The Art Bell Archive

Art Bell welcomes Dr. Patch Adams, the physician and social activist whose life inspired the Robin Williams film, for a wide-ranging conversation about health care, compassion, and American society. Adams, founder of the Gesundheit Institute, describes his 30-year mission to provide free medical care and his plan to build a full-scale hospital in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, where doctors and nurses would work for $3,000 a year.Adams shares his personal history, from growing up on army bases as a military child to voluntary psychiatric hospitalization at age 17 after struggling with racism, his father's death, and suicidal thoughts. He criticizes managed care as entirely negative, argues that malpractice insurance breeds fear and mistrust between doctors and patients, and notes that despite decades of practicing medicine without insurance, he was never sued.The conversation covers forced psychiatric incarceration, the case of Rodney Yoder held involuntarily for a decade in Illinois, and Adams's belief that 95 percent of Christians fail to live Christ's message of service. He challenges listeners to support his hospital project and confronts what he sees as a society that worships money and power at the expense of genuine human connection.

Art Bell welcomes journalist Leslie Keane, who reports on a new study by retired NASA scientist Richard Haynes documenting over 100 cases where pilot UFO sightings affected aviation safety. TWA Captain Phil Schultz described a round silver craft with portholes that descended from above and nearly collided with his aircraft in 1981, writing "spaceship" in his official report. Keane discusses the systemic ridicule that prevents pilots from reporting encounters and the resistance she faces publishing serious UFO journalism.Dr. Steven M. Greer then joins to announce the upcoming Disclosure Project press conference at the National Press Club on May 9th, where over twenty military and intelligence witnesses will testify publicly. Among them is the fourth-ranking FAA official during the Reagan administration, who confirms a 1986 Alaska UFO incident was covered up after CIA agents declared the meeting "never happened" and confiscated evidence.Greer reveals testimony about UFOs disabling sixteen ICBMs at Malmstrom Air Force Base, weapons already deployed in space in violation of treaties, and Werner von Braun's warning that an alien threat would be fabricated to justify space weaponization. He urges citizens to write their representatives demanding open congressional hearings on the subject.

Art Bell welcomes Reverend Howard Storm, a former atheist and art professor who describes his harrowing near-death experience during a medical emergency in Paris in 1985. After a perforation in his small intestine went untreated for hours in a French hospital with no surgeon available, Storm found himself standing beside his own body, feeling more alive than ever, with heightened senses and full physical presence.Shadowy beings in a dim hallway beckoned him to follow, leading him on what felt like an endless journey into complete darkness. A growing mob attacked him viciously, tearing at his body and tormenting him psychologically. Storm describes the assault as sadistic and personal, with the creatures delighting in his suffering. Curled up and broken, he discovered that any mention of God drove the attackers away.A desperate cry to Jesus brought a brilliant light that healed his wounds and filled him with indescribable peace. Beings of light showed him a review of his life, skipping his professional achievements to focus on moments where he failed to show compassion. They answered his questions freely, assuring him that nuclear war would never be permitted because the planet belongs to God.

Art Bell welcomes Professor Peter D. Ward, a geological sciences professor at the University of Washington, to discuss his book Rivers in Time and the search for clues to Earth's mass extinctions. Ward presents evidence from ice core records showing that catastrophic climate shifts can occur in as little as ten years, with the potential to plunge Europe into a devastating ice age through disruption of Atlantic Ocean circulation patterns.Ward explains how global warming could paradoxically trigger rapid cooling, threatening agriculture and potentially reducing world population from billions to three billion. He describes the relationship between glacial periods and extreme weather, including hundred-mile-per-hour winds that would make jet travel impossible. The professor shares his encounter with Edward Teller, who revealed concerns about nuclear weapons used for planetary defense and their atmospheric risks.The discussion covers the current rate of species extinction, which Ward says approaches the level seen during the dinosaur die-off 65 million years ago. He argues that while intelligent life is rare in the universe, humans are remarkably resilient and likely "extinction-proof" compared to other species on Earth.

Art Bell welcomes Richard C. Hoagland for an update on the mysterious events unfolding in Antarctica, including the strange rescue flight from the South Pole and the revelation that the NSA has maintained a presence on the continent for decades. Hoagland also discusses the Dennis Tito space tourism controversy, NASA's resistance to civilian access, and the suspicious simultaneous crash of all space station computers just before Tito's arrival.The conversation turns to the Mars Odyssey spacecraft, which captured an image of Antarctica as it departed Earth, and the implications of what may lie beneath Lake Vostok. Hoagland shares details about the PAX TV Mars special and addresses criticism from fellow researchers in the field.In the second half, healer and author Alan Mesher joins Art to discuss the purpose of life, the tension between material success and spiritual growth, and the concept of a planetary "cusp period" of chaos and transformation. Mesher describes his healing work and shares a past-life regression case involving a woman with cervical cancer.

Art Bell hosts Dr. Scott Mandelker and David Wilcock for an expansive discussion on what they call the Time of Global Shift. Wilcock presents data showing a 230 percent increase in the sun's magnetic field strength since 1901, a 500 percent rise in worldwide volcanic activity since 1875, and a 400 percent increase in significant earthquakes since the mid-1970s.The guests connect these physical changes to the Bermuda Triangle and its Pacific counterpart, the Devil's Triangle off Japan, arguing that these vortex points represent areas where higher-dimensional energy bleeds through Earth's geometric energy grid. Wilcock describes a National Airlines flight that vanished from radar for ten minutes, with every clock and watch on the plane found to be exactly ten minutes slow upon landing in Miami.Dr. Mandelker introduces the concept of ET souls or wanderers, beings who have incarnated on Earth from higher densities of existence. Both guests point to the Mayan calendar endpoint near 2012 and channeled material suggesting that Earth is approaching an energetic transition into what they term fourth density, a transformation they believe will fundamentally alter both the planet and human consciousness.

Art Bell brings back Richard C. Hoagland for a focused discussion on the deepening mystery surrounding Antarctica's Lake Vostok. A former Navy radio operator who served at McMurdo in the early 1970s writes in to confirm that winter crew illness is essentially unheard of, casting doubt on official explanations for the emergency medical evacuations.Hoagland reveals that Raytheon's general manager has confirmed two American personnel are in critical but stable condition at Christchurch Hospital in New Zealand, yet hospital staff report confusion about where the patients are located. A listener with nuclear industry experience suggests the urgent request for salt is code for radiation exposure, as iodized salt can substitute for iodine tablets to protect the thyroid.The conversation examines a patented nuclear tunneling machine designed to melt through rock and ice, technology developed by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission in the early 1970s. Hoagland and Art consider whether a secret drilling operation may have breached the lake and exposed workers to radiation, violating international treaties banning nuclear activity on the continent.

Art Bell opens with Linda Moulton Howe, who reveals that the previous night's guest, Deek Richards, has confessed his UFO crash retrieval story was a hoax. Howe discovered that Richards is the same caller who fabricated a JPL story years earlier under the name Kent. Art and Linda discuss whether his repeated pattern of elaborate lies followed by immediate confession suggests deeper motivations.Howe then presents testimony from Sergio Arellano, a retired master sergeant who witnessed a massive helmet-shaped craft over Mannheim, Germany, in April 1986. Arellano describes the object as liquid and solid simultaneously, resembling mercury, observed by roughly 1,600 military personnel. He recalls three small white objects merging into the craft from different directions before the military dismissed the sighting as space debris.Richard C. Hoagland provides a major Antarctic update, reporting that JPL scientist Dr. Frank Carsey has confirmed on the record that the NSA previously funded operations in the polar regions. Hoagland also notes the evacuated South Pole doctor walked off his rescue plane appearing healthy, refused media interviews, and showed no signs of the serious illness that justified his unprecedented winter extraction.

Art Bell interviews Deek Richards, a self-described Army veteran who claims to have participated in the recovery of a crashed non-human craft near the Fulda Gap in Germany during the 1982 Reforger exercises. Richards describes a triangular craft with rounded edges buried halfway into the earth, five small gray beings in black leotard-like suits, and a strong ammonia smell emanating from the bodies.Richards details the three-day recovery operation involving wreckers, bulldozers, and personnel with no military insignia giving orders. He describes tubes protruding from a gash in the craft that oozed a luminescent green substance visible at night, and metal that would repair its own dents within seconds. The craft was loaded onto a 60-foot flatbed, disguised with lumber framing, and transported under cover of darkness.Richard C. Hoagland then provides an Antarctic update, reporting that sources confirm a container ship carrying 138 truckloads of equipment departed for McMurdo. James Gilliland joins later to discuss his near-death experience and ongoing UFO research at his ranch in Washington state.

Art Bell welcomes Richard C. Hoagland to discuss alarming developments at Antarctica's Lake Vostok. An email from a former Navy radio operator who wintered at McMurdo in 1972-73 confirms that illness during this season is virtually unheard of, raising serious questions about why personnel are now critically sick.Hoagland reports that sources in New Zealand have confirmed two U.S. workers are hospitalized in Christchurch in critical but stable condition, yet the hospital cannot account for their exact location. The mysterious request to "fill your pockets with salt" draws a connection to nuclear industry protocols, where iodized salt substitutes for iodine tablets during radiation emergencies.The discussion turns to a 1972 U.S. patent for a nuclear tunneling machine capable of melting through rock and ice, raising the possibility that a clandestine drilling operation at Vostok may have exposed workers to radiation. Hoagland notes that bacteria discovered thriving in the frozen lake in 1998 included never-before-seen microbes, adding another layer of mystery to what is unfolding at the bottom of the world.

Art Bell interviews technologist and author Mark Pesce about the rapidly approaching nanotechnology revolution and its potential to reshape civilization within a generation. Pesce explains that molecular-scale machines could eliminate disease, end hunger by converting raw soil into food, and extend human lifespans. He describes how nanobots built from atomic-level components would operate like miniature mechanical computers, millions of times faster than anything available today, with functional prototypes expected within a decade.The conversation turns to the darker possibilities, including the notorious "grey goo" scenario in which self-replicating nanobots consume all matter on Earth's surface within approximately 48 hours. Pesce reveals that nanotechnology researchers discuss this threat privately but downplay it publicly to avoid alarming the public. He notes that the basic tools for nanotechnology are relatively inexpensive, meaning even individuals working from home could eventually build dangerous devices.Pesce also explores how nanotechnology will blur the line between physical reality and simulation, noting that video game graphics are improving at eight times the rate of Moore's Law. He warns that military applications, genome-targeted weapons, and the displacement of entire economic systems built on material scarcity represent challenges that current social evolution may not be prepared to handle.

Art Bell opens with a firsthand account from Grant Cameron in Winnipeg, who reveals he was the caller who asked Vice President Dick Cheney about UFOs on the Diane Rehm Show. Cameron details Cheney's response that any such briefing would be classified, and points out that a congressional letter of inquiry about UFOs had already been sent to the Vice President, contradicting his claim of not encountering the subject since returning to government.The program features a replay of Sarah's near-death experience from February 1999, widely considered one of the most detailed NDE accounts ever broadcast. After being struck by a pickup truck while bicycling home from church volunteer work, Sarah flatlined five times over three days. She describes passing through a black void where flaming demonic creatures charged through her body, then entering a cloud tunnel lined with doorways opening onto different realms, including a graphic depiction of hell and a world of isolated, depressed souls.Sarah recounts discovering a luminous paradise she could not enter because she lacked "the information," then merging with a great light filled with overwhelming joy. Art plays the controversial recording allegedly captured from the deepest borehole in Siberia, and Sarah confirms it matched the sounds from the hellish realm she witnessed.

Art Bell speaks with ancient astronaut theorist Zecharia Sitchin, who reveals that the recently completed human genome project identified 223 genes that cannot be traced through normal evolutionary progression from bacteria to vertebrates. Sitchin notes that the science editor of Newsweek labeled these "alien genes," a finding that aligns with his translations of Sumerian clay tablets describing genetic engineering by the Anunnaki some 300,000 years ago. He also exposes a sentence about extraterrestrial intelligence that was removed between editions of a New York Times article on intelligent design theory.In the second half, Dannion Brinkley shares his extraordinary near-death experience after being struck by lightning in 1975. He describes floating above his body, observing the energy fields of paramedics and plants, and entering a tunnel where he underwent a full panoramic life review. Brinkley recounts feeling every emotion he ever caused in others and confronting the consequences of his violent past as a former military operative.Both guests challenge conventional understandings of human origins and the afterlife. Sitchin connects ancient texts to modern genetics while Brinkley offers firsthand testimony of consciousness surviving physical death, each pointing toward dimensions of existence beyond mainstream acceptance.

Art Bell sits down with Harvard psychiatrist Dr. John Mack, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose research into alien encounters drew intense scrutiny from the academic establishment. Dr. Mack recounts how publishing his findings in 1994 led to a 15-month investigation by Harvard, which ended only when his legal team, led by attorney Danny Sheehan, prepared to mount a full defense with witnesses and affidavits.Dr. Mack argues that the abduction phenomenon signals a broader shift in human consciousness. He connects the increasing frequency of encounter reports to the ecological crisis, suggesting that beings from other dimensions may be reaching out as humanity threatens the web of life on Earth. He notes that indigenous cultures worldwide accept such encounters as normal, while Western society has narrowed its perception of reality over the past 300 years.The discussion turns to a proposed public tribunal featuring three retired federal judges to formally examine the evidence for alien contact. Dr. Mack also addresses the sexual dimensions of the phenomenon, praising experiencer Pamela Stonebrook for her courage, and emphasizes that not a single encounter case has shown evidence of malevolent intent comparable to human violence.

Art Bell welcomes futurist and intuitive Gordon Michael Scallion to discuss the possibility of an imminent pole shift and accelerating earth changes. Scallion describes the layers beneath the Earth's crust, comparing them to the layers of the atmosphere, and explains how these boundaries move at different speeds. When they get stuck and release, he warns, the lithosphere itself could slip over the layer beneath it.Scallion shares a vivid vision in which he watched the sun rapidly cross the sky in an unnatural direction during summer, followed by intense winds. He interprets this as the crust displacing rather than the entire planet tilting, drawing parallels to the cataclysm that flash-froze the mammoths roughly 12,000 years ago. He points to the current record-breaking sunspot cycle and declining magnetic field as warning signs.The conversation also covers the unprecedented solar flare activity of cycle 23, the relationship between solar energy and El Nino events, and the Chandler wobble. Art notes aurora borealis visible across the mid-latitudes that very evening, adding real-time synchronicity to Scallion's forecast of a volatile summer ahead.

Art Bell opens with David Wilcock, a specialist in theoretical science, to discuss alarming solar activity. Two massive coronal mass ejections have narrowly missed Earth, including one estimated at X-22 intensity, the largest ever recorded, which saturated monitoring equipment. Wilcock explains that the sun's magnetic field has increased 230 percent since 1901 and presents research from Russian astrophysicist Dr. Alexei Dmitriev showing that all planets in the solar system are exhibiting energetic changes, including magnetic pole shifts on Neptune and Uranus.Wilcock draws correlations between sunspot cycle peaks and economic downturns, social upheaval, and severe weather, pointing to the devastating tornadoes that recently struck the Midwest during heightened solar activity. He discusses anomalous tornado phenomena where matter appears to change phase, with objects passing through solid walls without damage. He frames these events within ancient prophecies describing a transformative period for human consciousness and suggests that a magnetic pole reversal may be approaching.In the second half, Art speaks with Harold Ort, editor of Popular Communications magazine, about the state of radio technology. They discuss the frustrations of digital cell phones, the appeal of illegal cell phone jammers, the demise of low-power FM radio at the hands of the NAB, shortwave pirate radio stations, and the promise of solar energy for powering home radio equipment.

Art Bell hosts his beloved Ghost to Ghost edition on Good Friday, opening the phone lines exclusively for real ghost stories from listeners across the country. He sets the ground rules early: only serious, genuinely frightening accounts will make the cut, and quality ghost photographs can be submitted to his webmaster for posting on the website's growing gallery.Callers share a remarkable range of experiences. A man in Indiana recalls his sister being grabbed at her feet by an unseen force at Fort Meade, while he felt something breathing directly into his face. A woman in Oregon describes a dark entity that announced "I want you" to her husband, and a house fire that destroyed the upper floor also eliminated years of paranormal activity linked to the previous tenants' witchcraft books. In California, a former high school filmmaker recounts a courthouse haunting where objects moved on their own, cell doors slammed shut, and a statue of justice opened and closed its eyes while he watched.Other stories include a man whose deceased brother communicates through flickering lights and a radio that played one song at the funeral before going permanently silent, and a listener whose recording equipment turns itself on and off while his hair was set on fire by an invisible presence.

Art Bell opens with Richard C. Hoagland, who reveals photographs of the D&M pyramid region on Mars that appear to show Arabic script on the surface. Hoagland had held these images for three years at the request of a colleague. He presents two possibilities: either the lettering is genuinely on Mars, which would be an extraordinary discovery, or someone inserted it into the digital images during a suspicious 36-hour gap in the chain of custody at JPL. Hoagland also shares a new email from Sir Arthur C. Clarke expressing his conviction that vegetation exists on Mars.In the second segment, Art welcomes Thunder Strikes, a twisted-hairs elder of Cherokee and Irish descent, to address the shadow people phenomenon after receiving over 4,500 listener emails. Thunder Strikes describes these entities as inorganic beings from parallel dimensions that feed on negative human emotions in a vampiric manner. He explains that ancient records first documented them in 1153 B.C. and connects their increasing visibility to a prophesied period called the quickening, which began in 2001.Thunder Strikes notes that animals, particularly cats, have always been able to perceive these beings. He relates their growing presence to the acceleration of human metabolism and consciousness as described in the Rainbow Bridge Prophecies, which point toward a transformative period culminating in 2012.

Art Bell welcomes Canadian writer Paul Coulbeck, who investigated the extraordinary claims of Daniel Hammer, a French-Canadian carpenter who says he was abducted from his living room in 1975. According to Hammer, two humanoid beings took him aboard a granite-interior spacecraft, shrunk him to atomic size, and guided him through the workings of an energy frequency generator. The experience left him with detailed knowledge of how to build such a craft himself.Coulbeck describes visiting Hammer in Ontario, where he photographed the construction of a full-scale spacecraft built with stainless steel rings lined with precisely positioned magnets. Hammer had previously built two smaller models. The first exploded in his garage, and the second escaped into the sky when he lost control of it, knocking out power in the surrounding area. Newspaper reports and power outage records corroborate these incidents. After mysterious government agents searched his property, Hammer relocated to Ontario to continue his work.Art also discusses a growing listener phenomenon involving possible timeline manipulation, with hundreds of emails from people who recall historical events differently than recorded history, including vivid memories of Nelson Mandela dying in prison.

Art Bell welcomes Dr. Carla Wills-Brandon, a licensed therapist and author, to discuss the phenomenon of deathbed visions. Unlike near-death experiences, deathbed visions occur specifically when a person is actively passing, often involving visitations from deceased relatives who appear with the purpose of easing the transition into death. Dr. Wills-Brandon shares her research, which draws on thousands of accounts spanning decades.The conversation examines the consistency of these visions across cultures, ages, and belief systems. Patients who are fully lucid and unmedicated report speaking with departed loved ones, sometimes identifying relatives whose deaths they had not been told about. Art shares his own experience of intuitively knowing the moment his father passed. Dr. Wills-Brandon also describes the "deathbed stare," where dying individuals appear to track invisible presences in the room, and cases where caregivers witness something leaving the body at the moment of death.The episode also features an opening segment with members of the Playboy Xtreme Team, who recount their harrowing experience completing the Eco Challenge endurance race in Borneo, surviving bat-infested caves, leeches, and a grueling 320-mile course through the jungle.

Art Bell brings Major Ed Dames back to discuss remote viewing predictions and global threats. Dames identifies the recent record-breaking solar flare as the "shot across the bow" he had previously predicted, a precursor event to what his remote viewing team calls the "kill shot," a future solar event capable of causing widespread destruction and loss of life. He warns that the next major solar event will be the kill shot itself.Dames revisits his prediction from 14 years earlier about dying babies, originally interpreted as a disease in cow's milk. He now clarifies that the actual threat is the elimination of cows entirely through disease, leaving no milk for infants. He connects this to the mad cow crisis devastating European agriculture and predicts a subsequent worldwide die-off of food crops caused by a fast-spreading fungus attacking grains and grasses.He also discusses the revival of the television series "In Search Of" for Fox, in which his Technical Remote Viewing Institute is featured in the first episode. A student named Aaron Donahue reportedly identified an unknown target by name during filming. Dames also reveals his team is actively working to locate a murdered child's body in Oregon, claiming positive identification of both the killer and the body's location.

Art Bell welcomes Albert Taylor, aerospace engineer turned consciousness researcher, to discuss out-of-body experiences and their possible connection to the shadow people phenomenon. Taylor, who worked on the Lockheed U-2, SR-71, the F-117 stealth fighter design team, and the B-1 bomber program, describes how childhood sleep paralysis episodes eventually led him to explore OBEs through a scientific lens.Taylor explains that shadow people sightings likely involve three categories of beings: the living who are having OBEs, the deceased who exist in a non-physical state, and entities existing between lives. He describes how the physical senses operate on a vibratory level that makes these figures visible primarily in peripheral vision, where sensory focus is relaxed. As a person nears death, their physical senses diminish and perception of these shadow figures becomes clearer and more detailed.Taylor shares personal accounts including his uncle seeing a smiling figure in a hospital room days before dying, and a friend's near-death experience where non-physical beings surrounded him and offered passage. Art recounts his own spontaneous OBE above Paris, describing an indescribable ecstasy before snapping back into his body.

Art Bell interviews Professor Bart Kosko, an electrical engineering professor at USC and author of "Heaven in a Chip," about fuzzy logic, digital immortality, and the future of computing. Kosko explains how fuzzy logic enables computers to reason in shades of gray rather than strict binary, a technology already embedded in automobile transmissions, camcorders, and industrial control systems worldwide.The discussion explores the possibility of backing up an entire human brain onto a chip the size of a sugar cube, achieving a form of digital immortality. Kosko, who wears a cryonics bracelet and holds a cryo-suspension contract with the Alcor Foundation, discusses neural networks, biological computing, and how intelligent signal processing could reshape society, from tax policy to genetic design of children.The first hour features a major chemtrails investigation. Reporter Tiffany Brent and researcher Will Thomas present taped interviews with an anonymous air traffic control manager who confirms that unusual aerial operations involved military tanker aircraft and were described to him as weather modification exercises. The source reports being ordered to reroute civilian air traffic during these operations.

Art Bell speaks with Dr. Gilbert Lavoie, a medical doctor and internist who has spent years researching the Shroud of Turin. Lavoie presents his scientific analysis of the burial cloth, using his medical expertise to examine the bloodstain patterns and body image that appear on the linen. He argues that the evidence supports the shroud's authenticity as the actual burial cloth of Jesus Christ.The discussion covers Lavoie's methodology for studying the shroud, including his experiments recreating body positions and blood flow patterns to match the markings on the cloth. He addresses common objections such as the controversial 1988 carbon dating results that placed the shroud in the medieval period, explaining why he believes those findings are flawed or incomplete.Art also updates listeners on the massive solar activity that narrowly missed Earth, noting the planet dodged what could have been a catastrophic electromagnetic event. He continues tracking the shadow people phenomenon, reporting that emails on the subject have now surpassed 3,500, and shares a story from England about hair samples from a possible Yeti that have stumped DNA analysts.

Art Bell welcomes Dr. Nick Begich to discuss the HAARP installation in Alaska and the broader world of electromagnetic weapons technology. Begich explains how the phased antenna array focuses radio frequency energy into concentrated beams capable of achieving an effective radiated power of up to a billion watts. He details the differences between HAARP, the nearby High Pass facility, and similar installations operating in Russia and China.The conversation covers mysterious signals detected on shortwave frequencies, including transmissions on 3.39 MHz that HAARP officials denied producing. Begich describes how pulsed electromagnetic energy can trigger releases in Earth's natural systems, raising questions about recent anomalous events including an electromagnetic disturbance in Pahrump and an earthquake in Washington state.Art opens the program with news of a record-breaking solar flare that saturated scientific instruments, earning the unofficial designation of an Omega Flare. He also addresses the U.S.-China spy plane standoff at Hainan Island, early reports on the shadow people phenomenon that generated over 2,000 listener emails, and DNA evidence from a possible Yeti specimen that British scientists cannot identify.