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EPISODE · May 20, 2026 · 56 MIN

Horror Movies: Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, and Their Indiana Connections

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Originally aired 10/05/2024. Indianapolis-based film historian and preservationist Eric Grayson, has been restoring a rare movie serial, "King of the Kongo", that starred Boris Karloff a few years before he became internationally famous as the Frankenstein monster in 1931. Boris Karloff's daughter, Sara Karloff, joins by phone from California for part of the show. Eric also shares insights about two silent movies starring Lon Chaney that were written by a controversial screenwriter from Noblesville, Indiana.

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