Episode 81-Live From Fear Expo 2024 Live Streamed 14 Apr 2024 Released 17 Apr 2024 Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed This is a special audio recording of the live stream we did from booth 707 on the tradeshow floor of Fear Expo 2024. If you would like to see the video of the recording check out our YouTube page at: https://www.youtube.…

Episode 80-Fear Expo 24 Preview Published 2 April 2024 Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed Welcome back Doug Sheldon, Owner of Fear Expo, scheduled for April 12th-14th in Owensboro, Kentucky who offers valuable insight into the events lined up during the expo and the Ultimate Haunt Tour. Resources mentioned during this episode: Fear Expo…

Episode 79-Hauntfest April Ghouls Preview with Roseann Harpold Published 1 March 2024 Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed We're welcoming back Roseann Harpold, owner of Hauntfest with a preview of their upcoming festival April Ghouls, April 6-7 in Athens, GA. Whether you're a Halloween enthusiast, music lover, thrill-seeker, or simply a …

Episode 78-HauntCon Preview with Doug Sheldon Published 15 January 2024 Hosts: Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed Welcome to Convention Season! We're kicking off our convention season coverage with Doug Sheldon, new owner of HauntCon which will be the first show of the year. Come hear all the exciting things that they have planned for Daytona Beach Feb 9-1…

Episode 77-Happy 2024 with Robert Nulton Published 01 January 2024 Hosts: Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed Happy New Year! We are back and excited to kick off 2024 with the President of the Chamber of Haunters, Robert Nulton who will fill us all in on the exciting initiatives that the Chamber has in store for this year. Resources mentioned during this ep…

Episode 76-Campfire Stories 2 Published 31 October 2023 Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed Happy Halloween! We're continuing the tradition we started last Halloween by sharing more of our favorite spooky stories. Enjoy the chills and thrills of Edgar Allen Poe, Alvin Schwartz, and Lu Xun. Resources mentioned during this episode: Hauntin…

Episode 75 - Great Halloween Fright Fight Published 28 October 2023 Hosts: John Schelt & Leslie Reed We are super excited to welcome the Executive Producers of the Great Halloween Fright Fight on the podcast to talk about Season 2 and how YOU could be featured on a future episode. Check out Felicia Aaron-White and Brady Connell on the Haunting U Po…

Episode 74-Hollywood Horror Nights 2023 Published 05 October 2023 Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed The stars finally aligned to allow Keoni to explore Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood. Check out our analysis of the 8 haunted houses, the life action Purge show and almost getting exterminated by giant cockroaches. Learn more about HHN …

Episode 73-Midsummer Scream 2023 Recap Published 25 August 2023 Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed Keoni headed down to Long Beach for Midsummer Scream July 28-30. Come hear from the attendees and vendors to see all the excitement! Resources mentioned during this episode: Haunting U can be found at www.hauntingu.com. Sanguine Creek Esta…

Episode 72-Summer Shenanigans Published 04 July 2023 Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed Happy Independence Day to everyone in the USA! We're celebrating this Summer with an episode of Shenanigans that will give you some insight into your favorite Haunting U hosts. Keep the builds going and have a wonderful Summer! Resources mentioned du…

Episode 71-Lighting Revisited Published 01 June 2023 Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed Something went wrong with our original episode discussing lighting (Episode 8) so we decided to revisit the topic incorporating everything we've learned since the original episode aired. Resources mentioned during this episode: Haunt LEDs changed the…

Episode 70-HauntFest Mayhem with Roseann and Scott Published 04 May 2023 Hosts: Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed Roseann and Scott from HauntFest Mayhem give us an inside peek at this brand new festival coming to Athens, GA this month! Resources mentioned during this episode: HauntFest Mayhem: www.hauntfest.us HauntFest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com…

Episode 69-Fear Expo 23 Recap Published 09 April 2023 Hosts: Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed Leslie and her husband had a fantastic time at Fear Expo 2023! Come along with us as we recount all the awesome things she experienced. Resources mentioned during this episode: TFFX Masks: https://www.facebook.com/tffxmasks Project Backfire Design & Creations: h…

Episode 68-Creating Our Next Big Character Published 01 March 2023 Hosts: Keoni Hutton, John Schelt, & Leslie Reed We're back to planning for our 2023 Haunt Season and are working on a new character. Listen in and see what goes into creating each of our characters. This episode is sponsored by Stand Out Marketing and we welcome Stephen Szortyka to …

Episode 67-Fear Expo Live 23 Preview with Doug Sheldon Published 01 February 2023 Hosts: Keoni Hutton & John Schelt Its convention season! We're getting ready for all the excitement of convention season and we've brought Doug Sheldon back to give us a preview of all the excitement planned for Fear Expo. Resources mentioned during this episode: Fear…

Episode 66-Chamber of Haunters Lookahead 2023 Published 01 January 2023 Hosts: Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed Happy New Year! As has become our tradition, we invited the President of the Chamber of Haunters back to talk about all the exciting things the Chamber has in store for the new year. Raise a glass to a frightful 2023! Resources mentioned during…

Episode 65-Operating Your Haunt Published 13 Dec 2022 Hosts: Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed What a season! With three haunts in the books, the hosts take some time to recap and reflect on the 2022 haunting season. Curl up with a nice hot cocoa and relive the highs and lows of Halloween 22. See y'all next year! Resources mentioned during this episode: H…

Episode 64-Campfire Stories Published 31 Oct 2022 Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed Happy Halloween! With the big day finally upon us, and all of Keoni's haunts closed, we can take a breather and celebrate our favorite holiday with a retelling of some of our favorite spooky stories. Hear Batman: The Audio Adventures, Edger Allen Poe's …

Episode 63-Operating Your Haunt Published 18 Oct 2022 Hosts: Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed One haunt down, two to go! With the Candlelighter's Ghost House open for the season, we take a look at the way they operate their haunt and draw some lessons for our own. Resources mentioned during this episode: Haunting U can be found at www.hauntingu.com. Sang…

Episode 62-Haunted Ship 22 Layout Published 16 Sep 2022 Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed Keoni's getting in a little over his head designing 3 haunts this year. We take a deep dive into the layout for a zombie-themed haunt in an abandoned building, and the Haunted Ship we've been planning for the last few episodes. Resources mentioned…

Episode 61-Haunted Ship 22 Storyline Published 1 Sep 2022 Hosts: Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed We dive into the first phase of the Haunting U method to start designing our 2022 Haunted Ship. We examine and begin to develop the Goals, Audience, Theme and Backstory. Resources mentioned during this episode: Haunting U can be found at www.hauntingu.com. S…

Episode 60-The Pitch Published 15 Aug 2022 Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed A new haunting opportunity is coming to fruition, so we discuss our pitch and how we want to convince show owners to let us run a haunt. Resources mentioned during this episode: Haunting U can be found at www.hauntingu.com. Sanguine Creek Estates: www.scehaunt…

Episode 59-Live from Midsummer Scream 2022 Published 31 July 2022 Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed Join Keoni, John and Leslie live on the show floor at Midsummer Scream 2022 as we talk about the convention and meet some of the amazing vendors who exhibited at the show. Filmed live at the Long Beach Convention Center on July 31, 2022 …

Episode 58-Live from Leslie's Living Room 2 Published 19 July 2022 Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed I'm so sorry we're so late! Come check out our second episode recorded all together and see why the episode is getting published so late! We'll be back to Halloween planning in August. Resources mentioned during this episode: Haunting U…

Episode 57-Haunters Against Hate with Paul Lanner Published 01 June 2022 Hosts: Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed Happy Pride! We get to check in with the Chamber of Haunter's official charity Haunters Against Hate with their Founder Paul Lanner. Come hear about the awesome work HAH does every day and get a sneak peek into HAH The Event 2 coming up next m…

Episode 56-Prop Building 101 Published 06 May 2022 Hosts: Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed With all our haunt plans on hold, lets take a minute to examine our props and talk about how you can build your own! Resources mentioned during this episode: Killer Tombstones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk8SkX9FuBA&t=6s Stiltbeast Studios: https://www.youtube…

Episode 55-Happy April Fools Day Published 03 April 2022 Hosts: John Schelt, & Keoni Hutton In celebration of April Fools Day and with all our haunt planning on hold, we decided to have a little fun... Resources mentioned during this episode: Haunting U can be found at www.hauntingu.com. Sanguine Creek Estates: www.scehaunt.com Chamber of Haunters …

Episode 54-2022 Goals Published 02 March 2022 Hosts: Leslie Reed, John Schelt, & Keoni Hutton With Fear Expo behind us, we can focus on Halloween 2022...but first we need to figure out what we're going to do. Resources mentioned during this episode: Haunt Seekers United Nation: https://www.hauntseekersunitednation.net/ Project Blackfire: https://pr…

Episode 53-Live from Fear Expo Live Published 27 January 2022 Hosts: Leslie Reed, John Schelt, & Keoni Hutton Fear Expo Live is finally here! We live-streamed this episode right from the tradeshow floor! If you missed it during the life stream, this is your chance to get in on all the fun. You can also find the video version on our YouTube page at:…

Episode 52-Chamber of Haunters Look Ahead 2022 with Robert Nulton Published 01 January 2022 Hosts: John Schelt, & Keoni Hutton Happy New Year! To help us get ready for 2022 we've invited Robert Nulton, President of the Chamber of Haunters to tell us about the exciting initiatives the Chamber is working on for the upcoming year. Resources mentioned …

Episode 51-Fear Expo Live Preview with Doug Sheldon Published 07 December 2021 Hosts: John Schelt, Leslie Reed & Keoni Hutton Happy Holidays! Convention season kicks off in just a few short weeks so we brought back Doug Sheldon to update us on the latest announcements ahead of the first tradeshow of the year, Fear Expo Live, Jan 21-23 in Owensboro,…

Episode 50-Halloween 21 Wrapup Published 14 November 2021 Hosts: John Schelt, Leslie Reed & Keoni Hutton Happy Halloween! Its been two weeks since Sanguine Creek Estates closed for the season and our hosts can finally take a breath and reflect on the season. Resources mentioned during this episode: Sanguine Creek Estates Walk-Thru: https://www.yout…

Episode 49-Digital Effects 101 Published 04 October 2021 Hosts: Leslie Reed & Keoni Hutton Happy October everyone! There's been so much interest in digital effects that we decided to devote a whole episode to talking about what you need, where to get it, and some tricks and tips we've learned. Dive right in, and lets get spooky. Resources mentioned…

Episode 48-Live From Leslie's Living Room Published 01 September 2021 Hosts: John Schelt, Leslie Reed & Keoni Hutton Holy moley! For the first time in Haunting U history we are all in the same room recording the episode! John's back so we do a review of the Haunting U Method while we bring him up to speed on our plans and the work we have left in t…

Episode 47-An Hour With Kyle Vest Published 15 August 2021 Hosts: Leslie Reed & Keoni Hutton Artist, makeup artist, performer, model, costume designer, consultant, Skin Wars contestant and all around awesome person, Kyle Vest joins us for a conversation talking about his fascinating life in the Haunted Attraction and Entertainment industries. Get r…

Episode 46-Scare Acting Part I with Foggy Jack Published 02 August 2021 Hosts: Leslie Reed & Keoni Hutton Foggy Jack (aka Ty Rowley): actor, magician, and podcaster joins us to kick off our mini-series highlighting the backbone of the Haunted Attraction industry, Scare Actors! Come hear about how he incorporates magic into his acting and get an ins…

Episode 45-Fear Expo Live with Doug Sheldon Published 15 July 2021 Hosts: Leslie Reed & Keoni Hutton Doug Sheldon, Owner of The Haunt in Grand Rapid's, MI and Co-Owner of Fear Expo has joined us to make a HUGE announcement. Fear Expo is going live next year! Tune in to hear more in this exclusive episode! Resources mentioned during this episode: Fe…

Episode 44-Meet Your Chamber Part III Published 01 July 2021 Hosts: Leslie Reed & Keoni Hutton Jan Knuth, 2nd Vice President of the Chamber of Haunters, Owner of Greyhouse Haunts and author of the new book Not Afraid To Slay: Women of the Haunt Industry sits down with us to talk about her new book, and gives us insight into running a commercial hau…

Episode 43-Meet Your Chamber Part II Published 15 June 2021 Hosts: Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed Today we welcome two members of the Chamber of Haunters Board: Andrea Vaughn, the Advisory Board Second Vice President, and Ava Johnson, the Region Four Director, to talk about their experience haunting and the Chamber of Haunters. They tell us all about t…

Episode 42-Texas Haunters Convention with LaNelle Freeman Published 01 June 2021 Hosts: John Schelt & Keoni Hutton LaNelle Freeman, Co-Owner of the Texas Haunters Convention joins us to talk about the upcoming convention and shares some sneak peaks behind the scenes. You can learn more about LaNelle and the convention by checking out the links belo…

Episode 41-Character Development Published 17 May 2021 Hosts: Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed Taking inspiration from David D. Jones' class at Fear Expo, we flush out the character who will be the final monster at Sanguine Creek Estates. Resources mentioned during this episode: David D. Jones full class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2inAAh3qflE&t=156…

Episode 40-Designing the SCE Layout Published 02 May 2021 Hosts: Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed We're back at work preparing for Halloween and need to revisit our storyline and layout now that we've learned some new skills, found or made some new props and wan to incorporate what we've learned from the convention season so far. Resources mentioned duri…

Episode 39-Fear Expo Recap Published 01 April 2021 Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed We had a ton of fun at Fear Expo, here we talk about the highlights. Then, in celebration of April Fools day and March Madness, we crown our pick of the ultimate Halloween candy. Resources mentioned during this episode: Fear Expo: https://fearexpo.com/…

Episode 38-Hauntcon Wrapup Published 02 March 2021 Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed After a mind-blowing HauntCon, we talk about the classes that had the greatest effect on us, and then have some fun with shenanigans. Resources mentioned during this episode: Chamber of Haunters Website: https://chamberofhaunters.com/ Haunting U can be…

Episode 37-New Content Published 01 February 2021 Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed After a mind-blowing HauntCon, we take a few minutes to assess where we are and where we want to go. This is the ugly business side of haunting that no one likes to talk about. Resources mentioned during this episode: Chamber of Haunters Website: https:…

Episode 36-Fear Factory 2020 Recap Published 15 January 2021 Hosts: Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed Welcome back, Spencer Terry, General Manager of Fear Factory in Salt Lake City. Come hear about the lessons learned from Fear Factory's 2020 haunt season. Resources mentioned during this episode: Haunted Attraction Association: https://hauntedattractionas…

Episode 35-Happy New Year Published 01 January 2021 Hosts: Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed Happy New Year! With 2020 behind us, we take a few minutes to reflect on the previous year and look ahead to everything 2021 promises. Resources mentioned during this episode: Chamber of Haunters Website: https://chamberofhaunters.com/ Want to show off your love o…

Episode 34-Welcome Chamber of Haunters with Rob Nulton Published 01 December 2020 Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed We are excited to announce that Haunting U is now the official podcast of the Chamber of Haunters! What is the Chamber of Haunters you ask? We have the Chairman, Mr. Rob Nulton on the show to talk about it. Resources ment…

Episode 33-Wrapping Up Halloween 2020 Published 15 November 2020 Hosts: Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed We did it!!! Halloween 2020 is done and we have the haunt all packed up. See how it went, what we learned and what we're planning for next year.Want to show off your love of Haunting U? Check out our store here:https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/550185…

Episode 32-Happy Halloween Published 18 October 2020 Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton, Leslie Reed & Ryan FestagWelcome back our favorite haunter: Ryan Festag joins us to talk all things Halloween as we have some fun in he midst of Sanguine Creek Estates production phase.Want to show off your love of Haunting U? Check out our store here:https://www…