Haunted house season is here, and we are talking with a man who has been paid to scare people for nearly 50 years.
Leonard Pickel has designed or consulted on more than 300 haunted attractions. His résumé includes work for Universal Studios Florida, Six Flags and Madison Square Garden, along with creating Hauntrepreneurs, Haunted Attraction Magazine and HAuNTcon.
Leonard gives Corey and Kendall the inside scoop on how haunted houses are designed, what makes a scare work and how the industry has changed during his remarkable career. He also explains what haunt designers notice that the rest of us completely miss while we are busy screaming and searching for the exit.
It is a playful trip through the art, psychology and business of making people pay to be terrified.
Learn more about Leonard at https://hauntrepreneurs.com.
Is horror good for mental wellness? Of corpse it is.
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Is horror good for mental wellness? Of corpse it is.