Remembering guests who have passed since appearing on the show.
Every conversation was real. These people gave their time and their thinking. That matters.
BROADCASTER · MENTOR · FRIEND
1960 – 2023
Ian Punnett was a broadcaster, author, ordained Episcopal deacon, and professor. He hosted Coast to Coast AM for over two decades. Ian believed in me. From my beginning stages as a podcaster, he was there. He once said, "You should be hosting Coast to Coast…
THE VOICE OF THE NIGHT
1945 – 2018
Art Bell never appeared on this program. But without him, this program would not exist. In the 1990s, Bart worked the overnight shift at an aluminum smelting facility. Every night Art Bell was there — coming through the radio, asking the questions nobody …
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NUCLEAR PHYSICIST · UFOLOGIST
Stanton Friedman was a nuclear physicist who became the best-known scientific ufologist in the world. He appeared on this program to discuss the Betty and Barney Hill case. He died May 13, 2…
AUTHOR · MUSICIAN
Ron Miscavige was the father of Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige. After nearly five decades inside the organization, he left and wrote the #1 NYT bestseller Ruthless. He died in …
Open Memorial Dossier →PARANORMAL RESEARCHER · AUTHOR
Rosemary Ellen Guiley authored more than sixty books on the paranormal. She appeared on the program with John Zaffis to discuss haunted objects. She died July 18, 2019.
Open Memorial Dossier →BIBLICAL SCHOLAR
Dr. Michael S. Heiser was a scholar of the Hebrew Bible and Semitic languages. He took the supernatural claims of scripture seriously. He died March 20, 2023, at the age of 60.
Open Memorial Dossier →AUTHOR · RESEARCHER
Nigel Kerner was a screenwriter, journalist, and author who first proposed that Grey aliens are bio-robotic probes from a vanished civilization. He appeared on the program twice. He died in …
Open Memorial Dossier →Paranormal Experts · Authors
Rosemary Ellen Guiley: prolific paranormal researcher and author of over 65 books. John Zaffis: renowned demonologist and paranormal investigator.
Open Memorial Dossier →Nuclear Physicist · UFO Researcher
Stanton Friedman: nuclear physicist and the world's most recognized scientific ufologist. Kathleen Marden: niece of Betty Hill and leading abduction researcher. They appeared together to dis…
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