[ARC5] For Halloween: "The Long Nights of Uncle Tom"

[David Stinson]

Happy Halloween, all.
Good time to share a "spooky radio story" from November
of 1970.   I was a boy: 13 years old in Shreveport, LA.
Each month I would save my pennies and walk the 2 miles
from my house to the "Pak-a-Sak" store to buy the new 
edition of "Electronics Illustrated."  Loved that mag, which
helped set me "on the path."  Most of you probably remember
"Uncle Tom" Kneitel, the writer who just about made every 
issue for me.

"Uncle Tom" took a bet and did some investigation of 
the "Oujia Board," publishing his results in a piece called
"The Long Nights of Uncle Tom."   He heard about that 
for decades, many people swearing he was going to get
a "QSL card from Satan" and others accused him of a hoax.
He never wavered and said it was the straight-forward 
truth of what happened.  I'll leave it to you to decide.

In honor of All Hallow's Eve,
"The Long Nights of Uncle Tom,"  November 1970

http://home.netcom.com/~arc5/Electronics-Illustrated-1970-11.pdf