My Dad met and befriended Telly when he came over to England in the 1970's. Dad said he was very much a strong man with a very gentle side to him. When Telly found out that Dad had 5 kids he would give Dad a bag of those famous lollies for us. We kept them on the mantel. They started off red and then went through several different colours including green yellow and black as you sucked them! For us kids it was the best present he could have sent us. Dad also said he was one of the most genuine people he had ever met and so if he says this happened to him then it absolutely did, no question.
I knew an actor who worked with Savalas. He told me that he was not only "a man's man," but a truly fantastic guy. Everyone on the set LOVED him. This is not a man given to lie. RIP.
I have never, in all my years, met anyone like him… I trusted him. I trusted his decisions. His decisions were his own. He was truly a man’s man. A gentle giant. He had a confidence void of arrogance. A humility combined with a personal power that was undeniably his own. I have the utmost respect for him. He was an amazing actor. An all around great guy who commanded respect
@@donalee2023 I loved McNeil and crocker in kojak too. Even today with much more new York movies under my hat. Kojak the series was authenticity authenticity authenticity. And fabulous screen writing.
I was on an Olympic flight, as a teenager, to Greece, and he was on the flight, in first class! So he comes down, to coach, and was talking to passengers, giving out autographs! As we were getting off plane, he sees a little old Greek grandma, with a bag. He ru s o er, takes it from her shoulder, takes her arm, and walks her out, to her relatives. Very sweet, gesture, and man..
There are tens of thousands of people across the globe now ever since this story that have been relaying things. NDE, OBE, Alien stories et cetera and they only speak about the telepathic communication Telly mentioned!
This is the single greatest ghost story I have ever heard. It just gives me the chills how he tells the tale. To think that this man too has now been in the ground almost 20 yrs himself!!!
@@rodericksloan1255 ouch I'm no snowflake!!! My father WOULD roll OVER in his grave if.... Wow ya know I just luv the luv of the people on you tube.. When I find it...💟👍✨🙌💃🔥🌼
He lived in the Universal hotel here in L.A. until his death. Someone told me a story that a guy saw him on the hotel elevator during the '90s and sort of startled him as he walked in. He asked, "oh, did I scare you?" "Kid, I ain't scared of NOTHING." I love it.
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Yep - used to see him there playing poker by the pool.
As a fellow Greek-American, I got and laughed a little when he said his mother was part witch because we Greeks are very spiritual and superstitious. Absolutely loved his story and the way he told it!
A lot of actors are good storytellers, it's like their doing a little one man mini play or something, like when he does the voice of the guy answering the phone at the bar, his facial expressions and gestures, etc. Adds a lot, plus it's a great story.
What a presence Telly Savalas had. His speaking voice was so wonderful. So many men in the media today speak with high pitched, effeminate voices. I kinda miss the "cigarette" voices of the older generation.
Funny you mention that, though...nothing to do with the generation you refer to, but if you listen to Don Johnson’s voice during the Miami Vice years, especially the first 2-3 seasons, it has the gravelly sound it does since he was a smoker; he quit sometime in the mid-80s, if I recall. In the years since, his voice, while not high-pitched or effeminate, has become totally devoid of any trace of that trademark gravelly edge.
A very intelligent, articulate, charismatic and charming man who's voice could penetrate right through you. Telly is a man who comes around every once in a century.
Okay now. Telly Savalas was/is first cousin with my mom. Same village near Sparta. His mother was my great aunt Christina - they say a contemporary of Picasso - as she was a painter, writer of poems and sculptures. This video made my day. And you can believe him as he was straight forward to the point. Thank you so much!
Don't know about average. Watching him often on late night Kojak repeats, rocking an expensive obviously hand tailored grey suit while his co stars are in 70's badly fitting brown... Ruggedly handsome. With charisma you could surf off. You don't need conventional good looks to have 'it'. These days it's only about the visual which to me is 'empty vase syndrome: nice to look at, nothing in it.'
@Gary Abusey not all women. I think that the people above are correct. It is the confidence. Just my opinion. Edit: BTW: I know several men who are gold diggers as well. I think that is a human trait among some people. ✌
That voice! I could listen to this man talk all day. Had he been around in the era of talking books and podcasts he’d have been even more of a gift to the world. RIP TS x
RIP Telly you were quite a man. You are missed and will never be forgotten. Like the last comment they sure dont make men like that anymore. God Bless you. Xoxo
He had such an acting range! He could be a deranged lunatic, a detective, a loveable family man...anything! Truly a man's man too! His brother, who was in Kelly's Heroes with him, looks Just like him only with hair! Lol. Love them both!
I have watched this quite a few times… it gives me the chills. I knew Telly and his mother… We had a special bond. No doubt that this happened…exactly as he said it did! Love him and miss him! R.I.P. Telly! ❤️🫂🙏
My Grandma loved Telly he sure was a classic man! She actually seen this episode sometime in the 90's and told me about it as a child. I can't believe I'm seeing it here, now.
Awesome story Telly!!!!! I totally believe you.ll!! I waited on you waaaay back in the late 80s at a restaurant called Valentino's in Charlotte, NC. We were so excited to have you come to our restaurant as it was a family owned establishment. You were the perfect patron. Very respectful to all the staff God Bless you Mr. Savales......wow, read the comments and just am now aware that he passed so to this I say ... RIP TELLY SAVALES A TRUE GENTLEMAN!!! GOD REST YOUR SOUL
@Chris JAMES so you were watching TELLY on the TELLY !! ~~ I couldn't resist! LOL! and yes it does send chills down the spine ! Be safe in the night brother!!
THIS STORY IS SO BELIEVABLE I've HAD TO WATCH IT TWICE. I"ve had a couple super natural events in my life happen that has left me completely speechless, and very open minded.
when I was 12, some times,at home, alone, down the hall I could hear what sounded like a sewing machine. I walk by down the hall, nothing. it happened several times. I think it was Grandma. she was a seamstress
I know what you mean! My mom had a music box in their bedroom in our old house that I grew up in. Every once in awhile, it would start playing on its own. And each time she'd make me go shut it off. I just thought it was a broken music box. When we moved to a new house years later, the music box stopped playing on its own. After I was grown, Mom said that Dad and she felt the house was haunted. They even saw a figure walking around once in their bedroom late at night. Scared the crap out of them she said. It's probably one of the reasons we moved. I have that box today in my bedroom. It's sat there for 40 years and has never played on its own!
Nothing dies, except the physical part of things. 2 Parts: 1) Onward to Heaven-Light. Spirit yet concrete. Flowers can’t be crushed. 2) Downward to Hell-unimaginable dankness. Unrepentant souls live 4-ever in Darkness. Separate, but not one, and the same.
The white castle in this story was on Springfield Blvd and Braddock Ave in Queens Village NYC.It was actually a "White Tower" restuarant.The on/off ramp to the highway Telly is talking about is just up the hill on Springfield.Gas station was removed from the Cross island Parkway 40 years ago.In those woods many times.
There was also a White Castle on Bell Blvd during that time as well and he would have to walked east on Northern Blvd to Cross Island Pkwy.. some input..
Oddly, someone claimed in this comment section that Telly initially claimed this occurred in Washington D.C. when he had recounted it on a show in the 1970s I believe it was. I don’t know if that is true or not.
That gave me chills....maybe because I was a Kojak fan when I was young and his character was a no nonsense straight shooter so it seemed real! R.I.P. Telly!! You are one of the greats in Hollywood history!!😎
This would be like a Twilight Zone episode. I have encountered unexplainable phenomenon like that. One was when I was helping my dad tear down an old dilapidated hospital that had shot needles everywhere, and on one night I heard a demonic voice coming from at the end of the hallway shouting "get out!" At first I thought it was a homeless person or someone trying to play a joke but there was no one there and it was regularly patrolled by the police. The second story was years later and my dad and I were in the basement replacing the floor when I heard footsteps from upstairs walking around, I said "dad, I think someone is here" he said "go and see what they want" I went to the top of the stairs and opened the basement door and leaned out and said "can I help you?" But nobody was there. Crazy stuff man I just said it must be Casper and couldn't explain it. To this very day it just makes me wonder what was going on in those places.
My family and I grew up watching Kojak he was the coolest Caucasian you would ever want to meet. He was a real man and he was a leader he wasn't no punk
@@nanettewhite8269 Truth. There are many fake or wannabe Apha males around today, but Telly was the real deal. He didn't have to prove a damn thing - he owned it and was totally authentic. That's what gives this ghost story such power. We believe him.
Lots of love here In The comments for this great actor. He must’ve been a great man also, judging by the amount of love he still gets from fans. After all these years.
There is more than we know. Everyone must open up- take the blinkers off, and trust that we are only one dimension; here for a short while to learn, and grow spiritually.
sunny sim Amen! We don’t even utilize but one third of our brains’ power. I had an experience that taught me about the dimensional concept you’re referring to. Can’t explain it to people who have made up their minds not to listen. But it’s true.
Look up a born seer who can explain how all of this is possible. You will have to copy and paste the name in the google and youtube search engine because if you don't spell it right, you will not find his channel or videos. He's being censored by the system. The name is astralboobaby.
I remember reading this similar account in a ghost story book over thirty years ago. The story of Telly Savalas' ghostly experience was titled 'Who haunts ya, baby?' It was was great to see the late great Telly Savalas actually tell the story to an interviewer on camera.
Some time ago, I had a shadow spirit in my apartment. I would see the spirit out of the corner of my eye. At first I thought I was seeing things, but I saw the spirit several times a day for nearly 2 months. The spirit was a vague shape of a person. The spirit seemed to be very shy and timid, but I never felt threatened or alarmed in any way. All the spirit did was watch me. I would look quickly at the spirit, and I could see it move behind a corner. I left home for a few days, and when I returned, I never saw the spirit again. I have had several other experiences that are considered spiritual, including a near death experience over 40 years ago. There are some things that occur, that we don't truly understand.
Far stranger stories than that have circulated--what Savalas witnessed is pretty tame and, in fact, he had absolutely no reason to fictionalize such a tale.
Great story. I believe it 100%. There are many mysteries in this life. I loved Telly. You could tell he was a lovely man and he had a beautiful speaking voice. God bless you Telly. With love from Ireland. ❤️🇮🇪
Telly Savalas was one of my favorite actors growing up, and the story was really good too. And I don't think Telly Savalas was the kind of guy that would bullshit somebody, ALSO : I have heard and seen of other hauntings of a lot of different victims murdered and suicides dying violently they do not rest
I remember hearing him tell this story many years ago. And coming from him, it was so believable. This may have been the show I saw him on. I never forgot this story!
I didn't see this interview, I had read about it in a book my mum bought me, for Christmas in 1985. She knew how interested, nay, intrigued I was/ am, about stories like this. I too, have never forgotten this story, I also find it most believable. My mum has been passed 8 years in November. I went to see a medium in 2020 & I was told a great many things, that only my immediate family will know & told plenty else that only a spirit that is with me knows. I sometimes smell cigarette smoke & I believe that that is when she is here (she was a heavy smoker). Sometimes I look for something & I can't find it where I left it. I then later, bizarrely, find it in a different room. I had strongly believed it before but now I believe much more than I did, that death is not the end. I believe it's just the beginning of another journey.
Hey, folks ... I am old. He told this story as a guest on the Mike Douglas Show about 1970 or 1971. As I remember it, he claimed the weird encounter was not on Long Island, but in the Wash DC area. But otherwise the same ... and I may be wrong. My girlfriend, her mother, and I all got the willies listening to him. For all 3 of us, it sent shivers up our spines. And this was 1970 or so, don't forget. He was not trying to get a book or movie deal. The Red Sox player was Harry Agannis. Who died tragically in the mid-1950s. A sports star.
Met Telly once when l was working in Knightsbridge (UK) in the early 70s, I was in my teens, he was a very pleasent man, and gave me a lovely smile. I certainly believe his story......
I've been searching for a man like Telly all my life. I meet many bald ones - but sadly, there the similarity ends! He wasn't just 'a man's man',t he respectful way he spoke about women showed he liked women too, as in genuinely appreciated female company and energy, not just in a sexual context. He really was quite a guy and what a spooky story. Presumably the dead man's widow who took his phone call could confirm it?
That "I'll give you a ride", scared the hell out of me since I as a kid in the 90's. Why would a kid get in a car if someone's voice literally sounds like a ghost from Scooby Doo.
Better than walking for who knows how long I guess?! Plus in those days I think it was common to just go for a ride with a rando. No mobile phones. You had to rely on community many times
Same here! I watched this when I was about 17/18 with my mum and I swear, I shit myself on the spot! That scene and voice... I've never forgotten it and I'm 48 now.
I believe this because the same similar thing happened to my dad when I was 13. He had a mate who had help strip cars at the local tip. He was an old bloke and dad had thought we'd just seen him in town. His 4X4 the lot parked. He then strangely told dad one of their mates had been back stabbing him and some other stuff they'd been conspiring. Dad thanked him and said "see ya" and then he said "you won't see me for a long time mate" and drove off waving. Next thing we knew talking to another mate the same day we found out he'd died 2 days before to telling us that. He was there real and all with his Hilux parked next to our Holden.
I believe him and consider myself similar in regards to my view on ghosts and superstition. But a few things happened. Once at a Padres game in San Diego when I was 13, for some odd reason, I decided to concentrate as hard as I could to make the ball slip out of the pitcher's hand. I had never seen it actually happen. On the mound was Eric Show. I was concentrating with all my might. He goes into the windup, begins his delivery, and the ball falls out of his hand straight to the ground. Another time my friends and I are in an elevator as teenagers on a vacation, we were talking about this guy who had been messing with us at the pool. I offhandedly said for some unexplained reason "Yeah, his name is probably Dustin Hodges." Total stranger in the elevator looks at me in shock and is like my name is Dustin Hodges. Shows me his ID. I don't know what compelled me to say that.
Some Psychic abilities it's sounds like to me. Exercise it and maybe help the police find missing people if you get really good at it. It can be your gift you have.
Well you people might want to go to a channel called Beyond room 313 which is one of the several channels of researcher and World traveler and writer Thomas Sheridan he is also an artist and the guy is a deep thinker... I don't always agree with everything he says but I really appreciate the amount of effort and work he puts into what he does . And in some more recent vids he's talking about how the city of Liverpool is supposed to be the most haunted place in all of the United Kingdom and he talks about these weird time warps and time shifts where people are in another era... and other weird things happening... and he did another video about Liverpool and John Lennon and that dissection John Lennon grew up in was known to be extremely extremely magical.. just thought some of you might be interested in looking at those videos . Several episodes that I loved on Celebrity Ghost Stories but am unable to track down here on TH-cam are the one of Alice Cooper talking about a place being haunted when they were up in the countryside of New York I think it was upstate New York , and then there is Richard Belzer who used to be on Law & Order... his episode on Celebrity Ghost Stories was very fascinating about him and his wife going to a village in England... and then the one by comedian , Jeffrey Ross is particularly touching sad and creepy... and the one with Joan Rivers talking about the place she bought in Manhattan was another fascinating one ... and one that was kind of sinister and scary was former football player who turned actor Fred Dryer.... regretfully most of these I cannot find here but there was one here with a woman who's played smaller parts and a number of films I : Ileana Douglas .. very good very good
RIP Telly. He always knew how to make a great character out of someone that he was portraying. Much respect goes out to you the late GREAT Telly Savalas 👍👍👍 sadly missed always
This is wild! Telly Savalas was not some nobody seeking attention. I believe him, and I can see why HE was haunted for life, I doubt that I'll ever forget the story.
Great to hear Telly's voice again re-telling this story! I loved him as Kojak and loved his version of the song "If" he was a very sensitive man with a lovely deep voice. RIP Telly "who loves ya baby?" Xoxoxoxoxo
What an incredible story and told with such conviction. I had my own personal experience once. I won’t go in to detail about what happened but like Telly’s, it wasn’t until after the whole thing happened that I realised there was no context into which I could put the event and it still boggles me to this day. What a wonderful actor. Greatly missed.
I'm fairly certain that the ballplayer Telly Savalas referred to was Harry Agganis. I recall my Dad telling me a story about how he died suddenly. It was in 1955. He was 26 years old. He died during the season purportedly from heart disease. Amazing how the dots can all be connected. Really amazing story. Thank you, Telly. RIP to you AND Harry Agganis.
Telly said that the story happened 58-59 years ago, and this tv series aired between 1993-1996. So the very latest that his incident could have happened would have been 1938 (which is 1996 minus 58 years). The oldest year it could have happened would have been 1934 (which is 1993 minus 59 years). So no, it was not Harry Agganis if Harry died in 1955, and I don’t know why you came to the conclusion that Telly’s incident occurred in 1955. Anyways, if you want to try to research which baseball player it actually was that died, you should be researching the 1930s - especially 1934-1938 if Telly’s memory is serving him correctly.
@@glamdolly30 I have never heard of someone shooting themselves in the throat to kill themselves - have you? I thought that part of the story was extremely weird and rather unbelievable. As a side note, the OP was wrong about who the baseball player was anyways (not that it was the baseball player who shot himself). The ball player who died would have died in the 1930s, not in 1955. Telly told us exactly how long ago his incident happened in this video (“58-59 years ago”), and this tv series aired between ‘93-‘96.
I saw "Mr. Telly Savalas at Universal Studios, I was on the tour bus going around back to see back of studios. And who drove up in a silver grey suit in a same colored nice car and he got out and waved at us in tour bus cat calling him. He will always be a stone cold fox with a very sexy voice. Gotta love his NY accent as well. Love you Telly always have and always will. xoxoxoxoxo Till we meet again.
Incidents like that happen all the time--they’re not all “bullshit” and Savalas had no reason to make it up. Believing him isn’t being “gullible” at all--the event certainly changed his life. That’s all that matters.
Your God, indeed. Actually, I’m not stupid at all and couldn’t care less what you think. And no “maybe” about it--these events happen all the time in your world too. They’re not all fiction just because you choose not to believe them--in fact, you sound more afraid of those incidents being true than skeptical. Welcome to reality--where sometimes you can’t explain everything away.
+Paul Huntington I never said that I totally believed it, but it did give me chills the first time I heard him tell it. Who doesn't love a good old fashioned ghost story?
Honestly thought I was just going into this to see Kojak weave a spooky tale and then "THE EXTRAORDINARY" title pops up and I'm like "WTF I forgot this show existed!" I use to watch this show every week in the late 90s. It was like Australia's version of Unsolved Mysteries meets Believe It Or Not. It was such a good show.
We never missed an episode of that show when I grew up in Sydney. This episode and the one of the bloke with that ventriloquist doll scared the living shit out of me!
My Dad met and befriended Telly when he came over to England in the 1970's. Dad said he was
very much a strong man with a very gentle side to him. When Telly found out that Dad had
5 kids he would give Dad a bag of those famous lollies for us. We kept them on the mantel. They started off red and then went through several different colours including green yellow and
black as you sucked them! For us kids it was the best present he could have sent us. Dad also
said he was one of the most genuine people he had ever met and so if he says this happened to
him then it absolutely did, no question.
Cool. I remember him in many movies. Did he live in England? Great actor
Lovely story ❤
Lovely story ❤❤❤❤ & what a Great Actor he was ❤❤😭😭 R.I.P LEGEND 🌈🕊🌹❤️XXXXX.
Who loves ya baby...🍭
Bullshit
I knew an actor who worked with Savalas. He told me that he was not only "a man's man," but a truly fantastic guy. Everyone on the set LOVED him. This is not a man given to lie. RIP.
I have never, in all my years, met anyone like him… I trusted him. I trusted his decisions. His decisions were his own. He was truly a man’s man. A gentle giant. He had a confidence void of arrogance. A humility combined with a personal power that was undeniably his own. I have the utmost respect for him. He was an amazing actor. An all around great guy who commanded respect
@@donalee2023 I loved McNeil and crocker in kojak too. Even today with much more new York movies under my hat. Kojak the series was authenticity authenticity authenticity. And fabulous screen writing.
Tesoro....era anche una persona bella...non avevo dubbi.Grazie di queste chicche.❤
Read about his lifeguard experience on his Wikipedia page. It explains a lot about what a compassionate person he is.
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 thank you I will.
I believe Telly was a very honest man and if he says this happened, I believe him. What an incredible experience!
I believe he experienced it as he was down to earth and not a fantasist. It is a very strange experience indeed.
Agreed….he has a great voice
Truly amazing
Vincent Price was helped by the same ghost
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I was on an Olympic flight, as a teenager, to Greece, and he was on the flight, in first class! So he comes down, to coach, and was talking to passengers, giving out autographs! As we were getting off plane, he sees a little old Greek grandma, with a bag. He ru s o er, takes it from her shoulder, takes her arm, and walks her out, to her relatives. Very sweet, gesture, and man..
What year was that?
You REALLY need to learn proper use of the comma. That was just ridiculous. lol
@@jeshkam 1978 or 1979....❤️
@@rickdaniels1789 Oops!!!!!!! 😜👍❤️
@@effiegerosfakinou454 😄
I don't think a man like Telly Savalas ever had to make up a ghost story. He came across very credibly. I believe him.
There are tens of thousands of people across the globe now ever since this story that have been relaying things. NDE, OBE, Alien stories et cetera and they only speak about the telepathic communication Telly mentioned!
Are you kidding he was well known to spin a yarn and he was good at it too
You can’t make this stuff up, it’s that incredible.
@@billb89 Yeah you can lol Its a ghost story . Most if not all are made up
@@ApothecaryGrant Yeah I agree but I've seen some stuff that can't be explained.
This is the single greatest ghost story I have ever heard. It just gives me the chills how he tells the tale. To think that this man too has now been in the ground almost 20 yrs himself!!!
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And he tells it so well.
Incredible story ,believe every single word he said,really is the he unexplained
Who loves ya baby!
Telly Savalas. They don't make men like that anymore.
Yea right and one thing for sure they certainly do not make women like they used to REAL WOMEN nothing like snowflakes like you.
@@rodericksloan1255 ouch I'm no snowflake!!! My father WOULD roll OVER in his grave if.... Wow ya know I just luv the luv of the people on you tube.. When I find it...💟👍✨🙌💃🔥🌼
Beautiful sexy man.
The word chai means tea, so your name is Tea Tea
They make them like that in Greece still
He lived in the Universal hotel here in L.A. until his death. Someone told me a story that a guy saw him on the hotel elevator during the '90s and sort of startled him as he walked in. He asked, "oh, did I scare you?" "Kid, I ain't scared of NOTHING." I love it.
Yep - used to see him there playing poker by the pool.
As a fellow Greek-American, I got and laughed a little when he said his mother was part witch because we Greeks are very spiritual and superstitious. Absolutely loved his story and the way he told it!
THANK YOU for clarification on what he called his mother as more than a few words rhyme with said word
Ha ha that's why they give as those pins as babies to avoid the bad eye.
His mother was Miss Greece.
@@louizakastelis2750 No viskania for me!
@@louizakastelis2750 That's pretty cool!
I remember Telly telling this story on British TV in early 70's. It has stayed with me 'til this day.
I,ll give you a gangsta ride G
Do you remember the program? It might be on TH-cam. I'd love to hear it again.
@@dhh488 It was a late night British talk show with Michael Parkinson or Terry Wogan. May have been as late as 1980's. Same story as above.
@@dhh488 The show is called "The Extraordinary" There are several episodes here on TH-cam.
me too,it was on Parkinson
It's such a delight to just listen to this man tell a story.
Agreed. Plus it was obvious Telly wasn't at all lying about what happened to him.
Mike S
I beg the differ.
+Damon Alexander Lewis how so?
Rami Dahud IKR...Telly is Terrific.
A lot of actors are good storytellers, it's like their doing a little one man mini play or something, like when he does the voice of the guy answering the phone at the bar, his facial expressions and gestures, etc. Adds a lot, plus it's a great story.
What a presence Telly Savalas had. His speaking voice was so wonderful. So many men in the media today speak with high pitched, effeminate voices. I kinda miss the "cigarette" voices of the older generation.
Most of them died young from cigarettes.
ya so right, men don't sound as deep voiced, these days, on TV or fims.
@@David_R922 All the non smokers have died aswell, though. The world's oldest woman quit smoking at 120, famously.
Funny you mention that, though...nothing to do with the generation you refer to, but if you listen to Don Johnson’s voice during the Miami Vice years, especially the first 2-3 seasons, it has the gravelly sound it does since he was a smoker; he quit sometime in the mid-80s, if I recall. In the years since, his voice, while not high-pitched or effeminate, has become totally devoid of any trace of that trademark gravelly edge.
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That’s interesting that it went away!
A very intelligent, articulate, charismatic and charming man who's voice could penetrate right through you. Telly is a man who comes around every once in a century.
Telly was a class act ...always. Wonderful, expressive actor. Great story teller, here. Love his voice too.
Okay now. Telly Savalas was/is first cousin with my mom. Same village near Sparta. His mother was my great aunt Christina - they say a contemporary of Picasso - as she was a painter, writer of poems and sculptures. This video made my day. And you can believe him as he was straight forward to the point. Thank you so much!
I didn't know Telly was from near Sparti? My family comes from Kaltezes, between Sparti and Tripolis. Cool.
@@heyfitzpablum cool name you got there
@@heyfitzpablum Yes Anogeia. I thought I sent you a message. I like your name,
I thought Mr Savalas was born in Garden City, out on the Island.
His parents were immigrants. Like so many back then.
He’s from geraka , my dad’s village near monevasia south of Sparta
Telly was a great example of an average looking guy who was attractive because of his confidence and personality. It goes a long way, baby.
A sign of endowment.
Don't know about average. Watching him often on late night Kojak repeats, rocking an expensive obviously hand tailored grey suit while his co stars are in 70's badly fitting brown... Ruggedly handsome. With charisma you could surf off. You don't need conventional good looks to have 'it'. These days it's only about the visual which to me is 'empty vase syndrome: nice to look at, nothing in it.'
@Gary Abusey not all women. I think that the people above are correct. It is the confidence. Just my opinion. Edit: BTW: I know several men who are gold diggers as well. I think that is a human trait among some people. ✌
@Gary Abusey : Not to all of us ... let me assure you .
And his lovely voice.
That voice! I could listen to this man talk all day. Had he been around in the era of talking books and podcasts he’d have been even more of a gift to the world. RIP TS x
I've always believed in this stuff I am connected and yes it does run in the family...
Tell me more please, more information. Are you here with a message for me?
Absolutely! I agree with you 100%.
@@meredithahern-tamilio4667 Everything is connected. No one ever really dies...only physically.
RIP Telly you were quite a man. You are missed and will never be forgotten. Like the last comment they sure dont make men like that anymore. God Bless you. Xoxo
Kojack baby
@Robert Gardea your just disrespectful and gross. You must be under 30
He had such an acting range! He could be a deranged lunatic, a detective, a loveable family man...anything! Truly a man's man too! His brother, who was in Kelly's Heroes with him, looks Just like him only with hair! Lol. Love them both!
Was this bald headed guy in Kelly's hero's?
@@larrythedoomguyintraining2706 Yes! 😊 Loved him in that!
I have watched this quite a few times… it gives me the chills. I knew Telly and his mother… We had a special bond. No doubt that this happened…exactly as he said it did! Love him and miss him! R.I.P. Telly! ❤️🫂🙏
How fortunate you are to have known him personally. He seemed like a " what you see, is what you get" kinda guy.❤
I watched this many times, aswell. Voice is Creepy.
This is so good. I love this story so much. Baseball player is Harry Agganis btw.
He wasn't sure of the exact date.
Harry Agganis, “The Golden Greek” died 6/27/55 at age of 26 from a pulmonary embolism.
@@a.h.7788 I'll give you a ride
The op is absolutely wrong. The story was about Hugh Casey who shot himself in the neck.
@@kataleenasmith9281 Telly never mentions the name that was obviously wrong. The geezer posting the comment didn't do his research correct
My Grandma loved Telly he sure was a classic man! She actually seen this episode sometime in the 90's and told me about it as a child. I can't believe I'm seeing it here, now.
Awesome story Telly!!!!! I totally believe you.ll!! I waited on you waaaay back in the late 80s at a restaurant called Valentino's in Charlotte, NC. We were so excited to have you come to our restaurant as it was a family owned establishment. You were the perfect patron. Very respectful to all the staff God Bless you Mr. Savales......wow, read the comments and just am now aware that he passed so to this I say ...
RIP TELLY SAVALES A TRUE GENTLEMAN!!! GOD REST YOUR SOUL
Absolutely brilliant! I have the greatest respect for Telly as an actor and when someone of his stature relates a story I listen.
For a super A list actor like Telly to recount such a story is incredible
Indeed his account is entirely credible even though I'm a major skeptic.
You don’t really die when you die. Love ya! Telly. RIP.
truth
It’s strange how people know this fact That life goes on after death…. It’s true tho
i wish he was still alive...great man
He is!!!!
I miss the actor Telly Savalas, an amazing man:)
Love his ghost encounter as well!
He should be 97 years old now?
me too
@@williamblack7400 Cool! Crocker
I remember Telly telling this story on British tv back in the 1970's and always wanted to hear more.
@Chris JAMES so you were watching TELLY on the TELLY !! ~~ I couldn't resist! LOL! and yes it does send chills down the spine ! Be safe in the night brother!!
THIS STORY IS SO BELIEVABLE I've HAD TO WATCH IT TWICE. I"ve had a couple super natural events in my life happen that has left me completely speechless, and very open minded.
Would you tell us about them?
I love this story...It is one of my all time favorite ghost stories.
when I was 12, some times,at home, alone, down the hall I could hear what sounded like a sewing machine. I walk by down the hall, nothing. it happened several times. I think it was Grandma. she was a seamstress
I know what you mean! My mom had a music box in their bedroom in our old house that I grew up in. Every once in awhile, it would start playing on its own. And each time she'd make me go shut it off. I just thought it was a broken music box. When we moved to a new house years later, the music box stopped playing on its own. After I was grown, Mom said that Dad and she felt the house was haunted. They even saw a figure walking around once in their bedroom late at night. Scared the crap out of them she said. It's probably one of the reasons we moved. I have that box today in my bedroom. It's sat there for 40 years and has never played on its own!
It was, your Grandma!
@@msb358 That is so mysterious!
It was granda fartin'
Nothing dies, except the physical part of things.
2 Parts:
1) Onward to Heaven-Light.
Spirit yet concrete.
Flowers can’t be crushed.
2) Downward to Hell-unimaginable dankness.
Unrepentant souls live 4-ever in
Darkness.
Separate, but not one, and the same.
The white castle in this story was on Springfield Blvd and Braddock Ave in Queens Village NYC.It was actually a "White Tower" restuarant.The on/off ramp to the highway Telly is talking about is just up the hill on Springfield.Gas station was removed from the Cross island Parkway 40 years ago.In those woods many times.
Very helpful corroborating details, thanks Joe.
@@bluest1524 seems legit then
There was also a White Castle on Bell Blvd during that time as well and he would have to walked east on Northern Blvd to Cross Island Pkwy.. some input..
Oddly, someone claimed in this comment section that Telly initially claimed this occurred in Washington D.C. when he had recounted it on a show in the 1970s I believe it was. I don’t know if that is true or not.
Its still there
I can believe it. Telly Savalas was a no bullshit guy. One of the great tough actors. Who loves ya' baby!
I can't prove this story true or untrue, but the way Telly tells it, you gotta believe him.
If only he could see what Hollywood has become - glad we had a chance to enjoy his work in the 70's and 80's
Telly has such a lovely voice, enjoyed the story he told. One of the nicest people. RIP telly, come back for a visit like your friend did.
Linda Burnage Heres me when I had hair Linda .
@@daithio.7378
Tha fuck?
Just the best celebrity ghost story
That gave me chills....maybe because I was a Kojak fan when I was young and his character was a no nonsense straight shooter so it seemed real!
R.I.P. Telly!! You are one of the greats in Hollywood history!!😎
Ya, no bullshit kind'a guy Telly was 4 sure ! ..I am almost 56 and loved " Kojak " myself in the mid 70's ! Classic times indeed !
Yeah but along the way comes kolchack the night stalker
This would be like a Twilight Zone episode. I have encountered unexplainable phenomenon like that. One was when I was helping my dad tear down an old dilapidated hospital that had shot needles everywhere, and on one night I heard a demonic voice coming from at the end of the hallway shouting "get out!" At first I thought it was a homeless person or someone trying to play a joke but there was no one there and it was regularly patrolled by the police. The second story was years later and my dad and I were in the basement replacing the floor when I heard footsteps from upstairs walking around, I said "dad, I think someone is here" he said "go and see what they want" I went to the top of the stairs and opened the basement door and leaned out and said "can I help you?" But nobody was there. Crazy stuff man I just said it must be Casper and couldn't explain it. To this very day it just makes me wonder what was going on in those places.
SHIT
Saw this years ago and have never forgotten! Loved Telly ... he was a true star 🌟
I loved Telly. He was always so smooth to me.
As Don rickels once said,he brought fame to the lilipop,rip to both
Loved Telly Savalas. Great screen presence.
I grew up watching Kojack. I love Telly. He was a class act. Lovely, generous man, but tough.
Ignore the idiot..telly savalas was a hunk of sexy!
My family and I grew up watching Kojak he was the coolest Caucasian you would ever want to meet. He was a real man and he was a leader he wasn't no punk
nanette white
Kojack was the man. Period
@@mrv1271 and they don't make men like him no more. He was more than just a man to me. He is and was the alpha-male.
@@nanettewhite8269 Truth. There are many fake or wannabe Apha males around today, but Telly was the real deal. He didn't have to prove a damn thing - he owned it and was totally authentic. That's what gives this ghost story such power. We believe him.
I love watching ALL of Telly Savalas movies and sitcoms! Telly, you are the man!
Lots of love here In The comments for this great actor. He must’ve been a great man also, judging by the amount of love he still gets from fans. After all these years.
There is more than we know. Everyone must open up- take the blinkers off, and trust that we are only one dimension; here for a short while to learn, and grow spiritually.
sunny sim The Twilight Zone! 😂😁
Thats the sign post up ahead....your next stop!!
sunny sim Earth is for us to live forever.
sunny sim Amen! We don’t even utilize but one third of our brains’ power. I had an experience that taught me about the dimensional concept you’re referring to. Can’t explain it to people who have made up their minds not to listen. But it’s true.
Look up a born seer who can explain how all of this is possible. You will have to copy and paste the name in the google and youtube search engine because if you don't spell it right, you will not find his channel or videos. He's being censored by the system. The name is astralboobaby.
Wow. I got chills. Seems like a straighttalkin' dude who doesn't give a damn. There's no way he's spinning a fiction.
I dont think its made up either, but believe or not there are similar stories out there. The details differ though. I heard of one involving a female.
@@nato2panama what story is that
Telly Savalas keeping it real. Icon.
I remember reading this similar account in a ghost story book over thirty years ago. The story of Telly Savalas' ghostly experience was titled 'Who haunts ya, baby?' It was was great to see the late great Telly Savalas actually tell the story to an interviewer on camera.
When Mr savalas was kojak, the world was a totally different place and safer, God bless you my star,your greatly missed🙏🙏🙏💯💯💯
i watch kojak weekdays here in northern ireland, love kojak , Telly, yes i miss those days when i was a kid ,the world seemed better
@@TheReargunner God bless Northern Ireland 🇮🇪🇬🇧💯👍
Some time ago, I had a shadow spirit in my apartment. I would see the spirit out of the corner of my eye. At first I thought I was seeing things, but I saw the spirit several times a day for nearly 2 months. The spirit was a vague shape of a person. The spirit seemed to be very shy and timid, but I never felt threatened or alarmed in any way. All the spirit did was watch me. I would look quickly at the spirit, and I could see it move behind a corner. I left home for a few days, and when I returned, I never saw the spirit again.
I have had several other experiences that are considered spiritual, including a near death experience over 40 years ago. There are some things that occur, that we don't truly understand.
spirits are demons.
One of my favorites as a kid growing up ❤️ Rest In Peace Telly
Far stranger stories than that have circulated--what Savalas witnessed is pretty tame and, in fact, he had absolutely no reason to fictionalize such a tale.
Lauran Nyc tame to ride in a car with a dead person? Oh yeah no big deal😆
@@southsydesasha3125 And clearly a pretty strong ghost, to have pushed his car for him too!
@@glamdolly30 & where did the ghost get money from?
@@mE-zx7pthe had it on him at the time he committed suicide
Love this story...rest easy Telly and Jimmy.
Great story. I believe it 100%. There are many mysteries in this life. I loved Telly. You could tell he was a lovely man and he had a beautiful speaking voice. God bless you Telly. With love from Ireland. ❤️🇮🇪
Telly Savalas was one of my favorite actors growing up,
and the story was really good too. And I don't think Telly Savalas was the kind of guy that would bullshit somebody, ALSO : I have heard and seen of other hauntings of a lot of different victims murdered and suicides dying violently they do not rest
Totally believable, and I was a long time critical of such things.
That was a true story....I remember when it aired...Telly wasn't lying
Agree. He is definitely telling the truth
So a ghost pulls up in a car gives him a dollar and then pushes his car to get it started, i don't know who's more stupid, you or Kojak
Why does he say it happened to a guy LIKE me? Does that mean it's just a story? A guy LIKE me? Well that's not him
I know! He was definitely telling the truth! 🙏💜
Because he said he was never superstitious and it happened to him.
The patron saint of bald Greeks. You are missed, Greek brother.
I remember hearing him tell this story many years ago. And coming from him, it was so believable. This may have been the show I saw him on. I never forgot this story!
I didn't see this interview, I had read about it in a book my mum bought me, for Christmas in 1985. She knew how interested, nay, intrigued I was/ am, about stories like this. I too, have never forgotten this story, I also find it most believable. My mum has been passed 8 years in November. I went to see a medium in 2020 & I was told a great many things, that only my immediate family will know & told plenty else that only a spirit that is with me knows. I sometimes smell cigarette smoke & I believe that that is when she is here (she was a heavy smoker). Sometimes I look for something & I can't find it where I left it. I then later, bizarrely, find it in a different room. I had strongly believed it before but now I believe much more than I did, that death is not the end. I believe it's just the beginning of another journey.
I actually believe him...
Hey, folks ... I am old. He told this story as a guest on the Mike Douglas Show about 1970 or 1971. As I remember it, he claimed the weird encounter was not on Long Island, but in the Wash DC area. But otherwise the same ... and I may be wrong. My girlfriend, her mother, and I all got the willies listening to him. For all 3 of us, it sent shivers up our spines. And this was 1970 or so, don't forget. He was not trying to get a book or movie deal. The Red Sox player was Harry Agannis. Who died tragically in the mid-1950s. A sports star.
James Hill cia
VrgniaMailman ,
Chills loved Telly
Coincidentally--or was it?--Agannis, just like Telly, was of Greek extraction.
Says here that Harry agganis died of a pulmonary embolism.
I loved this show, I wish they would put it back on TV
Loved Telly Savalas! Rest in Peace 💐🙏🏼💕
Met Telly once when l was working in Knightsbridge (UK) in the early 70s,
I was in my teens, he was a very pleasent man, and gave me a lovely smile. I certainly believe his story......
One cool cat he was . It would be hard to find a man like this today!
But then when he's found, he's not wanted for being too manly.
You’re right. Telly was a man’s man. I miss him.
I've been searching for a man like Telly all my life. I meet many bald ones - but sadly, there the similarity ends!
He wasn't just 'a man's man',t he respectful way he spoke about women showed he liked women too, as in genuinely appreciated female company and energy, not just in a sexual context. He really was quite a guy and what a spooky story. Presumably the dead man's widow who took his phone call could confirm it?
I'd give anything to meet a man like this. Alas, they don't make 'em like this anymore.
@@brocktoon8 You just said a mouthful there sister! Very true.
WHO LUVS YA BABY!! What a story RIP SIR
eerie, because telly has been gone a long time now.
Yes and the eerie part wad that the ghost wrote his number on a piece of paper, in solid form! It happens! 🤔
That "I'll give you a ride", scared the hell out of me since I as a kid in the 90's.
Why would a kid get in a car if someone's voice literally sounds like a ghost from Scooby Doo.
Better than walking for who knows how long I guess?! Plus in those days I think it was common to just go for a ride with a rando. No mobile phones. You had to rely on community many times
Same here! I watched this when I was about 17/18 with my mum and I swear, I shit myself on the spot!
That scene and voice... I've never forgotten it and I'm 48 now.
Heard T.S. tell this story in the mid-'60's on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show.
Never forgot it !
It awesome very good ghosts story I believe in ghosts thank you for sharing your beautiful story thanks
I really appreciate the telling of this story by Telly.
Yeah Telly was the man, great ghost story, one of the very best I've heard. Got all kinds of goosebumps there baby. 😈
I believe this because the same similar thing happened to my dad when I was 13. He had a mate who had help strip cars at the local tip. He was an old bloke and dad had thought we'd just seen him in town. His 4X4 the lot parked. He then strangely told dad one of their mates had been back stabbing him and some other stuff they'd been conspiring. Dad thanked him and said "see ya" and then he said "you won't see me for a long time mate" and drove off waving. Next thing we knew talking to another mate the same day we found out he'd died 2 days before to telling us that. He was there real and all with his Hilux parked next to our Holden.
Incredible experience! Many more accounts like this that provide proof for life after death
I believe him and consider myself similar in regards to my view on ghosts and superstition. But a few things happened. Once at a Padres game in San Diego when I was 13, for some odd reason, I decided to concentrate as hard as I could to make the ball slip out of the pitcher's hand. I had never seen it actually happen. On the mound was Eric Show. I was concentrating with all my might. He goes into the windup, begins his delivery, and the ball falls out of his hand straight to the ground. Another time my friends and I are in an elevator as teenagers on a vacation, we were talking about this guy who had been messing with us at the pool. I offhandedly said for some unexplained reason "Yeah, his name is probably Dustin Hodges." Total stranger in the elevator looks at me in shock and is like my name is Dustin Hodges. Shows me his ID. I don't know what compelled me to say that.
So crazy wow
Some Psychic abilities it's sounds like to me. Exercise it and maybe help the police find missing people if you get really good at it. It can be your gift you have.
I THINK THE GHOST KNEW TELLY WAS GOING TO BE FAMOUS. LOVED TELLY SAVALAS.
The spirits made him famous
@@paulden3158 yeah that was wierd. The grand central to cross island. We're talking some Miles here, back an fourth . Im just saying
Eddie Soto -I Think we’re talking about Bayside,Queens Here
Well you people might want to go to a channel called Beyond room 313 which is one of the several channels of researcher and World traveler and writer Thomas Sheridan he is also an artist and the guy is a deep thinker... I don't always agree with everything he says but I really appreciate the amount of effort and work he puts into what he does . And in some more recent vids he's talking about how the city of Liverpool is supposed to be the most haunted place in all of the United Kingdom and he talks about these weird time warps and time shifts where people are in another era... and other weird things happening... and he did another video about Liverpool and John Lennon and that dissection John Lennon grew up in was known to be extremely extremely magical.. just thought some of you might be interested in looking at those videos .
Several episodes that I loved on Celebrity Ghost Stories but am unable to track down here on TH-cam are the one of Alice Cooper talking about a place being haunted when they were up in the countryside of New York I think it was upstate New York , and then there is Richard Belzer who used to be on Law & Order... his episode on Celebrity Ghost Stories was very fascinating about him and his wife going to a village in England... and then the one by comedian , Jeffrey Ross is particularly touching sad and creepy... and the one with Joan Rivers talking about the place she bought in Manhattan was another fascinating one ... and one that was kind of sinister and scary was former football player who turned actor Fred Dryer.... regretfully most of these I cannot find here but there was one here with a woman who's played smaller parts and a number of films I : Ileana Douglas .. very good very good
@@gardensofthegods Dully noticed.
RIP Telly. He always knew how to make a great character out of someone that he was portraying. Much respect goes out to you the late GREAT Telly Savalas 👍👍👍
sadly missed always
Love this man. My favorite part was when he said that he thought his mom was part witch.
Well.. close as u could get to saying bitch on Tv 🤣
Lol wasn;t he ethnically Greek? Maybe his mom had roots in the moon goddess tradition.
Yes, that was an interesting thing to say about his mom - I bet she was quite a woman to have raised such an amazing son. Respect to her.
Witch is also another name for Gypsy in Greek so being bi-lingual he might have become tongue-tied.
This is wild! Telly Savalas was not some nobody seeking attention. I believe him, and I can see why HE was haunted for life, I doubt that I'll ever forget the story.
It gives me the chills each time I watch this. I just chuckled… I have no doubt that every word he uttered, is true. Doubters beware😉
Great to hear Telly's voice again re-telling this story! I loved him as Kojak and loved his version of the song "If" he was a very sensitive man with a lovely deep voice. RIP Telly "who loves ya baby?" Xoxoxoxoxo
GREAT story, and well-told by Mr. Savales.
What Telly actually had was an encounter with a familiar spirit,although a ghost car is extremely rare.
+Maxx Cruz ha!
The ghost car had to transport Telly to get gas! You.never know how God, will send his Angels to help us! 🙏🕊💜
I heard this story years ago, so l looked it up on TH-cam. One of the best ghost stories ever, Kojak was great by the way!
I heard him tell this story sometime in the 60's on the Dick Cavett show. Every so often it still comes to mind. So glad to find it here.
What an incredible story and told with such conviction. I had my own personal experience once. I won’t go in to detail about what happened but like Telly’s, it wasn’t until after the whole thing happened that I realised there was no context into which I could put the event and it still boggles me to this day. What a wonderful actor. Greatly missed.
I'm fairly certain that the ballplayer Telly Savalas referred to was Harry Agganis. I recall my Dad telling me a story about how he died suddenly. It was in 1955. He was 26 years old. He died during the season purportedly from heart disease. Amazing how the dots can all be connected. Really amazing story. Thank you, Telly. RIP to you AND Harry Agganis.
I thought Telly said the guy shot himself in the head/throat, hence his voice was strange?
@@glamdolly30 the driver shot himself in the throat, the utility infield player was Harry Agganis
Telly said that the story happened 58-59 years ago, and this tv series aired between 1993-1996. So the very latest that his incident could have happened would have been 1938 (which is 1996 minus 58 years). The oldest year it could have happened would have been 1934 (which is 1993 minus 59 years). So no, it was not Harry Agganis if Harry died in 1955, and I don’t know why you came to the conclusion that Telly’s incident occurred in 1955.
Anyways, if you want to try to research which baseball player it actually was that died, you should be researching the 1930s - especially 1934-1938 if Telly’s memory is serving him correctly.
@@l228spn
The OP was wrong about who the baseball player was (read the post I just left before this one to you).
@@glamdolly30
I have never heard of someone shooting themselves in the throat to kill themselves - have you? I thought that part of the story was extremely weird and rather unbelievable.
As a side note, the OP was wrong about who the baseball player was anyways (not that it was the baseball player who shot himself). The ball player who died would have died in the 1930s, not in 1955. Telly told us exactly how long ago his incident happened in this video (“58-59 years ago”), and this tv series aired between ‘93-‘96.
beautiful delivery of a personal story - lovely natural guy
I saw "Mr. Telly Savalas at Universal Studios, I was on the tour bus going around back to see back of studios. And who drove up in a silver grey suit in a same colored nice car and he got out and waved at us in tour bus cat calling him. He will always be a stone cold fox with a very sexy voice. Gotta love his NY accent as well. Love you Telly always have and always will. xoxoxoxoxo Till we meet again.
Wht a wonderful actor that don’t have actors of his style An grace no more
He made bald beautiful when it wasn't fashionable to be bald!! ❤
As well as Yule Brenner
Actually Yul Brynner had already done that
@Margaret Gust In Australia they are called Chuppa Chups.
Omgosh! Don't stop there! I loved Telly Savalas growing up! Who loves ya babe!? Where can I find more of these stories?
Me too!! 😅
This actually gave me chills...
Incidents like that happen all the time--they’re not all “bullshit” and Savalas had no reason to make it up. Believing him isn’t being “gullible” at all--the event certainly changed his life. That’s all that matters.
Your God, indeed. Actually, I’m not stupid at all and couldn’t care less what you think. And no “maybe” about it--these events happen all the time in your world too. They’re not all fiction just because you choose not to believe them--in fact, you sound more afraid of those incidents being true than skeptical.
Welcome to reality--where sometimes you can’t explain everything away.
Right--if you say so.
+Paul Huntington I never said that I totally believed it, but it did give me chills the first time I heard him tell it. Who doesn't love a good old fashioned ghost story?
+fool4singing
yeh me too, down the length of my balls
My mum was half witch 😂❤️✌🏼 bless him
A brilliant actor, and a true gentleman 🇬🇧🇹🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷
I grew up watching Telly Savalas always liked him & have no doubts about the veracity of his tale, love him
I miss Tele. "Who lives you baby" ! RIP .
Miss Telly All the best of them are gone
Yes they are
Clint Eastwood is still here!
@@leonandrews7180 Yes, very true.
Clint and Telly ........ Kelly's Heroes!
Great story he had to tell! It’s so scary when things like that happen.
Honestly thought I was just going into this to see Kojak weave a spooky tale and then "THE EXTRAORDINARY" title pops up and I'm like "WTF I forgot this show existed!" I use to watch this show every week in the late 90s. It was like Australia's version of Unsolved Mysteries meets Believe It Or Not. It was such a good show.
We never missed an episode of that show when I grew up in Sydney.
This episode and the one of the bloke with that ventriloquist doll scared the living shit out of me!
Twenty five years later and “I’ll give you a riiiiide” still gives me nightmares.
It still does for a lot of people, including me!