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Summary

The Underground Fire
Airdate: Tuesday - January 22, 1974

WOR Show

audio

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends
I do that, just sneaky. . .
Show Description
Putting a penny on the RR track, trying to out flank the trains back in Indiana. Shep reads an article about an underground fire that has been finally put out after 40 years. He goes on to tell about growing up as a kid exploring swamps and building caves. He describes an underground fire that mysteriously appears in a vacant lot down the street. Little wifts of smoke rising from the ground. It burned for years until one Sarturday afternoon during late winter there was a tremor followed by a mushroom shaped cloud. The entire field had been replaced by a hole.
News Articles Read by Shep During Show
Shep would often read articles he recently read or were sent in by fans
Time Image Description
• 06:59 40 year fire put out in Poland
• 2:15 Frosty Problem
WOR ID
Time Station ID (All times approximate)
None
Commercials (All times approximate)
Time Sponsor Notes
No Commercials or Commercials Cut
Music (All times approximate)
Time Music Title Notes
• 05:42 When The Saints Go Marching In
Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth
Time Engineer, Staff or Guest
• 05:41 Herb Squire
• 05:32 Herb Squire
Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show
Instruments Played
Jews Harp
Rating / Review
None Yet
Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used
Time Category Date Title Comments
• [ 02:18 ] Plots / Story Lines Flick's Tongue
Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)
Date Title  
January 22, 1974
Recno: 1682
The Underground Fire
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