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Maris Farms Haunted Woods Welcomes Jigsaw Jim

by: RFR Casket Crew Jigsaw Jim

Maris Farms Haunted Woods

Maris Farms Haunted Woods

Greetings Deadities,

I had the pleasure of visiting a great haunted attraction over the weekend in picturesque Buckley, Washington. Rising like something out of “Children of the Corn”, Maris Farms is a  real working dairy farm that every October tranforms into acres and acres of sheer terror. Based on the “crazy farmer in the cornfield” theme, Maris Farm’s Haunted Woods sends guests out into an almost 2 miles journey through a darkened corn maze (that includes lots of “suprises”) and 20 different sets.

Started in 2004 with a small commmunity theatre group, Plateau Community Players, that provided 20 actors for the show and had over 3,000 attendees for their first season. Maris Farm’s Haunted Woods has grown to be one its most popular yearly events, employing 40 – 50 actors and attracting over 16,000 visitors for the season. Taking over 45 minutes to traverse, this is one of the longest haunted attraction I have ever visited.

Maris Farms Haunt Crew

Maris Farms Haunt Crew

Open all weekends through October including Halloween. Ticket prices are $15 for general admission and $20 for fast pass. Tickets can be purchased on-line or at the farm.

A great big Rotting Flesh Radio thank you to Steve Templeman for all of his assistance and helping to put on one of the best haunted attractions in the pacific Northwest. Highly recommended for all Deadities!

http://www.marisfarmshauntedwoods.com

Six Flags Magic Mountain’s Fright Fest Offers New Mazes, Scare Zones, Shows and Extended Park Hours Throughout October!

Six Flags Magic Mountain transforms from a “theme park” to a haunted “scream park” for its 19th season of Fright Fest, Southern California’s most thrilling Halloween experience. This season marks the biggest Fright Fest in the park’s history with four new scare zones, three new mazes, two new shows and extended park hours on Fridays and Saturdays.

Six Flag's Magic Mountain FRIGHT FEST

Six Flag's Magic Mountain FRIGHT FEST

Six Flags Magic Mountain offers 10 more days of terrifying haunted mazes, roaming zombies and spooky shows and is adding a “twisted” element to some of its monster coasters by turning off the lights, leaving riders to face their fears literally in the dark. And, the Fright Fest exclusive that coaster fanatics wait for all year … the transformation of one of the largest, most celebrated coasters in the world … Colossus runs backwards! Running the remaining three frightfully fun weekends, Fright Fest at Magic Mountain leaves no tombstone unturned, bringing guests the ultimate sensory overload for every range of fear. For the little monsters, a Trick or Treat Trail, Kid Scaryoke and Halloween Crafts round out the activities.

The newest and one of the largest mazes in Southern California is “The Aftermath,” where brave souls enter a post-apocalyptic city inhabited by nomad warriors and the dead stalk the living. Also new this year is “Chupacabra,” where guests come face to face with an elusive blood-thirsty creature as it terrorizes the local Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) festival, and “Cursed,” featuring roaming gypsies and werewolves. Returning mazes include the popular “BITE II,” where sexy and sinister werewolves are out for a bite in this nest of the undead; and “Lecter’s Slaughterhouse,” a family-run business specializing in tasty human treats.

Spooktacular shows include hypnotists Chris Maybre and Suzy Haner, who put park guests in compromising scenarios in their hilarious stage show located in Golden Bear Theater, and the new “Off With Your Head,” a Pop/Glam Rock musical spectacular featuring the music of Bon Jovi, Rihanna and Michael Jackson. Additionally, the comical freaks of the new “Dr. Fright’s CarnEvil” perform the hits of Guns n’ Roses, Britney Spears and Lady Gaga in front of DC UNIVERSE, and be sure to dust off your thriller moves and join in the fun as the popular “DJ Demonic” and “gRAVE” return to the same area.

Fright Fest hours at Six Flags Magic Mountain are from 10:30 a.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays and 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sundays and Monday, October 31.

Six Flags Magic Mountain is located at 26101 Magic Mountain Parkway, Valencia, north of Los Angeles off Interstate 5 at the Magic Mountain Parkway exit. The Park is open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in October as well as Monday, October 10. For information call (661) 255-4111 or visit us at sixflags.com for operating days and hours.

For more information on Six Flags Magic Mountain’s Fright Fest, visit: frightfest.sixflags.com/magicmountain

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation is the world’s largest regional theme park company with 2010 revenue of nearly $1.0 billion and 19 parks across the United States, Mexico and Canada. Six Flags Over Texas, the company’s flagship location, is celebrating its 50th anniversary season in 2011.

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A Twisted Family Reunion Every Halloween Season

by: RFR Casket Crew Hatter 99

It’s here…Well, it’s here for me at least. Last week I reunited with my morbid “family” for some good old-fashioned pants-peeing fear-mongering. As I settled into my groove and became acquainted with my fellow scareactors, it reminded me of a fundamental reason why I love the industry so much.

Hat ON.

Many of us involved in the haunt industry are not, as some would believe, vampires who sleep all day and stalk all night. Most of us have day jobs (or school responsibilities) during the “normal” waking hours, venues that are rife with politics, cliques, and endless drama. Spending all day, every day, with the same group of people is the ideal incubator for those social diseases that can suck a lot of fun out of life. In the haunt industry, though, I work with my fellow scareactors only a couple of days a week for only one and a half months out of the year. That’s not to say that it completely prohibits the growth of those social parasites; no, they are clearly alive and well, but between the limited hours, the finite season, the various characters we have to play, the masks and makeup and costumes that we wear, and the common goal of scaring the collective pee out of the unsuspecting public, the amount of room for such social barriers to develop diminishes greatly.

Goatman Hollow's Twisted Family (photo: HA Mag)

Goatman Hollow's Twisted Family (photo: HA Mag)

For the most part, then, we scareactors can enjoy our camaraderie and not worry about how our clothes look, whether our hair is fixed appropriately, if our voice sounds funny, or whether we’re being accepted into the “IT” crowd. As a result, the industry has a remarkable air of acceptance that is noticeably absent in most other facets of society as a whole, and to be able to escape into that alternate reality for a few hours each week is a breath of rotting-fresh air.

Hat OFF.

Charlie Brown and The PEANUTS Gang Joins the National “got milk?” Campaign to Encourage Everyone to Make Chocolate Milk the Official Drink of Their Halloween

Peanuts says "We Got Chocolate Milk for Halloween"

Peanuts says "We Got Chocolate Milk for Halloween"

This Halloween, with the help of Charles Schulz’s PEANUTS Gang, the National Milk Mustache “got milk?”® Campaign is encouraging parents to celebrate with the Official Drink of Halloween and treat their little monsters to nutrient-rich lowfat chocolate milk. Chocolate milk is a nutritious treat in disguise – it contains the same essential nutrients found in white milk, with a taste that kids love. Experts agree that most kids need more key nutrients found in milk, and offering chocolate milk is one way to get them to drink more. Studies have shown that kids who drink flavored milk get more of the calcium they need and have better quality diets overall than those who do not drink milk. (1)

“At Halloween and throughout the year, I recommend swapping out sugary soft drinks for nutrient-rich drinks like lowfat milk – whether flavored or white. It has nine essential nutrients growing bodies need – including calcium, vitamin D and potassium, three of the four nutrients of concern for Americans,” says Deborah Mulligan, MD, FAAP, spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

The PEANUTS Cast Dons a ‘Stache

The PEANUTS Halloween-themed Milk Mustache Ad marks the first time in 15 years that all the main characters have appeared together in a US print advertising campaign. The two iconic campaigns have joined forces to remind parents chocolate milk is a great way to give their kids something nutritious around Halloween. The ad also celebrates the 45th anniversary of the Peanuts Halloween animated classic, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.”

“Milk is an important part of a healthy diet for growing children, so PEANUTS is happy to support the iconic ‘got milk?’ campaign,” said Neil Cole, Chairman and CEO of Iconix Brand Group, which owns Peanuts Worldwide.

The ad showcases the beloved PEANUTS characters dressed in their Halloween best with one very important accessory – their chocolate milk mustaches. The print copy reads:

Your Trick. Their Treat. This year, milk is dressing up as the perfect Halloween treat: chocolate milk. Its nine essential nutrients make it delicious and nutritious. Scare some up and make it your official drink of Halloween.

It’s So Good, It’s Scary

At a time when there is often an increased amount of sweets in the house, chocolate milk is one treat that moms can feel good about, and it’s good for your kids. Each 8-oz. serving contains a full bundle of nutrients growing kids need.

“Lowfat chocolate milk provides the same nutrition as white milk,” Mulligan said. “As a substitute for candy and other sweets, it’s a treat you won’t have to trick your kids into liking, and it helps teach children about sensible nutrition choices.”

This Halloween, pick up some lowfat chocolate milk, serve it at your kids’ Halloween bash or create frighteningly fun Halloween-inspired recipes. Visit Facebook.com/MilkMustache to learn more about the benefits of lowfat chocolate milk and how to make it part of your Halloween celebrations and beyond.

Visit Facebook.com/MilkMustache to learn more about the health benefits of lowfat chocolate milk and how make it part of your Halloween and beyond.

The Haunted Tents – Yakima, WA

by: RFR Casket Crew Unknown Scare Actor

The Haunted Tents

The Haunted Tents

The Haunted Tents.
Yakima’s Premier Home Haunt.


The Haunted Tents Halloween display has been around since 2004. What started out originally with 1) 20 foot
by 20 foot tent and A simple maze, 30 feet long, with 3 simple displays in side has grown over the years. And
now going on our 7 year, we have 6 different tents, 1) 20 foot by 20 foot tent and 5) 10 foot by 10 foot tents
that cover not only our front yard but our gardens and our Drive way as well. Inside the tents you’ll find over
270 feet of maze with 14 different displays hidden within.


As far as a theme goes. For us the Tents are the theme not the displays. And both the Maze and the displays
change from year to year as we add new things and retire old things, In this way we hope that each year will
be both fresh and new to those Trick or Treaters that  stop by and see us every year..


One thing that has stayed the same from the vary first year though is that we try to keep the whole thing
Family orientated. Which means all ages should enjoy the displays, each display has at least 1 animated thing
in it and many of them are designed to started or scare a person. 2 things you wont find is people with chain
saws chasing you around or a lot of gore.


For the 2011 Halloween Season The Haunted Tents hold a lot of new things for our guest to see and enjoy. 4 of
our displays are getting major over hauls this year, One of them with a 9 foot long water feature that will glow
under black light,, we are vary excited about this. Also we will be adding a lot of new props to many of the
displays, but im not going to say to much on that and give the surprise away for people.


2 other new items for this year revolve around our hours, the first is that this year we will be open 4 days, last
year we were open only 3 days, and second by popular request instead being open just in the evening we will
now be open during the day as well. The nice thing about this is that the Haunted Tents will Have 2 totally
different feels to it… so you could go through it during the day and see what things look like in broad day light
then return at night and experience the fun.


As with years past, Admission to the Haunted Tents Display is totally FREE, We do Except Cash Donation with a
portion of all Donation going to the Children’s Miracle Network. A local Children’s Charity in our area.



If you would like to stop By and experience the Haunted Tents please see our Info below.



The Haunted Tents


Location:
1022 So 37th Ave Yakima Wa 98902


Open:
October 28th – October 31st


Hours:
Day Time Static displays
11:00 Am to 4:00 Pm


Night Time Full Show
6:30 Pm to 11:00 Pm


Contact Information:
or visit us on Face book at:
Haunted tents

Skellington in the Suburbs

by: RFR Casket Crew Claymation Werewolf

And welcome back to Coast-To-Ghost AM, and as always I am your host, Rhett Kahn. All month, we’ve been presenting a series of personal supernatural encounters. Tonight we have the owner of the Terror Trees Haunted Attraction and paranormal investigator Guy Elliot. He is the author of the new true life horror best seller “Mr. Unlucky”. I want to remind everyone that our sponsor tonight is Claymation Brand Werewolves! when you need werewolves fast and you need them to be doughy, cartoonish and un-intimidating! And now, let’s get to our guest.

R: “Hello Guy, how are you?”
GE: “I’m good, Rhett. I’m good and you?”
R: “Always doing great, Guy! And speaking of great; I’ve been reading Mr. Unlucky and it is absolutely riveting and you say that its completely real?”
GE: “Rhett, I swear this entire story is true.”
R: “It’s just that it really is fantastic but please, go on…We’re ready to believe you!”
GE: “Oh, okay. Thanks…Okay, well it all started out on Halloween night…I know that sounds a little bit cliché but it’s the truth. See, I run what they call a haunted hayride. It’s actually a pretty big deal in that part of Kentucky during October! We get about 5,000 customers a night and cover an area stretching across about 3 acres.”
R: “—Wow! That definitely does sound pretty impressive! I think we all enjoy a good haunted house, or in your case hunted hayride.”
GE: “Yeah, I know I do! Anyway, we had just completed a huge night and had even had a live broadcast from Jonathan Johnson and Rabid Badger of Rotting Flesh Radio…It was amazing! So it was about 3 o’clock in the morning and I was walking the entire haunt path, sort of reveling in my triumph you could say. Of course I had my Fisher Price Super Ghost Detector with me as I normally do if I’m out somewhere on my own. It’s an incredibly sophisticated piece of equipment and is sensitive to the wandering lost souls…spirits so ancient that mortal man cannot even name them. It can also play AM and FM radio and the whole thing runs on just two AAA batteries! So anyway; I was just passing the part of our little show we call the Halloween Tree when I heard a funny noise.”

R: “A noise?”
GE: “Yeah…well it sounded a little like a combination of a breaking tree branch and a creaking door. And a door is exactly what it was…There was a door opening right in the trunk of the Halloween Tree. A door in a tree! It was the damnedest thing!”
R: “—But the tree, you said it was part of your haunted attraction?”
GE: “Yeah. It was part of the tour but it was an actual tree. It’s huge! About six feet around and one of the creepiest looking trees you could ever see. We actually rerouted the path so that the customers would have to walk past it….So a door starts to open in this thing and the wind suddenly kicks up and this figure steps out of it…”
R: “A figure…what was it?”
GE: “That’s a good question; a monster?…A ghost?…All I know is it looked like a skellington, I mean skeleton…Super thin, and unnaturally tall. A skull for a head, bone hands and an black pin-striped tuxedo.”
R: “A tuxedo?”
GE: “Haha! Yeah, it was wearing a sort of tuxedo black gothic-ky outfit. I don’t know what it looked like exactly…The whole thing scared the living *expletive* out of me!”
R: “So did you run? Did you get out of there?”
GE: “Hell no! I had to find out what was going on! I mean it’s so rare that a paranormal investigator actually encounters the uh… the paranormal. And to have a haunted experience in an actual haunted house?!. Wow! That’s the kind of stuff they make terrible horror movies about! I had to follow the creature and see where it was going.”
R: “Yes! And maybe keep it from harming anybody?”
GE: “Uhhhhh Yeah…Sure… Protect people. Anyway, I started trailing this guy, this thing and it was acting very weird….It walked through the little bit of field and the highway that separated us from the town that borders our haunt, and to be honest I was having trouble keeping up. It wasn’t that he was necessarily walking quickly but he took huge steps. His legs alone were nearly as tall as me and they were stick thin; it was almost like watching a giant spider walk. So picture this…by this time it was 8 o’clock on a Saturday morning and I’m chasing behind this ten foot tall gigantic stick thin skeleton wearing a tuxedo. Everyone’s out and about doing what you do on a Saturday morning but no one seems to be noticing this craziness…It actually seemed like I was the only person that saw him. So I’m freaking out and he’s walking around like he’s in an amusement park; analyzing everything and acting like he’s never been in the suburbs before! He inspecting storm drains, picking weeds, taking the license plates off of cars.”

R: “Wow! So no one ever saw any of this besides you? That is hard to believe…Not that I would ever call a ghost hunter a liar but you must agree.”
GE: “Rhett, it would seem hard to believe if I hadn’t experienced it for myself. Fortunately for my credibility I was able to gather proof!”
R: “Did you catch the whole thing on video? Amazing!”
GE: “Well not actually on video, Rhett…As you might know; it is strictly against the bylaws of the International Ghost Hunters Association to capture any kind of irrefutable proof like clear video evidence or several respectable witnesses. Although we are allowed to capture blurry photographs or video that clearly shows random static-ky light orbs that look eerily like flashlights. We are also allowed to record audio! Most of the time this audio consists of garbled background noise interlaced with sounds that may or may not be people saying whatever we decide to write on the subtitles.”
R: “And those garbled audio tracks are always very compelling, but I understand you have something even stronger?”
GE: “that’s right, Danny!”
R: “Rhett.”
GE: “That’s right, Rhett…You see a few minutes in to this creature walking around in childlike wonder, it actually began to sing about what it was seeing. I have the whole thing recorded! It gets a little rough in some spots but you can make out most of it.”
R: “And what proof do you have that it was an actual ghost and not just you or someone else singing and recording it?”
GE: “Anyway, Rhett, I would like if I can to play some of the audio recording for you and your listeners.”
R: “Well I’m sure I speak for all of us when I say we would love to hear it.”

—-Begin Audio—

What’s this? What’s this?
There’s pavement everywhere
What’s this?
A shop that cuts your hair
What’s this?
I can’t believe my eyes
I must be **Unintelligible**

What’s this? What’s this?
There’s people cutting grass
What’s this?
The lower middle class

What’s this?
The streets are lined with
Steel and concrete storm-drains
Everybody seems so mundane
Have I possibly gone insane?
What is this?
What’s this?

There are children throwing litter
On someone else’s lawn.
And a place to take your valuables
That you might like to pawn.

There’s people doing taxes.
Though, I don’t know what that means
And I feel down but look around
To see suburban scenes…

Oh, look
What’s this?
They’re hanging yard sale signs, on poles.
Why they’re so poorly made, cardboard!
They’re putting letters in a box?
**static**

Oh look a stand for lemonade, how cute.
Now cops have shut it down.
And why?

They didn’t have a license, but
The cities got to get a cut.
They’ll ticket every car
That’s just a minute past its meter!
This looks grand!
This looks grand!
Oh, can I ever understand?
What’s this?

Oh my, what now?
A swimmer’s hair is green?
Their pool,
Has way to much chlorine!
No weeds, to ruin their perfect front lawns
Or stray leaves to fall and terrorize…
From nature they stay sterilized….
What’s this?

There selling soap door to door
That no one wants to buy.
And no one seems to even chase
That sweaty jogging guy.

I hear the screams of people
Watching sports on their TV’s.
It seems unreal that people place
Their hopes on things like these….

The drab! The plain!
Everything all looks the same!
I’ve never been quite this content!
Who ever could imagine I’d see so much white bread.
I won’t complain but it’s a shame I happen to be dead.

I want it, oh, I want it!
I’ve began to finally see
How unlucky
How unlucky
To be stuck in Halloween
Instead of this…
Planned…community.

—-End Audio—

GE: “So you see, Tim…”
R: “Rhett.”
GE: “So you see, Rhett…It couldn’t possible have been anything but a genuine paranormal experience. How else do you explain the word play and sophisticated rhyme scheme? This sighting has opened my eyes. Ghosts, goblins and everything that I’ve dedicated my life to is real…And all they want is what we already have! So I’ve decided to enjoy the things around me. The simple, the mundane…There is beauty in all of it and it’s time I learned to appreciate it. So I’ve decided to change my life! I’m leaving all of this ghost hunting behind. No more spirits, no more goblins and no more walking around at midnight in abandoned hospitals! From now on, it’s the plain life for me!”
R: “Are you also giving up running the haunt as well?”
GE: “No way! Haunted houses kick ass!”

And there you have it, ladies and gentlemen! A spine tingling tale of a life changing brush with “the other side”. And sadly, that’s all the time we have tonight.

If you’ve enjoyed tonight’s show half as much as I enjoyed bringing it to you, then I’ve enjoyed it twice as much as you have. Until next time, sit back, relax and rot away…and have a nice day!

Rotting Flesh Radio SHOW #247: Scare-A-Torium, Ashley Lawrence, The Attic and the Annual Haunt Tours!

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Alright all you Fright Freaks and Halloween Junkies, the Annual Haunt Tours have arrived! Yes, as we kick off the Annual Rotting Flesh Radio Haunt Tours by hitting the rode we have a jam packed Body Bag for you this week. To kick things off we have Kelly Collins from the Scare-A-Torium Haunted House stopping in with RFR Casket Crew’s Pierce on location during the build of the event.

In addition Haunted Europe is back and this month Mike is bringing you Micheal Bolton, the creator and brain behind Europe’s ScareCon! And Deadites, things don’t slow down yet, because Gruesome Joe is here with the Musical Morgue giving you an in-depth look at the Haunt Rocker’s newest release, The Attic.

We have a Body Bag full of Haunt Industry News and Events for the week and RFR Casket Crew Storm is here with another Halloween Rant In a Haunt Minute and Joey Blood is bringing you all the Bloody Blu-Ray releases for the week!

And Dog Soldier has a special treat for you as he brings us an exclusive interview with Hellraiser’s Ashley Lawrence! Jigsaw Jim is here with a Rancid Review of Sinister Cinema and we have all kinds of Morbid Goodies for you this week.

There are ALL-NEW Rules to Win the Screamline Studios Graverobbing Giveaway and Twisted Tunes from the Grave.

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Terror Behind The Walls Kicks Off Their 20th Anniversary with 2 ALL-NEW Attractions

The Terror Behind the Walls

The Terror Behind the Walls

Over the years of Rotting Flesh Radio doing Featured Haunt Tours all season long, a few times we have had the pleasure of experiencing The Terror Behind The Walls at the Eastern State Penn.

We have had the pleasure of seeing it behind the scenes, during the run, the after hours spooks and more. And now for their 20th Anniversary, it is ready to scare up a new generation!

Terror Behind the Walls, America’s largest haunted house, celebrates 20 years with two brand new, state-of-the-art attractions, a special Encore Night, and the return of the Eastern State After Dark VIP Tour.

Eastern State Penn's Terror Behind the Walls

Eastern State Penn's Terror Behind the Walls

Located inside the walls of Eastern State Penitentiary, a real massive abandoned prison at 22nd Street and Fairmount Avenue in Philadelphia, PA, Terror Behind the Walls attracts over 100,000 visitors from around the world and is consistently ranked among the top 10 haunted attractions in the country. In 2011, Terror Behind the Walls runs on select evenings from September 23 through November 12.

Two New Attractions:
For the first time ever, the event designers are launching two brand new attractions in a single year. The Gauntlet is a high energy opening attraction for the show, featuring overhead catwalks and custom props above an outdoor maze. The second new attraction, Break Out!, is a new finale consisting of an outdoor scare zone in the final courtyard before visitors leave the event.

The Eastern State Penn

The Eastern State Penn

20 Year Encore Night:
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Terror Behind the Walls, there will be a special encore performance on Saturday, November 12, 2011. On this night only, visitors will have the opportunity to mix and mingle with haunted house owners and operators from around the country who will be converging on Eastern State Penitentiary for a first ever postseason performance of Terror Behind the Walls. Also on hand will be paranormal celebrities talking about some of the firsthand experiences they’ve had with real ghosts inside the penitentiary complex. Admission to the event includes all six haunted attractions of Terror Behind the Walls. Tickets for Encore Night are limited and must be purchased in advance online.

Eastern State After Dark VIP Tour:
After an extremely popular first year, Eastern State Penitentiary’s “After Dark VIP Tour” returns for 2011. This ultimate Halloween experience begins with an hour-long, guided flashlight walking tour of this National Historic Landmark. Highlights include the cellblocks, Death Row, Al Capone’s cell, and the underground punishment cells below Cellblock 14. Following the tour, guests will be escorted to the front of the Terror Behind the Walls’ lines. Visitors can remember their evening with a souvenir photo, taken inside the penitentiary, and a special Terror Behind the Walls LED flashlight (included in admission).

Eastern State Penitentiary's Terror Behind the Walls

Eastern State Penitentiary's Terror Behind the Walls

The “Eastern State After Dark VIP Tour” is $79 per person Sundays through Thursdays and $99 per person on Fridays and Saturdays. Available dates and times are listed on the Terror Behind the Walls website at www.EasternState.org/viptour . Each tour is limited to 20 people. Tickets must be purchased in advance.

A Massive Haunted House in a Real Prison:
Set inside the massive castle-like walls of Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, the setting for Terror Behind the Walls is creepy in itself. Eastern State Penitentiary was once the most famous and expensive prison in the world, but stands today in ruin, a lost world of crumbling cellblocks and empty guard towers. This gothic structure, with soaring 30-foot high fortress walls, is intimidating enough during the day. At night, the cellblocks fall into darkness, and the building becomes truly terrifying.

Terror Behind the Walls has grown from a single-night event in 1991 to a 29-night event with shows selling out far in advance. Nearly half of the visitors who attended the event in 2010 traveled to Philadelphia for the event, coming from as far as California, China and the United Kingdom, making this event a national and international destination for thrill-seekers and Halloween lovers.

An extraordinary theatrical production, Terror Behind the Walls features Hollywood-quality sets, custom-designed props, animatronics, and digital sound effects, all taking place within the walls of the prison. It takes an elite team of 14 makeup artists almost three hours to prepare the cast of more than 200 performers each evening.

Daytime Prison Tours:
In addition to the nighttime haunted attraction, Eastern State Penitentiary is a National Historic Landmark with a rich history that visitors can experience in the daylight. Known for its grand architecture and strict discipline, Eastern State Penitentiary opened in 1829 as the world’s first true “penitentiary,” a prison designed to inspire penitence, or true regret, in the hearts of convicts. Its vaulted, sky-lit cells once held many of America’s most notorious criminals, including bank robber “Slick Willie” Sutton and Al Capone. Tours today include the cellblocks, solitary punishment cells, Al Capone’s Cell, and Death Row. Eastern State Penitentiary is open every day year round from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for daytime prison tours. Admission includes “The Voices of Eastern State” Audio Tour narrated by actor Steve Buscemi. For information on daytime historic tours, please visit www.EasternState.org or call (215) 236-3300.

About Terror Behind the Walls:
Terror Behind the Walls is located inside Eastern State Penitentiary at 22nd Street and Fairmount Avenue in Philadelphia, PA. Tickets for Terror Behind the Walls are available at the penitentiary box office or online at www.EasternState.org/tickets . Tickets range in price from $10-$15 for kids on family nights, to $20 on weeknights, $25 on Sunday nights, and $30 on Friday and Saturday nights. Group rates are available by calling (215) 236-5111 x16 or emailing boxoffice@easternstate.org. For more information, please visit www.TerrorBehindtheWalls.com or call (888) 763-NITE.

Charity and Non-Profit Haunts Can Enjoy All New Halloween Banners at DPSBanners

September 21, 2011 Halloween, Haunt Industry, News 2 Comments
All-New Generic Halloween Banners

All-New Generic Halloween Banners

Digital Pre-Press Services, Inc. has just released their Fall holiday Halloween banners and signs lineup. This year DPS has a full range of unique and creative pre-made Halloween banners to suit anyone’s personal or professional needs.

The Halloween banners created for the 2011 Halloween season are made to be bold and engaging. Many of these pre-made Halloween banner designs make use of fun cartoon-like characters to represent the many varying elements of the Halloween.

A feature DPSBanners.com also offers is the ability to add a certain level of customization to some of these pre-made Halloween banners. These semi-customizable vinyl banners are the best of the custom banner design and pre-made banner offerings. Companies and individuals get the message they want without having to design the Halloween banner themselves.

On the site, customers will be able to browse Halloween banners that are made for retail sales as well as those designed for events and general use. Many homeowners love the idea of displaying Halloween banners during the holiday or at Halloween parties and DPS makes this thought an affordable reality. Companies on the other hand, rely on Halloween banners to bring in Halloween sales such as costume and accessory sales, Halloween decor sales, general retail holiday sales and much more.

DPS understands there is a great need for Halloween banners throughout the holiday and for a short time is offering 5% off pre-made banner design orders over $50. No coupon is necessary and the discount applies directly during checkout.

For additional information and details on DPS Halloween banners, please visit http://www.dpsbanners.com.

About Digital Pre-Press Services, Inc.:
Founded in 1996, Digital Pre-Press Services, Inc. is visible online at DPSBanners.com and on location in Glendale, California. The company provides simple, affordable and professionally designed banners that can be personalized and customized exclusively online. Through the site, DPS has a wide array of products including banner stands, window clings, car magnets, retractable banner stands, sidewalk signs, pre-designed banners and more.

HalloWeekends 15, PointFest and Boat Show Return to Cedar Point for the Haunt Season

Many theme parks throughout the United States gear up for the Haunt Season and celebrate with Halloween Activites, Special Haunted Nights and more. One of the most fun smaller venues on the board is Cedar Point. Rotting Flesh Radio had the chance to venture to this park a few years ago while traveling to the Midwest Haunters Convention. Well now in time for the Haunt and Halloween Season Cedar Point has the HalloWeekends Back in full form and other Haunting Goodies.

HalloWeekend at Cedar Point

HalloWeekend at Cedar Point

“Cedar Point will offer a wide array of family entertainment this week when three popular special events return to the Sandusky, Ohio, amusement park/resort.

HALLOWEEKENDS
On Friday, HalloWeekends, Cedar Point’s fall festival of fun and frights, will return for its 15th season. For seven weekends, HalloWeekends will provide an unmatched mix of rides and roller coasters, haunted houses and fright zones, live shows and special attractions such as the Monster Midway Invasion Celebration parade that will feature four new floats.

This year HalloWeekends will also add two new fright zones (Screamworks along the Frontier Trail and Blood on the Bayou that will lead guests along the lagoon) and two new shows (The Edge of Madness – Six Feet Under in the Red Slaughter Saloon and Dr. Cleaver in the Clink in The Palace Theatre).

For an additional fee, the new Zombie Tour will provide front-of-the-line privileges at the park’s four haunted houses and the Blood on the Bayou and CornStalkers fright zones. Visit cedarpoint.com for all of the details.

Cedar Point's HalloWeekends

Cedar Point's HalloWeekends

HalloWeekends at Cedar Point will be held Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays, Sept. 16 through Oct. 30. Cedar Point will be open 6 p.m. to midnight on Friday nights (only a portion of the park is open); noon to midnight on Saturdays; and noon to 9 p.m. Sundays. (On Sunday, Oct. 9, the park will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.)

POINTFEST
Presenting some of today’s most popular Christian artists, PointFest will return to Cedar Point for its third year on Saturday, Sept. 17. It will feature nearly six hours of music and entertainment.

Headlining this year’s show will be Skillet whose performance will be highlighted by a lively pyrotechnics show and Christian music icon TobyMac, who returns for his second appearance at PointFest. Other entertainers include Manic Drive, Disciple and comedian Bone Hampton.

The concert will begin at approximately 5 p.m. with performances continuing until 11 p.m. The event will be held in the Soak City parking lot.

North American In-Water Boat Show

For the 39th consecutive year, the Cedar Point Marina will host The North American In-Water Boat Show from Wednesday through Sunday, Sept. 14-18.

The largest in-water boat show on the Great Lakes, the Cedar Point Boat Show will feature many of the newest power and sail boats, equipment and accessories. A 69-foot-long Marquis 690, displayed by SkipperBud’s, is this year’s Queen of the Fleet. Visitors will also be able to enjoy the Boats Under $15,000 and Boats $15,000-$25,000 pavilions, the Brokerage Pier and the Demo Dock and Sail Pier.”

Admission to Cedar Point is not required.

For more information visit: www.CedarPoint.com

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