Voodoo Podcast

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...

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!

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 Munso...

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!...

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-s...

This is what we have all been waiting for: the heart of haunt season! Relive one of the most iconic horror movies with Chicago Haunt Builders' very own Chad Stechly's Jaws-themed yard display in honor of the 50th anniversary of the classic. Stay tuned for the #50 DJ in all of USnA, Disturbia Haunted House's very own DJ & haunt actor Sam Kalbfleisch!

Haunt season is in full-swing whether you like it/feel it or not! Let's dive into the minds of two very SELFLESS gentleman in the haunt world. Both Eric & Jacob are some of the kindest people you will meet, but that doesn't mean they don't absolutely kill it by scaring the pants off customers & holding a menacing stature in their respective queue lines! Eric Munson:Instagram: @...

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Midwest Haunters Convention is already passed us & 2025 is moving so fast! Next thing you know, it'll be haunt season! Before we get to that, let's slow things down & recap the chaotic weekend that is MHC! Rachel Dumblauskas of Disturbia & Basement of the Dead Haunted House recaps her recent stardom from winning the MHC Costume Party Costume Contest for her INCREDIBLE Summer-pi...

Let’s uhhh… pretend that this says May…It’s been a crazy busy time leading up to Midwest Haunters Convention, but Mike still had some time to sit down with two timely guests! First up, it’s Dalton James Verway (AKA Emily)! Dalton is the recipient of the 2023 Jim Warfield Acting Award & will be reprising his role as Emily at the MHC Friday Night Haunt Tour as Abandoned Haunted House Complex ope...

Mike sits down with Chicago Haunt Builders Rudy Durand & his daughter Sophia. Both are the masterminds behind Corroded Souls, a home haunt in Plainfield, IL that has recreated the “clickers” or fungi-infested zombies from the video game & tv series The Last of Us. Sophia’s talents in graphic design allow her to recreate movie-like quality on the clickers while Rudy takes inspiration from a...

In 2018, Sherry Essany welcomed Voodoo into the Chicago Haunt Builders… multiple CHB Shindigs, MHCs, and 29 podcast episodes later and the rest is history. Sherry takes that same approach with her home haunt, Dead End Cemetery in Roselle. It is extremely detailed, incredibly well-lit, filled with terrifying props, but just also just as welcoming as she is! Be sure to pay Dead End Cemetery a visit...

Ah yes February! A time for love, affection, Valentine's Day haunted houses & prepping for Transworld!!! Tyler & Alex sit down with Mike to discuss the Old Joliet Haunted Prison, HellsGate Haunted House, Tyler's company: The Nightmare Forge & so much more in this couples edition of the Voodoo Podcast! YouTube: https://youtu.be/Z_7jTK4R5Mg?si=Qxsv7cmfqXrnD8YH Apple Podcasts: htt...

We now have a video version of the Voodoo Podcast: https://youtu.be/02zNIPhVLaQ?si=NqTw6qeLi9JIT77d The wonderful & talented Karli Craig joins the show to talk about her haunt career, circus acts, skate tricks, artwork & much more! Mike interviews plenty of familiar faces at the 10th Annual CHB Shindig all a part of the January episode highlighting the happenings at the start of the 2025 h...

Mike talks to The Nightmare Haunted House’s Michael Peters, Bella Maioli, and Alexis Williams about their upcoming production of Silent Night: a Christmas-themed home haunted house. This is a collaboration with Adam Brandon Cygan and Horror on Highland to create something unprecedented in the haunt industry. Be sure to make it out to  1314 Highland Avenue Lockport, IL on Saturday, December 7th fro...

Mike & Matt recap their haunt seasons guest acting as Rivetz & the home haunt season at Greenbriar (00:37:27). Mike checks in with some veteran Voodoo crew members in Mark (00:00:00) & Jesse (03:00:31). Jim Warfield Award Winner Tiela Halpin-Moss joins the show (01:53:05) to talk about the award-winning year at HellsGate as well as her tenure with Zombie Army Productions! Welcome to th...

IT'S FINALLY OCTOBER!! HAPPY HAUNTING EVERYONE!! At the very end of the second season of the Voodoo Podcast, Mike has the opportunity to talk to the incredibly creative minds behind HorrorProps: Dave & Aubrey Appel. The couple are also well-known for their home haunt, Infested Oaks, & all of their homemade, yet movie-quality props on their front lawn. In this interview we cover everything...

2024 HAUNT SEASON IS HERE!!!! Mike has the chance to break down what it takes to make the incredible Chicago Haunt Builders' List with the very people responsible for constructing the monstrosity. Amanda Stolarski, April of The Kozy Kauldron, & recurring guest Jim Slanker explain the process of organizing the Chicagoland home haunts into one consolidated spreadsheet & then into a list...

Mike is privileged to be joined by one of the most notable & iconic characters in all of the haunt industry: Fluffy! The man behind the mask, Jeff Walker, does a deep dive into his haunt career starting with his parents’ nonprofit haunt, to starting as a stilt actor, to creating Fluffy at Fear at the Pier & taking him to Statesville & HellsGate! Walker also talks about his talents of w...

First up, an interview with Chicago Haunt Builders, Mike Lesh and Sara Janiszewski who are the owners and operators of Oak Lawn Haunted Barrens. Through their creativity and ingenuity, they have started their own business called Home Grown Bones in-which they create custom foam mold wall panel designs. The business and the haunt are tied to an animal shelter that they donate to  and have adopted t...

Co-hosts Matt Nausid and Mike Napoletano sit down to recap Midwest Haunters Convention with Chicago Haunt Builders' very own Jim Slanker of Canyon Trail Cemetery. Jim & his wife, Dawn, help the CHB group connect with TransWorld & MHC to host shindigs, breakfasts, pop-up haunted houses on the show floor & even t-shirts! The boys got a chance to hear Emma Parker of Voodoo on Vassar's tak...

With Midwest Haunters Convention fast approaching, Mike gets the chance to sit down with Disturbia's very own Laney Shafer (AKA Spike). Laney also marks the first full-time stilts actor that has been on the podcast, so we get a deeper dive into what it takes & also what to expect at the Thursday Pre-Convention Bus Tour at MHC when the tour starts with Brunch at Disturbia! Mike also chats with,...

MHC, CHB, HHC & more acronyms! Mike sits down with Kriz Zahrobsky of Haunted House Chicago to talk about Transworld, Midwest Haunters Convention, & the origins of traveling & reviewing haunts with Kris's company Haunted House Chicago. Matt Nausid of Greenbriar Cemetery jumps back on amidst baby-prepping to give this month's Haunter's Hack on height. Chicago Haunt Builder &a...

Mike gets a chance to sit down with the flint rod-sparking, santa costume-wearing, motorcycle-riding, fire-breathing, Most Interesting Haunt Actor in the World ("Most Interesting Man" was taken): Slider Jesus! From working at D.E.A.D Rising, to Statesville, HellsGate & some of the top haunted attractions in the country, Slider (aka Cody) has practically done it all! Don't miss th...

Thank goodness for a leap day huh? The February episode comes to you late but with two incredibly insightful & fun interviews. The first are Chicago Haunt Builders & former Lombard Jaycee's Haunters James & Melanie Schiffer who run their home haunt, Schiffers' Haunted Insanity, in Downers Grove, Illinois. Then, Mike talks with Terry Mannix of the Lost Souls Chicago Bus Tour tha...