Episode Details

Art Bell welcomes David John Oates, the originator of reverse speech technology, to examine hidden messages embedded in human communication. Oates explains that when recorded speech is played backwards, clear and grammatically correct phrases emerge every five to ten seconds, revealing what the speaker truly thinks and feels. He demonstrates reversals on baby speech, showing that children produce coherent reverse statements before they can speak forward.

The program takes a dramatic turn when Oates plays reversals from Patsy Ramsey''s CNN interview, where backward phrases suggest disturbing knowledge of the JonBenet case. He also shares reversals from Neil Armstrong''s famous moonwalk statement and a Clinton interview that produced an amusing personal admission. Oates reveals that his reverse speech headquarters was burned to the ground under suspicious circumstances, and audio tape from the fire captured at least one intruder rummaging through filing cabinets.

Art then guides the discussion toward NASA reversals taken from a previous program featuring Ray Villard and Don Savage. The backward statements suggest hidden knowledge about life in space, secret involvement with the Cydonia region of Mars, and classified information about spacecraft. The reversals on Venus produce a particularly startling phrase referencing ships, buildings, and Americans.