Episode description

Every town has ghosts and the late George Romero is Pittsburgh's beloved boogeyman!

Romero still looms large there, and I was honored to visit the George A. Romero Archival Collection (1962-2017) at the Hillman Library at the University of Pittsburgh.

Horror Studies Collection Coordinator Ben Rubin sat for an interview and gave me a tour of the vast collection that documents his career through the ups and downs and how Pittsburgh became "the Zombie Capitol of the World."

I hope you like the show!

Special thanks to Ben Rubin and the Hillman Library at the University of Pittsburgh for their kind cooperation.

Movies Discussed:

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

The Amusement Park (1975)

Martin (1977)

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Creepshow (1982)

Day of the Dead (1985)

Monkey Shines (1988)

Tales From the Darkside (1990)

Two Evil Eyes (1990)

Night of the Living Dead (1990)

The Dark Half (1993)

Jacaranda Joe (short film) (1994)

Bruiser (2000)

Land of the Dead (2005)