April 12, 2000: End Times Prophecy - Kathleen Keating

Kathleen Keating, author of The Final Warning and a close confidant of Father Malachi Martin, joins Art Bell to discuss end times prophecy, the Antichrist, and three days of darkness. Art opens with calls from listeners describing alien encounters, including a mother and son who witnessed a towering black energy being with glowing red eyes leaning over a child's bed, and a man who claims he met a fanged, time-traveling figure on Halloween night. Art interprets the first encounter as something rooted in evil rather than extraterrestrial, setting the tone for the main guest.

Keating describes her own backyard encounter with a figure she identifies as the Antichrist, a charismatic man in an expensive suit whose presence paralyzed her dog. Keating explains that she knows his identity but refuses to reveal it publicly, believing disclosure would hasten his emergence.

Keating outlines a sequence of prophesied events including escalating natural disasters, a divine warning during which every person will see themselves as God sees them, and three days of darkness. She discusses the third secret of Fatima, the possibility that the Pope will consecrate Russia, and the role of electronic media as conduits for dark spiritual influence. Art shares that Father Martin once warned him against releasing certain Vatican-related information.