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Mysterious Things; Gravity Hill
Airdate: Wednesday - January 8, 1975

WOR Show
Original Airing

audio

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 light, 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.

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - 07-02-2024 ]   
  Jean sings along with the record of, "The Bear Missed The Train." "The Rolling Calf." "Gravity Hill"...and unsolved mystery. Bobcats, Cherry Jack. A strange occurance on a Michigan lake.      
  

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.

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 14:31	This is WOR New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 10:32	Royal Biscayne Hotel
• 11:37; 37:30	Ulpan Center
• 12:06	Dell Books	"The Onion Field"
• 35:23	Gramercy Park Clothes
• 36:26	Stage Delicatessen Restaurant
• 37:59	Consumer Affairs of NYC

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 05:30	The Bear Missed the Train

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 07:50	Marc Spector

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

Kazoo

Rating

None Yet

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	General Topics		Gravity Hill
•	General Topics		Jersey Devil
•	General Topics		Mysterious Darkness in Michigan

Links to Further Information:

• Gravity Hill Website

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

More Ways To Hear or Buy It

Show	Replay Date
Mass Backwards	February 13, 2001
Dustbin of History	November 13, 2019
Dustbin of History	June 03, 2020

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Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group C	107Db	Cassette

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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