before getting on the road again in preparation of 2014.

A rather resounding shock was heard in the haunt community when it was announced that TransWorld had purchased Midwest Haunter's Convention. The Unknown Scare Actor, The Haunt Rocker, and Badger spent time talking with Jen Braverman, owner of Transworld, and getting her take on the whole process. Be sure and listen to our other podcast, Big Scary News for the interview with Barry and Kelly, two owners of MHC for their input.

Storm makes it to Rhode Island Comic con and talks to The Ghostbusters of New Hampshire, Actor James Tolkan, Roxy the Rancor, Zombie Romance, Forge Studios, and Geek Generation Podcast.

And to help us conclude this season, in the RoundTable of Terror, we talk with haunt actors Amanda Reevenge and Tater, on their experiences throughout their season, getting a unique look into their characters and personalities that make them both so popular.

Badger once more offers the current updates in this episodes Deadline News including more information on the Transworld buyout of MHC. Storm rants on in a Haunt Minute about people that are afraid of birds. You must listen to it to understand! The Haunt Rocker continues to rock with our always favorite music, and the Unknown Scare Actor talks about Metathesiophobia, the ever present fear of change. A new Gruesome Giveaway for November is released. Do you know the answer? Let us know and you could win an awesome prize from Screamline Studios!

We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice just by listening to the Big Scary Show!!!

Episode XLI featured music:

Look What the Bats Dragged in - Wednesday 13
Seasons of the Witch - Michael Graves & Gotham Road
Dancing in the Graveyard - Witching Hour

www.bigscaryshow.com
 
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The Thanksgiving edition of the BIG SCARY SHOW is now online!

Episode 42

As we sit here on Thanksgiving Day, either waiting to eat a dead bird or fighting that dreaded L-tryptophan coma, our thoughts go out to Donna Talkington, wife of Jimmy Talkington of Thornweb Designs, and a couple of family friends as they were involved in a serious car accident this past week. Best wishes from all of us for a speedy recovery.

This RoundTable of Terror we sit and talk with a few reviewers of haunts, Dennis Van Breukelen, Sabrina Ralston, and Paul Arfman. Let's see what they have to say as our four (g)Hosts grill them for details!

In this episode's Deadline News we congratulate our 1800th hundred like on Facebook! Without you, we are nothing! Keep spreading the word! Storm rants on in a Haunt Minute about Thanksgiving Day parades. Maybe he suffers from Globophobia (that fear of balloons!). How many votes for making it the Macy's Halloween Day parade? The Haunt Rocker rocks on in his awesome way, continuing to offer the best in eerie music, and the Unknown Scare-Actor talks about Meleagrisphobia, the hated fear of turkeys. A new Gruesome Giveaway winner for November is announced, all the way from Spokane Valley, WA.

We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice just by listening to the Big Scary Show!!!
Episode XLII featured music:
As We Embrace by Baron Misuraca
I Want 2 B Your Vampire by SpookhauS
Grandma Got Half-Eaten by a Zombie by Grave Robber

www.bigscaryshow.com
 
#11 ·
Episode XLIII

'Tis the season for such legends as Santa Claus, the Krampus, sugarplum fairies and a Friday the 13th. Will you get a stocking full of coal? We know we will!

The Roundtable of Terror, to commemorate this holiday season, discusses Christmas Haunts. Will you be visiting any?

The interviews in the show this month are an excellent companion to Friday, the 13th! We interview Kane Hodder, star of several Friday the 13th movies as Jason Vorhees, Victor Miller, the "father" of Jason Vorhees, and Sean Cunningham, Producer and Director of the original Friday the 13th. What a trifecta!

In this episode's Deadline News there's important information about the 2014 Halloween Extreme convention, breaking news on the creation of the Scary Stories Movie and even more! Storm rants on in a Haunt Minute about haunters that wish the Krampus were real. What's your take on it? The Haunt Rocker rocks on in his awesome way, continuing to offer the best in eerie music, and the Unknown Scare Actor talks about holiday phobias such as Christougenniatiko Dendrophobia. Never heard of it? Listen and learn! And as a special segment this show, you can listen to the Unknown Scare Actor's rendition of a timeless story, "'Tis the Fright Before Christmas".

A new Gruesome Giveaway question is offered up for you sleuths in our audience, can you find the answer somewhere in our show? If you do, make sure to email your answer to contest@bigscaryshow.com . Good
Luck!

We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice just by listening to the Big Scary Show!!!

Episode XLIII featured music:
Jason Never Dies - by First Jason
'Til Death Do Us Party - by Wednesday 13

www.bigscaryshow.com
 
#12 ·
New BIG SCARY NEWS is now online:

Episode 11 - All the latest information, plus an exclusive interview with Sid Haig.

Anyone that tells you that nothing's going on this time of year is fooling themselves. It's the most informative 30 minutes in the haunt industry. Be sure to check it out.

http://www.bigscaryshow.com/big-scary-news/

We are looking for a second sponsor for the show. if interested, drop me a line...
 
#13 ·
Episode XLIV

This week on the Big Scary Show we want to wish you all a Very Scary Christmas! You just might find a dead body underneath your tree!

Badger starts off the interviews as he talks with Camden Toy of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame. The Unknown Scare-Actor speaks with the owner of Scream Acres Court, Ryan Thierauf, and takes a tour of the darkness within during their Black Christmas haunt.

Storm makes the connection between Santa and haunters in A Haunt Minute and the Haunt Rocker, Jerry Vayne, spins the tunes that keeps the holidays a-rockin' while the Unknown Scare-Actor brings you yet another phobia in Face Your Fears and Badger brings you all the latest info in Deadline News.

In the Roundtable of Terror, the (g)hosts talk with Chris Kullstroem about the Krampus and her adventures and travels around the world as she works on her newest project about Dark Attractions . And lastly, we might just have a winner to our December Gruesome Giveaway! Listen to find out!

We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice just by listening to the Big Scary Show!!!

Episode XLIV featured music:
Grandma Got Half-Eaten by a Zombie - GraveRobber
No Presents for Christmas - King Diamond
Up on the Hearse Top - Chris Knight

www.bigscaryshow.com
 
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Big Scary Show - Episode 45 - Frozen New Year

Happy New Year to our accomplices as we bring on yet another haunting year!

Badger starts off our show with his ever informative Deadline News, keeping you informed on the latest in the industry. In the Roundtable of Terror, the (g)hosts talk with Ryan Thierauf of Scream Acres Ct., and Kelly Collins of The Scareatorium, to find out the success of their Christmas themed haunts; the Unknown Scare-Actor braves the fear of the polar vortex that is cryophobia; Storm rants on about something called a "Wee Ji" in a Haunt minute, and the Haunt Rocker brings us more awesome haunting tunes. Badger and the Haunt Rocker also sit down and talk at length with Leonard Pickel of HauntCon fame, if you listen carefully, you might learn something new about HauntCon 2015.

Do you know the answer to this month's Gruesome Giveaway? Another excellent prize will go out to the lucky winner!

We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice just by listening to the Big Scary Show!!!

Episode XLV featured music:
The Hellfire Club - Sinister Symphonies
The Dead Are Watching - Shadow Symphony
Darkness Falls - Gathering of Darkness

www.bigscaryshow.com
 
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My apologies for the late posting (went up Friday). I just got back from HAuNTcon.

Episode 46:

It's time for all the conventions to start up again! Which ones will you go to? You might just see one or more of the (g)Hosts at them! Make sure you stop by and say boo!

Badger starts off the show this week with the latest in the haunt industry updates in Deadline News and speaking of conventions, our interview this week is with Matthew Flagler, owner of the Canadian Haunted Attractions Conference in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He talks about what is expected at the conference this year and even mentions a very special event that is going to be happening on that Saturday night involving the Unknown Scare -Actor. Want to know what it is? Listen to find out! Storm rants on again in a Haunt Minute about Theme Continuity. How does your haunt fare?

In the Roundtable of Terror, the (g)hosts talk with none other than Larry Kirchner himself. Find out how the owner of The Darkness haunt and HauntWorld Magazine got his start in the business and how he expects to give the magazine a whole new look

The Unknown Scare Actor has an all new FYF, he wants your input; and saving the best for last, the Haunt Rocker Jerry Vayne brings to you some of the best music to date!

We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice just by listening to the Big Scary Show!!!

Episode 46 featured music:
Rainbow Flavored Nightmares - Audio Zombie
Souls of Black - Gathering of Darkness
Beneath the Dark - Shadows Symphony.

www.bigscaryshow.com
 
#19 ·
The newest BIG SCARY SHOW is now online!

Episode 47

Did you miss going to HauntCon? This show is all about everything HauntCon related! There's lots of interviews from many celebrities including the owner of the convention, Leonard Pickel. Can't get enough of the television show Face Off!? Listen carefully and you might learn something! Badger's Deadline News continues to keep you updated on the latest in the haunt industry while Storm's Haunt Minute amuses you with his rant about the South's recent fiasco called a "Snow STORM!" Jerry spins his own musical web with one of his own creations as well as two more from excellent artists.

You might notice the blatant absence of the Roundtable of Terror. Fear not foolish mortals, it shall return in our next episode! The Unknown Scare Actor has an all new Face Your Fears. You might just learn something about a mammal.
We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice by listening to the Big Scary Show!!!
Episode 47 featured music:
Voodoo Doll - Jerry Vayne
Body Freezer -Red Crow Design
All Hallows - Sam Colton

www.bigscaryshow.com
 
#21 ·
New BIG SCARY SHOW is now online:

Episode 48

Boils and Ghouls, settle in with your favorite beverage and dim the lighting. This week's show has plenty in store for you and even has a couple of surprise musical additions!

We open our show this week with an interview with none other than Lita Ford herself! Badger gets the lowdown on Lita's career and what's in store for the well-known singer! Jen Braverman is next up with updates for Transworld and Storm rants on in a Haunt Minute; what's in his craw this time?

Badger steps in with your latest news of the haunt industry with Deadline News and also gives us the name of the newest lucky winner of the Gruesome Giveaway! Remember, you can't win it if you ain't in it!

Our (g)hosts talk about the many upcoming conventions and introduces you to their newest guest correspondent, Wicked Wendy and Shane Dabbs is grilled by the Unknown Scare-Actor and the Haunt Rocker.

Once more, the Haunt Rocker spins up some more in the way of musical mayhem with several new additions to the auditory roundup. Let us know what you think!

We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice just by listening to the Big Scary Show!!!

Episode 48 featured music:

Devil in My Head - Lita Ford

Cry Little Sister - Van Helsing's Curse

Black Lagoon - Gargantua

www.bigscaryshow.com
 
#23 ·
Brand new BIG SCARY SHOW is now online:

Episode 49

Hunker down, boils and ghouls, it's time for another episode of your favorite haunt industry's podcast, The Big Scary Show!

This week we have the recap of the Unknown Scare-Actor's time in the Great White North at the Canadian Haunted Attractions Conference! The USA talks with names the likes of good friends Naomi Grossman and John Migliore, finding out what they're up to (in Naomi's case it's a spunky 5'0″)! A good time was had by all!

In this episode's Roundtable of Terror, Badger, Storm, the Haunt Rocker and the USA talk with two vendors that will be at Transworld this year in St. Louis, MO. Kip Polley of Pale Night Productions and Andrew Logan of Blackjack Creature Company talk about what they will have to offer March 20th - March 23rd. Will you be there?

Speaking of Transworld, we bring in Larry Kirchner to talk about what's going on at The Darkness during the haunt tours this year. You know when it comes to Larry, you're in for an interesting conversation.

Badger and the rest of the BSS crew offer their condolences to the friends and family of veteran haunter William McAuliffe of Barrett's Mansion in Abingdon, MA, on his passing. A good friend to many who will be sorely missed.

The most recent and up to date information is reported on in Deadline News, Storm rants on in a Haunt Minute about haunt management as compared to Russia and the Ukraine, USA blames the cold Canadian weather, and Jerry Vayne continues to be his awesome haunstrumentalist self with more awesome music. A new Gruesome Giveaway question and lots of interviews to be had round out this very full episode!

We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice just by listening to the Big Scary Show!!!

Episode 51 featured music:
Nightmerica - The Graveyard Boulevard
Mr. Skeleton - The Pine Box Boys
Demon Boogie Fever - The Tremors

www.bigscaryshow.com
 
#25 ·
New BIG SCARY SHOW is now online!

Episode 50

It's our historic 50th episode! It's also time for Transworld, and the Big Scary Show is caught up in the middle of it. The Unknown Scare Actor is manning booth 840 (when he's not lurking in the shadows), so if you have the courage, go up to the booth and say "Hi." We can't guarantee you'll survive, but if you're lucky, you just might get away with recording a shout-out for the show.

Speaking of conventions, Badger, Storm, and the USA are talking to Michael Bruner of the National Haunters Convention (May 2-4th) in Oaks, PA. They discuss all things NHC and go into a discussion about home haunting. Is it time for home haunters to let their voices be heard? Listen in and see.

Since NHC is being held outside Philadelphia, Storm goes into his Haunt Minute talking about hoagies. Badger brings you the latest in industry happenings, the Unknown Scare Actor brings you another Face Your Fears, and we can't forget that the Hauntstrumetalist Jerry Vayne is bringing the ROCK to this week's show to keep you company while you travel to and from St Louis.

The Roundtable of Terror explores the phrase "Behind every great man there's a great woman" as we bring in four wives who discuss what it's like being married to both their husbands AND the haunts. Make no mistake about it, Tina Bariteau, Susan Bruner, Shannon Hopps, and Angie Norman put in just as much, (if not more), effort into making their haunts and haunt events successful. They may even have an embarrassing story or two to tell. You don't want to miss it. We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice, just by listening to the Big Scary Show.

www.bigscaryshow.com
 
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