John Zacherle Scares Up Tales of His Seven-Decade Career as the 'Cool Ghoul'

Filed under: Spinner Interview John Zacherle never had his sights set on an entertainment career, yet his career as a Halloween perennial has lasted seven decades. Has he has palled around with Dick Clark during the early days of 'Bandstand' in Philadelphia, scored a Top 10 hit in 1958 with his gruesome limerick recitation 'Dinner With Drac' and has become woven into the Halloween pop-culture fabric as the macabre host of horror movies on Philadelphia and New York television stations. He even ...

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