The Paul McCartney is dead hoax 1969 part 1

on October 21, 1969. WABC-AM (New York City) DJ Robey Younge remembered receiving mysterious calls from some of his listeners begging him to help get the tragic story to the outside world. WABC-AM was a powerful station, especially at night, and could sometimes reach forty states with its broadcast signal. In an exclusive interview with my friend Joe Johnson for his syndicated Beatle Brunch radio program, Younge recounted his role in the McCartney mystery. "'Paul McCartney dead' is something I did one strange night after some kids had called me up from the Midwest, 'cause I was on the late night show and the signal went all across the country. They said this, that, and the other. They said, 'Here are the clues,' and I laughed at them. I went on the air that night and I laughed at them. I said, 'This is ridiculous.' That night I went home and couldn't sleep. I couldn't get any rest. I thought, 'What are these kids talking about? What clues?' So, I went to my record cabinet and I started playing these records backwards as they had instructed me to and, sure enough, there emerged some very strange stuff....It was a big game in those days to uncover the clues. The kids told me, 'We hear you coming through loud and clear, why don't you blow the whistle on this?' So, I did. Oddly enough, on that same night somebody at The Tonight Show taping blurted from the audience, 'Paul is dead.' I was the first one to broadcast it to a lot of people. The switchboard at WABC was jammed. The program director came down in the middle of the night in his pajamas with an armed guard saying, 'Robey, you're creating a national panic! Get off the air!' I said, 'Fine! Fine! It's all right with me.' I said, 'By the way, this is going to be one heck of a station promotion for Halloween.'"

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[PhantomOfPoison]

Wait I know he's still alive but are you saying he's dead or alive I really don't understand?

[bulchit48]

I'm saying its a hoax, that word is in the title

[PhantomOfPoison]

Ok I was just wondering but since you uploaded something like this with the Radio person talking I thought you weren't joking.

[bulchit48]

its just a hoax that wont die, believe it or  not some people still believe he is dead.

[bulchit48]

its just a hoax that wont die, believe it or not some people still believe he is dead.I'm surprised they don't say John Lennon still lives.

[celtic5yamum]

right after Robey Younge makes his announcement and ends his show for the everning, theres a commercial for the safety of seatbelts in cars - use them....

....uncanny, and quite interestingly coincidental.... PAUL SPEAKING FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE!?!? lol

[musdeemx]

In England, NO THEY DON"T! And Paul was not then and stil is not,,,DEAD!!!!!!

[robynsegg]

I've always wondered, do they British bury their dead barefooted?

[robynsegg]

@trueblue374: That's "barefooted".

[beatlejim64]

This story was HUGE and went worldwide in October 1969...it caused quite a stir...it was on the nightly news...radio...magazines...the­re was even a TV special concerning the rumor...

[katiethewierd]

Wow this is so eye opening!

I can't believe it!

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There are some real idiots!

[Boognish89]

@obsessedwithmeganfox what's that? I'm not bein a dick I'm really curious about finding out more about this.

[beatlejim64]

Heard this on WBZ radio that night in October 1969...jumped out of bed...looked at the album covers...couldn't sleep...next day at school...everyone was talking about it...it was a HUGE story that fall...news reports...TV specials...magazines...amazing­...

[fleshtooth07]

They Did It To Become More FAMOUS. So That The People Are Gonna Talked About it For many Years. And The People are So Dumb.

[iampotts02]

It does make a damn good story either way!

[trueblue374]

@hehh666 because Lennon was taking the piss it was his Liverpool wit it was his response to the belief that Mccartney had died because he was seen on the Abbey Raod album cover bear footed Mccartney was in on it too he most probably put some of the clues about his own death in the lyrics....John and Paul were having a good laugh with the hoax it was a bit of fun for both of them because they knew they could easily arouse the suspicions of people LOL Liverpool wit can be evil sometimes