Horrorlust Radio Episode #011
In episode #011 of Horrorlust Radio, I’m joined by Chop Shop creator, Steve Colwell.
In this installment of Horrorlust Radio, Steve and I held an in-depth discussion about Tod Browning’s Freaks. We also recounted details from our trip to the Motor City Haunt Club’s Haunted Garage Sale, observed the passing of horror icon Wes Craven and laid to rest an old favorite in Lost to Time.
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SHOW NOTES
Corrections: While Steve and I discussed the career of Tod Browning I accidentally stated that he was born in 1818 — that would make Browning a whopping 144 years old at the time of his death in 1962 which was obviously not the case. Tod Browning was actually born in 1880 and was 82 years old when he passed away.
This photo doesn’t include every member of the cast of Freaks but it was the most complete example I was able to find on the Internet. The mustachioed man center, back row is director Tod Browning to his right is Olga Baclanova who portrayed the villainous Cleopatra. The tall man in the back row is Henry Victor who played Cleopatra’s co-conspirator, the strongman Hercules. Front row, center is the Half-Boy Johnny Eck, not to be confused with the limbless Prince Randian who is pictured next to Eck on the floor.
The Hilton Siamese Twins also loom prominent in this photo, standing behind Prince Randian. To the twins’ immediate left is Daisy Earles who played the role of Frieda in the film but that does beg the question of who it is that is pictured on the opposite side of the photo standing in front of the pinheads, Elvira and Jenny Lee Snow. Harry Earles who was cast as Hans, one of the central characters of Freaks, cannot be found in this photograph. That is either Harry Earles in drag (which I doubt) or another member of the Earles’ Dancing Doll family.
A one of a kind photo for a one of a kind film.
From the Freak Show attraction at Terror Town, circa 2008.
The dried-up husk of a Fiji Mermaid.
The songs and audio clips featured in this episode are listed below in chronological order:
“A Nightmare on Elm Street” theme song by Charles Bernstein, 1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street Theatrical Trailer, 1984
“Carousel Ride” by The Midnight Syndicate (Carnival Arcane, 2011)
Nancy in the Bathtub from A Nightmare on Elm Street, 1984
“Freakshow” by Midnight Syndicate (Carnival Arcane, 2011)
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