Remembering Ron Sweed, The Ghoul

[@keithbrown797]

Thank you Ghoul for so much Joy.

[@TYoungPhDRRT]

The Ghoul!! I remember watching him on Channel 50 back when I was a kid growing up in Detroit. What great memories. A simpler time with such terrific local entertainment. There isn't anything like the Ghoul anymore. RIP Ron...you will have a special place in my heart.

[@JohnSmith-el6lk]

Same here, grew up near Van Dyke and I-94 Loved the Ghoul !

[@Mike-h1q9j]

Me too. Utica

[@TheDarinw40]

I remember watching him on channel 50 as well live near Ann arbor growing up

[@dhit6277]

Watched the Ghoul all the time in Detroit in my early teens. R.I.P. He was crazy but great so creative!!!! They don't make them like that anymore.

[@lorilori3]

Great memories! RIP Ron Sweed, and thank you!

[@dannylee1987]

I was a teenager in the 70s and watched the Ghoul every sat night ! RIP GHOUL 🖤

[@vinnievintage7725]

Passing away on April 1! Really? Way to go Ron. Always the entertainer. The end of an era for sure. You will be missed!

[@thegrandmasabrina]

The Ghoul and Big Chuck were part of my "tween" years! RIP Ron Sweed

[@jivepatrol6833]

I used to watch The Ghoul as a kid on WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit. Mr. Sweed was hilarious and we couldn't wait for the show to come on to see what he had "cooked up" for the night! RIP Mr. Sweed.

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

Rest well in that Parma in the sky my leader. I will never forget you.

[@burythebone9816]

Loved Ron in Detroit R.I.P

[@richardtaylor8595]

I grew up the with Ghoul . Me and my brothers would build car models and then blow them up, all thanks to the Ghoul.

[@pinkfreud62]

Sad. Used to watch him as a young girl in the early 70's on Sat. nights with my aunt. She is only 2 yrs older than me, so we both enjoyed the same things. And creepy, scary movies were so much fun to watch with the Ghoul. And of course, we all had to wear sunglasses like him, too, lol. Love the Ghoul! R.I.P.

[@richman61]

i remember back when I tried to "tune" him on tv62. literally you had to tune or adjust the tuner to dial in his show. I made the best of it just to watch his show. those crazy movie breaks... rip Ghoul

[@philipdefibaugh7127]

The BEST horror host ever THE GHOUL RON SWEED!!!!!!

[@robr5786]

Rip Ron,some of my earliest memories

[@allmine853]

I was allowed to watch on saturday nights. Windsor across from Detroit. I was a huge fan and of course had everything memorised. saturday nights were for the ghoul

[@markstutz3822]

Thank God for The Ghoul and UHF in Akron Ohio!!

[@ROCKnROLL1406]

After his Initial stint in Cleveland in the early 70's, The Ghoul returned to Cleveland airwaves in 1982. that was short lived and then returned yet again in 1998.....

[@midnightrider7648]

Growing up in Cleveland i got a big kick out of watching the ghoul blow up things with firecrackers. That was in the late 60's or early 70's.

[@Blacksheepishot]

Ron's ghoul was the real deal. we loved all his stuff but my little sister would sometimes cry when ever froggy got the bad end of the deal. that ghouldini character was the most fun to watch week after week. Goodbye Ron S-(weed) I knew you were high on something?

[@jimmysaloka6935]

I remember here in Detroit watching him at night. Laughing and having a good time. I will miss him greatly. My friend To Paul has tons of tapes he shot of him from both Ghoulardi fest. I used to have an original bottle of turn blue Ghoul brew. Then got the one's in the clear bottles. I had both Froggy Sqezzins and Ghoul brew. All signed by him. Also had a pink flamingo signed by him as well. Check out Paul Muczynski on Facebook and a lot of his photos of the Ghoul.

[@evilgeniusentertainment]

Glad you guys put this up; thanks for posting this. Our video tribute to the Ghoul from some Detroit area film-makers: @6Sv0

[@kool-aidcorncrap7880]

R.I.P Ghoul 😕

[@walterfechter8080]

Ernie ("Ghoulardi") Big Chuck, Ron ("The Ghoul"), Lil' John, Bob ("Hoolihan") and the rest -- man, DO WE miss ya! Countless thanks for the mayhem, memories, bad movies, and laughs! You guys are legend!

[@briansteinmacher5811]

I remember him...love it!

[@jackgrattan1447]

"Roll the film, Julio..."

[@jeffreywarrenyoung6054]

I haven't thought about The Ghoul in many decades But I am just mourning his lost He was an important part of my life & youth...Gods speed Ron Gods speed RIP The GHOUL..

[@olentangyriver1191]

I miss him

[@cindylanonda9872]

R.I.P.

[@hatfm]

Man, i remember the Ghoul as just a constant presence in my childhood.

[@Steve-mp7by]

I was a little kid and the only person in my family who liked him. The satirical humor went over their heads

[@newcars11]

Great Man

[@zzubuzz]

Another Detroit area fan, I was one of the 15/16 year olds that watched it and my friends did too, never missed it. I keep searching here for any parts of the movies I faintly remember but don't find any of them even in part. Maybe if somebody with the original tapes could put them into a box set they'd rake in some dough.

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

I loved all the sound effects he used, on the show. My favorite was, "Hey, hey...THOOOY!!!" I would give much to get the sound effect for myself.

[@gkprivate433]

oh. watched this as a kid. Channle 56 UHF out of Boston, MA Cambridge. Usually staying over at a childhood friend's house Joe Dargy. The brain that wouldn't die, and others. I also remember one musical they did, goofing on the then Nixon, watergate stuff. It rhymed really well and I remember one part in pieces,... With Halderman, erlichman, Mitchell and Dean!

[@deathandrigamortis7394]

He will be by Detroiters ! R I P

[@mrmusic248]

Overdey !!

[@youtold7727]

I was 12 years old the last time I went Halloween and I went as The Ghoul.

Stay sick! Turn blue! Scratch glass! Climb walls! But, most importantly of all - do it while you can, but DON'T GET CAUGHT !!! RIP Ron. (So long, Spencer & Mongolia)

[@jefharper3954]

StClairShores, MI...Channel 50; then Channel 20; then Channel 62...

[@oneoverx6621]

Ghoul power!

[@phylliselizahb1041]

Why my brain perceives reality like it does!

[@DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL]

The Ghoul's reign permeated all Ozones, even to Minnesota. He will forever be My King, My Leader. (P.S. Froggy Sucks!)

[@Sbrabson04]

😞

[@beauwalker9820]

He was before my time, but I discovered clips of him on KZbin abusing Froggy the Gremlin which I found amusing. Good night, sweet crazy prince of madness.

[@DetroitHomeInspector]

The Ghoul used to scream "Parma" a lot. Was that a reference to Parma OH? I think they were all from that area.

[@joeklimko8339]

Ghoul power rules for everyone firecrackers and Halloween pumpkins getting blown up every Halloween night grade school days the Ghoul made us better kids with a little more time to play the Ghoul we all where the Ghoul at heart RIP Ghoul

[@ryanmichael1298]

What happened to Son of Ghoul?

[@royalteancupajoe9293]

We are doing a non-profit documentary on Ron Sweed The Ghoul. We would like to use your footage. We are doing interviews with anyone that wants to share. Thank You.

[@DanTDrac]

I met him and his stunning wife when Ch 61 was part of the MDA telethon. He was an accomplished ventriloquist with his "buddy" Clem O'Hare. He was easy to talk with until he put on his Ghoul garb, and then he became an arrogant prick.

[@eyetineetee]

Maranantha

[@DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL]

Plunk your magic twanger ober day!

[@tonyamorgan5085]

Ike Morgan and Debby Cobb Morgan.

[@daviduruski7848]

Loved the guy,met him at a holleween party he was doing, he was a jerk,jersey, kinda disappointed

[@eyetineetee]

Maranantha