Category: horror hosts

Horror Hosts, Part Two

Horror Hosts, Part Two

A break from the usual themes for the Halloween season: the second part of our survey of 40 years of  Horror hosts, this time the hosts of the 1960s and a couple years of the ’70s.

Included in this installment: Morgus the Magnificent, Sammy Terry, Chilly Billy Cardille, Ghoulardi, The Vegas Vampire, The Cool Ghoul, Svengoolie, and Sir Cecil Creape.

Also: Psychic Bee fortune-telling with Mrs. Karswell

Horror Hosts, Part One

Horror Hosts, Part One

Something a little different for the Halloween season: horror hosts and their evolution in the early years.  We’ll be doing a second episode (out before Halloween) rounding out our survey to include the horror hosts of the 1960s.

Included in this installment: Vampira, John Zacherle, Gorgon, Marvin the Nearsighted Madman, Tarantula Ghoul, The Old Witch, Raymond, The Mysterious Traveler, The Strange Dr. Weird, and more.