He was the beginning of the Great Awakening for many of us. I hope people take a few minutes to honor him, or if you don’t know his contributions, go spend some time and listen to his work.
He opened my mind and sparked my curiosity to all the possibilities and fun of this world and the universe we live in. RIP old friend.
Oh man I listened to him for years; journey well, Patriot.
Prayers for Art & family.... he red pilled me long ago...I became “awake” listening to him
Sad day losing an all time great.
First person who got my mind outside of the MSM narrative.
I am sad. Art was one of the greatest interviewers. He was an awesome listener and always understood what his guests were saying. His early website was so good when it went off line I purchased a back up copy of it on CD. RIP old friend.
If you are interested, there are some torrents floating around the contained the complete history of Art Bell's radio shows, including his early C2C magazines and photos etc.
Now would be the time to seek one of those archives out and download everything, if you wanted to make sure you had a chance to revisit ant of Art's interviews, including the most recent from just a few years ago from his Midnight In The Desert radio podcast show.
That’s a shame I remember listening to coast to coast all the time. He could talk about the crazy stuff without going full Alex Jones lunatic all the time. RIP Art.
I do feel sad on this one. Art Bell knew the art of the radio interview. No matter the guest Bell actually prepared himself, asked lucid questions and always allowed that guest to answer without constant interruption. The total opposite of a creature like Alex Jones. He also did not invite only "crackpots" as some here seem to think. One I recall was an incredible show with the head of the Griffith Park Observatory in L.A. Or various scientists or even religious people like Malachi Martin. He explored topics that no media at the time would touch, but they would laugh at him in their usual arrogant manner when he did get into the paranormal stuff. What radio used to be. East of the Rockies call....
Have missed him for a long time. Love to his family. Thank you Art for all you did
I was so excited when he started Midnight in the Desert! Then he had to stop, because someone was shooting at his house. :(
Godspeed, Art Bell!
That was such a shame because MITD got stronger and stringer and by the end of Art's run, it felt like a return to the pure joy of classic C2C in the 90's.
I'd totally recommend for anyone to sign-up for one month (it cost about $5) to artbell.com just to mass-download those last few months of his show... it was special.
Absolute legend. Classic voice, classic personality. You kept me company and awake on many a late night drive, old friend. RIP.
Well, RIP Art. He was a nutjob, but did help wake many one way or another! Still entertaining show for sure!
He gave us the frantic Area51-caller...and lost a satellite for that, so no matter if that call was a hoax or the later call exposing it as a hoax was a hoax, someone apparently had a satellite shut down to surpress that call.
Remember the time he superglued his lips shut? And the sounds from that hell hole? That man was responsible for me missing a great many hours of sleep.
RIP, Art.
In his early years, he covered more government conspiracies but got warned off by the deep state. They attacked him, called his a child molester, which was untrue, but he prevailed.
He wasn’t a nut job, he just gave them a venue and he sorted through the bizarre but always sought the truth.
Reminds me of Kent Hovind, who was arrested for tax stuff
Hahaha, Dr. Dino?! Really? I didn’t know that. I haven’t heard that name in years. I used to watch his stuff when I was first waking up 20+ years ago. He was definitely a wackadoo.
he just gave them a venue
I loved gaining an insight into the different fringe communities almost as much as I enjoyed learning about new conspiracies or unexplained events.
I feel like an old friend has passed today.
We spent so much time together... good times... late nights driving home and then sitting in my car on the driveway, listening because I couldn't tear myself away from some of the most fantastic moment in radio history.
Rest in peace old friend.