Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty-three years ago, in 1982, Detroit was introduced to a wonderful character, Count Scary, played by none other than Mr. Tom ...

Editor’s note: If you grew up in the Detroit area in the 1980s, you probably remember “Count Scary,” a character played by Detroit radio personality Tom Ryan, who appeared on WDIV from 1982 to the ...

DETROIT – From 1982 to the early 90s, WDIV had a hilarious Halloween character named Count Scary! Count Scary was a comical, stereotypical vampire. His catch phrase was "Ooooh, that's scary!" He ...

Tom DeLisle, a native east side Detroiter whose career ranged from being part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that covered the 1967 civil disturbance for the Free Press to creating the Count Scary ...