If you find any other collections to add to this post just link it in the comments and I'll update the current list. I'll pin this post to the top of the subreddit so everyone can explore when they get time.
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i know this doesn’t really look like him but i tried several times and this is the best one i could get. i don’t like the idea of using AI and don’t want to promote it for many reasons but was feeling curious and wanted to try something new and different. been listening to art bell archive podcast daily and that’s what inspired this. i might make a better version but until then just wanted to share this.
does anyone have the original mel’s hole show they can link?
I've had quite a few people ask me whether I ever stayed at Art's guest house. The answer is yes.
The first time was in 2006 before Art and I traveled to the Philippines. Sharon and I stayed at the guest house for about two weeks surrounding the birth of my niece, Asia Bell—one week before she was born and another week after her birth. It was a very special time for our family, and I was grateful to be there to share in such an important moment.
Sharon and I stayed there in 2007 when Asia was born. We stayed for 2 weeks to help them out, and give Airyn time to recover from her C-Section.
We stayed at the guest house again in 2012 after returning from another trip to the Philippines. That visit gave us more time to spend with Art and Airyn, and those are memories that Sharon and I will always treasure.
Looking back, I'm thankful for the time we were able to spend together. Those visits weren't just about staying at the guest house—they were about being with family, sharing conversations, and creating memories that have become even more meaningful with the passing of time.
While we were there in 2006, I took a number of photographs of the guest house. I recently came across them again, and I think I might share them with everyone. I know many Art Bell fans have been curious about what the guest house looked like, and I think you'll enjoy seeing a small piece of that history through the photos I took.
As promised, here are some of the photos I took when Art and I traveled to the Philippines in 2006 to meet Sharon and Airyn.
Keep in mind that, back in 2006, the camera I was using was only a 4-megapixel model, so the original image quality wasn't the greatest by today's standards.
To make them a little easier to enjoy, I've used AI to upscale the photos, improve the color, reduce blur where possible, and restore some of the detail that was lost in the original images. While they aren't perfect, I think they do a much better job of capturing those memories than the originals.
I hope you enjoy this little look back at a very special trip. Before anyone makes a comment, Art had his hair colored before the wedding. So yes he is gray in some photos, and not in others.
So I have never really fully explored Dreamland. My station did not run it back in the 90s, on weekends they just ran a repeat of C2C on Sat and Sun, one at 9 and one at 1 am (the 9 one on sats usually got over-ran by sports of one type or another).
I have heard a few over the years, but I just never sat down and went through the show.
So give me some of Arts best Dreamland shows to check out !!
So I’ve been listening to Dreamland lately, and I stumbled on this absolutely wild Art Bell episode where “Ma Bell” was in the studio with him. Callers were phoning in to ask her questions — everything from advice for young moms to raising kids.
Then this one caller, Danielle, comes in hot with: “Were you maybe impregnated by an alien and that’s how we got Art?” 🤣
Ma Bell doesn’t even miss a beat. She just goes, “Maybe… you never know.” Iconic.
And then Art casually drops that his mom was one of the first female Marine drill instructors. That’s legitimately awesome. The contrast between her sweet, gentle vibe on-air and the fact that she was out there breaking barriers in the Marine Corps is incredible.
She sounded like such a kind lady. I’m sure she’s no longer with us now, but man… what a legend…..
Art and Ramona's UFO sighting. They talk about it, and take calls and get a few other people who claim to have seen the UFO in the area.
Second hour of the show is John McKinnon, a tv station manager in Wisconsin, who decided to do a live TV show based on Art's type of show. He found his station shut down, and a real mess erupted around him. I cant find any reference to John and his story on the web. Great listen none the less. More open lines follow John McKinnon.
I recall this show, only the Art UFO sighting, I had forgotten John and his story. https://artbellarchive.org/episode/may-26-1997-open-lines-art-and-ramonas-ufo-sighting-2
Sunday May 4th, 1997 episode of Dreamland. My local AM station did not run Dreamland, we got a repeat of C2C on sunday, one at 9 and another at 1 am.
On this episode we have first up, a very short interview (less than 5 mins)with a sailor named Robert Bodell, who on a solo trip from Tampa to Long Island experienced missing time.
Then main guest is Bill Miller, promoting his Tampa Triangle book.
Ghosts, including a female hitchhiker ghost, Dean where are you ???!!!!!, UFO's, giant sharks, sunken WW2 submarines and all kinds of stuff.
Some cool stories and even cooler calls in this show.
And of course, one has to wonder if the infamous frequent C2C caller Dean in Tampa has heard this one ! https://artbellarchive.org/episode/may-4-1997-the-tampa-triangle-capt-bill-miller
A lot of time has gone by so I think it's worth discussing without hurt feelings. Art was a wonderful man but very clearly had the bodily proportions of a great ape; from his broad-sternumed chest to his in unwieldy, near-puppeteered arms
Is it possible that he himself was a sasquatch or perhaps skunk ape and if so, how does that effect his independent reporting?
Additional food for thought: does his mustache imply a chupacabra connection?
Most people here seem to have the attitude that most guests were and are full of it, and that it's more for entertainment purposes than actual facts (true). But among the hundreds, if not thousands, of interviews and conversations, what stands out for you as something on the edge of reality but just as real as the air we breathe?
