Episode Details

Art Bell opens the program with wide-ranging discussion on current events, including the India-Pakistan nuclear tests and his strong suspicion that underground detonations triggered the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan. He challenges the mainstream media for refusing to even speculate about a connection, citing his own experience feeling nuclear test blasts sway buildings in Las Vegas from 90 miles away. Callers weigh in from across the continent, largely agreeing that the silence is suspicious.

The broadcast takes its most memorable turn when Art dedicates a phone line exclusively to anyone who believes they are the Antichrist. The first caller describes a car accident that left a 666 scar visible on his skull in X-rays, a healing gift that has cured a dozen people, and a dying mother who revealed family ties to the Temple of the Golden Dawn. A second caller claims to be the genuine article, predicting a U.S. economic collapse in 2006 and describing himself as a private counterpart to the original public Christ.

Between these extraordinary calls, Art announces that two Hopi elders have agreed to appear on the program June 15th because they believe earth changes are imminent. A caller who was mysteriously awakened by his ringing phone with no explanation provides one of the night's most unsettling moments.