S16E08: Man Or Muppet | Boris Karloff
Trashy Divorces
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4.5 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Who better to feature on Halloween weekend than a pioneer of Hollywood horror flicks? Actor Boris Karloff is best known for his nuanced portrayal of Frankenstein's Monster in the 1931 film. But as Alicia relates, his private life was anything but monstrous - in spite of his six marriages.
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Alicia's Receipts
Boris Karloff: The Man Remembered, by Gordon B. Shriver (Amazon link)
Boris Karloff: A Gentleman's Life, by Scott Allen Nollen and Sara Jane Karloff (Amazon link)
A Brief Biography | The Official Boris Karloff Web Site (karloff.com)
Interview - Sara Karloff - Reflections on Boris Karloff - Cryptic Rock (crypticrock.com)
Boris Karloff - Hollywood Star Walk - Los Angeles Times (projects.latimes.com)
Boris Karloff - Classic Monsters (classic-monsters.com)
BORIS KARLOFF: THE MAN BEHIND THE MONSTER (themanbehindthemonster.com)
Every Christmas Boris Karloff dressed as Father Christmas and handed out presents to physically disabled children in the Baltimore hospital (thevintagenews.com)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, welcome to another edition of Trashy Divorces. My name is Stacey. |
| 0:05.9 | Hey, friends, I'm Alicia. Welcome back to the good podcast about bad relationships. We're really excited you joined us today. |
| 0:13.3 | Who do you have for us this week, Alicia? Often requested, it seemed like Halloween was the perfect time to do this, the trashy divorces, of Frankenstein's |
| 0:21.9 | monster, the Grinch, Boris Karloff. He is a Hall of Famer in his divorce count. He's got five, |
| 0:28.9 | but he's a Hall of Famer and our Trashy Hearts too. It's really a fascinating story, y'all. |
| 0:35.2 | It is. All tricks, no treats. |
| 0:41.5 | Lots of marriages, lots of divorces, lots of real estate, lots of spiderwebs. |
| 0:44.4 | I think y'all will love it for this Halloween week. |
| 0:49.4 | But before we begin, I have this magic mirror to give some big shout out. |
| 0:56.5 | And thanks to you for our newest supporters over at patreon.com slash trashy divorces getting ad-free episodes and bonus episodes. Join the community over there. We are so grateful to y'all. Stacey, who do you |
| 1:02.8 | see? Thank you so much to Paula W. Anna E. Lacey S. Amy O. New super supporter, Megan M. Holy cats. |
| 1:12.8 | Y'all rock. |
| 1:14.4 | But don't put that mirror down yet because I see a few other names. |
| 1:17.9 | So many folks who already have their ticket for our virtual live show |
| 1:22.0 | this Thursday night, November the 3rd, at 8 p.m. right here from Trashy Divorces headquarters. |
| 1:28.6 | It is not too late to jump on board and grab your ticket. Go to moment.com slash |
| 1:34.8 | trashy divorces to get yours. We can't wait to hang out with all of y'all this Thursday for our roller |
| 1:41.0 | coaster of trash candy fun. Until then, it's important not to confuse Boris Karloff with the character he created. |
| 1:49.9 | The two are very different manner Muppet. |
| 1:53.2 | Who can decide? |
| 1:55.2 | Let's go, go, go. |
| 1:56.1 | Music Alicia, you have a Halloween spookacular subject for us this week? |
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