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Episode 175! Well, it’s 2019 and the Big Scary Show bids a fond farewell to 2018 as only we can, with another show chock full of news and information to keep you on top of the haunt industry.  It may only be January, but we’re beginning the countdown to our 7th anniversary in April. The Roundtable of Terror takes a final look back on 2018 as we discuss the various haunt adventures the (g)hosts had; from HAuNTcon in New Orleans, Transworld, Days of the Dead, MHC, Midsummer Scream, Horrorhound Weekend, Cedar Point, all the haunted houses in September and October, and much more.  In addition, the (g)hosts make their predictions for 2019. How successful will they be? There’s a brand-new Gruesome Giveaway for January. Storm brings us his usual rant in a Haunt Minute,  Badger brings us the latest Deadline News, The Haunt Stru-metallist Jerry Vayne serves up some HOT tunes for this cold weather, and Vysther wraps up 2018 in his own unique way. You might notice Meathook Jim is conspicuously absent i

Episode 174 Christmas is almost upon us, and we couldn’t let you escape with mentioning the Krampus!  He has been gaining a lot of steam here in the states, and we have Spooky Dan Walker and Connie Smeriglio to impart their Krampus knowledge to the masses. Badger is back with the latest Deadline News, Meathook Jim’s Between the Corpses is his annual read of  ‘Twas the Fright Before Christmas, Storm rants about fan theories, Vysther is all about Dark Shadows and the Haunstrementalist spins a quartet of Christmas Spooky tunes by Midnight Syndicate. We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice just by listening to………THE BIG SCARY SHOW   Featured Music:  Midnight Syndicate 1. Christmas at Midnight 2. Up on the Housetop 3. Night of the Krampus 4. Little Helpers

Episode 173 December….it’s already too cold in the northern states, but that doesn’t stop 3 of the (g)hosts from brings you the latest show, as Badger to some time off to be with family. The Roundtable of Terror is all about Christmas themed haunts, as we get a good idea on how the traditional haunt is turned into a land of holiday horrors.  Brett Hays, Kevin Stich, and Jessie Hailey give us 3 different views on a Dark Christmas. Storm brings us the latest Deadline News, as well a haunt minute about Holiday Magic.  Meathook Jim’s Between the Corpses is about the new Horror Novel, Bonebelly and author Christine Lajewski.  Vysther is back with a segment on the 40th anniversary of Dawn of the Dead, and the Haunt-strumentalist spins the spooky tunes. We hid Badger’s body, and you will become and accomplice, just by listening to……..THE BIG SCARY SHOW   Featured music: Demented Are Go – Welcome Back to Insanity Hall DIEMONSTERDIE – Lucky Number 666 Doyle &#

Episode 172 Turkey Day is here, and Meathook Jim is back from his honeymoon with the Lady of Darkness ( Now Mrs. Meathook) and they spent a lot of time in the Haunted Mansion ay Walt Disney World.  Now after Thanksgiving and a lot of good food the show must go on… The Roundtable of Terror is about HauntCon, coming up in January, as we speak with Liz Irving of Urban Expo, and vendor Alisa Kleckner, about why you should attend, things to do in the Big Easy, and HauntCon doubling in size! Badger brings us the latest Deadline News, Storm does a double rant about zombie turkeys, Meathook Jim talks about hidden surprises at the Haunted Mansion, The Hauntstrumentalist spins a trio of spooky tunes, and Vysther pays tribute to the late, great Stan Lee We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice Just by listening to….. the BIG SCARY SHOW!   Featured Music: Radio Cult – Saturday Night Double Feature RagDolls – Beautiful Homicide Red Crow Design – Body Freezer  

New BIG SCARY SHOW – Episode 171 – A look back at the 2018 Haunt Season And just like that, it’s over. After a glorious few weeks, we must unfortunately put the final nail in the coffin of the 2018 haunt season.  But before we disappear back into the darkness, the Big Scary Show invites you to look back at the season that was. We send Badger to a pair of haunts in NC, Upper Stanley Haunted Trail and Zombie Hollow, and talks to the owners about the impact the wet weather made on these outdoor attractions. Afterwards, he’s warm and dry in Atlanta at the Oddities and Curiosities Expo and talks to several vendors, the organizer, and a suspension artist. (Don’t listen to her while you’re eating lunch). The Roundtable of Terror takes a look back at the season that was with special guests Vysther and Dan Leopold from MAUL who share stories and adventures with the (g)hosts. Relive some great times and great scares of the season during this fun Roundtable. Badger brings you the late

BIG SCARY SHOW – EPISODE 170 – THIS IS HALLOWEEN! THIS IS HALLOWEEN! Episode 170 It’s finally here! The most wonderful holiday of them all, Halloween, and the Big Scary Show is celebrating in a big way. We sent Badger to visit a pair of haunts in the Carolinas to talk about their seasons and what’s new this year. Storm rants about people trying to make you angry for Halloween.  Meathook Jim introduces us to ‘The Dean’ (hope you never have to go to detention). And The Haunt-Strumetallist Jerry Vayne brings us a trio of spooky tunes to keep you in the Halloween spirit. The Roundtable of Terror continues its annual tradition of talking about Halloween, this time with Folklorist and Mythology professor Kerry Noonan. If that name sounds familiar, she was an actress from Friday the 13th Part 6, among other roles. It’s a fascinating conversation you don’t want to miss. As a bonus, Badger sat down with her earlier this year at Days of the Dead Charlotte and we’ve

Episode 169 Ahh, October.  the smell of pumpkin spiced everything and fear is in the air.  The Haunt-stumentalist traveled to Cedar Point to check you the latest Midnight Syndicate show, Conspiracy of Shadows, and brought us back a pair of interviews.   Badger chats with Jen Braverman about the upcoming Legendary Haunt Tour, and the goes to a hometown attraction , Lake Hickory Haunts. The Roundtable of Terror is another 13 Questions of Doom, and it’s all about movies.  Will Meathook Jim finally win?  Listen and find out. Badger has the latest Deadline News, Storm rants on in a Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim has the shortest BTC on record, Jerry spins the spooky tunes , and Vysther talks about 50 years of Night of the Living Dead. We his the body, but you will become an accomplice, just by listening to….. THE BIG SCARY SHOW Featured Music: b Movie Monsters – 10-31 Night Keep – The Macabre Waltz Tony Creep – More Zombie than Zombie

Episode 168 The Roundtable of Terror is all about spooky music, as the (g)hosts offer a pair of chairs to Virgil Franklin, Master of the Ethermuse, and Marc Straight of Bad Jack Productions. Badger brings you interviews with Field of Screams and The Oddities and Curiosities Expo, as well as Deadline News. Storm rants on, in a Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim is hiding between the corpses, Vysther returns to his Haunted Vista, and the Haunt-strumentalist spins a trio of spooky tunes. we hid the body, and you will become an accomplice, just by listening to………. THE BIG SCARY SHOW!   Featured Music Audio Zombie – Appartition Sam Haynes – All Hallows Verse 13 – Empty Coffin

Episode 167 Haunt Season has finally begun!  Many haunts around the country are opening this weekend.  Badger chats with Tony Clarke of Cedar Fair, about new changes to Halloweekends as well as the return of Midnight Syndicate with a brand new show, Conspiracy of Shadows.  if you have not seen them perform live before, GO!  they out on an amazing show. Our Roundtable of Terror is about a new DVD release, Scare: A look behind the Shadows, with filmmaker Don Patterson, as he chronicles Kelly Collins’ ScareAtorium, and shows you what it’s like at a heavily actor driven haunt. Badger is back with Deadline News, Storm rants about reverse psychology, Meathook Jim talks about appreciating the show your local haunts put on, and Jerry spins the trio of spooky tunes. we hid the body, but you will become and accomplice, just by listening to…. THE BIG SCARY SHOW Featured Music: Halloween – Her Ghost Comes Out to Play Here Come the Mummies – Creepin’ Eerie Von – Nightmare

Episode 166 Well, here it is, September already, a few haunts we know of have already opened, with more opening in the coming weeks.  Badger took a drive to Knoxville, TN to bring us his interviews from Creepy Con, including Church of Halloween, Dead Man’s Farm, Goes Haunted House, Monster Mafia FX, Monsters and Merriment, Mummer’s Farce, Mysterious Mansion, the Nickerson-Sneed House, Oneida Zombie Fest, Red Paint Spillman, and the Smokey Mountain Ghostbusters. The Roundtable of Terror is all about actor traning, and some of the do’s and don’ts, as we sit down with Killer Katie Ashburn-Johnston and Alex Lohmann, and sometimes get four different opinions on techniques, but very sage advice from 4 experienced actor trainers and one Hauntstrumentalist. Badger is back with Deadline News, Storm rants about Halloween candy, Meathook Jim gives you some cold hard facts about paranormal investigation, while Jerry spins the spooky tunes, and Vysther reflects on Podcasting and Haunt Acting. We hi

Episode 165 Well, it’s mid August, and season is rapidly approaching, so why not talk about storytelling?  Our Roundtable of Terror guest, Scott Swenson, does just that, explaining how a cohesive story enhances the experience.  Lots of great information on this RoT. Badger brings interviews with Ira Heiden and Ken Sagoes from Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors, as well as the latest Deadline News.  Storm is back with the “Finchening” on a Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim talks about some hidden and not so hidden surprises regarding the Haunted Mansion at Walt Disney World, The Hauntstrumentalist Jerry Vayne spins a trio of spooky tunes, and Vysther is back with Giant Monsters of the 1950’s. We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice, just by listening to…… THE BIG SCARY SHOW featured music: 13 Pagan Holiday 13 – She’s Dead The Independents – Bloody Night, Bloody Knife Demented are Go – Welcome Back to Insanity Hall 

Episode 164 We sent Badger off to Long Beach,  California to attend Midsummer Scream    ( and to get him out of the Eastern Time Zone to give us a break), But like the proverbial bad penny, he keeps….showing….up.  This time he brought back enough interviews to give you an audio journey of the entire convention. we have 26, yes 26 interviews, and I’m afraid I’ll get carpal tunnel syndrome if I type them all out.  Some highlights are Bela Lugosi Jr., Six Flags Magic Mountain, Knotts Scary Farm, Warner Brothers, and Epic Home Haunts. Badger brings us the latest Deadline News, Storm rants about Astrology and planets in retrograde, in a Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim gives you his thoughts on organizing a convention, while the Haunt-strumentalist spins a trio of spooky tunes, and Vysther returns, reflecting on Hammer Films Dracula Series. We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice, just by listening to…… THE BIG SCARY SHOW   Featured Music: Music for Haunts: Storming Va

Episode 163 Badger, along with Super Special Correspondent Tater, journeyed down to sunny Ocala, FL for the SouthEast Haunters and Enthusiasts Conference, and brought us back a bushel of interviews with Halloween Horror Nights, Howl-O-Scream, Legoland, Kirby Farms and Steve Youghn, while Tater finds his skill set. The freshly polished RoundTable of Terror is back, and this time we are talking scenic design, with Leonard Pickel, Greg Allen from Terror in the Corn, and Keith Kaminski with Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens. Badger brings us the latest Deadline News, Storm rants about the contents of a tomb, while Meathook Jim explains why you NEED to enter the Gruesome Giveaway, and the Haunt-strumentalist spins the spooky tunes.  No Vysther this week as we sent him on a snipe hunt   We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice, just by listening to…. THE BIG SCARY SHOW!   Featured Music: Shadow’s Symphony – The Dead are Watching Verse 13 – The Souls that Wander Virgil –

Episode 162 Happy Treason Day to all you colonists!!  Meathook Jim and the Haunt-strumentalist traveled to Days of the Dead, Indianapolis and bring you back a quartet of interviews with Joel Robinson, David Jobe, Paul Lanner with Haunters Against Hate, and Halloween Jean.  DOTD had a great line up, and we are always grateful to Adolfo Dorta and crew for a great convention. No ROT this week, as we sent the Round Table of Terror to Pennsylvania to a Amish shop for refinishing, but fear not, it will be back. in it’s place, Storm brings us a Horror Podcast Panel from Scare-A-Con, courtesy of the Dorkening. Badger brings us the latest Deadline News, Storm rants as only he can , in an Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim is back with Between the Corpses, about our Days of the Dead trip, Jerry spins the spooky tunes, and Vysther’s segment is about Godzilla   We hid the body, and you will become an accomplice, just by listening to… THE BIG SCARY SHOW   Featured Music: Psychocharger – Channel 1

Episode 161 Well, summer is here and Storm has been a busy weezel. He recently attended New England Scare-a-Con and brought back some great vendor interviews, with Feartown, Holmes Haus Photography, Horror Cornucopia, Horror Show Jack, I Think I Created a Monsta, JW Craft/Witch Hats, Loren Molloy, Scream Sisters, Terri Dragon, and the Dorkening. Badger is back with the latest Deadline News and perhaps a Gruesome Giveaway Winner, Storm rants about dying wishes, in a Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim babbles incoherently about his summer schedule on Between the Corpses,  Vysther talks about the Chicago Horror Scene and the Haunt-strumentalist spins a trio of spooky tunes. We hid the body, and you will become an accomplice, just by listening to… THE BIG SCARY SHOW   Featured Music: Audio Zombie – The Living Dead A Gathering of Darkness – Unholy Relic Gravetone Productions – Death Awaits

Episode 160 Well, MHC has come and gone.  A smaller than normal convention, but still packed with surprises.  Badger brings us interviews views with  Arx Mortis, Blood Prison, Creepy Creator, Grave Gear Studios, Jak Prints,  Skeletons  and More, The Haunted Schoolhouse, and Zombie Works. while Meathook Jim chats with Haunt Scheduler and the Ohio Haunters Associations. The Roundtable of Terror offers up chairs to the President and Vice President of the Haunted Attraction Association, Brett Hays and Brett Molitor.  You don’t want to miss out on the valuable information during this lively discussion. Badger brings us the latest Deadline News,  Storm rants about Decapitated Killer Snakes, Meathook Jim is back, Between the Corpses, Vysther has a review of Bloodview Haunt and the Haunt-strumentalist spins a trio of spooky tunes. We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice, just by listening to…. THE BIG SCARY SHOW   Featured Music: Van Helsing’s Curse – Cry, Little Sister Van Hel

Episode 159 IT’s back!!  the Midwest Haunters Convention, and while 2.5 of the 4 (g) hosts will be in Columbus all weekend, the show must go on! Badger brings us an interview with Dean and Star Jones, and then he and Storm sit down with JV Johnson, organizer of the upcoming Scare-A-Con in the Northeast. No Guest this Roundtable of Terror, as we play everyones favorite gameshow, the 13 Questions of Doom. Badger brings us the latest Deadline News, Storm rants about possibly being allergic to Halloween!?!?!,  We may have a Gruesome Giveaway winner, Vysther pays tribute to Ronnie James Dio, while Jerry Vayne spins the spooky tunes. Meathook Jim didn’t feel like getting up from Between the Corpses, but fear not!. he will return on the next show.   We hid the Body, but you will become an accomplice,  just by listening to…. The Big Scary Show   Featured music: Creepazoids – Dead by Dawn DIEMONSTERDIE- Lucky Number 666 Fright Barker and Son – Back Burner Gal

Episode 158 2 weeks until the Midwest Haunter’s Convention and the Big Scary Show is gearing up for the con, by bringing you valuable marketing tips for your haunt, by the Voice from Hell himself, Mr. Dick Terhune.  Now is the time to start planning your marketing, as Dick provides some insight to start your ad campaign off on the right foot. Badger brings us the latest in Deadline News, Storm rants about lack of personal safety during build season, in a Haunt Minute, while Meathook Jim takes you on a tour of the Theatre of the Mind and The Hauntstrumentalist queues up a trio of spooky tunes.  Oh, and we can’t forget Vysther’s Haunted Vista, as the episode it’s about Horror in Comics and Batman’s Rogues Gallery We hid the body, but you will become an accomplice, just by listening to…. The Big Scary Show   Featured Music: Gargantua – Black Lagoon Charred Walls of the Damned – Avoid the Light Demented Are Go – Welcome Back to Insanity Hall

Episode 157 Some people may argue, but there seems to be a connection between halloween/horror fans and pro wrestling fans so this episode combines the both into the BSWA ( Big Scary Wresting Alliance).  BSWA Champ Badger puts his belt on the line when he climbs in the ring 3 different times, and faces the challenge of Mick Foley, Road Warrior Animal and 1/3 of Decay, Crazzy Steve. Meathook Jim is in a handicap match with Demon Bunny ( Rosemary and Allie from Impact Wrestling) and during they match we learn about what scares them, and we get a little more about fear and horror, as the Lady of Darkness interferes from ringside, with  a couple of chair shots of her own. The Round table is short this week, as Between the Corpses is long, but we want to involve you, the listener, in upcoming ROT subjects. Badger brings us the latest Deadline News,  Storm channels the ghost of the Macho Man Randy Savage during a Haunt Minute,  and Vysther the Shyster brings us part 2 of his Black Sabbath Metal Archives, while the

Episode 156 Wow, can you believe it?  the Big Scary Show is 6 years old!   Our Anniversary show is Big And Scary at just over 3 hours long!  We have some more interviews from Transworld 2018, conducted by special correspondent Wicked Wendy, as she chats with Kelly Collins, Michael Spatola, Mike Murray and Nix Herrara. As an added bonus, we are airing an interview from Dead Winter Con, back in 2013, when the Unknown Scare-Actor spoke with Richard Brooker, Jason from Friday the 13th, Part 3.  This is believed to be his last interview, before he passed away less than a month later. The Roundtable of Terror is a retrospect of the past 6 years, as the 4 (g)hosts, and special correspondent Vysther share stories from the past 155 episodes, events related to their haunt lives, and generally every Big and Scary from the part 72 months. Badger is back with the latest Deadline News, Storm gives you a look inside his head, for how he rants in a Haunt Minute, Meathook Jim tells you what a pain planning a surprise party ca