Borgo Pass Horror Podcast

Jim Towns and Livio Merino

Hosts Livio Merino from Kansas City and Jim Towns from Los Angeles humbly bring to you thorough, exciting, and fun reviews of all your vintage horror movie favorites. Our #1 focus, besides having a total blast talking about horror, is researching and delivering to the listeners little known and obscure facts about their favorite movies. The hosts have a special fondness for the Universal Studio films from the 1920's to the 1950's. This podcast is extremely interactive with the listeners thru social media, and are always open to movie suggestions and feedback!

  • 1 hour 46 minutes
    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.

    12 February 2026, 6:00 am
  • 1 hour 35 minutes
    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.

    28 January 2026, 11:00 pm
  • 2 hours 8 minutes
    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.

    15 January 2026, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 45 minutes
    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!

    18 December 2025, 5:00 pm
  • 1 hour 33 minutes
    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"!

    30 October 2025, 3:00 pm
  • 24 minutes 5 seconds
    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!

    16 October 2025, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 16 minutes
    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!

    2 October 2025, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 28 minutes
    Supernatural

    Ian Bates returns to the Pass to join Jim in a deep dive into celebrated actress Carole Lombard's only horror film: Supernatural!

    18 September 2025, 12:00 am
  • 1 hour 31 minutes
    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".

    3 September 2025, 10:00 pm
  • 20 minutes 39 seconds
    Borgo Pass Horror Podcast AMA with Livio Merino

    Get to know Borgo Pass Horror Podcast's #1 co-host, Livio Merino!

    25 August 2025, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 46 minutes
    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!

    21 August 2025, 6:00 am
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