1940’s Black Friday is covered this week. As Dr. Ernest Sovac makes his way to the electric chair, he recalls the events that landed him on death row. After placing brain matter from a violent gangster into the mind of a dying teacher named George Kingsley, Sovac watches his patient take on violent tendencies. When ... Read moreEpisode 64: Black Friday

We cover the 1945 RKO film the Body Snatcher this week. Boris Karloff is the dastardly titular character who goes to great lengths to supply Dr. MacFarlane with specimens for his medical class. This is the last film to feature Karloff and a sneaky, Shemp-haired Bela Lugosi together. This episode is sponsored by Fright Lights & Gravely Unusual ... Read moreEpisode 63: the Body Snatcher

A young woman driving cross-country becomes frantic when she keeps passing the same man on the side of the road. No matter how fast she drives, the man is always up ahead, hitching her for a ride. Get ready to catch a case of the spooks! This episode is sponsored by Fright Lights & Gravely Unusual Magazine.

The Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode Breakdown is covered this week. Jerky businessman William Callew is involved in a bad traffic accident on a rural road, that leaves him so paralyzed he appears lifeless, and when help arrives they think he’s really dead. Introduced and directed by the eternally droll Alfred Hitchcock. This episode is sponsored ... Read moreEpisode 61: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Breakdown

We continue our weekly October run with the Twilight Zone episode, the Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank. A young man wakes up at his own funeral and wants to know what the heck is going on. The townsfolk are glad to see him back, but they begin to wonder if he’s a man.. or something ... Read moreEpisode 60: Twilight Zone: the Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank

In the first of four weekly episodes for the month of October, we begin with Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Man From the South. A young couple meet a rich gambler in a bar. The gambler challenges the young man to a bet: If he can make his cigarette lighter light ten times in a row, the ... Read moreEpisode 59: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Man From the South

1933’s Murders in the Zoo is covered this week as chosen by Kevin. Dr. Gorman is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His bored, beautiful, much younger wife entertains herself in the arms of other men. In turn, Gorman uses his animals to kill these men. When a New York ... Read moreEpisode 58: Murders in the Zoo

Joan Crawford stars in the 1964 William Castle film Strait-Jacket as Lucy, who has been released from a 20-year stint in the loony bin for chopping up her husband and his mistress with an ax. Back out in the real world, her sanity is tested constantly. What could possibly go wrong? Featuring an unkempt George ... Read moreEpisode 57: Strait-Jacket

This week we talk about the 1947 Orson Welles flick Lady From Shanghai. A seaman becomes involved in a complex murder plot when he is hired to work on a yacht. He soon finds himself implicated in the murder, despite his innocence. Featuring a fantastic hall of mirrors segment.

The 1931 version of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde is this week’s topic. Respected Jekyll takes an experimental potion that transforms him into the brutish, violent Hyde. Mayhem ensues with some very uncomfortable scenes and pre-code shenanigans. This episode is sponsored by Fright Lights & Gravely Unusual Magazine.