Mischief Management

Mischief Management, LLC is a company that organizes annual fandom-based conferences, including BroadwayCon, GeekyCon, Con of Thrones, LeakyCon, and Obsessed Fest. Mischief Management and its’s founder, Melissa Anelli, have been surrounded by controversy following 2023’s Obsessed Fest.

Mischief Management, LLC
Founded2009
Websitewww.mischiefmanagement.com

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Events

BroadwayCon

BroadwayCon is a fan convention for the theater community, co-created by Mischief Management and Anthony Rapp,[2] which originally took place in January in New York City. Since 2022, as a result of the Omicron variant rising in New York around January, it has taken place during July and has continued to do so for the 2023 and 2024 conventions due to fan input.

Con of Thrones

Con of Thrones is a convention for fans of Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire, and the epic worlds of fantasy author George R. R. Martin. The convention began in 2017 and is holding its third iteration in 2019.

GeekyCon

GeekyCon targets the online fandoms of Doctor Who, Supernatural, Glee, Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Disney.[3] In 2016, it was announced that GeekyCon was on hiatus.[4]

LeakyCon

LeakyCon is a conference originally hosted by the Harry Potter fan site, The Leaky Cauldron.

Obsessed Fest and Controversy

Obsessed Fest is an annual True Crime festival put on by Obsessed Network and its owners: Patrick Hinds and his husband, Steve Tipton.

Obsessed Fest’s main attraction is True Crime Obsessed. , a podcast that recaps documentaries about crime in a comedic tone. Patrick Hinds is a co-host of True Crime Obsessed, and the primary host of the festival.[5]

2022

The festivals inaugural event, in 2022, was held in Columbus, OH. Many attendees provided more positive than negative feedback, however some did take issue with the accommodations for attendees with disabilities[6] .

2023

Year 2 took place October 20th-22nd, 2023 in Dallas, TX and has placed Mischief Management in the center of controversy forcing them to release a statement. [7]

It has been alleged that Mischief Management’s CEO, Melissa Anelli , is a long term friend of Patrick Hinds and his TCO co-host, Gillian Pensevalle[8]. In weeks leading up to Obsessed Fest 2023, an article about Patrick Hinds was published containing allegations of racism, misogyny, and work place abuse[9] titled Obsessed Pest

One alleged victim had contractual obligations to still attend Obsessed Fest 2023. In between her events, she claims to have been followed and verbally harassed in front of several attendees by another one of Patrick’s friends, and podcaster, Terra Newell. Terra allegedly continued to speak in front of guests about “wanting to punch” someone. When the incident was brought to the attention of the founder Melissa Anelli, she refused to remove Terra. The woman who claims to be accosted left the event early giving the reason as protection for her mental and physical safety. Dallas PD was allegedly contacted and footage of the altercation has been given to them. Witnesses and fans have speculated that Terra was not removed out of favoritism due to the friendships involved. [10]

This incident led to Mischief Management”s CEO, Melissa Anelli, releasing a statement and multiple hosts disputing it, including lawyer Rabia Chaudry.[11]

Information is still coming out regarding the incident.

Another large controversy surrounding Obsessed Fest 2023 involves claims that higher tier ticket holders did not receive everything they purchased.[12] and similarly to last year’s event, inappropriate treatment of wheelchair users. One complaint involves seating all wheelchair users at the same table at their Drag Brunch, and asking them to get out of their wheelchairs and into banquet chairs. [13]

Podcast “One Dry Kiss” released an episode regarding their experience: One Dry Kiss: Obsessed Mess, Mischief Mismanagement….

Podcast “Red Handed” released an episode behind a paywall regarding their point of view, which refers to the actions of the woman that was allegedly accosted at Obsessed Fest “pathetic” . See here at https://www.patreon.com/posts/91592480?utm_campaign=postshare_fan




References
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  2. Paulson, Michael (21 January 2016). "A Multitude of Fans, With a High Regard for Broadway". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-11-13. Retrieved 19 December 2018 – via NYTimes.com.
  3. "Can GeekyCon's Founder Change Fandom For The Better?". BuzzFeed News. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  4. "Dear beloved GeekyCon community". geekyconblr. April 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  5. "Obsessed Fest". Obsessed Network. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  6. JurassicLiz (2023-10-24). "When I went the last…". r/ObsessedNetwork. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  7. Bee_Pos (2023-10-23). "Statement from Mischief Management". r/ObsessedNetwork. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  8. "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  9. Renner, James (2023-10-06). "Obsessed Pest". Medium. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  10. ellynmarshnoreally (2023-10-22). "Hello! After months and months of being sent screenshots by the masses and refusing to join Reddit-I now have! Hello!". r/ObsessedNetwork. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  11. "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  12. crimedocs4me (2023-10-23). "​ https:…". r/ObsessedNetwork. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  13. Few_Recording6271 (2023-10-24). "Can we talk about the inaccessibility at P and S events?". r/ObsessedNetwork. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
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