ART BELL, R.I.P. (1945-2018)

In honor of the death of Coast to Coast AM radio pioneer Art Bell (who passed away yesterday, on Friday the 13th), I suggest listening to one of my favorite Art Bell interviews:  his 1996 conversation with Stan Johnson, author of Bigfoot Memoirs:  My Life with the Sasquatch.  The audio quality of this recording is not the best, but perhaps that's appropriate.  Imagine it's long after midnight, you're driving through the California desert somewhere outside Nowheresville, the relentless silence is too overwhelming for you, so you tune into a random AM radio station, and suddenly hear strange, warbling voices floating out of the darkness....