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December 2, 1997: News, Commentary, Open Lines
Published 2 years, 3 months ago
Description
Art Bell opens with news commentary covering a string of disturbing headlines, including the school shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky, where a 14-year-old killed three classmates at a prayer meeting, and a Tennessee father who confessed to killing his four children. He reflects on how modern violence has become indecipherable, lacking the clear motives that once characterized violent crime. Art also covers the latest AIDS statistics, which have doubled previous estimates, and a mysterious new virus called monkeypox emerging from Zaire.
During open lines, callers weigh in on topics ranging from Ed Dames and his remote viewing predictions to the hollow earth theory and the HIV-AIDS debate. One caller recounts a strange encounter with a man in black at a bookstore who introduced her to the program. Art reads a listener proposal to destroy Iraq's economy by flooding Baghdad with counterfeit currency rather than dropping bombs.
The night also touches on a bizarre Associated Press story about an unidentified woman who fell from the sky and landed on a garden wall in Miami. Art notes the FBI claims violent crime is declining, but argues the nature of that violence has fundamentally changed.
During open lines, callers weigh in on topics ranging from Ed Dames and his remote viewing predictions to the hollow earth theory and the HIV-AIDS debate. One caller recounts a strange encounter with a man in black at a bookstore who introduced her to the program. Art reads a listener proposal to destroy Iraq's economy by flooding Baghdad with counterfeit currency rather than dropping bombs.
The night also touches on a bizarre Associated Press story about an unidentified woman who fell from the sky and landed on a garden wall in Miami. Art notes the FBI claims violent crime is declining, but argues the nature of that violence has fundamentally changed.