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Best Art Bell Time Traveler Caller Episodes

The time traveler caller episodes are different from the physics-focused time travel collection. These broadcasts center on open-line claims, hotlines, Single Seven, and callers who said they had crossed timelines or come from the future. The page keeps that distinction clear so listeners can choose between science-facing and caller-driven time travel paths.

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Episode thumbnail for July 15, 1997: Open Lines | Time Traveler Hotline
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July 15, 1997: Open Lines | Time Traveler Hotline

Jul 15, 1997
44m
Art Bell opens the show reflecting on the previous night''s split-screen broadcast from Phoenix, noting that some listeners refused to believe the technological feat was real. He covers the day''s news, including the murder of fashion designer Gianni Versace, the troubled Mir space station, and the Mars Pathfinder r...
Episode thumbnail for July 29, 1998: Time Traveler Line
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July 29, 1998: Time Traveler Line

Jul 29, 1998
3h 15m
Art Bell opens a dedicated phone line for callers who claim to have physically traveled through time. Inspired by a recent Dreamland interview with Dr. Bruce Goldberg about time travelers living among us, Art reserves his wildcard number exclusively for those who say they arrived here via a machine or device.The cal...
Episode thumbnail for July 30, 1998: Time Travel - Single Seven
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July 30, 1998: Time Travel - Single Seven

Jul 30, 1998
1h 6m
Art Bell speaks with a caller identifying himself as Single Seven, a self-described time traveler from the year 2063 whose real name is Jonathan. He claims to be a paleo agriculture technician sent back to collect ancient heat-resistant seeds for hybridization in a future ravaged by deliberately accelerated global w...
Episode thumbnail for March 23, 2001: Antichrist & Time Traveler Lines
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March 23, 2001: Antichrist & Time Traveler Lines

Mar 23, 2001
3h 31m
Art Bell dedicates the evening to open lines with two restricted phone lines: one for callers claiming to be the Antichrist and another for time travelers. He reasons that if time travel is ever invented, travelers from the future would logically exist in the present. Multiple self-proclaimed Antichrists phone in wi...
Episode thumbnail for May 30, 2003: Time Traveler Line - Open Lines
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May 30, 2003: Time Traveler Line - Open Lines

May 30, 2003
2h 48m
Art Bell hosts a Friday night open lines show and dedicates one phone line exclusively to callers who claim to have traveled in time. He opens with sharp commentary on the Iraq war, noting that a top Marine general has publicly declared U.S. intelligence was "simply wrong" about chemical weapons, and that no weapons...