BONUS - Halloween Haunts: The Horla

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BONUS - Halloween Haunts: The Horla

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Oct 7, 2022

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Our annual countdown to Halloween begins with the great Peter Lorre as a man haunted by an unseen presence. Lorre stars in "The Horla," an adaptation of the short story by Guy de Maupassant from Mystery in the Air (originally aired on NBC on August 21, 1947).

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Oct 7, 2022

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