First, a little bit of background for those unfamiliar with Art bell. Art Bell used to be the host of a once great late night radio broadcast called Coast to Coast. At his peak popularity, he was syndicated on over 500 radio stations, and got 15 million listeners nightly. Art generally has on guests that talk about things such as the paranormal/aliens/general conspiracy, though Art himself doesn't necessarily seem to buy into all of it himself. Now, LET'S START!

In October of 1998 Art Bell signed off quickly and suddenly, citing a personal family emergency. Given the format of the show many fans speculated various conspiracies and feared for Art's safety. It soon became apparent though, that ancient aliens weren't involved, just creepy pedos. His son was sexually molested by his school's staff.

Soon, a man named Ted Gunderson stated during an interview that Art Bell was the one that molested his own son. Art Bell put forth a lawsuit, and They eventually reached an unknown settlement.

Art Bell then got on and off radi0 several times over the years, until he finally retired in July of 2007, which many people believed would be his final retirement.

During his "final" retirement George Noory, took over coast to coast and, he sucks. He turned C2C into a shitty late night conservative talk radio show, but with aliens. He has managed to lose 12 million audience members, and it now sits at just 3 million people who tune in nightly.

Art Bell really wasn't happy with the direction George Noory took coast to coast in, though he does recognize that it is now George's show, and he can do with it as he pleases. He has tried to distance himself from the show. His relationship got more strained with George Noory, when he had on a guest that said

That "Mr. Bell is a pedophile;" That Oates "had proof that Mr. Bell was arrested for molesting boys;" That "it is a 'running joke' among people Mr. Oates knows in the radio industry that Mr. Bell molests boys;" and That Mr. Bell likes to travel to Thailand to have sex with little boys and has actually served time in jail for these crimes. (See Exhibit E.) These statements were made in person, in a public location, where numerous other people may have heard Oates defamatory comments. (Id. at 3.) >

Art Bell responded with multiple responses on facebook sayin

Last night Coast did the most shameful thing since George has been in that seat, I am just sad for them

I no longer harbor a grudge against Oates, it's not healthy. Premiere however is a another matter, I have nothing less than a institutional hate for what they did to me. I had almost decided not to tell that story but after what George did on Thursday (I have word from a inside source that indeed it was George over the advice/objections of his Producer) it just may be time for a clear slate. Stay tuned

Not holding a grudge should NOT be confused with forgetting, some things are so horrible they can not be forgotten or forgiven

Art Has since returned to late-night radio, running a new show named "Art Bell's Dark Matter" that runs from 10-2 AM on Sirius XM 104(INDIE)

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Now, for my OWN personal Art Bell Drama. A couple months ago I took over the (then completely dead) subreddit /r/artbell. I created a channel for us for a live chat during the show. Someone there said I should post a link to the chat to a forum, coastgab.com, so I did. I started it out with a nice respectful post, but then muh jimmies got a-rustling, and I put forth snarky posts This eventually lead to this. That said... I SUCCESSFULLY STOLE 10 OF THEIR USERS LAST NIGHT AS I HAD PLANNED ALL ALONG! TAKE THAT COASTGAB!