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The Promotion was the idea of Mary Mc-Crary, mall promotion director, who said the local blood bank representative came to ask for use of the mall's community booth. "We started joking around, and I suggested we should draw blood on Halloween and call it Dracula Night." There was a man in nearby Greenville, South Carolina that McCrary hoped to hire for the Dra^la role. "I understand he puts 100 per cent into the part, even to the point of having a local dentist install realistic fangs."
You've heard about T.V. spin-offs. That is where the character of one program is used to start a new series. Well, I feel a little like the producer of the original show must feel when a spin-off turns out to be a hit. Several years ago I did a series in TOPS called, MURDER AND MAYHEM AT MIDNIGHT. This started as a three part article on spook shows. Reader response was so encouraging the series ran for a full year! Even today we occasionally get comments on the articles. At a magic convention recently Karrell Fox suggested I put the series out in book form. I am happy
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to report there was one reader, Mark Walker, who was bitten by the "spook show bug" after reading the articles. He wrote to me and I sent him all the material I had. He became so interested he began doing research on the subject. Today, he probably knows more about the topic than anyone else. He has an enormous collection of spook show memorabilia and has just completed his first book on the subject, SPOOK SHOWS ON PARADE. It is fascinating reading about the bygone shows and each chapter in his book is written by the performer himself, or someone who played the show. Walker reports on the adventures of Valleau, Ray-Mond, Silkini, Francisco, Neff, and McGill. He includes dozens of illustrations and rare photos. Thirty two photos are full page and many have never appeared in print before. SPOOK SHOWS ON PARADE is a unique contribution to magical literature. This is a beautiful spiral bound book you will enjoy. You can get your copy from me or Abbott's for $10.00 plus 50 ct postage. The edition is limited.
Walt Hudson, 8712 Windsor Mill Rd., Baltimore, Maryland 21207.
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