Thursday, April 24, 2014

Horror Host 2013 Retrospective: Dr. Ghoulman


Dr. Ghoulman

Real name: Fred Mils

Years active: 1958-1959, Texas

 


While Gorgon the Gruesome was still on the air, another host made his debut soon after. Dr. Ghoulman, played by college student Fred Mils, made his debut in 1958 on K-PAC TV. Hosting his version of Shock Theater in the Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange markets, Dr. Ghoulman was until fairly recently  considered a lost host. Sadly there are only stills of the man. Any video recordings are still lost. From the stills suggestions, Dr. Ghoulman seemed to be more goofy than scary, but the exact context is unknown.

As mentioned before, finding hosts from before the advent of home recording is a tricky business. If not for the hard work of the website Terror from Beyond the Daves, Dr. Ghoulman may have gone unnoticed.

Fred Mils passed away in April 2013.

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