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The Art Bell Archive

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The Ultimate Art Bell Collection in chronological order, with episodes added daily.
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February 27, 1997: Open Lines

Art Bell opens the night by teasing tomorrow's guest on cloning, a Loyola University professor who is simultaneously a geneticist, Jesuit priest, and bioethicist. He dives into a flood of strange news, including over 50 UFO encounters across Australia since February 1st, a captured chupacabra near San Antonio with video footage on the way, and a sheep in Spain found with a fully jointed leg growing from its head. Callers range across wildly diverse territory. A Gulf War veteran from Maine reveal...

Aug 27, 20233 hr 40 minSeason 1997Ep. 210

February 27, 1997: Open Lines

Art Bell opens the night by teasing tomorrow's guest on cloning, a Loyola University professor who is simultaneously a geneticist, Jesuit priest, and bioethicist. He dives into a flood of strange news, including over 50 UFO encounters across Australia since February 1st, a captured chupacabra near San Antonio with video footage on the way, and a sheep in Spain found with a fully jointed leg growing from its head. Callers range across wildly diverse territory. A Gulf War veteran from Maine… Full ...

Aug 27, 20233 hr 40 minSeason 1997Ep. 210

February 26, 1997: Project S.T.R.A.T. UFO's - John Shepherd | Mel's Hole Update

John Shepherd , a self-taught electronics enthusiast from rural Michigan, has spent his entire adult life converting his grandparents' home into a massive ultra-low-frequency transmitter designed to attract UFOs. Art Bell walks listeners through astonishing photographs on his website showing an 18-foot-tall resonator array, high-voltage coupling stations reaching 150,000 volts, and rooms overtaken by floor-to-ceiling racks of hand-built equipment. Shepherd explains he chose extremely low frequen...

Aug 26, 20233 hr 27 minSeason 1997Ep. 209

February 26, 1997: Project S.T.R.A.T. UFO's - John Shepherd | Mel's Hole Update

John Shepherd, a self-taught electronics enthusiast from rural Michigan, has spent his entire adult life converting his grandparents' home into a massive ultra-low-frequency transmitter designed to attract UFOs. Art Bell walks listeners through astonishing photographs on his website showing an 18-foot-tall resonator array, high-voltage coupling stations reaching 150,000 volts, and rooms overtaken by floor-to-ceiling racks of hand-built equipment. Shepherd explains he chose extremely low… Full sh...

Aug 26, 20233 hr 27 minSeason 1997Ep. 209

February 26, 1997: Project S.T.R.A.T. UFO's - John Shepherd #124; Mel's Hole Update

John Shepherd , an electronics enthusiast from Michigan, discusses his remarkable Project STRAT (Special Telemetry Research and Tracking), a decades-long effort to make contact with UFOs using ultra-low frequency transmissions. Shepherd has converted his entire house into a massive transmitter array, believing that UFOs are attracted to electromagnetic frequencies similar to those used in power lines. His dedication to this project has consumed his life savings and transformed his home into what...

Aug 26, 20233 hr 27 minSeason 1997Ep. 209

February 25, 1997: Hong Kong - Emily Lau

Emily Lau , an elected member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council and outspoken pro-democracy advocate known as the Iron Lady of Hong Kong, speaks with Art Bell just months before the July 1997 handover to China. Lau describes the National People's Congress decision to repeal Hong Kong's civil liberties protections, including freedoms of demonstration, association, and assembly, and warns that all 26 pro-democracy legislators will be thrown out of office when China's handpicked provisional legi...

Aug 25, 20232 hr 55 minSeason 1997Ep. 208

February 25, 1997: Hong Kong - Emily Lau

Emily Lau, an elected member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council and outspoken pro-democracy advocate known as the Iron Lady of Hong Kong, speaks with Art Bell just months before the July 1997 handover to China. Lau describes the National People's Congress decision to repeal Hong Kong's civil liberties protections, including freedoms of demonstration, association, and assembly, and warns that all 26 pro-democracy legislators will be thrown out of office when China's handpicked provisional… Full...

Aug 25, 20232 hr 55 minSeason 1997Ep. 208

February 24, 1997: Flying Sickness - Diana Fairchild | Mel's Hole Update - Mel Waters

Diana Fairchild , a retired flight attendant with 21 years and 10 million miles of service for Pan Am and United Airlines, reveals the hidden health hazards of commercial air travel. She explains how airlines reduce fresh air circulation to save roughly $80 per hour on fuel costs, leaving passengers breathing recycled air with dangerously low oxygen and humidity levels drier than the Sahara Desert. Fairchild discloses that pilots breathe separate, higher quality air, receive up to ten times more...

Aug 24, 20232 hr 47 minSeason 1997Ep. 207

February 24, 1997: Flying Sickness - Diana Fairchild | Mel's Hole Update - Mel Waters

Diana Fairchild, a retired flight attendant with 21 years and 10 million miles of service for Pan Am and United Airlines, reveals the hidden health hazards of commercial air travel. She explains how airlines reduce fresh air circulation to save roughly $80 per hour on fuel costs, leaving passengers breathing recycled air with dangerously low oxygen and humidity levels drier than the Sahara Desert. Fairchild discloses that pilots breathe separate, higher quality air, receive up to ten times more…...

Aug 24, 20232 hr 47 minSeason 1997Ep. 207

February 24, 1997: Flying Sickness - Diana Fairchild #124; Mel's Hole Update - Mel Waters

Diana Fairchild, a retired airline stewardess with over 20 years of experience, joins from Kauai to reveal the shocking truth about what really happens when you fly. Drawing from her extensive career with Pan Am and United Airlines, Fairchild exposes the hidden health hazards of commercial aviation that airlines don't want passengers to know. She discusses how recycled cabin air, electromagnetic fields, and other factors contribute to "flying sickness" that affects millions of travelers. The int...

Aug 24, 20232 hr 47 minSeason 1997Ep. 207

February 21, 1997: Contact & Disclosure - Steven M. Greer | Mel's Hole - Mel Waters

Dr. Steven M. Greer , emergency physician and founder of CSETI, joins Art Bell to unveil his ambitious Project Starlight Initiative, a plan to bring together dozens of government, military, and intelligence witnesses for a definitive public disclosure on extraterrestrial intelligence. Greer reveals he has assembled roughly 70 to 80 firsthand witnesses willing to testify under oath before Congress, including individuals who have worked on retrieval operations, tracked craft on radar, and encounte...

Aug 23, 20232 hr 50 minSeason 1997Ep. 206

February 21, 1997: Contact & Disclosure - Steven M. Greer | Mel's Hole - Mel Waters

Dr. Steven M. Greer, emergency physician and founder of CSETI, joins Art Bell to unveil his ambitious Project Starlight Initiative, a plan to bring together dozens of government, military, and intelligence witnesses for a definitive public disclosure on extraterrestrial intelligence. Greer reveals he has assembled roughly 70 to 80 firsthand witnesses willing to testify under oath before Congress, including individuals who have worked on retrieval operations, tracked craft on radar, and… Full sho...

Aug 23, 20232 hr 50 minSeason 1997Ep. 206

February 21, 1997: Contact & Disclosure - Steven M. Greer #124; Mel's Hole - Mel Waters

Dr. Steven M. Greer , emergency physician and founder of CSETI, discusses his ambitious project to achieve official disclosure of extraterrestrial contact. Greer outlines Project Starlight, an initiative designed to bring together 70-80 firsthand government witnesses including military personnel, intelligence workers, and aerospace employees with direct knowledge of ET programs. The conversation reveals Greer's high-level briefings with Congress members, CIA officials, and international leaders ...

Aug 23, 20232 hr 50 minSeason 1997Ep. 206

February 12, 1997: Asteroids & Global Warming - Whitley Strieber

Whitley Strieber , bestselling author of Communion and The Secret School, joins Art Bell for a sweeping discussion of two existential threats converging on humanity: asteroid impacts and the accelerating collapse of Antarctic ice. Strieber details how near-Earth objects have gone from a non-threat in 1992 to a weekly concern, citing the 1996 passage of asteroid JA-1, an object large enough to end civilization, discovered only four days before it narrowly missed Earth. The conversation shifts to ...

Aug 22, 20232 hr 43 minSeason 1997Ep. 205

February 12, 1997: Asteroids & Global Warming - Whitley Strieber

Whitley Strieber, bestselling author of Communion and The Secret School, joins Art Bell for a sweeping discussion of two existential threats converging on humanity: asteroid impacts and the accelerating collapse of Antarctic ice. Strieber details how near-Earth objects have gone from a non-threat in 1992 to a weekly concern, citing the 1996 passage of asteroid JA-1, an object large enough to end civilization, discovered only four days before it narrowly missed Earth. The conversation shifts to… ...

Aug 22, 20232 hr 43 minSeason 1997Ep. 205

February 11, 1997: Mysterious Infections - Joyce Murphy

Joyce Murphy , president of Beyond Boundaries UFO research newsletter, joins Art Bell to investigate a disturbing incident in Jasper, Arkansas, where 45 elementary school children collapsed on a playground with severe headaches, rashes, breathing difficulties, and fatigue. Seven students were hospitalized in intensive care, and emergency workers who treated the children also fell ill, as did hospital laundry workers who handled their contaminated clothing two days later. A caller from Jasper con...

Aug 21, 20233 hr 26 minSeason 1997Ep. 204

February 11, 1997: Mysterious Infections - Joyce Murphy

Joyce Murphy, president of Beyond Boundaries UFO research newsletter, joins Art Bell to investigate a disturbing incident in Jasper, Arkansas, where 45 elementary school children collapsed on a playground with severe headaches, rashes, breathing difficulties, and fatigue. Seven students were hospitalized in intensive care, and emergency workers who treated the children also fell ill, as did hospital laundry workers who handled their contaminated clothing two days later. A caller from Jasper… Ful...

Aug 21, 20233 hr 26 minSeason 1997Ep. 204

February 4, 1997: Open Lines

Art Bell opens the phone lines on the night the O.J. Simpson civil trial verdict arrives, as a jury unanimously finds Simpson liable for the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, ordering $8.5 million in compensatory damages. Art questions whether a monetary judgment truly constitutes justice for two murders, and callers from across the country weigh in with reactions ranging from relief to frustration. The evening takes an unexpected turn when Art puts his mother, Jane Bell, on the ai...

Aug 20, 20233 hr 34 minSeason 1997Ep. 203

February 4, 1997: Open Lines

Art Bell opens the phone lines on the night the O.J. Simpson civil trial verdict arrives, as a jury unanimously finds Simpson liable for the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, ordering $8.5 million in compensatory damages. Art questions whether a monetary judgment truly constitutes justice for two murders, and callers from across the country weigh in with reactions ranging from relief to frustration. The evening takes an unexpected turn when Art puts his mother, Jane Bell, on the… F...

Aug 20, 20233 hr 34 minSeason 1997Ep. 203

February 3, 1997: Crime Scene Investigation - Alexander Jason

Alexander Jason , a certified senior crime scene analyst and former San Francisco police detective, joins Art Bell for an in-depth exploration of firearms, self-defense law, and the realities of deadly force in America. With over 100 million guns in American homes, Jason breaks down when citizens can and cannot legally use a firearm, dispelling dangerous myths perpetuated by Hollywood and gun store folklore. Through vivid real-world cases, Jason illustrates how good intentions can lead to crimin...

Aug 19, 20232 hr 47 minSeason 1997Ep. 202

February 3, 1997: Crime Scene Investigation - Alexander Jason

Alexander Jason, a certified senior crime scene analyst and former San Francisco police detective, joins Art Bell for an in-depth exploration of firearms, self-defense law, and the realities of deadly force in America. With over 100 million guns in American homes, Jason breaks down when citizens can and cannot legally use a firearm, dispelling dangerous myths perpetuated by Hollywood and gun store folklore. Through vivid real-world cases, Jason illustrates how good intentions can lead to… Full s...

Aug 19, 20232 hr 47 minSeason 1997Ep. 202

January 30, 1997: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

Major Ed Dames , former military intelligence officer and head of PSI Tech, returns to discuss the frontiers of technical remote viewing, including his company's startling findings on Telstar 401 and the alien autopsy hoax. Dames reveals plans to release a home study course that would bring remote viewing skills to the general public for the first time, a move he acknowledges will eventually put his own company out of business. The conversation takes a dark turn when Dames presents his most alar...

Aug 18, 20233 hr 24 minSeason 1997Ep. 201

January 30, 1997: Remote Viewing - Ed Dames

Major Ed Dames, former military intelligence officer and head of PSI Tech, returns to discuss the frontiers of technical remote viewing, including his company's startling findings on Telstar 401 and the alien autopsy hoax. Dames reveals plans to release a home study course that would bring remote viewing skills to the general public for the first time, a move he acknowledges will eventually put his own company out of business. The conversation takes a dark turn when Dames presents his most… Full...

Aug 18, 20233 hr 24 minSeason 1997Ep. 201

January 28, 1997: Three Mile Island Disaster - Scott Portzline

Scott Portzline , a researcher who spent 13 years investigating the Three Mile Island nuclear incident and reviewed over 30,000 pages of documents, joins Art Bell to present evidence suggesting the 1979 disaster may not have been an accident. Portzline details how emergency feedwater valves were found inexplicably closed, critical paperwork went missing, and a local cult had warned members to leave Harrisburg before April 1979, with a newspaper editorial specifically urging Three Mile Island to ...

Aug 17, 20232 hr 37 minSeason 1997Ep. 200

January 28, 1997: Three Mile Island Disaster - Scott Portzline

Scott Portzline, a researcher who spent 13 years investigating the Three Mile Island nuclear incident and reviewed over 30,000 pages of documents, joins Art Bell to present evidence suggesting the 1979 disaster may not have been an accident. Portzline details how emergency feedwater valves were found inexplicably closed, critical paperwork went missing, and a local cult had warned members to leave Harrisburg before April 1979, with a newspaper editorial specifically urging Three Mile Island to… ...

Aug 17, 20232 hr 37 minSeason 1997Ep. 200

January 27, 1997: Open Lines

Art Bell opens the lines on a night dominated by a remarkable discovery: a long-lost 1907 medical study by Dr. Duncan MacDougall documenting measurable weight loss at the precise instant of human death. Art reads portions of the study aloud, detailing how patients on precision beam scales lost three-quarters of an ounce instantaneously upon dying, with all other explanations methodically ruled out. The study found no such weight change in 70 dogs at the moment of death. The first hour features T...

Aug 16, 20232 hr 46 minSeason 1997Ep. 199

January 27, 1997: Open Lines

Art Bell opens the lines on a night dominated by a remarkable discovery: a long-lost 1907 medical study by Dr. Duncan MacDougall documenting measurable weight loss at the precise instant of human death. Art reads portions of the study aloud, detailing how patients on precision beam scales lost three-quarters of an ounce instantaneously upon dying, with all other explanations methodically ruled out. The study found no such weight change in 70 dogs at the moment of death. The first hour features… ...

Aug 16, 20232 hr 46 minSeason 1997Ep. 199

January 24, 1997: Non-Lethal Weapons - Col. John Alexander

Col. John Alexander , widely known as the father of non-lethal weapons, joins Art Bell from Las Vegas to discuss the emerging field of warfare designed to incapacitate rather than kill. Alexander, a retired Army colonel who rose from private to full colonel across a career spanning Special Forces command in Vietnam, Los Alamos National Laboratory research, and NATO advisory roles, explains how technologies from rubber bullets to electromagnetic pulse systems are reshaping military strategy. Alex...

Aug 15, 20232 hr 47 minSeason 1997Ep. 198

January 24, 1997: Non-Lethal Weapons - Col. John Alexander

Col. John Alexander, widely known as the father of non-lethal weapons, joins Art Bell from Las Vegas to discuss the emerging field of warfare designed to incapacitate rather than kill. Alexander, a retired Army colonel who rose from private to full colonel across a career spanning Special Forces command in Vietnam, Los Alamos National Laboratory research, and NATO advisory roles, explains how technologies from rubber bullets to electromagnetic pulse systems are reshaping military strategy.… Full...

Aug 15, 20232 hr 47 minSeason 1997Ep. 198

January 23, 1997: Hemp & Marijuana Advocate - Chris Conrad

Chris Conrad , founder of the Business Alliance for Commerce in Hemp and an acknowledged expert on cannabis policy, joins Art Bell to separate fact from myth surrounding marijuana and industrial hemp. Conrad traces the history of hemp prohibition back to 1937, revealing how corporate interests from DuPont and the Hearst newspaper empire conspired to outlaw a crop that once formed the backbone of American agriculture. The conversation examines hemp's staggering industrial potential, from paper pr...

Aug 14, 20232 hr 34 minSeason 1997Ep. 197
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