Sponsor
Audience-funded nonprofit news
radio tower icon laist logo
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
 — 
See All Episodes
Subscribe

Hey, LA listener!

Download our app for the optimal streaming experience

Apple Store logo Google play logo
  • Listen Now Playing Listen
Off-Ramp

Maila Nuri, Vamp Extraordinaire

By Off-Ramp Staff
Published Jan 19, 2008
Maila Nurmi, aka Vampira, in 1959's "Plan 9 From Outer Space," called -- by people who never saw "Alien Versus Predator" - "the worst movie ever made."
Maila Nurmi, aka Vampira, in 1959's "Plan 9 From Outer Space," called -- by people who never saw "Alien Versus Predator" - "the worst movie ever made."
(
Wikipedia Commons
)

About the Show

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.

Funding provided by:

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

We pay tribute to Maila Nurmi, the woman who first played a sexy horror movie host on TV: Vampira.

A memorial service was being planned. For information, e-mail ghooled@sbcglobal.net

Credits