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.
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Robert W. Morgan, Loren Coleman, James McMullen and John A. Keel
5 shows, 1998–2002
- UFO / Y2K Boom1997–99 · 2
- Post-Millennium Coast2000–09 · 3
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Bigfoot
Dec 11, 2001 · Robert W. Morgan · 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...Bigfoot Research
Jun 5, 2001 · Robert W. Morgan · 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...Cryptozoology
Feb 25, 1998 · Loren Coleman · 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...Bigfoot & the Florida Panther
May 11, 1999 · James McMullen · 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...The Mothman Prophecies
Jan 24, 2002 · John A. Keel · 3h 11m
John A. Keel gives the collection a creature story that reaches beyond Bigfoot into witnesses, prophecy, and regional folklore. Mothman broadens the listening path without leaving cryptozoology behind.
Art Bell interviews John A. Keel, author of The Mothman Prophecies, as the major motion picture starring Richard Gere opens in theaters. Art admits he has somehow never learned about the Mothman despite decades in paranormal broadcasting. Keel recounts traveling to Point Pleasant, West Virginia, in 1966 to investiga...
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