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October 28, 1994: Ghost To Ghost 1994

Oct 28, 1994
3h 26m

This early Ghost-to-Ghost broadcast captures the format before it became a fully established annual ritual. Its exceptional listener depth makes it the natural opening chapter.

Art Bell hosts the annual Halloween weekend Ghost to Ghost special, opening the phone lines exclusively for true ghost stories from across the country. Callers share chilling firsthand accounts ranging from a newspaper boy who petted a dog weeks after it had been put to sleep, to a family terrorized by slamming door...
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October 30, 1995: Ghost to Ghost 1995

Oct 30, 1995
3h 6m

The 1995 program shows the Halloween formula settling into place: vivid callers, minimal mediation, and the accumulating tension of ordinary voices describing impossible events.

Art Bell hosts the annual Ghost to Ghost special on Halloween night, opening all phone lines for callers to share their true supernatural encounters. The evening begins with a stern warning about Ouija boards, as Art Bell references his own frightening experience with an ancient board given to him by a self-proclaim...
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October 30, 1996: Ghost to Ghost

Oct 30, 1996
3h 13m

The 1996 broadcast is one of the strongest cohort-adjusted performers in the series. It preserves the intimate, unpredictable call-in atmosphere that defines classic Ghost-to-Ghost.

Art Bell hosts his beloved annual Halloween tradition, Ghost to Ghost AM, dedicating the entire broadcast to real ghost stories from callers across the country. The night opens with read-aloud accounts of a rocking chair moving on its own beside a sick infant's crib in Ashland, Oregon, and a haunted painting whose e...
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October 31, 1997: Ghost To Ghost 1997 - Night 2

Oct 31, 1997
3h 9m

Night two of the 1997 broadcast gives the collection a sustained Halloween session with unusually high repeat listening. It is a peak example of the format as live folklore.

Art Bell continues the annual Ghost to Ghost tradition on Halloween night with another marathon session of real ghost stories from listeners across the country and around the world. He opens by revisiting the mysterious door-pounding incident from his studio two nights earlier, noting that the vicarious thrill of he...
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October 31, 2005: Ghost to Ghost 2005

Oct 31, 2005
2h 30m

This episode shows how durable the format remained deep into the run. The best calls have the directness that made Ghost-to-Ghost different from guest-led paranormal shows.

Art Bell hosts his annual Ghost to Ghost Halloween special, inviting listeners to share their most frightening encounters with the paranormal. A police officer from Ohio describes hearing a child laughing in the woods near a historic estate where two children drowned decades ago. A caller from Quebec recounts his mo...

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