20 APR 2019 · Dudders catches up with former ScareHouse Director of Operations, Crystal Wright, at Transworld in St. Louis. Into the Dark production company combines the theatrical and technical talents of David and Joshua. Terror Vault is Into the Dark's first production and located in the old San Francisco mint. Joshua's love of haunted houses began with the Morbid Manor in Ocean City. Crystal tells us what it's like being away from haunted houses for a year and discovering Terror Vault in her new neighborhood. Returning haunt actors are very important. They can help teach new actors about how to pace themselves. Newbies often underestimate how exhausting haunt acting is. Preparing for a haunt season is a yearround job. "Normal" employers don't always appreciate all of work you do at haunted houses. Why it's a great idea to add a behind the scenes tour to your haunted attraction. Joshua and David worked to put everything they loved into the show. The cool thing about having a haunted attraction in an old building. Talking "yinzer". Some of the differences between east coast and west coast haunted attractions. Using unique characteristics of your location in your show. Even haunters get scared sometimes. Crystal and Dudders have cleaned up their share of customer tinkle. Kids and haunted houses. "Wearing many wigs" is a much better saying than "wearing many hats". Adjusting your show for groups that may have unique needs. Crystal's experience of working in The Basement at ScareHouse. Terror Vault is a predominately queer haunted attraction. How the genre of horror is shifting from a straight white male dominated world. Working to make everyone feel welcome. ScareHouse and Pittsburgh's pride parade. The need for diversity training in the haunted attraction industry. Why representation at a haunted attraction is important. Thank you for listening! Please subscribe and leave feedback. You can find Into the Dark and Terror Vault online at: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/intothedarksf/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/intothedarksf Twitter https://twitter.com/intothedarksf Visit us www.ScareHouse.com Watch us Youtube.com/TheScareHouse Like us https://www.facebook.com/ScareHouse Follow us https://twitter.com/ScareHousePGHSpecial Guests: Crystal Wright, David Flower, Joshua Grannell/Peaches Christ, and Ric Ray.

8 FEB 2019 · Dudders sits down with her haunt siblings, Design Manager Nicole and Operations Manager Nino, to discuss spreadsheets, show flow documents, misconceptions of working at a haunted house, and more spreadsheets. Surprisinging your friends with a podcast. We answer every haunters’ favorite question, “you’re working on things already?” Spreadsheets are a haunters BFF. Thank you, Google Drive! Nino and Nicole have very different opinions on color choice in spreadsheets. Nino and Nicole outline our showflow documents. We adapted something we learned from Universal Studios. Our show flow documents break down the attractions into room details including the narrative, actions, scenic, tech, sounds, and smell. Tech talk with Nino. You can never have enough reference photos. Nicole talks about her favorite kinds of decay. Our leadership team is kind of like the Avengers with our own special powers and skills. Are we still using skills we learned in high school? Kinda. The misconceptions of working at a haunted house from acting to management. Getting your build body back. No time for sleeping, laundry, and showers during the build season. Most times your coworkers don’t know you’re wearing the same pants several days in a room. Forming sibling-like relationships with your coworkers. Leaving work blankets and layers at the haunt because it’s so darn cold. Please subscribe to our podcast and leave feedback. We appreciate it! Follow the ScareHouse podcast hosts: Scott Simmons (@ScareHouseScott) and Katie “Dudders” (@kdudders) Visit us www.ScareHouse.com Watch us Youtube.com/TheScareHouse Like us https://www.facebook.com/ScareHouse Follow us https://twitter.com/ScareHousePGHSpecial Guests: Nicole Conniff and Nino Balistrieri.

20 DEC 2018 · Scott, Nino, and Dudders look back on the craziness that was the 2018 ScareHouse season. From creating a zombie themed pop up bar, appearing all over the season, and super fun season, this has been an amazing haunt season! Highlights: Bringing the Zombie Den to life in Market Square. It was a fun and incredibly busy season. Building the new Pittsburgh Zombies haunt to life and hidden Easter Eggs. Hot tip 1: Find a graphic designer that enjoys good puns. The birth of the bike riding zombie and the zombie pickle characters. Hot tip 2: Get yourself a good leadership team. It will allow you to do more of the things you love. Nino got to dig into DMX programming this season. The “peppermint nightmare” at A Creepy Christmas. ScareHouse’s weird history with Christmas. How quickly A Creepy Christmas came together. Adding our humor to A Creepy Christmas. Bringing back our Krampus props. Customer and cast reactions to A Creepy Christmas. Please subscribe to our podcast and leave feedback. We appreciate it! Follow the ScareHouse podcast hosts: Scott Simmons (@ScareHouseScott) and Katie “Dudders” (@kdudders) Visit us www.ScareHouse.com Watch us Youtube.com/TheScareHouse Like us https://www.facebook.com/ScareHouse Follow us https://twitter.com/ScareHousePGHSpecial Guest: Nino Balistrieri.

16 OCT 2018 · Highlights: Row House Cinema is an independent, single screen theater in Lawrenceville. The basement houses Bierport, a bar with retro video games. Row House Cinema began as the dream of Brian Mendelson, enjoying beer at the movies for a fun night out. The remodel took over four and a half years. How they select movies and themes each week using the opinions of staff and public. There is no real formula. Creating a balance between different types of movies they show. Describing the joy of seeing some movies on the big screen. The fun of watching a bad movie with friends in a theater. Which movies they thought would sell well, but didn't (hint: a lot of 80's comedies). Using special events and gimmicks to sell movies. Process to get rights to show movies. Creating a wish list and having patience. Witches Week October 12th-18th. Row House of Horrors Week October 19th-31st. Combing the genres of of horror and comedy. How sound and a dark theater really ups the movie experience. Analog look back: Mystery movie played on a VCR. Travis' Jack Black story. Find Row House Cinema online: Website https://rowhousecinema.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RowHouseCinemaPGH Twitter https://twitter.com/RowHouseCinema YouTube https://www.instagram.com/rowhousecinema/ For more information about Sorgatron Media Studios http://www.sidekickmediaservices.com/services/ Please subscribe to our podcast and leave feedback. We appreciate it! Follow the ScareHouse podcast hosts: Scott Simmons (@ScareHouseScott) and Katie “Dudders” (@kdudders) Visit us www.ScareHouse.com Watch us Youtube.com/TheScareHouse Like us https://www.facebook.com/ScareHouse Follow us https://twitter.com/ScareHousePGH

20 JUL 2018 · Jordan Patton, a competitor from Syfy’s FaceOff, sits down with Scott Simmons and Katie “Dudders” Dudas to discuss FaceOff, his early beginnings at ScareHouse, and DeadNecks. Jordan discusses his time on FaceOff and what the process is like on the show How being on the TV show has changed his day to day life How Jordan got his start in FX and making masks Jordan’s first experience with ScareHouse Learning how to make masks at a young age Discussing Monsterpalooza, special effects convention in Los Angeles The beginnings and foundation of DeadNecks Creating original content and internal branding (the battle between art and commerce) “Elevator Pitch” for DeadNecks The future DeadNecks cartoon series and Jordan’s love for cartoons The FX artists that Jordan looks up too The craziest actor experiences he’s had at ScareHouse The budget on FaceOff and how freeing it is Find Jordan Patton online: Website https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/735402075/deadnecks-original-series/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Deadnecks/ Twitter https://twitter.com/jpattonfx YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrj9bl01UiiOJU8_8I5zIpg/feedc Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jordan_pattonfx/ Please subscribe to our podcast and leave feedback. We appreciate it! Follow the ScareHouse podcast hosts: Scott Simmons (@ScareHouseScott) and Katie “Dudders” (@kdudders) Visit us www.ScareHouse.com Watch us Youtube.com/TheScareHouse Like us https://www.facebook.com/ScareHouse Follow us https://twitter.com/ScareHousePGHSpecial Guest: Jordan Patton.