John Schelt, Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed

Haunting U

Leisure EN ↓ 118 episodes

Do you love Halloween? Do you like to scare your trick-or-treaters? Have you been looking for a way to make your house more frightening? Then this is the podcast for you! Haunting U is an educational and entertaining podcast for Halloween enthusiasts everywhere. We will explore all aspects of designing, building and running your own haunted attraction right from your own home. Join us every episode as we explore a topic in depth and answer questions from our listeners.

Author

John Schelt, Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed

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Leisure

Podcast website

www.hauntingu.com

Latest episode

Jul 2, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 18-Planning for Halloween 19 15.04.2019

With a location finalized, our hosts can finally start planning what needs to be accomplished before Halloween 2019.     Episode 19-Planning Halloween 19   Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton and Leslie Reed   Sound Effects: Music: Dance of Death http://www.purple-planet.com/   Thunder: Recorded by Mark DiAngelo Uploaded: 07.29.11 http://soundbible.com/1913-Thunder-... License: Creative Commons Attri...

Episode 17-Marketing Sanguine Creek Estates 17.01.2019

Episode 17: Marketing Sanguine Creek Estates   After a nice holiday break, our hosts start planning the marketing strategy for the next haunt followed by a discussion on the utility of social media.   Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton and Leslie Reed   Sound Effects:   Music: Dance of Death http://www.purple-planet.com/   Thunder: Recorded by Mark DiAngelo Uploaded: 07.29.11 http://soundbible.com/1...

BONUS: Episode 16-Haunted Ship Storyline Brainstorming Session 12.11.2018

Go listen to Episode 15 if you haven't already!  This is not really an episode.  In fact this is nothing but the pure, raw, uncut, unedited, unmitigated, unfiltered, unreasonable, uncooked, unorthodox, uncrocked, (I'm running out of un-words now) recording of our storyline brainstorming session where we created the storyline that made it into the pitch for Haunted Ship.   We hope you enjoy listeni...

Episode 15-Haunted Ship 2018 09.11.2018

Come explore the haunted house we put together in 7 weeks for Halloween 2018.  We talk about how we apply the Haunted U process to make this last-minute haunt a success.   Episode 15: Haunted Ship 2018 Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton and Leslie Reed Sound Effects: Music: Dance of Death http://www.purple-planet.com/ Thunder: Recorded by Mark DiAngelo Uploaded: 07.29.11 http://soundbible.com/1913-T...

Episode 14-Decorating Your Place of Work 01.10.2018

Episode 14: Decorating Your Place of Work   Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton & Leslie Reed   Sound Effects:   Music: Dance of Death http://www.purple-planet.com/   Thunder: Recorded by Mark DiAngelo Uploaded: 07.29.11 http://soundbible.com/1913-Thunder-... License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Modifications: Inserted over Dance of Death Music   Evil Laughter: Recorded by Himan Uploaded: 03.13....

Episode 13-Room Design 01.09.2018

Episode 13: Room Design   Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton and Leslie Reed   Sound Effects: Music: Dance of Death http://www.purple-planet.com/   Thunder: Recorded by Mark DiAngelo Uploaded: 07.29.11 http://soundbible.com/1913-Thunder-... License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Modifications: Inserted over Dance of Death Music   Evil Laughter: Recorded by Himan Uploaded: 03.13.13 License: Public...

Episode 12- Know Your Audience 03.08.2018

Episode 12: Know Your Audience Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton and Leslie Reed Sound Effects:   Music: Dance of Death http://www.purple-planet.com/   Thunder: Recorded by Mark DiAngelo Uploaded: 07.29.11 http://soundbible.com/1913-Thunder-... License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Modifications: Inserted over Dance of Death Music   Evil Laughter: Recorded by Himan Uploaded: 03.13.13 License: P...

Episode 11-Patient Zero 01.07.2018

Come along with us as we begin the design process of our next Haunted House. Episode 11: Patient Zero   Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton and Leslie Reed   Sound Effects: Music: Dance of Death http://www.purple-planet.com/   Thunder: Recorded by Mark DiAngelo Uploaded: 07.29.11 http://soundbible.com/1913-Thunder-... License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Modifications: Inserted over Dance of Dea...

Episode 10-Micro Haunts 01.06.2018

Episode 10: Micro-haunts   Trapped in a dorm room, apartment or condo? Needing to work around strict Landlord/HOA rules? Don't have enough room to build a haunted house?  How about a micro haunt?   Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton and Leslie Reed   Important Links: https://atmosfx.com/collections/halloween http://www.thesingingpumpkin.com/ http://www.imagineerieing.com/products.html   Sound Effect...

Episode 9-Lighting 07.05.2018

A discussion of lighting design for your haunt.     Episode 9: Lighting   Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton and Leslie Reed   Sound Effects: Music: Dance of Death http://www.purple-planet.com/   Thunder: Recorded by Mark DiAngelo Uploaded: 07.29.11 http://soundbible.com/1913-Thunder-... License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Modifications: Inserted over Dance of Death Music   Evil Laughter: Reco...

Episode 8-West Coast Haunters Convention Wrapup 02.05.2018

A summary of our time spent at the West Coast Haunters Convention.  Includes interviews with several vendors and guest speakers.   Episode 8: WCHC Wrap-up Hosts: John Schelt, Keoni Hutton and Leslie Reid   Sound Effects:   Music: Dance of Death http://www.purple-planet.com/   Thunder: Recorded by Mark DiAngelo Uploaded: 07.29.11 http://soundbible.com/1913-Thunder-... License: Creative Commons Attr...

Episode 7-Sound and Audio 12.04.2018

Our first episode in a series discussing the set up and use of sound effects for your home haunt.

Episode 6-Actors, Costumes and Makeup 02.09.2017

You've designed the perfect haunt, but more than likely you can't haunt it alone. How do you incentivize actors to work for your haunt, and what do you do with them once you've found some?

Episode 5-Advertising & Marketing 02.09.2017

Its that time of year!  Time to get the word out about your haunt to maximize your attendance. Come with us as we explore the ways we like to advertise and see if you can incorporate any of our ideas into your haunt.

Episode 4-Construction Techniques 26.08.2017

Episode 4 of our home haunting podcast takes a look into constructing your home haunt. We discuss tools, techniques and goals.

Episode 3-Layout 21.07.2017

The third episode in our series exploring taking your home-based haunted house to the next level. This episode focuses on designing a floorplan to further your haunt's overall goals. Designed for home haunters of all levels, come with us as we describe how we created the Arkham Asylum Haunted House. www.facebook.com/HauntingU

Episode 2-Theme & Backstory 08.07.2017

Episode 2: Theme/Backstory-Credits Hosts: John Schelt and Keoni Hutton   The guiding light behind your decisions.  Come explore the importance of deciding on your theme, and developing a compelling backstory to support the theme. Sound Effects: Music: Dance of Death http://www.purple-planet.com/   Thunder: Recorded by Mark DiAngelo Uploaded: 07.29.11 http://soundbible.com/1913-Thunder-... License:...

Episode 1-Introduction 02.07.2017

Hosts: John Schelt and Keoni Hutton   Sound Effects: Music: Dance of Death http://www.purple-planet.com   Thunder: Recorded by Mark DiAngelo Uploaded: 07.29.11 http://soundbible.com/1913-Thunder-HD.html License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Modifications: Inserted over Dance of Death Music Evil Laughter: Recorded by Himan Uploaded: 03.13.13 http://soundbible.com/2054-Evil-Laugh-Male-9.html Lic...

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