In the jungles of Peru a mad scientist cracks and uses his experimental shrink ray on his unwitting colleges. Tune in as Chris talks Albert Dekker, technicolor, & true crime as the LSCE screens the Ernest B. Schoedsack 1940 classic “Dr. Cyclops.” Join us!
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