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Gruesome-O-Mania, Dillinger's Finger (Syndicated Show)
Rerun Date: 1976

WOR Show
Syndicated Replay

(Syndicated Release)
(Original WOR Airdate Unknown)

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Tonight's show is as full of evil as the black pit. . .

Show Description

"Tonight's show is as evil as the Black Pit. I've got some real bad stuff for you tonight!" "Have you ever run into a collector of Gruesome Omania?" Shep tells a story of when he was nine. Walking home from school with Flick and Schwartz and Bruner, down the back alley, playing kick the can. There's a kid with them called Jack Martin. He invites them all into his house "to show them something" Curiosity gets them and so they follow him into his house into the basement. He takes a Prince Albert can out of the cabinet. He takes the top off and in the can is a wad of cotton. In the wad of cotton is a finger. All brown and dry - with a fingernail. It was John Dillinger's little finger. Three months later outside the school the go out to the swamp. Sitting amongst the weeds is a shack. Nailed to the side of the shack was a hand! They run back to the school and tell the janitor, Mr. Sanderson, about the hand. They tell the principal who calls the police. They come and it turns out to be a glove nailed to the wall. It was the swamp that made everyone see a hand.

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News Articles Read by Shep During Show

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

Time	Image	Description
•		Norbert's Bones

Comments

• This is a 30 minute syndicated show. It was previously played 3/72 and 9/9/76 in 45 minute format

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
•	None

Commercials (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
•	SYND SHOW - No Commercials

Music (Up to date) (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 13:42	Gesang Der Junglinge

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

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Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Echo Chamber

Rating

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Record: 2357 / ID: 1976mmddW2357

Airdate History - Original WOR Airdate Unknown

Date	Title
March 1972 Recno: 1240	Norbert's Bones & Dillinger's Severed Finger, Creepy Stories	Original Airing
September 9, 1976 Recno: 2268	John Dillinger's Finger	WOR Rerun
1976 Recno: 2357	Gruesome-O-Mania, Dillinger's Finger (Syndicated Show)	Syndicated Replay

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	October 30, 2001
YesterdayUSA	January 14, 2012

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Jean Shepherd Set 1	JS-08a	Cassette

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Database Record Status

Database ID #:	1976mmddW2357	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	None	Station ID up to date:	Yes
Show Redated From: See Dating Notes		Engineers up to date:	Yes
Music up to date:	Yes	Instruments up to date:	Yes
Description up to date:	Yes

Known Recordees

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Notes

Dating Notes

Notes

Source: Jim Clavin

These are all the same show: 1972-03-dd Creepy Stories 1976-09-09 John Dillingers Finger 1976mmddW08a Gruesome Omania (30 min Synd)

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Max / Schmidco

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Max / Schmidco Notes
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Replays

Mass Backwards

Replay Date

October 30, 2001

WBAI Golden Age of Radio

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Yesterday USA

Show #
0200	January 14, 2012

Dustbin of History!

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Max / Schmidco Notes
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This is a 30 minute syndicated show. It was previously played 3/72 and 9/9/76 in 45 minute format

Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
Jean Shepherd Set 1	JS-08a	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0

Shows Known via Recordings or Lists
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4 Known copies from various Sources and Lists (Up to date)

	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

Mass Backwards

Running Time: 29:29

Available on Internet

⁴ Syndicated Intro
Inventory Name: 1976 mm dd_W2357_500 Gruesome_omania.mp3
Source description: Mass Backwards recording
Source set: Jean Shepherd Set 1
Source ref number: JS-08a
Syndicated Show

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Schmidco

Running Time: 29:30

⁴ Syndicated Intro
Inventory Name: 1976 mm dd_W2357_022-600_Set_1-08a Gruesome O-mania.mp3
Source description: Gruesome-O-Mania
Source set: Jean Shepherd Set 1
Source ref number: JS-08a
Syndicated Show

Images

YesterdayUSA

Available on Internet

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source ref number: 200

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 50 Gruesome-omania, AKA Dillinger's finger (Syn) 3-72
Syndicated Show

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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