Zombie Hollow video interview

10/20/2023 Update: I will be re-uploading this video soon. The last time I made one of these videos, I was using my 2012 model MacBook. This one was done on a different machine, and I realize now I did not have the proper font installed for my titles. The overlay text I normally use also does not work for vertical videos (it shows up off the screen and cannot be moved). I need to figure out how to make that work. Or, just stop shooting vertical video 😉


Here is a video interview with Lew Jordan of Zombie Hollow in Winterset, Iowa. It was recorded on Saturday, October 14th, 2023. I’d like to send big thank you to Lew and his crew for their hospitality.

Side Note: I believe this is the first video interview I have done since 2017, so I am a bit rusty. It is also the first time I have recorded and edited vertical video. Apologies to those of you who like to view video the way it was meant to be seen… 😉

Follow my new-ish YouTube channel for other videos, which will eventually include all my old interview videos as I find them and get them uploaded.

https://www.youtube.com/dmhauntedhouses

Slaughterhouse hours updated

I did not have the hours for Slaughterhouse listed on the site, but did put them in the calendar. I was using the ticket sale site and guessing at the hours, but they were wrong. The index and calendar should now be updated for the rest of the month:

Thursdays and Sundays, 7pm to 10pm.

Fridays and Saturdays, 7pm to Midnight.

Rock on!

Haunts: Please verify your information

I am very happy with how many haunts (and related activities) I have found so far this season. If you know of any I have missed, please let me know.

HAUNTS: I try to do a daily post on Facebook with which haunts are open that day. I get this information from my Calendar page. When I was going through it today, I noticed several mistakes I made. I have corrected those, but I expect I may still have some missing dates or wrong hours. Take a moment to check the calendar, and your listing in the index. I appreciate your help in getting your information updated on this site. Thanks!

13.29% more visitors so far…

After the big Covid drop in 2020, things have slowly been picking up for this site. As of October 18th, this site has already had 13.29% more visitors than all of October 2022. Last year, the site saw a 40% increase in visitors from the previous year. I am curious to see where things end up after October 31 this year.

Something I just added last week is a “Visitors” count on every page. I used to have one on my old site, but that was a script I wrote myself and had full control over. This one is more questionable, since it tries to define who is a ‘bot, and it doesn’t seem to like folks using privacy software (such as Apple’s anti-tracking features). At least I can see numbers that are larger or smaller from hour to hour and get an idea of how many folks are visiting throughout the day.