{"product_id":"american-scary-conversations-with-the-michael-monahan-9798887718019","title":"American Scary Conversations with the Kings, Queens and Jesters of Late-Night Horror TV Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLon Chaney Famously Observed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There's Nothing Funny About a Clown in the Moonlight\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLon Chaney Never Met a Horror Host\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Dawn of Broadcasting, Horror Hosts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlickered on the Murky Fringes of Television.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the release of Universal's SHOCK! Movie Package in October of 1957, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese Graveyard Gadflies Exploded Out of the Shadows and into\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Nation's Living Rooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Monahan and Sandy Clark spoke with the Pioneers of this Distinctly American Genre and came away with Stories that reach far beyond the Restrictive\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrame of the TV Screen, and Root themselves Deep in the Heart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof American History and Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The place to begin when examining the horror host phenomenon is Michael Monahan's American Scary. Conversations with the Kings, Queens and Jesters of Late-Night Horror TV. Monahan loves and understands the genre, and his interviews, including his interview with Vampira, are an amazing archive of television and horror history.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- W. Scott Poole, author of Vampira - Dark Goddess of Horror\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is an indispensible chronicle of the local ghost hosts and friendly phantoms that beckoned young and old alike into the dark ride...a séance, resurrecting voices from a bygone era that still have the power to frighten and delight\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Heath Holland, Cereal at Midnight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Monahan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798887718019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e BearManor Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Michael Monahan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47452909830399,"sku":"9798887718019","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5cd2f7d4-1d8f-4932-b565-0a98a3739691.jpg?v=1761931211","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-scary-conversations-with-the-michael-monahan-9798887718019","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}