Voodoo Podcast

A year-round destination for all things Halloween in Illinois, the haunt industry & more!

Voodoo Podcast is a arts podcast hosted by Michael Napoletano, with 39 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Michael Napoletano hosts Voodoo Podcast, a arts show with 39 episodes published.

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  Episode #5

  Episode 40 Featuring Nick Ciraulo (Chainz), Tyler Booth (Areoush), & Miles McCabe

  Jun 3, 20262h 13mS4

  Recorded on-site at Disturbia, Mike sits down with Nick & Tyler to discuss the changes at Disturbia & Basement of the Dead ahead of a very busy Midwest Haunters Convention for the sister haunts. Mike also talks to Miles McCabe of 5 Points Haunted House which will be another stop on the Thursday pre-convention bus tour. The McCabe Family have been a part of Chicago Haunt Builders & have also won ABC's: The Great Fright Fight before starting up their own professional haunt in West Chicago!

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  Episode 39 Featuring Vance Thoma (AKA Clint) & Dani Panik (AKA Eek)

  May 28, 20262h 7mS4

  Well... better late than never? April episode is here... kinda...Make sure you buy your tickets to see Clint at MHC as well as Eek even sooner at the Halfway to Halloween Blackout event at 13th Floor Chicago THIS weekend May 29th & 30th!

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  Episode #3

  Episode 38 LIVE From Transworld 2026

  Mar 31, 20261h 29mS4

  Mike is LIVE from St. Louis for Transworld 2026! The very first ever livestream podcast for the Voodoo crew featuring some familiar faces & some new ones! In the recurring guests department, Cade Cohen becomes the first ever back-to-back episode appearance as we just spoke to him back in January. He was excited to attend his first ever Transworld, so we bring that story full-circle. Eric Munson also returns to Voodoo to recap his season & talk about his trips in from Indiana as we last spoke to him in September. Kris Zahrobsky joins the podcast as well to talk about his latest adventures working for Transworld Live at yet another spectacular event! New faces include Antonio Cipolla who works at Disturbia like Cade & Eric. Tony goes into the creation of his character, his time at Basement/Disturbia, & also his first time here at Transworld! Also making their first appearance is Bill Youngs, who works as Disturbia Haunted House's engineer & welder. His career background & knowledge of engineering allows him to create some of the unique aspects that you see in the line & throughout the haunt itself! & last but certainly not least, Jesse Puglin joins us to talk about his future in Illinois after his extensive haunt career in Pittsburgh!

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  Episode 37 Featuring Cade Cohen (A.K.A. Shakes) & John Walker

  Jan 31, 20264h 56mS4

  Welcome to 2026 & Happy New Year everyone!!! 5?!?!??! FIVE?!?!?! FIVE HOURS!?!?!?Mike sits down to talk more Disturbia, but this time, from within the haunt walls with Cade Cohen. Cade creates haunt costumes & masks year-round while also acting as Shakes throughout the year when he isn't shredding the rails at the skatepark.BEAR WITH US!!!!We are about to dive deeper than Dimension X! Mike welcomes on fellow Illinois Media School Alumni John Walker, who specializes in all things film whether that be movies, television, or even creating works of art of his own! John & Mike crawl into the Upside Down for 3 hours to dissect the plot holes & unanswered questions of Stranger Things. Come for the Stranger Things, stay for the It: Welcome to Derry breakdown as well! Not to mention, we break down the upcoming movies & shows we are anticipating for 2026!

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  Episode 36 Featuring Zak Wenzel (A.K.A. Sparky) & Megan “Megatron” McIntyre

  Dec 29, 20252h 18mS4

  Welcome to a delayed season 4! Zak Wenzel joins the pod to talk about what is on the horizon for Blood Moon, Paranormal: his paranormal investigating team. With that, comes Project Limestone & life at the Old Joliet Haunted Prison. We are also joined by Zack‘s inmate teammate, Megan “Megatron” McIntyre. When Megatron isn’t living the 13th Floor entertainment lifestyle throughout even the off-season events, she is expressing her musical talents in Drum Corps which has Megatron traveling across the Midwest & even the country!

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