Art Bell Married - Again

westphalia

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westphalia
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This probably doesn't belong on the "general skepticism and the paranormal" board, but I couldn't help it. I find it hysterical.

Art Bell's wife, Ramona, died of an asthmatic attack a very short while ago - very short. Coast to Coast dragged the poor woman's death out for a few weeks and Bell got a lot of publicity and good wishes. He also used his wife's death for a couple of shows. In one show, he included his belief that his wife occupies the body of one of his cats, and stated that a local woman of German descent had successfully contacted him (Bell) on Ramona's behalf. (Pretty typical stuff, here.) Two weeks ago, he told his audience that he had a surprise on hand, but couldn't reveal it.

Imagine my surprise when I found pictures on the C2C website of Bell (who looks ghastly, by the way) with a new bride. The photos are a stitch. Is it me, or does this look like a strange, "mail-order" situation?

www.coasttocoastam.com

My inquiring mind wants to know.:D
 
Ramona died on January 5, 2006. I'm not a member of the Relationship Police, but shouldn't you space marriages a little bit more apart? Is Dial-A-Bride a new sponsor for C2C?
 
What a great country, where an ugly, middle aged, BS artist can despose of one wife and go buy a new cute one
 
I feel bad for him; seems like he was lonely and vulnerable--and because of that, he very quickly (too quickly) latched onto a woman who was a complete stranger. Hell, I've made the same mistake myself.

From what Art said on the show, he and the new woman had one of those great, magical Internet relationships where basically all you do is talk online a lot and entertain each other and agree with each other, because you don't have to do any of the real-world dating stuff, such as deal with each others' bad habits, or smell.

Art developed a too-quick, unhealthy attachment to this new woman, and married her; he's obviously got some delusions about her, such as when he said, "She didn't even know I was a radio talk show host." I can't believe she's Internet-saavy enough to talk online for hours every day, yet never bothered Googling "Art Bell" and finding out who he was (i.e., wealthy American). I'm not necessarily saying she's just using him for his money, and he's just using her as a quickie-substitute for his dead wife.

But I'm about 99% sure that's the case.

And I'll be really surprised if this new marriage actually works out.

I've always had a helluva lot of respect for Art, even if I think most of his guests are complete B.S. At least he had the balls to go on live without a call screener, and there was just something reallly cool about the idea of this guy out in the desert, near the infamous Area-51, talking about stuff that could've come from my favorite X-Files episodes. He's a unique voice in radio, and I wish he would've gotten professional help or counseling after Ramona's death, instead of rushing into another marriage.
 
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b33fj3rky said:
I feel bad for him; seems like he was lonely and vulnerable--and because of that, he very quickly (too quickly) latched onto a woman who was a complete stranger. Hell, I've made the same mistake myself.

From what Art said on the show, he and the new woman had one of those great, magical Internet relationships where basically all you do is talk online a lot and entertain each other and agree with each other, because you don't have to do any of the real-world dating stuff, such as deal with each others' bad habits, or smell.

Art developed a too-quick, unhealthy attachment to this new woman, and married her; he's obviously got some delusions about her, such as when he said, "She didn't even know I was a radio talk show host." I can't believe she's Internet-saavy enough to talk online for hours every day, yet never bothered Googling "Art Bell" and finding out who he was (i.e., wealthy American). I'm not necessarily saying she's just using him for his money, and he's just using her as a quickie-substitute for his dead wife.

But I'm about 99% sure that's the case.

And I'll be really surprised if this new marriage actually works out.

I've always had a helluva lot of respect for Art, even if I think most of his guests are complete B.S. At least he had the balls to go on live without a call screener, and there was just something reallly cool about the idea of this guy out in the desert, near the infamous Area-51, talking about stuff that could've come from my favorite X-Files episodes. He's a unique voice in radio, and I wish he would've gotten professional help or counseling after Ramona's death, instead of rushing into another marriage.
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On my way home from the weekly meeting of a strategy game club, I used to belong to, the only talk show of interest was C2C. I thought it was a great show for a laugh, and nice that the people on it weren't judged or put down. Sometimes you could hear Bell not fully buying what they were saying, but he never said so on the air (while I was listening). I think it's unfortunate he didn't take the time to get past the death of his wife, instead of listening to the same woo's he has for so many years. I fear for the couple, that it won't work out, and both will feel even greater loss when it is over.

Good luck to them though, I do hope it is what he needs (even though I don't believe it is) and they are happy (even though I don't think they will be).
 
I don't especially extend any good wishes to Bell. Did you hear tonight's (4/16) with Ed Dames?

Ed Dames claims to have discovered a new RV technique, in which he can pinpoint people, places and items with more accuracy than a GPS system. He claims that he won't make any more RV mistakes - ever - after tonight's show. This technique is so advanced that the CIA, DIA, Russian intelligence and other, outside government agencies are rushing to look into it and hire him and his group. He will place an "X" on the location of Natalee Holloway's body sometime in the next week (funny, considering the Aruban police have made another arrest in the case). Blah, blah, blah.

I don't wish any good to people who allow hucksters and charlatans to prey on the wilfully gullible, desperate and ignorant.

The show's first half hour, by they way, was filled with well-wishers congratulating Art on his latest marriage. The callers told stories about how much they're enjoying their own Asian mail-order brides. Ridiculous.
 
Bleh, on the wife. And mostly bleh, on the show. But Art Bell himself is kind of a phenomenon.

I used to catch the show when I drove a lot at the right time of night. I admired Art Bell's skill with callers - I remember one time when a guy called just to shout "You suck! Howard Stern rools!" And Art Bell gave this slow chuckle and said "Oh, yes, I'm a Stern fan too," and in short order was having a perfectly fine conversation with this guy practically eating out of his hand. I just couldn't help but admire that smooth handling.
 
I for one say HOORAY to all ugly white guys who are able to land hot young exotic wives regardless of the circumstances. You give us all hope :)
 
westphalia said:
I don't especially extend any good wishes to Bell. Did you hear tonight's (4/16) with Ed Dames?

Ed Dames claims to have discovered a new RV technique, in which he can pinpoint people, places and items with more accuracy than a GPS system. He claims that he won't make any more RV mistakes - ever - after tonight's show. This technique is so advanced that the CIA, DIA, Russian intelligence and other, outside government agencies are rushing to look into it and hire him and his group. He will place an "X" on the location of Natalee Holloway's body sometime in the next week (funny, considering the Aruban police have made another arrest in the case). Blah, blah, blah.

I don't wish any good to people who allow hucksters and charlatans to prey on the wilfully gullible, desperate and ignorant.

The show's first half hour, by they way, was filled with well-wishers congratulating Art on his latest marriage. The callers told stories about how much they're enjoying their own Asian mail-order brides. Ridiculous.
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Ya gotta love "Major" Ed... the guy is practically self-debunking. Even Art can't help busting his chops a little. Art said of one of his wacky predictions, "This is really going to happen this time? You're going to get it right? Because you really need one." Referring to Ed's previous streak of dismal flops. At one point Ed was crowing about his ongoing(and as yet unsuccessful) efforts to locate the wreckage of a missing plane, describing the search as his "flagship project"... because finding dead kids gets so boring. :rolleyes: He actually said that... finding dead kids... boring. This is a guy who has a track record of failing to find his own ass with both hands.
 
westphalia said:
I don't especially extend any good wishes to Bell. Did you hear tonight's (4/16) with Ed Dames?

I don't wish any good to people who allow hucksters and charlatans to prey on the wilfully gullible, desperate and ignorant.
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I heard the one with Dames; it was pretty bad, yah. I liked it when a caller asked Ed, if Ed had finally gotten RVing perfected, then why wouldn't he pinpoint Osama's location tomorrow? And Art was like, "Yeah, exactly, why don't you do that?" Art was definitely sounding a little fed-up with Dames.

I wish much good to Art; he's had lots of ridiculous crap on the show, sure, but (much more than Noory) he's confronted the crapsters, hucksters, and morons; and Art, as the dude who invented the show, established the tradition of having guys like Phil Plait as guests. I mean, when was the last time you saw the Weekly World News give space for the opposing viewpoint?

Art's been a unique voice in radio, a mix of weird-ass New-Age BS, paranoid consipiracy, speculation, truth, genuine science, debunking, and, most importantly, an asthetic of independence. When he's doing his show, HE, and he alone, is doing his show. No producer. No call screener. No station manager. Just him. Clear Channel bends over backwards to accomodate him, and I gotta respect any man who can make Clear Channel into his bitch.
 
He certainly does have Clear Channel eating out of his hand. That, at least, is pretty admirable. I agree with you.
 
Psiload said:
At one point Ed was crowing about his ongoing(and as yet unsuccessful) efforts to locate the wreckage of a missing plane, describing the search as his "flagship project"... because finding dead kids gets so boring. :rolleyes: He actually said that... finding dead kids... boring. This is a guy who has a track record of failing to find his own ass with both hands.
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Yes, I couldn't believe he said that about finding dead kids. And I particularly loved the fellow who called in during the last 90 minutes, who was so angry with Dames that you could hear him spitting into his telephone. That was a hoot.

What kind of RVer needs to be asked to "target" the eastern seaboard of the US and the Gulf of Mexico during hurricane season? Good grief.
 
I've been listening to Art Bell for close to fifteen years. I cried when he talked about Ramona's death. His pain was so palpable. It is absolutely none of my business, and yet, I am irritated with him for moving on so quickly. Makes no sense at all, I know.
 
Haywire said:
Ramona died on January 5, 2006. I'm not a member of the Relationship Police, but shouldn't you space marriages a little bit more apart? Is Dial-A-Bride a new sponsor for C2C?
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I agree with you 100%. After listening to him talking about his loss, which is understandably not easy to deal with, I'm shocked to hear that he got married so soon. If Ramona meant as much to him as he said, how could he replace her so quickly? I think if I were to lose my spouse, I would never be able to replace her. Nobody could possibly come close. He's either insane with grief or he was blowing smoke. (or smoking blow).
 
westphalia said:
Aren't the photos creepy? That just looks wrong.
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Wow. I just looked at some of those pictures. Creepy, yes. Wrong, definitely. Why would a young girl marry a guy his age? $$$$ By the way, she sorta looks like my wife. My girl is prettier.
 
I have heard (though have no stats on it) that men who lose their wife later in life are prone to remarry very quickly.

That having been said, the man is THREE TIMES HIS NEW WIFE'S AGE. He is older than me, and she is younger than my daughters. :boggled:
 
I glean from a few of the woo-sites, and from Bell's Saturday show, that he is moving to the Phillipines, and will do his show from there. He describes the islands as a paradise, and the most beautiful place in the world to live.

I spent a missionary summer in Manila (1988 - during my misspent youth), and can assure you that the slums of Manila are no laughing matter. They make the African poor look like Manhattanites.
 
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