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From the High Desert

A Cultural History of Art Bell

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April 12, 2000: End Times Prophecy - Kathleen Keating

Apr 12, 2000
2h 47m
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Kathleen Keating, author of The Final Warning and a close confidant of Father Malachi Martin, joins Art Bell to discuss end times prophecy, the Antichrist, and three days of darkness. Art opens with calls from listeners describing alien encounters, including a mother and son who witnessed a towering black energy being with glowing red eyes leaning over a child's bed, and a man who claims he met a fanged, time-traveling figure on Halloween night. Art interprets the first encounter as something rooted in evil rather than extraterrestrial, setting the tone for the main guest.

Keating describes her own backyard encounter with a figure she identifies as the Antichrist, a charismatic man in an expensive suit whose presence paralyzed her dog. Keating explains that she knows his identity but refuses to reveal it publicly, believing disclosure would hasten his emergence.

Keating outlines a sequence of prophesied events including escalating natural disasters, a divine warning during which every person will see themselves as God sees them, and three days of darkness. She discusses the third secret of Fatima, the possibility that the Pope will consecrate Russia, and the role of electronic media as conduits for dark spiritual influence. Art shares that Father Martin once warned him against releasing certain Vatican-related information.

Key Moments

  1. Art names Mike Siegel as his successor: Art Bell formally tells the audience that, upon his retirement, Mike Siegel will host Coast to Coast AM, taking the reins on the 27th of the month after years as a veteran broadcaster.

  2. Diane and her son see a black energy being: Caller Diane from Fresno describes a 30-year-old encounter where she and her five-year-old son both saw a tall black energy being leaning over the foot of his bed - too tall to stand up in the room, with no skin or features, just outlined energy.

  3. Bright red eyes and the sense of evil: Diane describes the entity slowly turning only its head, fixing them with bright red eyes; Art tells her this was not an alien but an evil entity - black form, red glowing eyes - and she confirms she felt evil coming from it.

  4. Keating: the Warning will kill a quarter of Earth: Kathleen Keating tells Art that before the three days of darkness comes the Warning - the first of two great conflicts between God the Father and Lucifer - during which a quarter of Earth's population will be lost.

  5. Wear scapulars and stay inside for eight days: Asked how listeners should prepare, Keating advises wearing scapulars - items she says heaven has given for protection - and staying indoors for eight days during the Warning and three days during the Three Days of Darkness.