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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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June 6, 1997: Reverse Speech - David John Oates

Art Bell welcomes David John Oates , the originator of reverse speech technology, to examine hidden messages embedded in human communication. Oates explains that when recorded speech is played backwards, clear and grammatically correct phrases emerge every five to ten seconds, revealing what the speaker truly thinks and feels. He demonstrates reversals on baby speech, showing that children produce coherent reverse statements before they can speak forward. The program takes a dramatic turn when O...

Oct 06, 20233 hr 19 minSeason 1997Ep. 251

June 6, 1997: Reverse Speech - David John Oates

Art Bell welcomes David John Oates, the originator of reverse speech technology, to examine hidden messages embedded in human communication. Oates explains that when recorded speech is played backwards, clear and grammatically correct phrases emerge every five to ten seconds, revealing what the speaker truly thinks and feels. He demonstrates reversals on baby speech, showing that children produce coherent reverse statements before they can speak forward. The program takes a dramatic turn when… F...

Oct 06, 20233 hr 19 minSeason 1997Ep. 251

June 3, 1997: Open Lines 'Witch Hunt'

Art Bell declares a witch hunt, searching for what he describes as a real broom-riding, spell-casting, cauldron-stirring witch, distinct from practitioners of Wicca. The quest produces a Canadian psychic energy worker who admits she would never hex a rude bag boy, and a self-described gray witch from Minneapolis who practices both light and dark magic. Meanwhile, the newly launched live studio webcam generates enormous excitement, with listeners flooding Art's inbox as they watch him broadcast i...

Oct 05, 20232 hr 56 minSeason 1997Ep. 250

June 3, 1997: Open Lines 'Witch Hunt'

Art Bell declares a witch hunt, searching for what he describes as a real broom-riding, spell-casting, cauldron-stirring witch, distinct from practitioners of Wicca. The quest produces a Canadian psychic energy worker who admits she would never hex a rude bag boy, and a self-described gray witch from Minneapolis who practices both light and dark magic. Meanwhile, the newly launched live studio webcam generates enormous excitement, with listeners flooding Art's inbox as they watch him broadcast… ...

Oct 05, 20232 hr 56 minSeason 1997Ep. 250

June 1, 1997: The Flying Saucer Physicist - Stanton Friedman | Australia Sightings - Linda Moulton Howe

Linda Moulton Howe reports live from Queensland, Australia, where she has been investigating orange light formations seen over the Pacific coast and animal mutilations across the continent. Joined by Nexus Magazine editor Duncan Rhodes, she reveals the existence of the UK-USA Agreement, a secret 50-year-old intelligence pact linking Pine Gap, Menwith Hill, and the NSA in a global surveillance network. Nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman listens from New Brunswick, Canada, connecting the threads t...

Oct 04, 20231 hr 59 minSeason 1997Ep. 249

June 1, 1997: The Flying Saucer Physicist - Stanton Friedman | Australia Sightings - Linda Moulton Howe

Linda Moulton Howe reports live from Queensland, Australia, where she has been investigating orange light formations seen over the Pacific coast and animal mutilations across the continent. Joined by Nexus Magazine editor Duncan Rhodes, she reveals the existence of the UK-USA Agreement, a secret 50-year-old intelligence pact linking Pine Gap, Menwith Hill, and the NSA in a global surveillance network. Nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman listens from New Brunswick, Canada, connecting the threads… ...

Oct 04, 20231 hr 59 minSeason 1997Ep. 249

June 1, 1997: The Flying Saucer Physicist - Stanton Friedman #124; Australia Sightings - Linda Moulton Howe

Nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman and investigative journalist Linda Moulton Howe present a synchronistic program examining UFO disclosure and recent sightings from different hemispheres. Friedman, known as "The Flying Saucer Physicist," discusses his scientific approach to UFO research and the mounting evidence for extraterrestrial visitation that government agencies continue to suppress. Meanwhile, Howe reports live from Queensland, Australia, where she is investigating a wave of unusual aeri...

Oct 04, 20231 hr 59 minSeason 1997Ep. 249

May 30, 1997: Keith Rowland

Keith Rowland , the webmaster behind artbell.com, joins Art Bell to pull back the curtain on the rapidly growing website and its notorious run-in with the FBI. On April 1st, 1997, Rowland posted a fake FBI seizure notice on the site as a joke, complete with a doctored Bureau seal and references to the Heaven's Gate investigation. The prank fooled thousands of visitors, and roughly 30 days later, a real letter arrived from the FBI demanding its removal and warning of legal consequences from the U...

Oct 03, 20231 hr 59 minSeason 1997Ep. 248

May 30, 1997: Keith Rowland

Keith Rowland, the webmaster behind artbell.com, joins Art Bell to pull back the curtain on the rapidly growing website and its notorious run-in with the FBI. On April 1st, 1997, Rowland posted a fake FBI seizure notice on the site as a joke, complete with a doctored Bureau seal and references to the Heaven's Gate investigation. The prank fooled thousands of visitors, and roughly 30 days later, a real letter arrived from the FBI demanding its removal and warning of legal consequences from the… F...

Oct 03, 20231 hr 59 minSeason 1997Ep. 248

May 29, 1997: Open Lines

Art Bell opens the phone lines on a night filled with wide-ranging caller topics, but not before delivering a personal meditation on revenge and Christianity. After a listener challenges whether his belief in retaliation is consistent with being Christian, Art offers an unflinching response, declaring that if someone comes after him or his family, he will come right back at them harder. It is a rare moment of philosophical vulnerability from the host. Callers bring a diverse mix of subjects thro...

Oct 02, 20232 hr 49 minSeason 1997Ep. 247

May 29, 1997: Open Lines

Art Bell opens the phone lines on a night filled with wide-ranging caller topics, but not before delivering a personal meditation on revenge and Christianity. After a listener challenges whether his belief in retaliation is consistent with being Christian, Art offers an unflinching response, declaring that if someone comes after him or his family, he will come right back at them harder. It is a rare moment of philosophical vulnerability from the host. Callers bring a diverse mix of subjects… Ful...

Oct 02, 20232 hr 49 minSeason 1997Ep. 247

May 28, 1997: Ham Radio & More - Wayne Green

Wayne Green , legendary publisher of 73 Magazine and founder of Byte magazine, joins Art Bell for a sprawling conversation that covers nearly every frontier of human curiosity. Green, who has visited 132 countries, piloted nuclear submarines, and helped launch the personal computer revolution, brings his trademark maverick energy to topics ranging from amateur radio's uncertain future to cold fusion experiments anyone can try at home. The discussion moves from the state of ham radio and the thre...

Oct 01, 20232 hr 44 minSeason 1997Ep. 246

May 28, 1997: Ham Radio & More - Wayne Green

Wayne Green, legendary publisher of 73 Magazine and founder of Byte magazine, joins Art Bell for a sprawling conversation that covers nearly every frontier of human curiosity. Green, who has visited 132 countries, piloted nuclear submarines, and helped launch the personal computer revolution, brings his trademark maverick energy to topics ranging from amateur radio's uncertain future to cold fusion experiments anyone can try at home. The discussion moves from the state of ham radio and the… Full...

Oct 01, 20232 hr 44 minSeason 1997Ep. 246

May 27, 1997: Rosalie Osias

Attorney and foundation president Rosalie Osias joins Art Bell with a message that women love to hate and men quietly applaud. On the same day the Supreme Court unanimously allows Paula Jones's sexual harassment lawsuit against President Clinton to proceed, Osias argues that women should embrace their femininity and sexuality as powerful tools for career advancement rather than suppressing them in the name of corporate conformity. Osias, who represents 40 banks and built her legal empire through...

Sep 30, 20232 hr 43 minSeason 1997Ep. 245

May 27, 1997: Rosalie Osias

Attorney and foundation president Rosalie Osias joins Art Bell with a message that women love to hate and men quietly applaud. On the same day the Supreme Court unanimously allows Paula Jones's sexual harassment lawsuit against President Clinton to proceed, Osias argues that women should embrace their femininity and sexuality as powerful tools for career advancement rather than suppressing them in the name of corporate conformity. Osias, who represents 40 banks and built her legal empire… Full s...

Sep 30, 20232 hr 43 minSeason 1997Ep. 245

May 26, 1997: Open Lines | Art & Ramona's UFO Sighting #2

Art Bell and his wife Ramona take to the airwaves together on Memorial Day to describe a dramatic daytime UFO sighting they witnessed that morning at approximately 11:40 AM near their Pahrump, Nevada home. While closing a gate, they noticed a military jet leaving a double contrail at extreme altitude, and just below it, a brilliant, glowing, cylindrical silver object tracking alongside the aircraft before stopping dead in the sky. Art details his frantic attempts to report the sighting to Nellis...

Sep 29, 20232 hr 50 minSeason 1997Ep. 244

May 26, 1997: Open Lines | Art & Ramona's UFO Sighting #2

Art Bell and his wife Ramona take to the airwaves together on Memorial Day to describe a dramatic daytime UFO sighting they witnessed that morning at approximately 11:40 AM near their Pahrump, Nevada home. While closing a gate, they noticed a military jet leaving a double contrail at extreme altitude, and just below it, a brilliant, glowing, cylindrical silver object tracking alongside the aircraft before stopping dead in the sky. Art details his frantic attempts to report the sighting to… Full ...

Sep 29, 20232 hr 50 minSeason 1997Ep. 244

May 26, 1997: Open Lines #124; Art & Ramona's UFO Sighting #2

Art hosts another open lines show on Memorial Day, allowing callers to discuss various topics while he reflects on the significance of the holiday honoring America's war dead. The evening features diverse conversations about current events, including President Clinton's efforts to expand NATO and questions about the organization's ultimate purpose as it grows to include former adversaries. Art shares personal correspondence from his mother about military memorials and the ongoing recognition of ...

Sep 29, 20232 hr 50 minSeason 1997Ep. 244

May 23, 1997: Area 51 - Sean David Morton & Victor

Sean David Morton and the mysterious whistleblower known only as Victor join Art Bell for an extraordinary evening centered on Area 51 and a smuggled video allegedly showing the interrogation of a live extraterrestrial being. Victor, speaking through a voice-changing device to protect his identity, claims to have extracted digital footage from the S-4 facility at Papoose Lake during a period of institutional chaos as operations were being shut down. Victor describes a small, bulbous-headed creat...

Sep 28, 20233 hr 20 minSeason 1997Ep. 243

May 23, 1997: Area 51 - Sean David Morton & Victor

Sean David Morton and the mysterious whistleblower known only as Victor join Art Bell for an extraordinary evening centered on Area 51 and a smuggled video allegedly showing the interrogation of a live extraterrestrial being. Victor, speaking through a voice-changing device to protect his identity, claims to have extracted digital footage from the S4 facility at Papoose Lake during a period of institutional chaos as operations were being shut down. Victor describes a small, bulbous-headed… Full ...

Sep 28, 20233 hr 20 minSeason 1997Ep. 243

May 22, 1997: Time Wave Zero - Terence McKenna

Terence McKenna , calling from his remote home on the slopes of Mauna Loa in Hawaii, presents his radical theory of novelty and time to Art Bell in a conversation that leaves the host stunned by its alignment with his own book, The Quickening . McKenna argues that the universe has an inherent preference for novelty over habit, accelerating exponentially toward a singular moment he calculates will arrive on December 21, 2012, a date derived mathematically from the ancient Chinese I Ching that ind...

Sep 27, 20233 hr 1 minSeason 1997Ep. 242

May 22, 1997: Time Wave Zero - Terence McKenna

Terence McKenna, calling from his remote home on the slopes of Mauna Loa in Hawaii, presents his radical theory of novelty and time to Art Bell in a conversation that leaves the host stunned by its alignment with his own book, The Quickening. McKenna argues that the universe has an inherent preference for novelty over habit, accelerating exponentially toward a singular moment he calculates will arrive on December 21, 2012, a date derived mathematically from the ancient Chinese I Ching that… Full...

Sep 27, 20233 hr 1 minSeason 1997Ep. 242

May 21, 1997: The Phoenix Lights

Art Bell dives into one of the most extraordinary mass UFO sightings in American history as Phoenix City Councilwoman Frances Barwood joins the program to discuss the mysterious lights that appeared over the Phoenix metropolitan area on March 13, 1997. Barwood, who dared to formally request a city investigation into the event, found herself ridiculed by the mayor's office, mocked by the state attorney general, and stonewalled by Luke Air Force Base, all for simply asking what flew over a valley ...

Sep 26, 20232 hr 45 minSeason 1997Ep. 241

May 21, 1997: The Phoenix Lights

Art Bell dives into one of the most extraordinary mass UFO sightings in American history as Phoenix City Councilwoman Frances Barwood joins the program to discuss the mysterious lights that appeared over the Phoenix metropolitan area on March 13, 1997. Barwood, who dared to formally request a city investigation into the event, found herself ridiculed by the mayor's office, mocked by the state attorney general, and stonewalled by Luke Air Force Base, all for simply asking what flew over a valley…...

Sep 26, 20232 hr 45 minSeason 1997Ep. 241

May 20, 1997: Pet Food - Ann N. Martin

Canadian author Ann N. Martin delivers a deeply disturbing investigation into the commercial pet food industry, revealing that euthanized dogs and cats from veterinary clinics and animal shelters are routinely sent to rendering plants where they are ground up, fur, tags, plastic bags, and lethal injection drugs included, and processed into pet food and livestock feed. Her seven years of research for the forthcoming book Food Pets Die For traces the journey of dead companion animals from London, ...

Sep 25, 20232 hr 46 minSeason 1997Ep. 240

May 20, 1997: Pet Food - Ann N. Martin

Canadian author Ann N. Martin delivers a deeply disturbing investigation into the commercial pet food industry, revealing that euthanized dogs and cats from veterinary clinics and animal shelters are routinely sent to rendering plants where they are ground up, fur, tags, plastic bags, and lethal injection drugs included, and processed into pet food and livestock feed. Her seven years of research for the forthcoming book Food Pets Die For traces the journey of dead companion animals from London,…...

Sep 25, 20232 hr 46 minSeason 1997Ep. 240

May 16, 1997: Open Lines

Art Bell opens the Friday night phone lines with several tantalizing announcements, including a world-exclusive second photograph from the alleged Area 51 alien interrogation video and the upcoming interview with the mysterious Victor who claims to have smuggled the footage out. He also reports that AP reporter Harry Rosenthal became furious and trashed all listener faxes sent after the previous night's broadcast. The night takes a philosophical turn when Art describes a 2020 segment about a wom...

Sep 24, 20232 hr 48 minSeason 1997Ep. 239

May 16, 1997: Open Lines

Art Bell opens the Friday night phone lines with several tantalizing announcements, including a world-exclusive second photograph from the alleged Area 51 alien interrogation video and the upcoming interview with the mysterious Victor who claims to have smuggled the footage out. He also reports that AP reporter Harry Rosenthal became furious and trashed all listener faxes sent after the previous night's broadcast. The night takes a philosophical turn when Art describes a 2020 segment about a… Fu...

Sep 24, 20232 hr 48 minSeason 1997Ep. 239

May 15, 1997: NASA Coverup - Richard C. Hoagland

Richard C. Hoagland returns to confront an Associated Press article by Harry Rosenthal that painted him as a fringe conspiracy theorist linked to the Heaven's Gate tragedy. Art Bell and Hoagland systematically dismantle the piece, revealing that Rosenthal specifically requested the most hostile faxes NASA could provide and refused to speak with scientist Tom Van Flandern about the actual science behind the Hale-Bopp imaging questions. A 20-year-old listener named Lindsay Tackett delivers a bombs...

Sep 23, 20232 hr 40 minSeason 1997Ep. 238

May 15, 1997: NASA Coverup - Richard C. Hoagland

Richard C. Hoagland returns to confront an Associated Press article by Harry Rosenthal that painted him as a fringe conspiracy theorist linked to the Heaven's Gate tragedy. Art Bell and Hoagland systematically dismantle the piece, revealing that Rosenthal specifically requested the most hostile faxes NASA could provide and refused to speak with scientist Tom Van Flandern about the actual science behind the Hale-Bopp imaging questions. A 20-year-old listener named Lindsay Tackett delivers a… Full...

Sep 23, 20232 hr 40 minSeason 1997Ep. 238
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