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The Beast with Five Fingers
Apr 28, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 4/28/26 |  The Beast with Five Fingers✨ | horror filmsfilm reviews+3 | — | Warner Bros.THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS | — | horrorfilm review+3 | — | 1h 44m 53s | |
| 3/26/26 |  The Leopard Man | Recurring guest co-hosts David Ullman & Chris Sahlin team-up to fill in for Jim, and explore the dark depths of The Val Lewton-produced THE LEOPARD MAN. | 1h 27m 44s | ||||||
| 2/24/26 |  Night Key | Come listen as Jim Towns and guest co-host Ian Bates from universalstudiosmonsters dig into this lesser-known Universal Boris Karloff thriller from 1937, co-starring Samuel S. Hinds as Karloff's nemesis! | 1h 38m 39s | ||||||
| 2/12/26 |  The Black Camel | Hosts Jim Towns and Chris Sahlin dig into the oldest surviving Charlie Chan mystery, Fox's 1931 whodunit THE BLACK CAMEL, starring Warner Oland and Bela Lugosi. | 1h 46m 33s | ||||||
| 1/28/26 |  The Most Dangerous Game | *SPOILERS* it's people. Jim Towns and David Ullman take a dangerous trip to Count Zaroff's Island to talk about this 1932 RKO thriller, which was made by much of the same creative team as KING KONG. | 1h 35m 14s | ||||||
| 1/15/26 |  The Giant Gila Monster | A sheriff and a scrappy group of small-town hot rodders match wits with a gigantic reptile in Ray Kellogg's indie masterpiece The Giant Gila Monster! Fan-favorite co-host Tony Salvaggio returns in our first episode of 2026. | 2h 08m 02s | ||||||
| 12/18/25 |  The Bishop's Wife | Please enjoy this little holiday gift from your friends at the Borgo Pass Horror Podcast- a bonus episode where Jim Towns and guest host Ian Bates discuss the very under appreciated Christmas film The Bishop's Wife starring Cary Grant, David Niven and Loretta Young, and co-starring classic horror stars Elsa Lanchester (Bride of Frankenstein), Sara Haden (She-Wolf of London) among other talents! | 1h 45m 53s | ||||||
| 10/30/25 |  The Fly | Happy Halloween!! In this year-end episode, Livio returns to discuss the Vincent Price classic from 1958 "The Fly". The film stars David Hedison, Herbert Marshall, and Patricia Owens. This is a late 50's classic that blends science fiction and horror together, offering a great and tragic story behind it all. Enjoy your Halloween this year and listen to us discuss "The Fly"! | 1h 33m 47s | ||||||
| 10/16/25 |  Abbott & Costello meet the Creature from the Black Lagoon | In this special bonus episode of Borgo Pass Horror Podcast, frequent co-host Chris Salin visits the LA basement podcast studio, and he and Jim record an impromptu episode about the 1954 Colgate Comedy Hour episode which brought Lou Costello face to face with the Gill Man, hot on the heels of the release of Creature From the Black Lagoon! | 24m 05s | ||||||
| 10/2/25 |  Terror By Night | Chris Sahlin joins Jim Towns down in the Borgo Pass podcast cave to discuss one of his favorite installments from Universal's run of Sherlock Holmes films... Terror By Night! | 1h 16m 30s | ||||||
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| 9/18/25 |  Supernatural | Ian Bates returns to the Pass to join Jim in a deep dive into celebrated actress Carole Lombard's only horror film: Supernatural! | 1h 28m 42s | ||||||
| 9/3/25 |  The Invisible Woman | A chapter closes, as the the Borgo Pass Horror Podcast reviews the last of the true Universal Monsters films still on the shelf: 1940's The Invisible Woman starring Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard and Charles "Charlie" Ruggles. Joining Jim on this episode is first-time co-host Bill Fleck: classic horror writer and blogger, and author of the books "Chaney's Baby" and "Chaney's Audition". | 1h 31m 46s | ||||||
| 8/25/25 |  Borgo Pass Horror Podcast AMA with Livio Merino | Get to know Borgo Pass Horror Podcast's #1 co-host, Livio Merino! | 20m 39s | ||||||
| 8/21/25 |  The Spiral Staircase | Recurring co-host Chris Sahlin introduces Jim Towns to one of his favorite gothic thrillers of the 40s: RKO's 1946 film The Spiral Staircase, featuring a great performance by Ethel Barrymore and a supporting role by none other than the Bride of Frankenstein herself, Elsa Lanchester! | 1h 46m 48s | ||||||
| 8/7/25 |  Fog Island | A large spooky mansion on an isolated, foggy island. A dramatic situation with allegations of embezzlement and murder. George Zucco. Lionel Atwill. All the ingredients that classic horror fans yearn for. A PRC production from 1945 features a fun, if not predictable story. Jim & Livio are your tour guides this episode to the ominous, and dangerous Fog Island. A good story, a good supporting cast led by Ian Keith - this is a PRC film that deserves the Borgo Pass treatment! | 1h 54m 17s | ||||||
| 7/23/25 |  Cat People | Returning guest co-host David Ullman teams up with Jim to discuss one of the most critically-acclaimed films The Borgo Pass has ever covered- 1942's The Cat People. | 1h 40m 02s | ||||||
| 7/9/25 |  The Last Man on Earth | Vincent Price stars in this first film adaptation of the Richard Matheson novel I AM LEGEND. Returning guest host Tony Salvaggio (Castle of Horror podcast / Deserts of Mars) joins Jim Towns to discuss this watershed mid-60s film and how its impact continues to evolve. | 1h 48m 33s | ||||||
| 6/28/25 |  Who Done it? | Regular co-host Chris Sahlin returns to help Jim solve the mystery of this radio-play thriller from 1942: Who Done It? stars Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, along with Borgo Pass favorites Patrick Knowles (The Wolf Man/Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man) and Louise Allbritton (Son of Dracula). Expertly directed by Erle C. Kenton (House of Frankenstein/House of Dracula), shot by Charles Van Enger (Phantom of the Opera) with music by Frank Skinner, this noir comedy rips along, and features some gre... | 1h 21m 25s | ||||||
| 6/12/25 |  West of Zanzibar/Kongo | Jim & Livio tackle one story across two movies - we cover the Tod Browning & Lon Chaney silent classic West of Zanzibar. We also touch on the 1932 remake, Kongo staring Walter Huston. Our main focus is on West of Zanzibar - a very modern and stylistic Tod Browning/Lon Chaney collaboration that also features Lionel Barrymore. While this isn't a supernatural style horror film, it's a dark thriller with many twists and turns. Enjoy the ride as the Borgo Pass travels West of Zanzibar! | 1h 52m 06s | ||||||
| 5/29/25 |  The Devil Doll | New guest-host Karie Bible, host of Hollywood Kitchen, pays a visit to the Borgo Pass podcast cave and lends her extensive knowledge to our analysis of 1936's THE DEVIL DOLL: a dark drag drama that mashes up revenge, voodoo and cross-dressing, starring Lionel Barrymore and directed by Tod Browning. | 1h 30m 36s | ||||||
| 5/19/25 |  The Blob | Castle of Horror's Jason Henderson joins Jim Towns to discuss the original 1958 THE BLOB, starring a 27-year-old, up-and-coming Steve McQueen. | 1h 51m 28s | ||||||
| 5/1/25 |  The Frozen Ghost | This... is the Inner Sanctum! Join Jim & Livio as they again travel into the mind of a man going mad with the thought of having murdered someone. This 1944 Inner Sanctum movie stars Lon Chaney, Jr, Martin Kosleck, Douglass Dumbrille, and Milburn Stone. Jim & Livio break down the story, performances, and production history in this episode. Yes, even you without knowing... can commit murder! | 1h 58m 11s | ||||||
| 4/24/25 |  Vincent Price & The Art of Living: Interview with Thomas Hamilton | On today's episode, Jim & Livio sit down with Thomas Hamilton. Tom made the documentary "Boris Karloff: Man Behind The Monster", and is now in production on "Vincent Price: The Art of Living". Tom shares with us stories of how this came to be, we discuss Price throughout his career, as well as touching on several other people that intersected with his life. Tom has a Kickstarter campaign out now for this project - check out the details, and enjoy the episode! | 1h 38m 56s | ||||||
| 4/17/25 |  Attack of the 50 Foot Woman | Writer, animator and top-tier Monster Kid Frank Dietz joins Jim Towns in the Borgo Pass podcast cave to discuss 1958's Attack of the 50 Foot Woman! | 1h 37m 25s | ||||||
| 4/3/25 |  Bluebeard (1944) | Join Jim & Livio as they once again travel to Paris and are witness to the crimes of the person known as 'Bluebeard'. Made in 1944 and directed by Edgar G. Ulmer (The Black Cat, 1934) and starring John Carradine. Carradine delivers one of his finest performances as the tortured, yet evil Gaston Morrell. The film also stars Jean Parker, Nils Asther, Ludwig Stossel, and Sonia Sorrell. What on the surface seems like a typical 1940's PRC quickie horror movie, it quickly turns to a fantastical... | 2h 09m 16s | ||||||
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4 placements across 4 markets.