Recently Departed Podcast

Guess who's back? Podcast is back. Tell your friends! Today we sit back down with our missing 3rd member as he returns from his sabbatical in the woods. We talk a lot about the production of Into the Woods podcast worked on, as well as how theater and haunt building coexist and are different. Let us know what changes you think we should make to the styrofoam Milky White!

Did Brett lose another audio file of a podcast? Probably. Did we record this one on August 1st? We definitely didn't not. Are you going to end up getting 2 podcasts in the same night because I'm just going to throw both at you? Probably. We were missing Podcast on this episode because he was "lost in the woods" again... We make it up by an impromptu phone call to Bertha as we test our first attemp...

Mikey B. joins Brett and Brian while Podcast C. is off working in the woods. We have a conversation about what it's like to start at our haunted attraction from the first step to first night... We transitioned from that into how characters evolve from night one to the beyond. We rounded out the show with a sneak preview of Michael and Jay's pet project producing music as inspired by the Factory of...

You really don't want to listen to this one with your parents. Or children, I guess. We sit down in Satan's Butthole to talk not only about our Halfway to Halloween event, but customer and actor etiquette in the industry. We get derailed a bit talking about fun shows we'd like to see at our haunt, ways to implement fun story telling in the haunt, and fawn over Flo from Progressive. Please wish us...

After a long time getting our audio to sound alright, we bring you the Recently Sleepy Podcast. Brian decided we were going to talk about the different types of scares not only in our haunt but in the general haunt industry, whether it's from actors, the set, animatronics, or special effects.

After an unfortunate incident, the St. Patrick's Day special was lost to time. Today, we have recovered the old footage and have brought it for you today. An ancient (2 months) recording, we hope you join us for a larger, boozy celebration. Featured in this episode are Podcast, Brett, Brian, Lexie, Rosy, Morgan, Cooper, Jamie, Ayjai, Jessica, and Alexander.

Here's a little backlogged episode from a few weeks ago! Brett, Brian, and Podcast are back to tell of a few of our exploits. We had just started progress in the sewers and were close to our Easter event. Thanks for listening, your bond from the stink police will be posted in 7-14 business days.

Hi, I'm Podcast... Even though I wasn't here for this episode, I'm totally writting this description. The boys discussed the trip to Transworld and in normal fashion got sidetracked but the conversation was good. Give this episode a listen and be assured that when I come back next week, we'll talk about Transworld some more and actually touch on our Valentine's Day event and give some more info on...

Transworld is fast approaching, and so is our excitement! Get ready for our tradeshow centric episode where we talk all about the number one haunted house show that isn't what you think about at first. We spend this episode talking about some of the classes we're taking, Transworld etiquette, and some of the things we're looking forward to on the tradefloor. If you see us out and about, wave from...

Ve vant to suck your attention to this podcast! We waste NO TIME today when we get to talking about what we've accomplished since the last time we've talked. Plenty of quality life improvements, discussion of Vampires & Werewolves, and even some talk about upcoming rooms. Thanks for listening! We appreciate all of you, even if you weren't specifically called out this episode as we tried to role ca...

"mY nAmE iS pOdCaSt AnD i WriTe DeScRipTiOnZ" Shut up, Bo. We're back in style to tell you of our latest escapades. We last left you building up a second haunt... in July. And since then, we've had a whole season, a break, and a christmas event. Wanna hear about it? Then start the episode, nerd!

What's this? A two-fer? Recently Departed is giving you 2 episodes back to back due to our nearly month long departure. In this episode we just recap how our month has been, from a fun camping renaissance faire trip, to our new plans for our add-on attraction. Come catch up with Brett, Podcast, and Boombox.

Gather around the campfire, because we have stories of ghosts and ghouls and goblins. Okay, we may have lied about the ghouls and goblins, but on this episode of Recently Departed we're joined by Lexie and Rosy to finally talk about the spooks that exist in our haunted house. Get ready to learn some of the most interesting Factory of Fear lore you've heard.

Welcome to the first episode of My Haunter, My Haunter, and me. With Podcast being a very big McElroy brother fan, we thought we would do a Q&A/advice centric episode. Answering questions about various things we've built, stories from the haunt, and (to keep up with the McElroy brother theme,) Mad Libs! If you want to ask a question or give us topics to talk about, reach out to our social media pa...

Welcome to part 2 of this episode, where we're rating reviews left for our haunted house. Good reviews, bad reviews, and everything else in between. We talk about things we refer to as review etiquette and have a genuinely fun time discussing the reviews we've been left over the years.

In the first part of our 9th episode, we talk about our latest expedition to Midwest Haunters Convention. Things we liked, things we didn't like as much, Paul Lanner's Goat Jokes, and plenty of other highlights from the weekend. In the next part of this episode, we'll wrap up MHC talk and take a walkthrough the terribly scary forest known as reviews for our haunt.

Another day, another podcast. Tonight we've tried to talk about inspiration and things we've wanted to build, but we went on a few tangents about Midwest Haunters Convention (which we will be at!), drag shows, and future plans for the Factory of Fear. If you're in the area for MHC, come say hello to The Possum, Crazy John, and Samurai Jack at the costume ball!

This is part 2 - Take a walk with us, friends, down memory lane in the longest episode of Recently Departed yet. Today we'll be talking about all of our individual history in the haunting industry. We've all spent different amounts of time at different places and various ways and we thought we'd share with you our individual backgrounds, from Podcast's early meat cauldron days, Brian's fascination...

Take a walk with us, friends, down memory lane in the longest episode of Recently Departed yet. Today we'll be talking about all of our individual history in the haunting industry. We've all spent different amounts of time at different places and various ways and we thought we'd share with you our individual backgrounds, from Podcast's early meat cauldron days, Brian's fascination with flash mobs,...

Whew. Now that we've had some time to catch our breath, let's talk about these last two weeks. We have returned to unpack Midwest Monster Fest: Halfway to Halloween and Infected: Oops All Shango, and the stress of getting your haunt television ready. We deeply apologize for missing the last week, but we hope to make up for it with this jam-packed episode.

Apparently, this one is for you, Tones. With Midwest Monster Fest: Halfway to Halloween on the approach this week, we talk aabout extracurriculars in the haunt industry and some fun, after-school activites the Factory of Fear takes part in. From Podcast's first parade, adventures at the conventions (horror and comic alike), we invite you to join us as we discuss the various ins and outs of not onl...

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Alright guys, take two. We revisit our last episodes topic with the same guest, Lexie DeLeo, and talk more (and more successfully) about what goes into putting the show on. From the integral part Google Spreadsheets plays in helping our show stay organized, to the individual jobs we all do before the show, we take you with us to talk about most of the reasons Brett has developed stress-related kid...

Get ready, the nightmare train is back. Our guest this time is Stage Manager, Lexie DeLeo. While the main outline for our episode was "What Goes Into Getting Our Show Ready," we digress into Brett's photobooth fiasco, Midwest Monster Fest's: Halfway to Halloween, Brian's fear of maracas, and more. We once again apologize for the quality of the episode, it may be a bit echoey and will more than lik...

Welcome to the pilot episode of our podcast! Get ready for a trainwreck! Featuring Brett DeLeo, Director of Factory of Fear, Ashton 'Podcast' Charfauros, Builder at Factory of Fear, and Brian Gacke, Actor Trainor at Factory of Fear. We recap our Easter Event (barely), talk about our next event, recap some good memories of working in the haunted house and just try and introduce ourselves. Being the...