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BIG SCARY SHOW – Episode 195 – A Haunting we will go It’s October and the four (g)hosts are excited about getting out to ALL the haunts.  It’s a tough job but somebody has to do it.  Badger is on the road in SC as he talks to the folks at The 901 Nightmare Haunted Attraction. He’s also talking to the owner of the Myers House in NC about how and why it was built, and its upcoming Halloween Bash. Storm is ranting as usual in a Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim takes you Between the Corpses, Badger reads the latest Deadline News and Jerry Vayne spins some rockin’ tunes while on the mend. The Gruesome Giveaway for October is in this episode so make sure you listen carefully. (HINT: Listen to the Myers House interview). Vysther also has his Haunted Vista to entertain and inform. Speaking of Vysther, the Roundtable of Terror this week has him defending his title in yet another installment of the 13 Questions of Doom, the haunt industries’ soon-to-be-famous game show. Does he retai

Episode 194 Here it is, the end of September.  Some haunts are already opened, some open next weekend, the first weekend of OCTOBER!! The Roundtable of Terror, is one for the ages, as we sit down at the finely polished Amish table for a chat with the…….(drumroll please)….SCAB 5 !(well, four of them anyway). We get to hear some great stories from these pioneers in the Haunt Industry. Badger brings us interviews with Evil Dead Immersive Experience, Todd Tucker, and then the latest in Deadline News.  Storm rants on, in a Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim gives you tips to not be “that jacka$$” when going through your local haunt.  Vysther cues up his 2019 Halloween Recommendations, while an injured Haunt-strumentalist spins us a trio of tunes from Sam Haynes We hid the body, and you will become an accomplice, just by listening to……THE BIG SCARY SHOW Featured Music: Sam Haynes:  Shadows All Hallow’s Haunts  

BIG SCARY SHOW -Episode 193 – Let the haunt season…begin After months and months of waiting, it’s finally here. Haunt Season 2019 is starting to creep across the nation as some haunts are opening their doors this Friday the 13th weekend. Remember to get out there and support your local haunts. Badger is still at Creepycon in Knoxville, TN speaking with several haunt owners from Tennessee, Alabama, Virginia, and…Arizona?. Get the inside scoop on some of the coolest haunts in these states. In addition, he talks to Tony Clark from Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio about its upcoming Hall-O-Weekend event (featuring Midnight Syndicate Live!), and speaks with Jen Braverman about the Legendary Haunt Tour’s 10th anniversary event coming to the Atlanta area in November. The Roundtable of Terror is all about Horror Writers, as we sit down with authors Christine Lajewski, Nic Brown, Bryan Nowak, and Winslow Swan. Storm is ranting about his ideas in a Haunt Minute. Meathook Jim goes off on Frida

It’s late August, and season is just around the corner, so in the vein of the old Saturday Morning Cartoon Previews, we bring you the Pre-Season Spooktacular! , where we get some previews from Lake Hickory Haunts, Crawford School of Terror, Blood Prison, Haunted Hills Hospital, Dead Factory, Spook Hollow, Eagle Hallow Haunts, Sinister Sidney, and Terror in the Corn. Badger and Storm were on the road recently, with a bunch of interviews from CreepyCon and Necronomicon. Badger brings us the latest Deadline News, Storm rants in a HauntMinute, Vysther talks about George Romero’s Day of the Dead, and the Haunt-strumentalist spins the spooky tunes. We hid the body, and you will become an accomplice, just by listening to…..THE BIG SCARY SHOW   Featured Music: Doyle – Abomination Graveyard Boulevard – Meet Me at the Grave Gwar – The Road Behind Tremors – Late Night Drive In Monster Show

As we slide into the dog days of summer, Badger is staying busy, as he took his daughter to California for Midsummer Scream, and traded her for a multitude of interviews from the West Coast. The Roundtable of Terror is all about Graphic Design, as we sit down with Jason Lonon of Death Ray Design, the creator of our Big Scary Show Logo.  Find out some tips and tricks to get the logo you want for your haunt or halloween related business. Badge has the latest Deadline News, Storm rants in a Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim took the week off, and Vysther’s Haunted Vista is unoccupied this week.  The Haunt-strumentalist Jerry Vayne spins us the spooky tunes We hid the body, and you will become an accomplice, just by listening to THE BIG SCARY SHOW   Featured Music Shadow’s Symphony: Haunting of the Crowley House Desolate Horror Blood Drenched Hall

The Dog Days of Summer are here, but the (g)hosts decide to stay cool in the studio with Ed Douglas and Gavin Goska of Midnight Syndicate. We talk about the live show at Cedar Point, and we ask the question. When is a new album coming out? Badger brings us the latest Deadline News, Storm has an “Epic” Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim recommends haunt music for your attraction, and The Haunt-stumentalist spins a quartet of tunes this time.  but wait! there’s more…Vsyther’s segment is about 50 years of ZZ Top?!? We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice, just by listening to…..THE BIG SCARY SHOW Featured Music: Midnight Syndicate – Born of the Night – Haunted Nursery – Haverghast Asylum – Shadows ( Haunt Rocker Remix) w/ Jerry Vayne

Big Scary Show – Episode 189 – Summertime Blues It’s July and it’s HOT! However, haunters are pushing their way through the heat and humidity getting their haunts prepared as the season draws ever nearer.  We’re also in the middle of hiring season so owners are meeting new actors and staff. How do you keep them healthy, happy, well-fed, and loyal?  We ask that question to Shannon Hopps of Dark Hour Haunted House in Plano, Texas as she joins us on the Roundtable of Terror. Her ideas and examples are something every haunt owner should strive for and use her suggestions to keep your actors scaring all night long.  In addition, Badger has an interview with David and Claire from Midsummer Scream in Long Beach, CA for all the last-minute news before the show August 3-4th.  (Come see us at booth 1304.) Storm rants about ‘Storm-ing’ Area 51 in a haunt minute,  Meathook Jim talks about haunts and horror overseas (and drops a HUGE teaser),  Jerry Vayne spins us a trio of spooky

Happy 4th of July!  Badger didn’t travel far from home for the Oddities and Curiosities Expo and he brings a show full of interviews, with Dark Seed Creations, Drop Dead Designs, Gravestone Girls, the Monsterologist, Simpson Funeral Museum, Stitches DCC, Studio 6287, Valcarol Missions Escape Rooms, and finally, Michelle of the Oddities and Curiosities Expo. The Roundtable of Terror is a potpourri of nonsense as random subjects get pulled out of thin air by all of the (g) Hosts. Badger brings us the latest Deadline News, Storm Rants in a Haunt Minute, The Haunt-strumentalist spins the spook tunes , and Vysther is back with a piece on The Stand. We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice, just by listening to……THE BIG SCARY SHOW   Featured Music: Calabrese – Ghostwolves Coffin Caddies – Zombies Ate My Neighbors Creep-A-Zoids – Dead by Dawn 

New BIG SCARY SHOW – Episode 187 – Two big conventions, one big weekend. Don’t you hate it when two really cool events are happening at the same time?  So do we. Fortunately, the Big Scary Show was able to do both as we sent Storm out to Massachusetts to cover Scare A Con and Vysther to the Midwest Haunters Convention in Chicago. They’ve brought back so many interviews and discussions, you’ll think you’re on the trade show floor.  (Is that Tater I hear?) Storm also finds time to bring you his Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim is back with another Between the Corpses, this time talking about the paranormal. Badger brings you the latest in Deadline News and Jerry Vayne brings the rockin’ tunes to keep you on your feet.  We may also have a Gruesome Giveaway winner, so be sure to stay tuned. The Roundtable of Terror is about promoting your haunt with photography as we talk to several professional photographers and videographers. It’s a fascinating conversation you won̵

We are now in June, and many a haunter is currently attending the Midwest Haunters Convention in Chicago.  Last weekend, the Rabid Badger attended Carolina Fear Fest and brought back interviews with Darkside Haunted Estates, Ghostbusters of NC, Grandville HauntFarm, Horror Show Jack, Ricky Vitus from Face\Off,  Wreak Havoc Film Fest, and the organizers of Carolina Fear Fest. The Roundtable of Terror is all about new conventions, as the (g)hosts sit down with Jennifer Johnsey of CreepyCon Knoxville, Culley Franks of Texas Haunters Convention, and Jason Wilson and Maximus Bryant, with the Ohio Halloween and Haunters Convention. Badger brings us the latest Deadline News, and a Gruesome Giveaway question, Storm rants on, in a Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim talks about dopplegangers, the Haunt-strumentalist spins the spooky toons, and Vysther brings us his review of Godzilla: King of Monsters (warning! Spoiler Alert) We hid the body, and you will become and accomplice…just by listening to…….THE BIG S

Meathook Jim is no longer MIA!!, in his own words ” I had to make sure the Unknown Scare-Actor was dead and buried” Our Roundtable of Terror is the 13 Questions of Doom, the Game of Thrones Edition, and Vysther steps in the Haunt-strumentalist, who is out on assignment Badger brings us the latest Deadline News and a possible Gruesome Giveaway winner, Storm rants on, in a Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim gets passionate about trolls and bullying behind a computer screen, in Between the Corpses, and the Haunted Vista is about Godzilla Films. Jerry sent us a trio of spooky tunes to spin. We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice, just by listening to…THE BIG SCARY SHOW Featured Music: Memphis Morticians – Halloween Socks Gathering of Darkness – Darkness Falls Halloween – Her Ghost Comes Out to Play

Episode 184 April showers brought May flowers and a loss, as The Unknown Scare-Actor has left this earthly plane, never to be seen again.  the troubling thought is the Meathook Jim has gone missing, after we recorded our latest…. Roundtable of Terror is all about fire safety, as we brought in Jack Beckwith  and Buck Burdick to talk about safety and the dreaded fire marshal.  Haunt Owners listen up because there is a lot of valuable information in this episode. Badger brings us the latest Deadline News, as well as an interview with Jen Braverman of MHC.  Storm rants on in a haunt minute, the Haunt-stumentalist spins the spooky tunes, and Vysther discusses Avengers-Endgame ( SPOILER ALERT) all this, and more, on this episode of …………… The Big Scary Show   Featured Music Chris Thomas, Music for Haunts – a Lonely Hell First Jason – Witch Camp Gravetone Productions – Death Awaits

Episode 183 Spring Has Sprung..finally!  The Roundtable of Terror is all about Scare-Acting, as the (g)hosts offer seats at the Amish made table to Killer Katie, Michael Edwards, and Allen Hopps, as we discuss scare-acting, training tips, retention and safety. Badger brings us interviews with Crazy Bob Turner and Kelly Collins, as well as the latest Deadline News.  Storm is back with a Haunt Minute, and the Haunt-strumentalist spins the spooky tunes.   Meathook Jim and Vysther are on hiatus, bur we expect them back real soon. We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice, just by listening to…THE BIG SCARY SHOW Featured Music: Silent Horror – Evil Dead Sinister Symphonies – The Hellfire Club SinisterSonics – Zombo’s Midnight Midway

Episode 182 April 13, 2012 episode 1 of the Big Scary Show went on the air, and here we are, 7 years old and 181 episodes later.  The Roundtable of Terror is a retrospective of the last seven years, as well as what to expect in the coming years, as the 4 (g)Hosts sit down with Special Correspondents Sylvia Vile and Vysther, and for once WE are the interviewees. Badger brings us 5 more interviews from Transworld, as he chats with Macabre Creations, Terror Vault, Stillwell Manor, Scare Innovations and Necrotic Creations. We have the latest Deadline News, Storm rants, in a Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim is back with Between the Corpses about why you should attend the new OHHC as well as MHC.  Vysther talks about the Top Ten Horror Movies of the 80’s, and The Haunt-strumentalist spins the spooky tunes We hid the body, and you will become an accomplice, just by listening to…….THE BIG SCARY SHOW Featured Music: Demented are go – Welcome Back to Insanity Hall Grave Robber – Army of the Dead

Episode 181 The Annual Transworld wrap up is here, and if I listed all the the interviews that Badger and Wicked Wendy have on this show, I would have a severe case of carpal tunnel syndrome! There is no Roundtable of Terror to make make room for all the new and familiar vendors that they spoke with. Badger brings us the latest Deadline News, Storm rants in a Haunt Minute,  Vysther’s segment is all about Abbott & Costello meet the Monsters, and we have another Vile Files with Sylvia Vile.  The Haunt-stumentalist spins the spooky tunes and Meathook Jim is sill on hiatus. All this, and a lot more on this supersized episode of the…. BIG SCARY SHOW!   Featured Music: Audio Zombie – Apparition Jerry Vayne – Empty Inside Michael Hedstrom – Hall of Portraits  

Episode 180 Spring and Transworld are just around the corner, Meathook Jim is back (sort of), and the show must go on. The Roundtable of Terror is all about Charity Haunts, as 3 of the (g)hosts offer a chair to haunt owners Jessie Hayley and Jason Warfield, as well as Erin and Erica from the Don’t Be a Monster anti-bullying campaign. Badger has latest Deadline News, Storm rants in a Haunt Minute, Vysther’s latest segment, Welcome to Fright Night, and the Haunt-strumentalist spins a trio of tunes to get you in a spooky mood. We hid the body, and you will become an accomplice, just by listening to…… THE BIG SCARY SHOW   Featured Music: Van Helsing’s Curse – Halloween Verse 13 – Embrace the Black Rose Virgil – By the Fullness of the Moon

Episode 179 – IT’S ALMOST SPRING It’s March…Transworld is right around the corner, and in some places in the US, winter is slowly losing its icy grip.  (Probably not where YOU live, but somewhere.)  Anyway, we advise staying warm indoors, grabbing a hot beverage and relaxing to the latest Big Scary Show. Badger is on the road at Deceased Farm’s ‘My Deceased Valentine’ event in Lexington, SC talking to the owners and one of the traveling actors, Sylvia Vile, who just happens to be our NEWEST Special Correspondent. Please welcome her into the fold by listening to her segment “The Vile Files” which will chronicle life on the road as a traveling actress and more.  Welcome Sylvia! Storm rants on about escape rooms, Badger brings you the latest in Deadline News, Meathook Jim is AWOL this show as he’s under the weather, and The Haunt-Strumetalist Jerry Vayne heats things up with some HOT tunes for a cold night. The Roundtable of Terror takes a trip down mem

Episode 178 February….a short, cold month, but thats ok, because it means Transworld is just around the corner. Our Roundtable of Terror is all about Transworld Vendors, as we have Creepy Collection, the wiley veteran, and first time vendors Heather Reetz and Clint Cobb.  Jeremey offers sage advice to the freshman, and any other first timers preparing for the show Badger brings us the latest Deadline News, Storm rants on in a Haunt Minute.  A New Gruesome Giveaway winner is announced, while the Haunt-strumentalist spins the spook tunes.  Meathook Jim is back with Between the Corpses, babbling on about haunts being open on different holidays, while Vysther has a piece on the Blob and other oozing things. We hid the body, and you will become an accomplice, just by listening to……THE BIG SCARY SHOW Featured Music: Baron Misuraca – As We Embrace Dali Van Gogh – The Demon Gargantua – Black Lagoon

Episode 177 Badger took advantage of his time in the Big Easy, enjoying the New Orleans hospitality and food, and he still made to to cover the convention! With Syliva watching the booth, Badger managed interviews with Dark Illusions, Darkwater FX, Fearphobia, Ghost Map App, Haunter’s Tale, HaunTopic Radio, Haunt Scene, Old Dark House Creative, Ted Sobeck and Ticket Leap. The Roundtable of Terror focuses on marketing, with Dick Terhune (Voice from Hell) and Doug Sheldon joining us, offering tips on marketing strategy and why you need to start planning now. Badger presents the latest Deadline News, Storm rants in a Haunt Minute, The Haunt-strumentalist spins the spooky tunes, and Vysther piece is titled “London after Midnight”.  Meathook Jim, thought absent from the show(except the ROT) still is behind the scenes and typing this synopsis. We hid the body, and you will become an accomplice, just by listening to…….The BIG SCARY SHOW   Featured Music: Audio Zombie – Appari

Episode 176 HauntCon is just around the corner, and the Roundtable of Terror offers up chairs for vendors and organizers of HauntCon 2019.  it’s a lively conversation with a lot of information regarding HauntCon 2019 in the BIg Easy. Badger brings us the latest Deadline News, Storm rants in a Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim is back and he has a heartfelt message for all the listeners, the Haunt-strementalist spins a trio of spook tunes and Vysther brings us a piece on Marvel Comics Monsters. We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice, just by listening to…………. The Big Scary Show! Featured Music Gathering of Darkness – Souls of Black Gravetone Productions – Walking Corpse Shadow’s Symphony – Desolate Horror