This Day in Halloween: DJ, comedian, author and late-night TV horror movie host The Ghoul, Ron Sweed is born in Euclid, Ohio in 1949 / Illustration by Caitlin Navo

Jan. 23, 2024

Ron Sweed is born in Euclid, Ohio in 1949. The DJ, comedian and author is best known as late-night TV horror movie host The Ghoul of The Ghoul Show that played on TV stations in Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and San Francisco in the 1970s. He died in 2019.

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