Graves & Ghastly

[Mousetoescamper]

The family plot is in a cemetery near my home.

[Diamond_Dog]

1. Oooooo that is a creepy image!

[Mousetoescamper]

3. Naw. I think it's warm and fuzzy, like a sweet little puppy ;-)

There's an Ohio connection to the title. Do you recall watching the scary-movie show "Sir Graves Ghastly" on Saturday afternoons? I watched the show when I was a teenager and living near Washington, D.C., during the early '70s. The actor who played and created the character SGG was Cleveland native Lawson J. Deming. The show also played on a Cleveland station.

[Diamond_Dog]

7. I confess I never knew of that show or the actor.

[Mousetoescamper]

10. Did you watch any of the Pittsburgh stations?

You might remember watching Chiller Theatre with Bill "Chilly Billy" Cardille on Saturday nights.

[Diamond_Dog]

15. Sorry, no!

I remember Houlihan and Big Chuck on Cleveland TV on Friday nights and that’s all.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Wonderfully creepy, my dear Mousetoescamper!

The color really sets it off!

[Mousetoescamper]

5. You say creepy. I say macabre ;-)

You aren't going to diss me for the "colorization"?

Thanks, Peggy.

[Deuxcents]

8. I think the *colorization* makes the picture

[Mousetoescamper]

9. Bold colors made all the difference

"Colorization" was just a little dig at the photography purists.

[Wednesdays]

4. When I first saw the OP's headline, I immediately thought of this:

Sir Graves Ghastly, a staple on Saturday afternoon TV in Detroit when I was a kid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Graves_Ghastly

[Mousetoescamper]

6. I watched it while living near Washington, D.C., during the early '70s. See my response #3

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Thanks for posting the photo and link.

[HAB911]

11. Wonderful!

[Mousetoescamper]

13. Thanks

[HAB911]

12. In Tampa there was Dr. Paul Bearer

and Creature Feature https://drpaulbearer.com/dr-paul-bearer-photo-gallery/

Creature Feature, presented in later years as Dr. Paul Bearer Presents, was a TV horror movie series on WTOG in St. Petersburg, Florida, from 1973 to 1995. The films were hosted by Dick Bennick Sr. (November 3, 1928 – February 18, 1995) Bennick was born on 3 November 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina. He was an actor and director, known for Creature Feature, Shock Theatre and Fright Theatre. He died on 15 February 1995 in Winter Haven, Florida. As Dr. Paul Bearer, he hosted a different classic horror film every Saturday afternoon at 2 pm. Bennick created the character at WGHP in High Point, North Carolina, for the station's Shock Theater in the mid-to-late 1960s after his previous persona, Count Shockula, proved less than satisfactory.

[Mousetoescamper]

14. I'd like to see a national compendium of the afternoon and late night horror/science fiction TV shows

I checked the photo gallery which includes shots of Dr. Paul Bearer with Elvira, Mistress of the Night (Cassandra Peterson), Ozzy Osbourne and Grandpa Munster's dragster. I love this schlocky shock stuff.

[HAB911]

16. Well what do you know, just ran across this story

Dr. Paul Bearer, Tampa Bay’s horrible horror host, is back from the dead

https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/history/2025/10/21/dr-paul-bearer-st-petersburg-halloween-history-channel-44-florida/