Muckey Landing

Virgil, Harmon and Aloysius hitch a ride all the way above the canal for a long-awaited pig roast that Harmon won on the radio.

When the Yoders, retired New York mobsters Nick and Sal, and Sal's cousins, the Capicolada brothers, all show up at the Market, Diner and Hardware Emporium at the same time to stock the lunch meat counter, war is inevitable, and Harmon and Virgil are00:26:58 caught in the middle! This is the long-awaited conclusion to episodes 4 and 5 — Lox, Socks and Two Smoked Bolognas and The Bologna Connection — so you might want to give those a listen again. Stick around to the end to hear why we've been on hiatus for a year and a half!

Cast and Crew

Mike Polo as Virgil Slatter

Join Virgil and Harmon to experience the unending excitement that is the annual Muckey Landing Christmas parade!

Muckey Landing is an award-winning comedy audiofiction podcast.

***Cast and Crew***

Virgil Slatter - Mike Polo

Harmon Truesdale - Bruce Leister

Psycho Bob - Dave Crown

Doral Bernstein - Patti Gatto

Additional voices - Chris Polo, Mike Polo, Bruce Leister

Sound Design and Editing - Mike Polo

Sound effects by Pond 5

Written by Chris Polo and Bruce Leister

Directed by Chris Polo

After overhearing Muckey Landing's newest residents, Nick Costello and Sal Bambino, discuss an apparent murder plot, Harmon panics when the pair returns unexpectedly to the Market, Diner and Hardware Emporium. When the retired mobsters offer them a shady business deal, Virgil and Harmon are stuck between a rock and a hard place: saying no could mean running afoul of the mob, but saying yes means stirring up potentially deadly trouble with the local Amish!

Muckey Landing is a multi-award-winning comedy audiofiction podcast.

***Cast and Crew***

Virgil Slatter - Mike Polo

Harmon Truesdale - Bruce Leister

Nick Costello - John Zinzi

Sal Bambino - Steve Caporiccio

Psycho Bob - Dave Crown

Doral Bernstein - Patti Gatto

Sound Design and Editing - Mike Polo

Sound effects by Mike Polo and Pond 5

Muckey Landing is created, written and directed by Chris Polo

While Mike and Dixie work on editing our next full-length episode, we hope you enjoy Virgil's little summary of how election day went in Muckey Landing this year.

Bruce Leister and Mike Polo, of course, are regulars in our blooper reels; they're aided in this recording session from "Locks, Socks, and Two Smoked Bolognas by John Zinzi (Nick Costello) and Steve Caporiccio (Sal Bambino). 

Be sure to listen for Bruce's explanation of "bass fishing" and how John feels about being the only one stuck behind a curtain while recording! 

Music is by the consistently infraggable Jim Rezac — catch more of Jim at JimRezacMusic.com                                                                      

When a couple of new Muckey Landing residents show up at the Market, Diner and Hardware Emporium with strange accents and a suspicious shopping list, Harmon jumps to all sorts of conclusions.

Cast and Crew

Harmon Truesdale - Bruce Leister

Nick Costello - John Zinzi

Sal Bambino - Steve Caporiccio

Mitch Pohunk - Kevin Smith

Sound design and editing by Mike Polo

Theme song and incidental music composed and performed by Jim Rezac of JimRezacMusic.com

Sound effects by Pond 5

Outstanding Comedy Fiction Podcast and Best Theme Song, 2021 New Jersey Web Fest

Gold Listening Selection, 2021 Hear Now Festival

Selected by the 2022 New Jersey Web Fest, 2022 Miami Web Fest, 2022 Apulia Web Fest in Apulia, Italy, and 2022 Baltimore Next Media Web Festival.

As the nor'easter rages outside, we finally find out who -- or what -- has been outside screaming at Harmon all morning. When the intruder traps Harmon in the kitchen, Virgil is forced to call in reinforcements to rid the store of its terrifying visitor!

Cast and Crew

Virgil Slatter - Mike Polo

Harmon Truesdale - Bruce Leister

Psycho Bob - Dave Crown

Raven - Lisa Vest

Doral Bernstein - Patti Gatto

Luke Yoder - Will McVay

Uncle Yoder - Claude Warnick

Sound design and editing by Mike Polo

Theme song and incidental music composed and performed by Jim Rezac of JimRezacMusic.com

Sound effects by Pond 5

"Harmon Hears a Moo" was written and directed by Chris Polo

Muckey Landing - a Sort of a Podcast was named Outstanding Comedy Fiction Podcast at the 2021 New Jersey Web Fest and is a Gold Listening Selection of the 2021 Hear Now Festival.

In celebration of Muckey Landing's second anniversary, Mike Polo (Virgil Slatter, and also Muckey Landing's sound designer and editor), Bruce Leister (Harmon Truesdale) and Chris Polo (Muckey Landing creator/writer/director) sat down and talked about how Muckey Landing came to be. A bourbonized version of Virgil's wood stove coffee was also involved.

The first snowstorm of the season is a real nor’easter, so Harmon and Virgil settle in for a quiet morning at the store with Virgil’s “special” coffee and a fire in the wood stove. The morning is soon complicated by a disturbing noise that has Harmon on edge, disturbing news for Virgil about his sister Vinnie Jean, and disturbing vibes from Virgil’s sexy sister Velma that have Harmon in a tizzy. As the storm grows in intensity, so does the mysterious noise — do Virgil and Harmon really want to know what’s waiting for them outside?

Our Cast and Crew:

Mike Polo as Virgil Slatter

Bruce Leister as Harmon Truesdale

Kristen Garramone as Velma Slatter Bellazamboni 

Written and directed by Chris Polo

Sound design and editing by Mike Polo

Stock media by Pond 5

Muckey Landing - a Sort of a Podcast was named Outstanding Comedy Fiction Podcast at the 2021 New Jersey Web Fest and is a Gold Listening Selection of the 2021 Hear Now Festival.