Episode 125: 2017 ScareHouse Season Recap with Scott Simmons and Katie “Dudders”

ScareHouse Podcast

The 2017 ScareHouse season was filled with wild moments that included a German television crew, flugtag, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Star Wars. Creative Director Scott Simmons and Katie “Dudders” look back on 2017 and talk about what’s next for ScareHouse in 2018.

• Scott and Dudders are joined by Producers Mike and Missy Sorg at Sorgatron Media Studios to discuss the 2017 ScareHouse season
  


• Mike Sorg discusses his first visit to The Basement


• Old school marketing can help you stand out from the crowd in a digital world.


• Scott describes the evolution of The Basement and possibly a Basement Multiverse


• Scott and Dudders talk about being on a German television show, Galileo TV, where they teach their visitors about the importance of smells such as bore urine in a haunted house


• This isn’t the first time they’ve been on an international television. They were on Brazilian show Programa Pânico in 2015
  


• How that “Pittsburgh Steelers Get Scared” video came to be


• The importance of your espace room having a story.


• Moving on from The Summoning to The Sunset Lodge


• The joy of hiding Easter eggs in the haunt


• Dudders reminiscences about the Red Bull Flugtag event and the only flight of the ScareCraft


• What it’s like to be in a parade with a crowd yelling “BUNNY!”


• Partnering with Burgatory for the ScareHouse Shake which benefits Make Room for Kids, an initiative of the Mario Lemieux Foundation


• Star Wars Night: Working with the Starkiller Garrison, Garrison Carida, Microsoft, and the Mario Lemieux Foundation to benefit Make Room for Kids


• Never getting to 100% done because we’re always pushing ourselves to the next level.


• Being named Pittsburgh’s Best Haunted Attraction three years in a row by City Paper Readers


• Dave the Clown, he’s all over the internet and awesome


• What happens after the season ends


• Plus-ing and tweaking the experience throughout the season


• Getting scared by “safe” props in the haunt


• Never getting to 100% done because we’re always pushing ourselves to the next level.


• What to expect from ScareHouse in 2018


• ScareHouse Weekly: Polished perfection to honest reality

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