253: Halloween Trivia: Marketing Fails

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🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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It's time for some seasonal trivia about misguided Halloween promotional campaigns! Gentle content warning for this one- they're 2000s/2010s style corporate misfires, and they go exactly as well as you'd expect. This episode is sponsored by Omaha Steaks! Go to https://OmahaSteaks.com to get 50% off sitewide, plus an extra 20% off select favorites and more limited-time deals during their Early Black Friday Sale. And use Promo Code DEADMEAT at checkout for an extra $35 off. Minimum purchase may apply. See site for details. A big thanks to our advertiser, Omaha Steaks! This episode is also sponsored by Rocket Money! Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster with Rocket Money. Go to RocketMoney.com/DEADMEAT today! SOURCES: https://activeinternetmarketing.co.uk/halloween-digital-marketing-campaigns/ https://awario.com/blog/halloween-marketing-campaign-ideas/ https://www.cracked.com/article_35685_the-time-halloweens-michael-myers-did-a-nike-ad-and-the-world-freaked-out.html https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/28/home-depot-pulls-controversial-scary-peeper-halloween-decoration-after-complaint.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/31/europe/mcdonalds-sundae-bloody-sundae-advert-scli-intl https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hershey-reeses-halloween-pumpkin-candy-lawsuit-judge-ruling/ https://www.techdirt.com/2019/04/26/today-bananas-copyright-law-court-urged-to-rule-that-banana-costume-is-not-infringing/ https://www.sott.net/article/305390-Assistant-prosecutor-in-West-Virginia-suspended-after-pulling-gun-on-fake-Halloween-spiders Order the Dead Meat 2026 desk calendar here! https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Golden-Chainsaws-and-Dull-Machetes-2026-Calendar/Dead-Meat-Productions-Inc/9781524892418 MERCH! https://deadmeatstore.com Website: https://deadmeat.rip WATCH OUR PROOF OF CONCEPT FOR OUR MOVIE, “Pre-Game”: https://youtu.be/o__XhcFS5Nc Get the Full Podcast RSS Feed! ► https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/deadmeat Dead Meat on Social Media: Twitter ► https://twitter.com/deadmeatjames Instagram ► http://instagram.com/deadmeatjames Tiktok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@deadmeatjames Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/deadmeatjames Reddit ► https://www.reddit.com/r/deadmeatjames/ Discord ► https://discord.gg/deadmeat Chelsea Rebecca on Social Media: Twitter ► https://twitter.com/carebecc Instagram ► http://instagram.com/carebecc James A. Janisse on Social Media: Twitter ► https://twitter.com/jamesajanisse Instagram ► http://instagram.com/jamesajanisse Practical Folks (James and Chelsea's other channel): https://www.youtube.com/practicalfolks MUSIC!! "U Make Me Feel" by MK2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week's episode is sponsored by Well Go USA's New Shark Horror, Beast of War, in select theaters and on digital, October 10th.
0:10.0	During World War II, a troop of Australian recruit sets out across the Timor Sea until their boat is sunk.
0:17.0	Now, a handful of survivors are left clinging to a shrinking life raft, fighting for survival against the ocean's deadliest predator, a giant hungry shark.
0:27.3	From director Kea Roach Turner and starring Mark Coles Smith, Joel Nancurvis, and Maximilian Johnson.
0:34.3	Beast of War is a gripping survival thriller you won't want to miss. See the terror unfold
0:40.0	on October 10th.
0:44.7	From Bloody FM, step into a mysterious shop where every object has a sordid tale to tell.
0:52.9	You have flunged so deep into the depths of despair.
0:55.9	Meet the antique dealer and a rotating cast of the best in horror.
1:00.8	I didn't believe in stuff like this. This wasn't real.
1:07.0	Daddy's head exploded.
1:09.0	Mike Flanagan, Kate Siegel, David Dasmulchin, Jocelyn Donahue, and more.
1:14.2	I don't know what you are.
1:15.5	And I don't know what's going on here.
1:17.0	Hun, don't go to the ninth floor.
1:19.3	I have something I want you to see.
1:21.6	Immerse yourself as the darkness is brought to life through interactive stories,
1:26.4	connecting you with the events in real time.
1:29.6	It is just so unbelievably fun.
1:32.5	Please don't kill me.
1:34.0	The antiquarium of sinister happenings and odd goings on.
1:38.8	No refunds.
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