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Ken Bramming

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Died July 7, 1997

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Ken Bramming attended the Indiana School of Radio. In 1948, radio station WCBC Anderson Indiana, he was put on the air, doing station breaks, weather, and five-minute news updates.

After three months, Bramming was given his first big assignment, being : live interviews with Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton and others. After the Korean War ended, Bramming was visiting his parents in Nashville, Tennessee; where circumstances gave him the opportunity to enter television, beginning with WSIX. In 1958 he hosted horror movies as Dr. Lucifur. The show work run until 1967.

After leaving WSIX in1967, Bramming was hired as a radio announcer. Bramming was to revive his Dr. Lucifur character on WMCV-TV Channel 17's "Mystic Circle" from October 1968 to November 1969.

In 1971 through to 1973, Bramming was the announcer of Nashville's "Creature Feature" on WSM-TV Channel 4, hosted by Russ McCown as Sir Cecil Creape.

Bramming, as Dr. Lucifur was also heard on the radio from the 70's through the 90s public-service announcement. He moved between radio and TV on stations like WWGM-TV and WSM-FM, and then found his home with WAMB AM 1200. Is Dr. Lucifur character also was heard announcing the annual Halloween broadcast of Orson Welles's 1938 "War of the Worlds". Bramming remained with WAMN as the midday announcer and program director from 1979 until 1997. As programming director, he was also responsible for putting together the station's "Music in the Night," Nashville's mellowest music from 10 pm to sunrise.

In 1988, Bramming underwent heart surgery. After his recovery, he continued to work in radio. 1991 saw Bramming and Russ McCown appearing together in a panel discussion of their horror hosting careers at the first annual World Horror Convention, held in Nashville in 1991.

In 1997, Bramming died from lung cancer. This did not stop Bramming appearing on television. His Dr. Lucifur character was revived twice on WKRN-TV when the station recreated "Shock Theater" in 2003 and 2004 (thanksgiving night). Using footage from "Shock Theater" Dr. Lucifur introduced the movies "The Brain That Wouldn't Die" in 2003, and "House on Haunted Hill" in 2004.

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American Scary Poster

American Scary Documentary2006Dr. Lucifer

Shock Theater Poster

Shock Theater TV Special2004Dr. Lucifur

Shock Theater Poster

Shock Theater TV Movie2003Dr. Lucifur

Creature Feature Poster

Creature Feature TV Series1971Announcer

Mystic Circle Poster

Mystic Circle TV Series1968Dr. Lucifur

Shock Theater Poster

Shock Theater TV Series1958Dr. Lucifur

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