Muldoon Interview with Daniel and David Facchini
Monday, July 26th, 2010
“Dan adds the fact; I add the color.” David Facchini says with a laugh, in describing the symbiotic working relationship that he has with his brother Dan when they put together the book, Muldoon: A True Chicago Ghost Story, with their father, Rocco Facchini. On top of the fact that they are brothers, which creates a whole ‘nother layer of human dynamics, “The creative process and the learning process of how people work is different, you know. Dan works very linearly and I work outwardly.”
Dan, who co-wrote the book, explained his father’s particular aversion to using a machine to record his thoughts. “He wanted nothing to do with a tape recorder. Didn’t want to record himself talking. He couldn’t find his train of thought that way. He said that if he started writing it would start flowing.” Interesting point to ponder when you understand that this all started as an oral tradition of Rocco Facchini regaling his sons and their friends with Muldoon ghost stories, especially around Halloween.
The book was four years in the making, from 1999 to 2003. “There was a lot of road blocks that came up but we got over them.”
