A Spoopy Month #10: Doombuggies Spook Show Podcast!

Hey, there's a new episode of the Doombuggies Spook Show! It's been a while (the last episode was several months ago), but this more than makes up for it.

Doombuggies.com is, as you may know, a model fansite and probably the oldest really, really good Disney fansite. Like a lot of people, I came upon the website at a time when I wasn't a big fan of Disney parks. And like a lot of people, I give at least partial credit for my current Disney Park fandom to Chef Mayhem, the owner and proprietor, for continual enthusiasm and excellence in showing what Disney attractions are capable of. (His similar site for Pirates of the Caribbean is also good, but not nearly as deep or wide-ranging.)

If you like the Haunted Mansion, but aren't familiar with this site, you should of course spend a few hours in its winding passageways, but the first thing you should do before that is buy their audio drama, "Nuptial Doom." It's just a buck, and well worth your time.

So the podcast in question is, in particular, about The Haunted Mansion in all its incarnations around the world. (The fifth episode features an interview with Imagineer Rolly Crump, who helped design huge chunks of the attraction, along with several hundred other important Disney things.)  But in general, it's also about horror and Halloween and other scare attractions too. I feel like the new episode is a good representation of the breadth of the podcast, but there's another reason I've chosen to link you directly to it.

Mr. Mayhem had the opportunity to interview several Disney voice actors, including the second-most-famous Ghost Host Pete Renaday, and managed to talk them into reenacting the fantastic old LP The Story And Song From The Haunted Mansion. I'd heard the raw version of this recording on Mr. Mayhem's other podcast Mousetalgia a while ago, but this version is more tightly edited and adds a lot more atmosphere and sound effects.

If you care about The Haunted Mansion or Disneyplaces in general, this podcast is highly recommended. If you're a general horror or Halloween fan, it's also recommended for you. If you don't care about any of those things, I thank you for reading this far, and kinda wonder if you have too much time on your hands.