The Weekly Guide: Svengoolie offers scary picks for Halloween weekend

The Weekly Guide: Svengoolie offers scary picks for Halloween weekend
Svengoolie. (WCIU/Jim Roche)
The Weekly Guide: Svengoolie offers scary picks for Halloween weekend
Svengoolie. (WCIU/Jim Roche)

The Weekly Guide: Svengoolie offers scary picks for Halloween weekend

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Horror host Svengoolie shares his love for classic horror movies every week on WCIU. So Halloween is obviously a big weekend for the guy who also goes by the name Rich Koz. We invited him in to give us our Weekly Guide. And he sure didn’t bring any of those boring hay rides or familiar trick or treat routes. But Svengoolie does start off the weekend in a place his longtime viewers might recognize!

Svengoolie’s Picks for the Weekend:
Roosevelt Road Zombie Walk & Bar Crawl
-Sat., Oct. 30
Franken Plaza Monster Bash-Sat., Oct. 30
Willowbrook Ballroom and Resurrection Cemetery searching for Resurrection Mary
Nightmare at 63rd Street Beach House

Svengoolie’s Appearances:

“Nightmare on Chicago Street”-Sat. Oct. 30 6:30-9:30 p.m.
The City of Elgin’s Halloween celebration.  Sven appears at the Hemmens Auditorium, hosts the costume contest, introduces The Rocky Horror Picture Show then makes a stop at Psychosis Haunted House.

Svengoolie hosts Halloween costume party at the Ole Lounge-Sat. Oct. 30 Midnight-1:30 am