May 24, 2002: Open Lines - Monsters and Disturbing Entities
The evening also touches on breaking news, including an FBI whistleblower accusing headquarters of obstructing pre-September 11 surveillance requests, and a Scotland Yard case in which a stabbed bouncer was found lying in a pool of non-human blood. Paul Harvey first reported the London story, and DNA samples are being sent to a veterinary genetics lab in California for analysis.
Throughout the program, Art reads listener emails describing changes in the sun's intensity and color, with painters, photographers, and outdoor workers all reporting that sunlight feels more penetrating and white than in previous years. A caller from Kokomo, Indiana, also reports on the mysterious low-frequency hum plaguing his city and driving residents to abandon their homes.
Key Moments
Non-human DNA at London murder scene: Art relays a Paul Harvey report: a bouncer was found stabbed dead outside the Paradise Bar in South London, and Scotland Yard's DNA swab of the blood pool reportedly came back as non-human, with samples sent to UC for veterinary analysis.
Listeners report the sun feels different: Art reads a stream of emails from listeners across the country, including a Manhattan resident and a watercolor painter, all describing the sun as whiter, more intense, oddly placed, and burning like needles, echoing Ed Dames's warnings.
Caller predicts magnitude-10 Antarctic quake: Jim from Falls Church, Virginia logs a six-week prediction: the depressed Antarctic continent, weighed down by miles of ice, will rebound with a near-magnitude-10 earthquake, dumping ice sheets into the ocean and raising sea levels worldwide.
Portland caller's phantom rape encounter: An anonymous Portland woman recounts being held down on her hide-a-bed by a faceless male shadow that came at her face like a kiss and forced air into her body, after hearing phantom boots walk through her empty house.
Kokomo Hum caller: Mark from outside Kokomo, Indiana confirms hearing the famous Kokomo Hum, likens it to an idling diesel engine, and reports neighbors abandoning houses and plaster cracking. The city has allocated $100,000 to investigate.