Feb. 11, 2022

This Day in Halloween: Actor Bobby “Boris” Pickett, known for co-writing and singing "Monster Mash," is born in Georgetown, Texas in 1940. / Illustration by Leah Provo

Bobby “Boris” Pickett is born in Georgetown, Texas in 1940. The aspiring actor is known as a one-hit wonder for co-writing and providing the Boris Karloff impression in the 1962 Halloween novelty pop classic “Monster Mash.” Pickett died in 2007.