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Best Art Bell Episodes About Cryptozoology

Cryptozoology gave Art Bell a way to explore mystery without leaving the ground. Bigfoot reports, hidden animals, Chupacabra stories, and field investigations sat between folklore and evidence, which made them well suited to long-form radio. These five episodes move from Pacific Northwest Bigfoot research to broader questions about undiscovered species and strange physical traces. The set is not every creature-feature broadcast in the archive; it is a focused starting point for listeners looking for cryptid and hidden-animal episodes, plus related paths into Skinwalker Ranch, Linda Moulton Howe's field reporting, ancient mysteries, and physical-evidence debates.

5 Episodes

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Robert W. MorganLoren ColemanJames McMullenPeter von PuttkamerLinda Moulton HoweJohn Anthony West
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December 11, 2001: Bigfoot - Robert W. Morgan

Dec 11, 2001
2h 54m

Robert W. Morgan brings a field-research perspective to Bigfoot, keeping the conversation grounded in sightings and investigation. It is one of the clearest Bigfoot entries in the archive.

Art Bell welcomes Bigfoot researcher Robert W. Morgan to discuss decades of field research into the elusive creature. Morgan recounts his first encounter in 1957 in Mason County, Washington, where he mistook the being for a gorilla while still serving in the U.S. Navy. He describes organizing scientific expeditions...
Episode thumbnail for June 5, 2001: Bigfoot Research - Robert W. Morgan
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June 5, 2001: Bigfoot Research - Robert W. Morgan

Jun 5, 2001
2h 52m

This companion Morgan episode gives listeners more context for Bigfoot methodology and witness reports. Together, the two Morgan appearances form the backbone of the collection.

Art Bell welcomes Bigfoot researcher Robert W. Morgan alongside a returning caller known as Bugs, a Vietnam veteran and former hunter from Texas who years earlier confided a shocking story. Bugs recounts how in the mid-1970s, while hunting bobcats and coyotes at night with two fellow veterans, they fired on an unkno...
Episode thumbnail for February 25, 1998: Cryptozoology - Loren Coleman
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February 25, 1998: Cryptozoology - Loren Coleman

Feb 25, 1998
1h 51m

Loren Coleman broadens the topic beyond one creature. The episode matters because it treats cryptozoology as a field with history, taxonomy, and recurring evidence patterns.

Art Bell welcomes cryptozoologist Loren Coleman for a wide-ranging exploration of mysterious creatures reported around the world. Coleman shares decades of field research into Bigfoot, the Chupacabra, phantom kangaroos, and lake monsters, offering his assessment that Pacific Northwest Sasquatch sightings point to an...
Episode thumbnail for May 11, 1999: Bigfoot & the Florida Panther - James McMullen
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May 11, 1999: Bigfoot & the Florida Panther - James McMullen

May 11, 1999
2h 44m

The Florida Panther angle gives the collection a useful contrast between confirmed rare animals and contested cryptids. It helps show why undiscovered-species claims remain compelling.

Art Bell welcomes James McMullen, a naturalist and independent tracker who has spent 23 years in the Florida Everglades pursuing the endangered Florida panther. McMullen describes how he verified 64 individual panthers in a region where experts declared them virtually extinct, earning the trust of Seminole elders an...
Episode thumbnail for April 23, 2002: Cryptozoology - Peter von Puttkamer | Ancient Egypt - Linda Moulton Howe & John Anthony West
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April 23, 2002: Cryptozoology - Peter von Puttkamer | Ancient Egypt - Linda Moulton Howe & John Anthony West

Apr 23, 2002
2h 47m

This multi-topic episode links cryptozoology with ancient mysteries and investigative reporting. It is valuable because it shows how creature reports often crossed into larger Art Bell themes.

Art Bell welcomes investigative reporter Linda Moulton Howe, who shares a firsthand account of witnessing three star-like lights moving in a slow triangular formation over the Ozark National Forest on April 14, 2002. Eight other witnesses corroborate the sighting, and pilot Bob Martin notes the formation emerged fro...

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