Season's Screamings, the holiday event from the team at Midsummer Scream, takes place December 17th - 19th at the Pasadena Convention Center. The event features more than 200 exhibitors, Hall of Yuletide Spirits mini haunts & displays, live entertainment, and an assortment of festively frightful panels and presentations. Friday highlights include "Poltergeists & Paramours Christmas Spooktacular", variety and fashion show produced by horror director and fashion designer Ama Lea. The show is co-hosted by legendary horror actress Barbara Crampton (“You’re Next”, “From Beyond”, “Re-Animator”) and Angel Melanson, editor of Fangoria.com. Performers include Sean Keller, the Nguyen Twinz, Dos Feratu, Sam Wineman, Buster Balloon, and more. Saturday at 3:00 p.m. theme park animatronics legend Garner Holt hosts "The Making of Haunted Mansion Holiday", where he will discuss how his company brought Jack Skellington to Disneyland with the holiday attraction overlay. Disney fans will also enjoy Sunday's 5:00 p.m. panel "The Making of 'Muppets Haunted Mansion'", where director Kirk Thatcher and crew will take fans behind-the-scenes of the Halloween special that mashed the Muppets with Disney's iconic Haunted Mansion. Other holiday programming highlights include "Peepshow Menagerie Presents 'Island of the Misfit Tease'" burlesque show (Saturday at 6:00 p.m.), "Ghost Stories of Christmas Eve's Past" (Sunday at 1:15 p.m.) hosted by historian Lisa Morton, and "Krampus: The Devil You Don't Know" (Sunday at 2:30 p.m.) hosted by leading expert and Krampus LA founder Al Ridenour. Each day will also feature a Krampus Procession coordinated by Krampus LA. Tickets start at $30 - $35 for 1-day general admission and can be purchased online.

Transworld's Halloween & Attractions Show has announced details for their Windy City Pre-Show Haunt Tour. On Wednesday, March 16th, HAA Show Attendees can experience a full day of haunts. The day begins with a visit to HellsGate Haunted House for a lights-on tour and then continues to Disturbia Haunted House, Massacre Haunted House, and Basement of the Dead Haunted House - all of whom will be doing their full show with actors. Snacks, lunch, and dinner will be provided. Tickets are currently $395 (including bus ride) or $325 (Self-Driving). After early-bird pricing ends on March 1st, tickets increase to $425 (including bus ride) or $355 (self-driving).

Haunter's Toolbox is hosting a Holiday Meet & Greet: Celebrate the Season Mixer Tuesday, December 14th at 7:00 p.m. CST. Join fellow haunters in a relaxing atmosphere to review your 2021 haunt season and discuss plans for 2022. Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87494703055 Meeting ID: 874 9470 3055
 

 

Got someone on your naughty list? Haunted Calgary can send a creepy holiday character to deliver the perfect gift for a scary Christmas. Basic Packages include a tailored gift valued at CA$50 - $75 with a "Disturbing Diddy" from the character, and holiday card. VIP Packages include a tailored gift valued at CA$100 - $125, "Disturbing Diddy" from the character, holiday card, and arrival in a real Cadillac hearse. These Krampus Holiday Gift Deliveries can be made to the Calgary, Airdrie, Chestermere, Okotoks, and Cochrane communities. Packages cost CA$75 - $150 and must be ordered by December 20th. Deliveries will be made on December 26th.

Haunted Asylums: Public Memory & Community Storytelling
 

Haunts based on real-life events and atrocities have often drawn criticism and spurred debate within communities. In an article published in The Pennsylvania Communication Annual, 75, in September 2019, Assistant Professor Kelly C. George, Ph.D of Immaculata University explored how Pennhurst Asylum haunted attraction sparked a public debate and became an occasion for storytelling about what Pennhurst meant to the surrounding Pennsylvania community. Through analyzing 224 relevant news stories, reader letters, and comments appearing in newspapers from 2010 - 2011, Dr. George used the Pennhurst Asylum haunt as a case-study to learn about the ethical debates over approaching historical trauma in popular representations and entertainment.