
The tale of Mel's Hole comes to us through a single, original source: the radio show "Coast to Coast AM" with Art Bell. For the uninitiated, "Coast to Coast AM" was the singular most relevant hub and hotspot for all things paranormal, weird, unexplained, bizarre, etc., from its first 1988 airing till Bell stepped away from his show in 2007, per AM 790 News Talk WNIS. It aired at night into the early morning and centered on call-ins from the general public about whatever ghost, alien, monster, conspiracy, or similar tale folks had to tell. It was an open invitation to the American public to confess any and all wacky and creepy happenings they could, live and on the air. "Coast to Coast AM" took on mythical status and continues to live on after Bell's death, even becoming the subject of academic articles like those in the Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television.
With such a pedigree, you would rightly expect that tons of awesome and absurd stories arose from caller conversations with Bell. This was the show's strength, and also its weakness — there was simply no way to verify any of the more sensational yarns that certain callers told. Such was the case with one of Bell's most famous callers, Mel Waters, who spun a tale that was familiar yet uniquely intriguing, all the way from 1997 to his final call in 2002, as Mysterious Universe describes.
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