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Dracula, Shep in Black Forest
Airdate: Thursday - September 9, 1971

WOR Show
WOR Rerun

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(NOTE ABOUT TIME REFERENCES: Since there are many different copies of shows out there from different sources, all time references are from the beginning of one single recorded copy, since various copies, depending on when the recordee started recording, had news at the beginning or shortened themes. The times would vary from copy to copy.)

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Listen, I'm still kind of nervous because of what happened the other night. . .

Show Description

Special confession night Still nervous about what happened the other night. Turned on TV in motel and there was Count Dracula. Gives education about bats - the big ones in the vampire movies are actually fruit bats. A real vampire bat is the size of a mouse. How vampire bats kill their prey. Reads article by Osgood Caruthers - "Dracula was Real" Driving between Innsbruck and Munich through the Black Forest. He stops to eat in the middle of the trip. He describes eating strange food in a strange restaurant. Continuing the drive he suddenly see these two eyes. It was the biggest, most evil, most sinister looking Red Stag with immense antlers. He followed him for a half mile and suddenly he disappeared.

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans

Time	Image	Description
• 11:14		Yes, Virginia there was a Dracula

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:57	Speaking of lost in the woods, this is WOR New York, friends we've been lost in the woods for years.

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 15:04	Live Concert / Performance	Glassboro
• 16:18	President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
• 29:47	Shep Promo - Live Appearance	Newspaper Comics Festival - Central Park 9/12

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	No Music Used

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	None Mentioned

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• 15:04	Books		Booksigning - "Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories..."
• 15:04	Live Shows		Glassboro State College
• 29:47	Live Shows		75th Anniversary of the Newspaper Comic Strip

Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)

This Show

Date	Title
September 9, 1971	Dracula, Shep in Black Forest	WOR Rerun
August 16, 1972	Dracula, Shep in Black Forest	WOR Rerun
March 25, 1977	Dracula, Vampire Country
May 4, 1977	Dracula, Shep in Black Forest	WETA Synd Replay
1977	Dracula, Shep in Black Forest	WBUR Boston Synd Replay

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	October 26, 2010

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"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty." - Jean Shepherd - 1975