About this episode

An interview with David Bertolino about his experiences founding Spooky World and his new book.

An interview with David Bertolino, founder of the original Halloween theme park Spooky World, & author of the new book Behind the Screams at Spooky World.

People in this episode

Host: Mike Snoonian

Guest: David Bertolino

Topics covered

• Halloween theme park
• interview
• book discussion
• horror history
• Spooky World

Keywords

• David Bertolino
• Spooky World
• Halloween
• theme park
• Behind the Screams

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SPOOKY WORLD

Books & works: BEHIND THE SCREAMS AT SPOOKY WORLD

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