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Devil Worship
Airdate: Thursday - August 10, 1972 (Airdate Confirmed)

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

(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

That does not necessarily mean chonological children. . .

Show Description

Shep plays a portion of "The Satanic Mass" - a recor from a few years back recorded at a San Francisco Mass. A Banquet For the Moon Gremlins There are a lot of different things in our world with connotatiions of evil: Black Cats A Skull Crossbones Shep reads story from summer 1972 "The Countryman" (British Magazine) Story of photographing a barn owl.

News Articles Read by Shep During Show

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

Time	Image	Description
• 36:49		Story of photographing a barn owl

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 12:55	The devil is everywhere, which reminds me this is WOR New York. . . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 13:04	ABC Television Promo	War and Peace
• 14:05	Book Find Club
• 30:58	American Motors
• 33:03	Mandarin House

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 07:26	The Satanic Mass
• 29:03; 41:09	Studie I

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 32:15	Bill
• 32:12	Jerry Lambert

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
• 1647	Stage Shows		A Banquet For The Moon

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

This Show

		Date	Title
		August 10, 1972	Devil Worship	Original Airing

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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