In Memoriam
A broadcast lasts three hours. The conversation ends. But what was said doesn't disappear — it's archived, preserved, part of the permanent record. These are the guests who came to the microphone and are no longer with us. Their voices remain.
Bart does not take lightly the privilege of those hours. Every guest gave something real. This page exists because that matters.
Ian Punnett
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 AM, and I should be at home listening to you."
Ian started in rock radio — mornings on WKDF in Nashville, the same city I broadcast from today. He died on December 22, 2023. He was 63.
Art Bell
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 else would ask.
Art became a friend and a mentor. He entrusted Bart with the Dark Matter name. Art Bell died on April 13, 2018, at his home in Pahrump, Nevada. He was 72.
Stanton T. Friedman
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, 2019, at the age of 84.
Ron Miscavige
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 2021.
Rosemary Ellen Guiley
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.
Dr. Michael Heiser
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.
Nigel Kerner
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 2022.