Dracula's Set HAUNTED by a Body Double: Bela Lugosi Died at 125 Pounds, WASTED

Bela Lugosi, the actor who made Dracula immortal, died addicted to morphine and nearly destitute, filming his final picture with a body double because he did not live to finish it. His last request was to be buried wearing the actual Dracula cape. #belalugosi #draculacurse #classichollywood #oldhollywood #hollywoodhistory This is the story of how a leg wound from World War One turned into a twenty-year addiction, how a Broadway triumph became a professional cage, and how one of horror cinema's biggest icons ended his life in poverty, in decline, and finally in an open casket where Peter Lorre leaned over to Vincent Price and asked if they should put a stake through him, just in case. Subscribe to BELOW THE TITLE for more forgotten stories from the fall of classic Hollywood and the Mexican Golden Age of cinema.