It's One Horrific Pol-Am Pit and Pendulum Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. Wrote "The Pit and the Pendulum" first published in 1842
  2. 5. This Polish-American once hosted the television series "Ripley’s Believe it or Not"
  3. 6. Jack Nicholson plays a writer gone mad in "The ___"
  4. 8. The clinical term of becoming a werewolf
  5. 10. "I never drink...wine" said the star of the 1931 version of Dracula
  6. 12. True or False: On October 31st, "trick or treat" is the most common greeting used by visiting kids
  7. 16. Gentleman who scared millions of Americans in 1938 with the "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast
  8. 17. New York born Pol-Am actress who played in "Interview with the Vampire"
  9. 20. Famous baseball player who's head was decapitated and still sits in a cryonics lab in Arizona
  10. 21. True or False: Karol Wojtyla traditionally visited the town of Katowice on the day after Halloween
  11. 23. Film name of the Polish mute servant girl in the 1960's classic "The City of the Dead"
Down
  1. 2. The ___ board summons spirits
  2. 3. Played the Mummy in the 1932 classic
  3. 4. "The Testament of Dr. Mabuse" was a 1933 scary silent film banned as a menace to public safety in this country
  4. 7. One of the original names for Halloween was All ___ Eve
  5. 9. Houdini received a punch in the stomach and subsequently died on October ___
  6. 11. Popular Stephen King Halloween thriller about a clown monster in Maine
  7. 13. Harry Houdini’s real name was Erik ___
  8. 14. Type of Mass traditionally said throughout Poland on November 2nd
  9. 15. Christopher Lee teamed up with this actor in several "Dracula" movies
  10. 18. In Poland at Halloween time, doors and windows are traditionally left open to welcome
  11. 19. Actor who played the phantom in the 1925 silent film "Phantom of the Opera"
  12. 22. The 1935 version of "The Bride of Frankenstein" was played by ___ Lanchester