On The Air: The Silenced Caller, The Mojave Phone Booth and The Alien In The Freezer
2/25/202638 min
Gather round for three campfire stories from the golden era of late-night radio, when Art Bell kept the lights on for millions of people who couldn't sleep and couldn't stop listening.
A psychologist in the Cascade Mountains encounters something in the woods—and brings it home. A frantic caller reaches Art Bell with a warning, and the satellite goes dark before he can finish.
A phone booth stands alone in the Mojave Desert for decades, and the calls that come through aren't always from strangers.
These aren't ghost stories passed around a fire. They're do...
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[fire crackling] [mysterious music] Gather 'round. This happened. September 11, 1997, four years before that date would mean something else entirely. A Thursday night in the desert. Art Bell sat in his home in Pahrump, Nevada, a double wide trailer 60 miles west of Vegas, broadcasting Coast to Coast AM to millions of insomniacs across the country. If you're watching this channel, you already know who Art Bell was. He's one of our biggest inspirations. That night, Art opened his special Area 51 line, a dedicated number for government employees who wanted to share secrets. No screening, no caller ID, no questions about your identity. You called, and if you got through, you were live, talking to millions of people who would never know your name. Most Area 51 callers were measured, rehearsed. They'd prepared their statements about classified projects and underground facilities. The calls were fascinating,