May 30, 1997: Keith Rowland
Oct 03, 2023•1 hr 59 min•Season 1997Ep. 248
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Episode description
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… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/may-30-1997-keith-rowland
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