Claire Sylvia
1 archived appearance · 1997
Claire Sylvia (1943–2009) was a heart-lung transplant recipient and author who claimed to have inherited memories, food cravings, and personality traits from her young male organ donor, documented in her remarkable book A Change of Heart. On Art Bell's programs, her deeply personal account raised profound questions about cellular memory, the nature of identity, and the possibility that consciousness resides beyond the brain.
On the air with Art · 1
Jul 21, 1997 · 2h 54m
Organ Transplant
Art Bell speaks with Claire Sylvia, a dancer from Massachusetts who received a heart and lung transplant from an 18-year-old motorcycle accident victim in 1988. The first two hours feature open lines covering topics including crop circles from England, the Cunanan manhunt, and the Mars Pathfinder mission losing cont...
