Art Bell

[Richard Groyper]

very well said man...

Nice speech. Will he take his own advice?

[The King of Kings]

^^ Exactly! The police don't just take a cursory glance at night and go back to coffee! Yet some think that's more or less what happened.

Who here thinks or has stated that the police just took a cursory look and bailed?

I haven't read anyone say that.

[Yorkshire pud]

The points you bring up using your law enforcement background are why many people are skeptical. 

An active shooter coming back multiple times to the same place to scare or harm someone and police reports say there is zero evidence of that happening and the case is closed?  It just doesn't make sense.

I also don't believe Art wouldn't have some cameras around his place to begin with.

Personally I believe Art keeps looking for away for him to feel "magical" on the air, trying to rekindle that high he felt probably in the 90's with that huge and diverse audience.  He had to deal with the same lame skype callers all the time, and a constantly bad guest line-up.

You could tell with his last guest, the alien abduction guest.  He hyped that show all throughout the broadcast, always telling the audience that the next segment was going to be scary and thrilling, and it was just some dopey old guy talking about alien sperm and sexual organs.

I think once that show was over, he sat there thinking "what the fuck am I doing?"

If and when it does all come out that it's all make believe; he'll sure get some unwanted publicity then...Jeeeze. Will that sting.

[ItsOver]

Arch, he won't give a straight answer... We'll probably never know enough to satisfy. That's fine with me. I'm use to it now.

I blame the truckers. And the cell phones. And SiriusXM.  And PremRat.  And Jess.  And, of course, Jaz. 

[ge30542]

And some still believe his BS?

The wife made him shut it down. He needed an elaborate story to save face with affiliates, advertisers, etc.
He's screwed everyone who gave so much effort to his return, ESPECIALLY Rowland.

Now he teases.

"tonight or any other night".

[Yorkshire pud]

Who here thinks or has stated that the police just took a cursory look and bailed?

I haven't read anyone say that.

Apparently there was a FB/Twatter post that said the police came out at night, but found no evidence of any discharged rounds. And that was it. Case apparently closed.

I find that incredible if it's true. The police should be fired if that's their attitude to an alleged shooting and the alleged victim suspects foul play. Which is why I think it unlikely.

[BobGrau]

I feel bad for suggesting a while back that Art was messing with us (in his own Vaguely Lovable way). However, that was mainly because it did feel 'wrong' somehow. Whatever that means. I mean, how does a 'normal' situation like this usually go? Perhaps this is just what it's like when the celebrity's not insulated by ten tons of middle-man bullshit. Which is what we wanted.


Dick jokes to follow.

[HumanBeing]

"Absholutely!  I praise myself!"
signed Dave Noorie

Like death warmed over *shudders*

[K_Dubb]

Who here thinks or has stated that the police just took a cursory look and bailed?

I haven't read anyone say that.

I think it's inferred from the "case closed" on the latest police report.

[Richard Groyper]

I can think of one or two, but Art may not have them in his hand.
A press release by the S.O. indicating there is an ongoing investigation, etc. couldn't hurt. However, the Sheriff isn't going to put his credibility on the table if he doesn't have facts supporting said statement and investigation.

He made the reports public. However, nothing about an "ongoing investigation".  The Sheriff stated they found no evidence of gun shots i.e. dispensed cartridges, or bullet holes damaging his property were found.  Who knows...

[Yorkshire pud]

The wife made him shut it down. He needed an elaborate story to save face with affiliates, advertisers, etc.
He's screwed everyone who gave so much effort to his return, ESPECIALLY Rowland.

Now he teases.

"tonight or any other night".

The real reason is irrelevant. If he was tired, bored, lost the buzz, lost his will to live with the same old woo woo guests; Pressure from his wife, his daughter..No-one would have blamed him, especially if it was because he was tired of it. They may not like it, but we're all human, EVEN ART BELL.

But making it more than it needed to be is crass and insulting.

[ge30542]

Yes, I said I was going to hang it up, I did not say Retire, or if I did I missed it. What I wrote is what I said which did not include the word Retire. Doesn't matter I guess.

Art

" I will not be on tonight, or any other night".

[trostol]

yay i am finally caught up

and oh yeah..go to hell JAz!!! (really everyone was thinking it they just wanted to not be that guy) lol j/k

[SnapT]

Howard Stern may quit Sirius XM...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-14/howard-stern-quit-siriusxm-not-for-a-loser-podcast

They're only paying him $80 million a year.

[Tarbaby]

Here is my take, FWIW.
I joined here last summer when word got out He was returning for real.
I got to hear the "test night" before he went full on live. I will admit I was very hopeful that this was going to become as special as it was back in the days when I found Art, 1992ish. It really did seem to be headed that direction. I signed up as a Time Traveler the first day, wanting to help reassure him the core audience was still here.
After this past week, and looking at the log from NCSO about the 3rd report of shots fired and didn't see where the responding officers found any evidence of same, I just don't know.
I spent 26 years in law enforcement.
Something like this happens to someone like Art who happens to live in our jurisdiction and the gloves go off, the overtime sheets are authorized and the problem is solved.
I can't imagine doing it any other way.
From what I've read there were 3 incidents. If they all involved shots fired after #2 we would have had a team out there working the situation, every night all night until the suspect was in custody. Period, end of story. I can hear the boss now.
"This man is no different than a guy running a small business in our town, gentleman. with the exception he is famous. There is no way in hell our failure to do our job is going to be the cause of this business closing down. Develop a plan, get the people together, and fix the problem. Do it now. We are not going to have some nutcase shooting him, his neighbors or anyone else."
Now, if this was the case I am sure the cops would have told Art to keep quiet about it on the air, and just go about his normal routine so that the SOB wouldn't be spooked or alerted that the cops were in the brush loaded for bear.
We may not even have told Art we were out there.
So, I dunno.
I'd like to believe the man. I'd also like to believe the Art I know would move his wife and child into town someplace safe for a couple of weeks, then put an giant inflatable FU finger in the yard, and let the cops do their thing.
His response seems out of character.
Then, I think again.
The man is 70 years that old. He points that out pretty frequently.
He may just not be ready to play hardball. He is 70, has a young wife and a young daughter that is rightly the light of his life.
But, he has left us in such a way that leaves us all wondering what the heck happened. Some of you folks here have put in a tremendous amount of effort supporting him. If he decided at some point decide M-F was too much for him, he should have simply stated so to us. If he was dealing with a criminal situation he should have worked with the cops.
If there was family pressure to quit or slow down, he should have told us.
I believe that if Art had wanted this to go on it would have. For whatever reason I don't think he does.
I hope some day he tells us. It would be nice to finish clean.

it's entirely possible that the alleged stalker/shooter never did aim at anything in particular so there would be no bulletholes. He might've just been shooting up in the air just to scare. So investigators would not have found any evidence of bullet holes.

[Barfly]

Nice speech. Will he take his own advice?

I have a life outside of this madness, im lucky to have my own business and work at home for the most part ( i do travel a lot though).
I listen to podcasts and internet radio while i draw, it passes the time.
Reading some of the posts on the forum as well as posting on the forum allows me to interact with crazy people like myself.
However, it also makes me feel a bit more sane, i dont believe most of the crap that paranormal radio spews out, its not the point of this form anymore.

[Yorkshire pud]

it's entirely possible that the alleged stalker/shooter never did aim at anything in particular so there would be no bulletholes. It might've just been shooting up in the air just to scare. So investigators would not have found any evidence of bullet holes.

And apparently didn't spend too long looking around not finding any evidence of anything.

[BobGrau]

The real reason is irrelevant. If he was tired, bored, lost the buzz, lost his will to live with the same old woo woo guests; Pressure from his wife, his daughter..No-one would have blamed him, especially if it was because he was tired of it. They may not like it, but we're all human, EVEN ART BELL...

I don't understand you on this. If it was any of this stuff he could have just started winding down, (as the Idiot once Prophesey'd) doing less shows himself but keeping the network in place for both fun and pocket money. Art has no reason to make all this shit up.

[drksd4848]

Yes, I said I was going to hang it up, I did not say Retire, or if I did I missed it. What I wrote is what I said which did not include the word Retire. Doesn't matter I guess.

Art

You might as well retire, because you just sunk the network that Keith created for you. What's the point of coming back?

Sorry Art, I understand you have to do what's right for your family, but you really screwed things up for a lot of people who worked hard on that network. If I was Keith I'd never speak to you again.

And BTW, if you did come back, who's going to take you seriously?

[MV/Liberace!]

I blame the truckers. And the cell phones. And SiriusXM.  And PremRat.  And Jess.  And, of course, Jaz.

why is jazmunda at the end of the list?

[Richard Groyper]

I have a life outside of this madness, im lucky to have my own business and work at home for the most part ( i do travel a lot though).
I listen to podcasts and internet radio while i draw, it passes the time.
Reading some of the posts on the forum as well as posting on the forum allows me to interact with crazy people like myself.
However, it also makes me feel a bit more sane, i dont believe most of the crap that paranormal radio spews out, its not the point of this form anymore.

I'm not judging you. Just a bit of teasing. I'd be surprised if this forum was anyone's sole focus in life. MV, maybe... I mean the guy in Ghana.

[The King of Kings]

Howard Stern may quit Sirius XM...

It's been a tough week.

[Richard Groyper]

It's been a tough week.

very tough.

[ItsOver]

why is jazmunda at the end of the list?

Because EVERYBODY knows it's really his fault.  It's obvious, MV. 

[HorrorReporter]

FROM THE HIGH DESERT.. AND THE KINGDOM OF DOUBT

[Barfly]

even that was outsourced to some dude in ghana.

I just sent ya 5 bucks, spend it on cheap wine.
Diapers are over rated

[Sehnzeleid]

The REAL tragedy here is we'll never hear again from what'shisherface in Japan or Scott in Switzerland. 

[Richard Groyper]

FROM THE HIGH DESERT.. AND THE KINGDOM OF DOUBT

Just when things had finally calmed down. ^

[nika01]

Because EVERYBODY knows it's really his fault.  It's obvious, MV. 

now That is a knife

[TheMan WhoFell ToEarth]

That's an upgrade.  I don't think 8chun has trolls.

I misspelled "chan" deliberately.  Sarcasm is my second language.

8chan is too busy trolling itself to troll anyone else.