Art Bell Returns to Paranormal Talk

Most people will remember Art Bell from his long running hit paranormal radio show Coast to Coast AM that he cofounded. Bell semi-retired from this show in 2003.

Bell is returning with a new show on July 20, 2015. It will be broadcast on the Dark Matter Digital Network and is called Midnight in the Desert. It will air live from 9 PM. to midnight Pacific Standard Time and midnight to 3 AM. Eastern Standard Time for free Monday through Friday.

Fans will be happy to hear this show will be about all things paranormal.

Midnight in the Desert can be heard via his website Artbell.com, or by downloading the Tunein app from the app store on smartphones or tablets.

Listeners can communicate with Bell during the show by hashtag #DMTalk on Twitter, and also through the website Artbell.com. Bell will also have computers set up for Skype for listeners who prefer to video chat.

For those who can’t listen live every night, there will be a subscription fee of $5.00 a month to start via Artbell.com, which gives access to all archived shows.

The Subway Stranger

Sometimes angels take a human form…

John Ronner, a newspaper reporter first told this story on the radio show Coast to Coast.

Diana was new to New York. It was past 10:00 p.m. and she had missed her stop on the subway. Lost, she got off the train to wait for another that would take her back the way she had come. Nervous, she headed up toward the street level.  She stopped when she saw a group of men drinking and shouting at the entrance.

She noted several buildings in the area were run down, even boarded up. Her stomach sank as she realized that she was in a dangerous part of the city.

As she turned back toward the platform she saw that the men above her had noticed her presence. Panic set in as she saw how they stared at her. She rushed back down toward the subway tracks.

Her heart sank as she saw there wasn’t a train in sight. She became desperate as she heard the men’s laughter approaching.

She stepped to the tracks and looked down the tunnel hoping to hear a train but everything now was silent.

She turned to her left and saw a tall man with steel grey hair wearing a tailored suit next to her. He smiled at her.

“Are you lost?”

She briefly mentioned to him that she wasn’t sure where she was.

He pulled out a map and showed her where they were. He then pointed out the station she had missed. She looked around and the man told her he would wait with her.

There was no sign of the rowdy men she had seen earlier and she realized she felt safe with the stranger. Twenty minutes later her train arrived. As she stepped in the car she turned to hand the map back to her companion but the platform was empty.

As the doors slid closed she looked down at the map and saw that her exact route was highlighted.

Shadow People

Have you ever seen a shadow of a human figure out of the corner of your eye that once you turn your head just disappears? If so, you might just have seen a form of an entity that is labeled a “Shadow Person”. This phenomenon, which has been around a long time, has gained more attention in recent years.

 I first heard this term while listening to an Art Bell’s Coast-to-Coast radio show. This topic was discussed on several of his shows.

Shadow People are considered spirits or entities that often appear at night. They have a human form and are most often seen flickering on walls or ceilings of structures. They are often described as being evil or malevolent in nature. It is said they inhabit places where evil things have taken place. 

Others though describe them differently. They state these entities are actually neutral in nature and some even believe they are extra dimensional inhabitants of another universe.

One encounter with Shadow People happened to a family who were visiting Florida. The father had just finished taking group pictures of the family in a park when a storm hit. He stated the thunder claps quickly got louder and there were flashes of lightning so the family took shelter in a three-walled enclosure. As it started to rain the father continued to snap photos.

To his surprise a human shadow figure appeared in his camera lens moving across the eastern wall of the structure. He pointed it out to his family and they all watched as this figure climbed up the tall wall. The father was baffled considering the sun was hidden behind storm clouds. 

In the next moment as there was another flash of lightning and a loud boom of thunder the whole family saw a second and then a third human shadow on the same wall. Needless to say, rain or not the family left the park in haste.

Another family witnessed a similar phenomenon. A father leaving his wife to take a nap took his dog and toddler son for a walk. He carefully set the families’ home alarm since their had been burglaries in their neighborhood recently. 

When they returned home and entered the father noticed the afternoon sun cast their living room in odd shadows. But immediately he spotted a dark shadow figure sitting in one of the chairs in the room. His dog started to bark at this figure and his son frightened grabbed his leg and pointed to the chair. He immediately yelled out, the figure that was faceless seemed to be surprised by their presence. It got up and went through the dinning room and into a back bedroom moving along the walls.

The father went quickly to awaken his wife and then searched the house but found nothing. He told his wife that the figure was a shadow as opposed to a black mist. She told him that it was strange because she had not had a peaceful nap. She stated she had woken up several times to see a black figure on the wall in their bedroom. 

The house alarm had not gone off. The father stated afterwards that he didn’t know whether this figure was evil or just a ghost but the memory of it still disturbed him.

Researchers have attributed sightings of Shadow People to hallucinations, sleep deprivation, sleep paralysis, or a side effect to medication. In some cases one of these very well might be the cause. But in the two witness accounts above they don’t seem to have been factors. 

One interesting note in many Shadow People sightings people report seeing these entities in their peripheral vision but in the two cases above the witnesses saw these figures right in front of them.

Heidi Hollis’ appearances on Coast to Coast helped make the phenomena of Shadow People popular. She describes them “as dark silhouettes with human shapes and profiles that flicker in and out of peripheral vision.” Hollis shared stories from witnesses that had contacted her that stated that these dark figures even jumped out at them, attempting to choke them.

Here is Hollis’ advise to people who may encounter one of these Shadow People--her point of view is religious and she feels these entities are evil in nature. She state, "let go of your fear, stand your ground, deny them access to your person, focus on positive thoughts, use the name of Jesus to repel them, envision a light surrounding yourself, and bless the room with spring bottled water."

If you want to do more research into shadow figures I suggest you get a subscription to the radio show Coast-to-Coast archives--there are several witness accounts on this site.

The following link is to an hour plus video that presents a variety of people talking about "Shadow People" including Art Bell, George Noory and Stephen Hawking etc.

Shadow People, Hat People...