Terrence caused a small riot on the University of California campus at Berkeley on Thursday night, 10 November 1957, when he jokingly announced that "Berkeley believers will meet at the Big C at midnight." A thousand viewers showed up, many made up as vampires or victims, cheering "D-R-A-C-U-L-A" or howling like werewolves. Thirty-Two policemen were called to break up the group.
Book references:
Elena Watson's Television Horror Movie Hosts reference: mentioned in Chapter. 3, "Invasion of the Ghost Hosts," page 22.
Magazine reference:
Featured in "Night Harbingers of Horror" in the 26 May 1958 issue of Life magazine (pages 63-68). Includes a photograph (page 63) and descriptive caption. Mentioned in feature "The Horror of Them All!" in issue #13 (December 1988) of Filmfax, pages. 28-32. Mentioned in feature "Monster Mania '57" by Greg Theakston in issue #3 (March-April 1991) of Pure Images, pages. 2-11, 25-28.