Art Bell opens by recounting his receipt of the CSICOP Snuffed Candle Award, presented on Friday the 13th for what skeptics called paranormal mystery mongering. Reporter Ed Bannon, who attended the Los Angeles press conference, describes challenging the presenters with Scientific American's own 1905 dismissal of heavier-than-air flight. Richard C. Hoagland then updates the EQ Pegasi investigation, revealing that the real Paul Doerr has been caught altering email headers on the same sites used… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/november-13-1998-remote-viewing-ed-dames-pegasi-hoax-richard-c-hoagland

Art Bell hosts David Icke, who lays out his theory that a network of interbreeding bloodlines originating from ancient extraterrestrial-human hybridization has maintained control over global affairs for thousands of years. Icke traces these lineages from Sumerian texts and the Caucasus Mountains region through the royal houses of Europe and into modern American politics, citing Burke's Peerage research showing that 33 of 42 U.S. presidents share genetic ties to England's King Alfred the Great… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/november-11-1998-global-conspiracy-david-icke

Art Bell presents stunning photographs sent by Robert Raith depicting what Raith claims is an alien craft hovering in Washington State forest and the body of a being killed by psychologist Dr. Jonathan Reed. According to Raith, Reed was hiking with his dog when the animal attacked the creature. After the alien killed the dog, Reed struck the being with a heavy branch. The photographs, developed by Kodak on 35-millimeter film, show the craft resembling a black diamond shape and the alien with… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/november-10-1998-alien-encounters-robert-raith-beyond-the-big-bang-paul-laviolette

Art Bell and Richard C. Hoagland dig deeper into the unfolding EQ Pegasi signal controversy, examining whether the widely reported internet hoax is actually a disinformation campaign concealing a genuine detection. Hoagland reveals that the real Paul Doerr, whose identity was used in the original postings, has privately accused Hoagland himself of orchestrating the affair, a claim Hoagland finds deeply suspicious given Doerr's own former connections to Lockheed Martin. New technical evidence… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/november-9-1998-eq-pegasi-signal-richard-c-hoagland

Art Bell welcomes Erich von Daniken, bestselling author of Chariots of the Gods, for his first-ever appearance on the program. Von Daniken presents his theory that extraterrestrial visitors landed on Earth thousands of years ago, leaving behind evidence in the Nazca Lines of Peru, ancient Indian texts describing orbital cities and smaller vehicles called Vimanas, and biblical accounts like Ezekiel's detailed descriptions of a technical craft. The conversation delves into von Daniken's belief… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/november-6-1998-ancient-astronauts-erich-von-daniken

Art Bell devotes the full program to unraveling the EQ Pegasi signal story with Richard C. Hoagland after the planned London press conference is canceled and the GeoCities clearinghouse website is replaced by an NSA seal. Hoagland reveals that his on-the-ground contacts in London discovered the press conference was never actually booked at the stated venue, the reporter who allegedly covered it does not exist, and an MSNBC journalist received a denial from someone claiming to be Doerr. Despite… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/november-4-1998-eq-pegasi-richard-c-hoagland

Art Bell speaks with Dr. Ronald Klatz, president of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, about breakthroughs that could dramatically extend the human lifespan. Dr. Klatz explains how hormone replacement therapy, antioxidant supplementation, and early genetic testing are already enabling physicians to reverse biological age by ten to twenty years in their patients. He predicts that 50 percent of baby boomers alive today will reach their 100th birthday in excellent health. The… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/november-3-1998-anti-aging-and-how-to-beat-the-clock-richard-c-hoagland-and-dr-ronald-klatz

Art Bell welcomes Richard C. Hoagland for a detailed follow-up on the alleged signal from the EQ Pegasi star system. Hoagland reports that Paul Doerr, the British engineer at the center of the story, plans to hold a press conference in London at the Scientific Society's Lecture Theater on Seville Row, sponsored by the International Astronomical Union and the British Astronomical Association. A Japanese amateur radio astronomer has now independently detected the signal, but at a frequency… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/november-2-1998-eq-pegasi-richard-c-hoagland

Art Bell continues his Halloween tradition with a second night of real ghost stories from callers across the country and around the world. An EMS worker recounts a deeply personal encounter while staying at the Hotel Del Coronado, where unexplained upgrades, free meals, and a vanishing hotel bill suggest he became the guest of the legendary ghost Kate Morgan. A man in southern California describes a terrifying entity that pinned him face-down on his waterbed and bound his tongue, later learning… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/october-31-1998-ghost-to-ghost-1998

Art Bell opens his annual Ghost to Ghost broadcast with a stunning photograph from a firefighter in Missouri showing what appears to be a Native American warrior on horseback in the flames of a practice fire on an Indian burial ground. Listeners share chilling accounts of apparitions, haunted hotels, and ghostly encounters from locations around the world. The evening takes a dramatic turn when Art breaks in with developing news about a possible signal from the EQ Pegasi star system. A second… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/october-30-1998-ghost-to-ghost-1998-eq-pegasi-richard-c-hoagland-and-seth-shostak