I only found out that he had passed away yesterday after watching that John Oliver video of Alex Jones and wondering what kind of influence Art Bell had on those kind of conspiracy theorists and truthers on the fringe who have become more and more emboldened in recent times. Listening to him during my younger years, it was evident that his guests were borderline insane and he was pretty generous and tolerant in giving them leeway to speak their minds in the middle of night about all topics like alien abductions and things.
I remember reading somewhere he stated that he didn't believe in the theories his guests were going on about, and he was just allowing them a place to speak without passing any judgement. Anyway, whenever I found myself up in the wee hours of the night, it was always an entertaining listen.
My 90s nights were filled with Art Bell. He was great fun to listen to. He had great recurring guests like JC and Malachi Martin. I remember listening during New Years 1999 / 2000 with the Y2K scare. Great fun.
I never got into George Norry in the same way.
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Art Bell's conspiracy shows were a lot more "innocent" than now days. I wonder if it would have evolved into the False Flag, crisis actor #### we see today if Noory hadn't of taken over.
Likely it would have. Art basically just let the people run with it, I wonder how he would have reacted to the new breed.
Damn, that sucks. Been listening to his old shows for a while now- purely for entertainment, although he just as often covered legitimate scientific and current event topics.
Died on Friday the 13. I called in to the show once. He screens his own calls. We chatted for a while. He suggested I get some help in a way that actually got me help. It's a wild story but Art Bell knew a great deal about people. I still listen to reruns online though it's not at all the same. You just know it's not live from the kingdom of Nye. The episode about his wife's death is quite touching.
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My 90s nights were filled with Art Bell. He was great fun to listen to. He had great recurring guests like JC and Malachi Martin. I remember listening during New Years 1999 / 2000 with the Y2K scare. Great fun.
I never got into George Norry in the same way.
Ha, JC was awesome. What a nut.
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I think what scared me the most was the voices from Hell at the bottom of the ocean. I spent many night shifts listening to this show.
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Sad news I spent many a night when I was young in bed staying up late listening to Coast to Coast AM. Even when going camping, I would have my walkman and very delicately search the AM frequency for his show, and I would always find it no matter where I was or how weak the signal. By far my favourite radio host.
RIP Mr. Bell.
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Mel's hole is a classic. There were websites dedicated to finding it, with search parties and everything. I believe Mel called back a few times, sometimes as a different person.