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Category: Haunter Interviews

Living the Haunt Life with Haunters Daniel & Shawn Doepke

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haunt life In this episode of HaunTopic Radio, we interview Daniel and Shawn Deopke about their merchandise company completely focused on Haunters and living the #HauntLife. Still a small company, the brothers share their passion for the Haunt Industry by creating apparel for Haunters and wake up each day dedicated to living the Haunt Life.

Through the month of July 2014, 10% of all sales go to their friend who needs a new heart. When you purchase a t-shirt from their website between now and the end of July, you will be helping someone live a longer life.

Daniel & Shawn Doepke live in Lakeland, Florida and are currently helping the Black Jack Creature company with a few projects while improving their skills as Haunters. Daniel also has a small prop store on Etsy called Stabbing House where he sells bloody limbs, hands, & scare tools.

We also play a few tunes from Midnight Syndicate and announce who will be our special guests in our next podcast. Plus, Shawn and Daniel are donating 2 t-shirts from HauntLife.com which will given away at the end of July. To make sure you have a chance to win one of these awesome shirts Click Here To Join Our Haunter’s Toolbox Newsletter!

 

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An Inside Look at ‘Fright Props’ with Doug Anderson

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Fright Props Catalog 2014In this episode of HaunTopic Radio, we kidnap Doug Anderson from the Halloween and Haunted House supply company Fright Props! Doug gives his insights on why you need to attend the Transworld Halloween and Attractions Show, what has changed in the haunt industry in the last 10 years, what to expect from Fright Props in the upcoming months, and some ideas to take your Haunt to the next level. We also strap Doug into the electric chair and squeeze some personal information out of him until he confesses.

If you have ordered anything online for your Haunted House, you have probably ran into Fright Props along the way. FrightProps.com has everything you need to pimp out your Home Haunt or add those extra details to your existing Haunted Attraction. From pneumatics to flame resistant materials. Fogs and scents. Masks and weapons. And a whole lot more! Doug has been selling and building high quality fright props since 2003 and his passion shows through in this personal audio interview.

Also, if you need direction or advice on how to get started in building your own props then the Fright Props Catalog can’t be overlooked. It is filled with easy-to-understand photos and diagrams to get you started. You can even find great information on the Fright Props website or view the online catalog. These resources are overloaded with scary goodness! Find these links below.

If you are attending the Transworld Halloween and Attractions show this year then you need to stop by the Fright Props Booth #323 and check out what Doug has to offer. He has added new items to the ‘cash and carry’ product line this year so you better bring a BIG truck!

 

Haunt Topics in This Episode

Hope to see you at Transworld!!

The Haunter’s Hangout Hacks Into HaunTopic Radio!!

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HELP! We are overrun by the Haunters of The Haunter’s Hangout!!

The Haunters HangoutSomeone tapped into our podcast stream and stuck 1 and a half hours of nothing but some loud and passionate Haunters rambling on about scare acting, haunt ownership, design tips, the ups & downs of Haunting, and maybe a little talk of alcohol! I know I recognized some of the voices in this audio…maybe Bart Butler and Michael Edwards from The Haunt House and Open Casket Designs…Steve Reeves from Steve’s Haunted Yard…Dan Doble from Halloween Room and Inside the Industry….and those other clowns from The Haunter’s Hangout!

Can You believe this??

This is not our normal format and we have no idea what happened!?! They even drop THE ‘F’ BOMB a few times! You’ll have to listen to this for yourself and tell us what you think. Should we let them in next time or block them from ever getting back into our podcast?

They do get a bit crazy, loud, and rude!?

But they do have some really great ideas.

Well, we might be able to overlook this ‘hacking into our podcast’ incident if you would like to hear more from their guests. I don’t know how they get all of these cool haunters on their show but I hope they understand what they’re getting into.
 
We did pull some of these links out of the audio so maybe you can help us track them down!!

If you find them…tell them that we know who they are and we want our audio back!!
 

So…Should They Come Back or Not? Leave us a comment or reply!! 

 

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Horror in the UK: Mark Lofthouse from Scare Kingdom & Horror Author Anthony Crowley

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In this episode of HaunTopic Radio we go international for the first time and meet up with a recognized UK horror author Anthony Crowley and Mark Lofthouse, the Director of Imagineering at AtmosFear Scare Entertainment. Anthony creates a chilling atmosphere for you and shares his journey as a Horror Author and some ideas you can use to create a scary story. Mark helps you understand some creative elements in scare entertainment and how to use them in your home haunt or haunted attraction. Who knew there was so much horror in the UK?

Horror Author Anthony CrowleyAnthony Crowley is a fiction author of Horror Supernatural literature and a non-fiction author of Esoteric Studies and Philosophy. He also writes poetry, magazine articles, song lyrics and a little music composing. He is the author of the best seller ‘The Light Of Keeps Passage’ which has sold all over the world and was also used as a textbook in many educational establishments, such as colleges and universities and also been advertised and mentioned in local book shops in his hometown of West Midlands,UK.

Watch out for his new book ‘The Mirrored Room’ and listen to this audio interview we get some insights on How To Write a Great Horror Story and What To Think About Before You Start Writing Any Piece Of Horror (maybe a back story for your Haunt?)

AtmosFear Scare EntertainmentMark Lofthouse is the Creative Director for AtmosFEAR! Scare Entertainment, which is Europe’s biggest supplier of scare attractions and scare entertainment in all its forms. They have a unique 13 year heritage during which they have created 113 scare entertainment projects for clients including theme parks, agritainment parks and heritage attractions. Working with greats such as Walt Disney Pictures, Merlin Entertainments, celebrity business guru Duncan Bannatyne, Universal Pictures, Pleasurewood Hills Theme Park, Virgin 1, Funtasia Theme Parks, Showzam and Hellenic Entertainment Parks.

But for most of you, The Scare Kingdom Scream Park might ring some bells. One of Europe’s most visited Scare Attractions! If you are in the United Kingdom this February, check out their Valentine’s Day Scare Attraction La’ Mortis House of Darkness!

 

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Scare Acting at the Mystery Manor with Rich Christensen

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Scare ActingIn this episode of HaunTopic Radio, we kidnap our new HaunTopic Crew Member Rich Christensen for an hour and try to steal all of his Haunting secrets. We talk Home Haunting on a budget, Scare Acting Advice, and Growing Up Halloween.

Rich has been a Halloween Enthusiast since he was younger and today he prides himself with finding cheap or free materials to build his new Halloween experiments. He uses his talent in each of our Haunter’s Toolbox segments with cheap and easy audio prop tutorials. He started Omaha Metro Haunters to find like minded Haunters in his local area and to help spark ideas for the Halloween season. Rich is also a scare actor for the Mystery Manor Haunted Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska which has been in operation for 30 years!

Also, make sure to listen to the middle of the podcast where Brian does a Haunter’s Toolbox segment on The 5 Types of Scare Actors. Some useful tips and tricks for scare acting for your next Halloween season!

The Back Story of The Mystery Manor

Built in 1887, this once magnificent dwelling was the home of William and Greta Hall. The meeting place of the elite of Omaha, it was dubbed Hall Manor by those who frequented its confines. The happy times ended on October 23, 1929 when the stock market crashed. By the end of the day William Hall, his vast fortune gone, was a broken man… and quite insane!

Late that night, in a blinding rage of madness, he took his ax from its place in the shed and attacked his dear Greta, chopping her body into pieces until his frenzy had abated. The next morning, realizing with horror what he had done, he carefully placed his wife’s remains in a shallow grave in the front yard of her beloved Manor.

A week later, Greta’s brother John Martin avenged his sister’s brutal murder by hacking up his former brother-in-law with the same ax. He reunited the couple in that shallow grave. The next night, Halloween, John Martin’s body was found at the grave sight with the ax imbedded in his skull.

Some believe the ghost of William Hall killed John Martin. To this day, the murder of John Martin remains a mystery – hence the name “Mystery Manor”. It has been widely rumored that the ghost of William Hall still wanders these halls every October waiting for strangers to come so that he might resume his terrible vengeance upon any soul who enters his home.

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