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Gravity Defied
Rerun Date: Tuesday - October 7, 1975

WOR Show
WOR Rerun

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Buy early for Easter. . .

Show Description

Shep talks about "Gravity Hill" in Schellsburg Pa. where a car, descending the hill, and placed in neutral., will roll to a stop and reverse direction, going back up the hill. Also, walking down the hill requires as much effort as if walking up and walking up the hill is like walking down. A stream which runs parallel to the road also runs UP . In Michigan, Shep spends ten days in a cabin he rented from a farmer who owned 500 acres. It was right on the shore of Rifle Lake. After about three days he is sitting in the boat on the lake fishing when all of a sudden something big and smooth rolled right next to the boat from out of the black water and then disappears. Everyday it kept seeming darker. After a few days Shep is listening to the portable radio, and walks out of the cabin into the night... except it was 11:00am! It was pitch dark and you could see stars. By 3:00 it began to get ligh, by 4:30 it was twilight and by 5:00 it was getting dark again. He also talks about the wildlife in the area and the Apple Jack and Cherry Jack produced locally.

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Comments

• Gravity hill website: http://www.bedfordcounty.net/GRAVITYHILL/Index.htm Shep claims to have found out 2 months later what occurred on the lake, but doesn't tell on this show at least.

Commercials (All times approximate)

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Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 05:45	Marc Spector

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo

Rating

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Record: 2060 / ID: 19751007W2060

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

Date	Title
January 8, 1975 Recno: 1820	Mysterious Things; Gravity Hill	Original Airing
February 20, 1975 Recno: 6857	Mysterious Things; Gravity Hill	WBJC Synd Replay
March 14, 1975 Recno: 6858	Mysterious Things; Gravity Hill	WBJC Synd Replay
October 7, 1975 Recno: 2060	Gravity Defied	WOR Rerun

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group J	129Da	Cassette

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	19751007W2060	Sponsors up to date:	No
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	None	Station ID up to date:	No
Show Redated From: See Dating Notes		Engineers up to date:	Yes
Music up to date:	No	Instruments up to date:	Yes
Description up to date:	No

Known Recordees

Ken Piletic

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Dating Notes

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Source: Jim Clavin

This is rerun. Coomercials are differeent from 1/8/75 show

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Max / Schmidco

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Max / Schmidco Notes

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Inferier sound to rest of 100 series

Replays

Mass Backwards

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WBAI Golden Age of Radio

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Yesterday USA

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Dustbin of History!

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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
Series 100 Group J	129Da	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0	Ken Piletic

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	Recordee			¹ Shortened Theme: 55 seconds ² Audibly Dated: By recordee or other ³ Modified Theme: Theme added by Gary Hines ⁴ Syndicated Intro: Intro broadcast as part of Synd Shows
	This copy used for summary time references		Inventory File Name coding explained

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Information

Schmidco

Running Time: 45:34

Recordee:
506 - Ken Piletic

¹Shortened Theme
Inventory Name: 1975 10 07_W2060_022-600 Gravity Defied.mp3
Source description: Gravity Defied
Source set: Series 100 Group J
Source ref number: 129Da

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Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 1O-7-75 RR-22 Cars drawn uphill in Penn, something in lake

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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