Count Gore de Vol is a television

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who originally appeared on

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from 1973 to 1987. Originally named M.T. Graves and played by announcer Dick Dyszel, the character first appeared on the WDCA version of the

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program. When the character got a positive reaction, he was given his own program, called ''

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''. The choice of Gore de Vol as the character's name was either a pun involving the name of acerbic author

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or the name of a prominent Washington, D.C. funeral home, "de Vol". Gore de Vol became the Washington/Baltimore area's longest-running horror host, broadcast every Saturday night on WDCA from March 1973 to May 1987.

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Virginia Creepers
Documentary film site dedicated to 50 years of horror hosting in Virginia

* ttp://www.thespookymovie.com Official website of The Spooky Movie Film Festival Washington, D.C.'s International Horror Film Festival
The Horror Host Underground
Count Gore's listing. {{DEFAULTSORT:Count Gore de Vol American television personalities Culture of Washington, D.C. Gore de Vol Horror hosts

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