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  1. HAUNTING PROFITABILITY - Part 1 ?It?s just a Haunted House? how hard could it be??

    By Leonard Pickel of Hauntrepreneurs.com
    Used with permission

    I frequently get phone calls from people interested in starting a Haunted House. Sometimes they are Home Haunters who have been told by their friends and neighbors that Their Yard Haunt is 10 times better than the professional ones in town. Some of them are kids, (as I approach 60 years of age, anyone under say 30 is a kid to me), with great enthusiasm, brimming over with ideas on how to scare people, but no clue ...

    Updated 04-09-2018 at 08:28 AM by JustJimAZ

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  2. Ghost of the Great Pumpkin Part 2

    Last time I left off just as I added the stem/vine to the pumpkin. I did not mention that I decided to create some packing tape leaves.
    This is what a pumpkin leaf looks like:


    This is what mine looked like, made of packing tape and a bit of hot glue for veins:


    So, yeah, I know they ...
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  3. Zen and the Art of Haunting

    Like many of you, just about every Halloween someone says to me "Wow - you really went all out" or something similar. I don't know about you, but I never really felt that it was true.

    Personally, I just did my first "haunt" in 2010, but I have been doing Halloween makeup and costumes since I was 10. I started out as a ghoul. My face was completely covered in green greasepaint, I wore burlap and snow chains as part of the costume.

    The thing is, ...
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  4. Making Money in the off season

    If you own a pro haunt, how do you make money in the off season?

    There are no year-round haunts in the Phoenix area.

    A pro haunt will spend thousands of dollars on technology and only be open for 20 to 30 days. What many Haunt owners fail to realize is that investment can generate other income.

    A modern haunt with powered speakers and computer controlled lighting which gets torn down annually probably amounts to at least one full DJ setup that could be ...
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  5. Terror at Candle Cove

    I discovered a DVD of something called Channel Zero at my local library and thought I'd check it out.

    Turns out it's an anthology series. The first series, Candle Cove, revolves around a "children's" television show that inspires kids to murder.

    https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/channel_zero/s01/

    What a creepy idea for a haunt! Stay with me here.

    The show is all puppet based. No one can see it except its intended audience.
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