From "Remembering 'Project Terror,' San Antonio's original late-night horror movie show". The Grim Reaper, the faceless, hooded host who cracked jokes as sharp as his scythe. KENS-TV announcer Bob Crowley played the droll a" with a cardigan over his cloak and a whodunnit mystery in the vein of "Who Shot J.R.?" from the hit CBS series "Dallas." (Naturally, the "Nightmare" sendup was called "Who Shot G.R.?") Even scarier, Crowley initially performed his Reaper segments on live TV. Longtime KENS news anchor Deborah Knapp went to MacArthur High School with Crowley when he was a drama student. She remembered wrapping up many a Saturday night newscast at KENS as Crowley walked into the studio in full Reaper gear, practicing his bits for the night. "Bob just had a wicked sense of humor," Knapp said. "He had just so much fun with that role." "Nightmare Theater" ended July 12, 1982, with a rebroadcast of 1954's "Gorilla at Large," a simian murder mystery shot in 3D. Crowley went on to pursue work in radio. He died in 2020 at age 64.
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