The Horrifying Legend of Mel's Hole | Real or Hoax?

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In 1997, radio presenter Art Bell had a phone conversation with a man named Mel. He had discovered something strange on his land, a seemingly bottomless hole. Over the course of 5 years, Mel and Art would have a number of conversations live on Coast to Coast AM, discussing the increasingly strange experiences Mel had with the hole.
Join me as we delve into all of those conversations and try to get to the bottom of Mel's Hole. Government cover up? Hoax? Or a mixture of the two. Let's find out on this entry into The Tape Library.
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Archive of the Paranormal, the strange and the unexplained. The Tape Library brings you the creepiest stories, to keep you horror junkies up all night. True scary stories of ghosts, cryptids, UFOs and true crime.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Art Bell/Coast to Coast
02:14 Welcome to The Tape Library
04:15 The First Call - 1997
13:36 The 2nd Call
22:23 Mel Returns - 2000
33:03 Call 4 - 2002
41:55 Animal Cruelty Warning
43:45 The Autopsy
48:03 The Final Call
53:48 What Really Happened With Mel's Hole

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@TheTapeLibrary 20 дней назад

Please do let me know any theories you have on this one! Also if you want even more true paranormal stories, then check out my brand new second channel Night Drive Paranormal - www.youtube.com/@nightdriveParanormal Thank you all for watching!

@ranvirsingh921 20 дней назад

Thanks mate. Just subscribed. Keep up the excellent work bruv.

@Easy_Going__ 20 дней назад

I just subscribed! I want more!

@kariberrow3921 20 дней назад

I am not educated enough to comment on endless holes in the earth, however this is a super interesting story! Great job on the research. I loved the Coast to Coast show.

@FIRSTNAMELASTNAME-zt4kf 20 дней назад

I think it's complete bullshite

@siobhanorourke2701 20 дней назад

Would definitely recommend, night drive. Iove the ones where there is a wee back story addressing you, like the women in the back of the car with you , and being kidnapped by the story teller.....proper creepy

@bonny-at-morn 20 дней назад

As a woman called Mel I can’t tell you how hard my double take was when I read the title of this video

@TheTapeLibrary 20 дней назад

ha!

@Nothingreallytoseehere 20 дней назад

Oh my 😅🤣

@SensationalShulk 20 дней назад

Well is it real or not lady?! 😂

@licuidtsnake1568 20 дней назад

Ah yes, and how is thee old hole these days?

@Dudeface828 20 дней назад

😂😂😂 must be a very big hole Mel.....!!!

@joshuamueller3206 20 дней назад

Humans throwing garbage down a seemingly bottomless hole is one of the most human things I have ever heard.

@jasong428 20 дней назад

Look at the modern dating scene... 🤣

@morganpatterson1349 20 дней назад

Happened all the damn time in my hometown. We had many sinkholes lol

@swimlaps1 20 дней назад

People can be gross & damaging!

@garryarmit8688 20 дней назад

No one can find the hole apart from all the locals who throw old sofas down there.

@thybaker-ed9016 20 дней назад

Hahaha oh man broke me hahah good stuff

@justsayin1991 20 дней назад

“Mel was a self described, near professional shark fisher.” Like what? This episode is full of absolutely amazing one liners👌🏼

@TheTapeLibrary 18 дней назад

I would love to meet this guy

@NanaBren 6 дней назад

😂😂😂

@slupot День назад

As someone who's accidentally caught a couple of sharks, I'd think those who seek them out must be an interesting folk. Most of the time, the fish you catch can't kill you, lol

@liamgross7217 28 секунд назад

26:10 as an Australian I’m not sure what he is rescuing wombats from…

@saltmydishbartender8432 12 дней назад

first call: “this hole seems to have no bottom. that’s strange.” last call: “AND THEN THE SEAL TALKED THROUGH THE RADIO LIKE BUMBLEBEE AND WARNED THE FOOLISH MORTALS OF THE APOCALYPTIC DEMON ICE CUBE”

@TheTapeLibrary 12 дней назад

ha!

@sophiew1967 День назад

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@halseyseneschal5196 20 дней назад

Firmly in the “Mel made it up” camp, but can you guys imagine if he’d chosen to write it into a novel instead of going on the show?? We’d probably have had the latest sci fi classic on our hands…

@C-TOS 20 дней назад

It does sound like the TV show Outer Range.

@weareallpoorinsomeway 20 дней назад

bs, chances are you would never have heard of it

@halseyseneschal5196 20 дней назад

@@weareallpoorinsomeway so, a cult classic then?

@ashleybrooke2087 20 дней назад

And eventually he could have started his own religion. Stranger things have happened.

@sleepysartorialist 20 дней назад

Enh, I'll stick to asimov

@samuelslack323 20 дней назад

“Let’s get into Mel’s hole” just doesn’t sound like a very good time

@TheTapeLibrary 20 дней назад

Don't judge me

@darthtom100 20 дней назад

But the question remains, is Mel's hole real or a hoax?

@Dudeface828 20 дней назад

Actually one of my favorites it hasn't been covered well in a while. Thanks my dude

@matttran7161 20 дней назад

Highly subjective. Mel could be a certified GOAT and take you to another world with his hole.

@siobhanorourke2701 20 дней назад

@@TheTapeLibraryno judgement on your interest in holes ....ok, I'll stop now. Genuinely enjoyed this. Get weirder and weirder

@izzydarkhart4144 20 дней назад

And in the end 100% of the evidence is "trust me bro".

@YourWifesBoyfriend 11 дней назад

Mr Ballen style

@gosperru 6 дней назад

That's why he had to stop calling. Art was pushing too much for evidence.

@Sunshine-mj2vd 4 дня назад

@@gosperru ••• IS THAT WHY MEL STOP CALLING IN 📞 📞 📞 .........??? SO YOU BELIEVE IT WAS A HOST . . . . 🤔🤔🤔

@morgainebrigid 20 дней назад

All of the other people who knew about this - the neighbors, the Natives, the Basque- no e of them ever came forward to validate his story? Even anonymously? 1 person called in in the beginning and said they'd heard about the first hole, but that's it. If the government silenced him, why didn't they silence Mel? Way too many holes. Still, a fascinating retelling

@OuterGalaxyLounge 20 дней назад

Mel went too far with it when he claimed he found the second hole and all kinds of wacky creatures and stuff were in it. Total BS.

@ashleybrooke2087 20 дней назад

That's the problem with elaboration sometimes. It's like Jenga where eventually the structure collapses in on itself.

@BradPrichard 20 дней назад

Pretty much like everything else ever on Art Bell's show.

@miinfl7143 20 дней назад

And they can't send a simple camera down it

@zoeyrochellezhombie829 19 дней назад

@@BradPrichardSo you didn't like Art Bell simply because you don't believe in his topics of conversation. Ok.

@BradPrichard 19 дней назад

@@zoeyrochellezhombie829 Yeah, pretty sure he didn't either.

@ReaperOfStories 20 дней назад

My dad had a late night commute listening to Art Bell and would regale us with the epic of Mel's Hole. It was good times.

@lolkthnxbai 8 дней назад

Man this was peak childhood, we'd listen to art bell on those late night drives going home from visiting family or camping listening to these crazy stories until falling asleep in the back of the car.

@RachelMcBain-gh4dw 5 дней назад

Same, but it was my Mom.

@free_shortvideo 11 дней назад

In 2002, a group of thirty people led by Gerald Osborne undertook an expedition to find the hole, but were unable to locate it.[3] Local news reporters who investigated the claims found no public records of anyone named Mel Waters ever residing in, or owning property in, Kittitas County.[2] According to State Department of Natural Resources geologist Jack Powell, the hole does not exist and is geologically impossible. A hole of the depth claimed "would collapse into itself under the tremendous pressure and heat from the surrounding strata," said Powell. Powell said an ordinary old mine shaft on private property was probably the inspiration for the stories, and commented that Mel's Hole had established itself as a legend "based on no evidence at all."[2] Geologist Pat Pringle doubted Waters story about having lowered 80,000 feet of fishing line into a hole, saying that the heat of the Earth would have snapped it before it could reach such a depth.

@antifagoat6591 18 дней назад

"We can't afford to send in a video camera, but we can totally sacrifice a sheep worth hundreds of dollars in meat and wool plus all its feed, a steel cable and crane (how else could they lower it without it falling?) and a secure crate to put it in to explore this possible nuclear zone." Right. 🤨

@cdev2117 18 дней назад

I get that a camcorder in the late 90s was around 2000$ in today money, but still...come on. Lowering a camera would be my first idea. He could afford thousands of feet of some special fishing line and other equipment.

@channel1344 6 дней назад

@@cdev2117 Or at least a microphone so we could listen for water or seismic activity. There's really no excuse to not have audio recordings of this thing.

@hunternedib1119 5 дней назад

People can drive a truck up to Mel's hole and dump garbage but nobody knows where Mel's Hole is located? .....How phuckin stupid are people?

@TheOwneroftheIC 4 дня назад

Eh, a sheep was probably under $100 in the 90s, a camcorder was expensive. Also it is made up so the sheep makes a better story.

@bltn7469 3 дня назад

A picture , a sketch , a independent 3rd party witness , a object from the hole ( or near it) , a location , and any flipping thing ! Lol

@A_S_Quinn 20 дней назад

I don't know if I'm mature enough for this episode, can't stop giggling.

@justsayin1991 20 дней назад

You and me both lol

@chubbydinosaur9148 17 дней назад

Now we're three.

@utubeisazzhoe1413 17 дней назад

Just said the same thing and laughed like a little kid... by myself

@A_Stereotypical_Heretic 16 дней назад

Art really wanted a picture of Mel's hole

@Fairyfink 13 дней назад

Mel's hole is a most unfortunate name for a bottomless paranormal pit.

@zameion90 20 дней назад

Perfect timing for going to sleep when you work night shift! Man i miss art bell

@dereknorton878 8 дней назад

I used to love Art Bells ghost to ghost shows

@Sunshine-mj2vd 4 дня назад

I HOPE YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SLEEP ON THE NIGHT SHIFT . . . . . . ALTHO YOU SAID YOU ARE . . .👀 👀 👀🤔🤔🤔

@Sunshine-mj2vd 4 дня назад

@@dereknorton878 ••• I SEE YOU ARE A COASTER TOO .........!!! I ❤️'d COAST TO COAST WITH ART BELL

@carrie_white_ 20 дней назад

My theory is that this entire story is completely and shamelessly fabricated. It's too silly even to make for a good short story. All the same, you can never have too much Art Bell, so I'm still glad it exists.

@queensarah5945 19 дней назад

Agreed. There's totally a Netflix show around this same topic.

@KaiserHanstedt 19 дней назад

Really lost me at the gun

@TheTapeLibrary 18 дней назад

You know what, same. I had a real issue with the gun. But I'm not sure why as it's not that wildly out there compared to many other aspects of the story.

@Murderbits 18 дней назад

What made Art Bell great was that he would go along with people's wild stories and conjecture while being clearly skeptical and asking questions for the audience.

@brendaleverick3655 17 дней назад

I believe it's possible. Big sinkholes are a real happening these days. Imagine the people in hell's shock, when cars, old sofas, etc. come hurtling down on them! 🕳️🔥👿

@Durpydurp4488 20 дней назад

Honestly the part that struck me the most unbelievable was the bit where Mel paid his ex-wife $25,000 a MONTH to lease land he did not live on. Where did he get that money and why was that land worth so much to him? Then the government pays him exactly 10x that much ($3 million per year) without ever checking to see that he has the deed? That seems TOO ODD.

@TheTapeLibrary 18 дней назад

Sorry, maybe I was a bit unclear about that part. I believe he started paying her the $25000 as a kind of gesture of good will when the government started paying him, this wasn't an arrangement they had before that.

@Durpydurp4488 18 дней назад

@@TheTapeLibrary oh that makes a lot more sense. Thank you!

@TheTapeLibrary 18 дней назад

@@Durpydurp4488 No worries!

@clanksshekels 20 дней назад

When you start your first shift as bottomless-hole inspector and they tell you to start filling it

@stonward 20 дней назад

Sounds a bit like every job I've ever had.

@remainanonymous93 20 дней назад

'The last I heard, Mel sold his Hole to the government and moved to Australia.' Art Bell.

@NYKali-BJJ 20 дней назад

You missed a lot then. He came back (broke) from Australia. Beat up, teeth knocked out and homeless. Finds another hole on an Indian reservation and the wild story continues.

@XxSTACKxX 20 дней назад

@@NYKali-BJJoh… so he’s a liar

@RougeRey 20 дней назад

So he joined the navy?

@manfredalbrechtfreiherrvon4042 20 дней назад

@@XxSTACKxX No shit.

@ambidexterity1 20 дней назад

@@XxSTACKxX Yep

@damom8116 12 дней назад

The part that killed the suspension of disbelief for me was when they talked about bypassing quarantine in Australia. Australia is very serious about biosecurity, and it's due to this that we are free from many diseases and pests that are present elsewhere in the world.

@TheTapeLibrary 12 дней назад

The idea of a bottomless hole creating zombie dogs was okay, but the idea of two governments coming to a special arrangement for someone to bypass quarantine laws was too much?

@damom8116 9 дней назад

@TheTapeLibrary I'll concede in context it sounds insane 😂 but apparently yeah that was the part that took me out of it a bit. I did enjoy the video though, just to clarify. 🙂

@yerva01 11 дней назад

I love the narrative capacity that radio has for creepypasta, it blurrs the line between reality and fiction in a way that is fascinating

@maddhousewife 10 дней назад

Yes, recall Orson Wells' "War of the worlds"

@PumaLyn 20 дней назад

Art Bell was a true legend.

@Ryo7_7 20 дней назад

Definitely. 👍

@kariberrow3921 20 дней назад

Absolutely.

@pattib1126 20 дней назад

Ditto

@ruvoodoo4862 20 дней назад

That he was! 👍🏼

@cmc2550 20 дней назад

Legend amongst Legends

@ambrabridges2161 20 дней назад

I try to keep an open mind when it comes to stories like this but, while I believe there is some sort of hole, I don't buy Mel's claims concerning all the events surrounding it. He offers no evidence and, when asked for some, ie. photographs, he gives excuses as to why he can't do so and no one has come forward to cooperate his claims. We're just expected to take Mel's word for it. I think Mel sent the story in, thinking it would just be read on air, but when Art Bell invited him to be on the show, he enjoyed the attention and started making up stories he thought would keep Bell's, and the audience's, attention. The problem is the stories became so outlandish, without anything to back them up, it makes the whole thing unbelievable.

@jfangm 20 дней назад

Yeah, the dog and cows being dumped into the hole seems far-fetched, as does the 80,000 depth claim.

@jillianlambert3596 20 дней назад

Meh, everyone thinks their hole is special...

@ShawnaNaNa90 20 дней назад

@@jillianlambert3596🤣😂 literally ended up snorting my drink instead of sipping it when I read your comment lmao. Thank you for the laugh 🤣

@l1089624 20 дней назад

Also, why would he be paid when his ex-wife owned the land? The seemed to know everything about him, there's no way they didn't actually know who owns the land.

@ashleyfourman1322 20 дней назад

Is that you John Wayne.. Is this me?

@AndyTremble 19 дней назад

The easiest way to identify a bullshit story is whether or not it has an ending. This just drags on and becomes more and more nonsensical.

@teresawarnke999 18 дней назад

A story about a hole that goes on for eternity can never end.

@TheTapeLibrary 18 дней назад

Are you saying that for a story to be true it needs a conclusive ending? That feels like the opposite of what I'd expect? Not saying Mels story is true at all, but real life often doesn't get wrapped up in a neat bow (unless I've misunderstood you).

@AndyTremble 18 дней назад

Not at all. Mel's story never held up for me because it starts with one supernatural element and expands into unrelated ones which seem to exist just to prolong the story. It started with a hole with uncanny properties and continued through curing health conditions and having his back teeth stolen and even finding another hole. This is no criticism of your retelling, of course. I'm a big fan of your channel, but the story never held much water for me beyond a certain point. A mysterious event needn't have a resolution, but there are limits.

@TheTapeLibrary 18 дней назад

@@AndyTremble Ah gotcha, sorry misunderstood what you meant.

@tablescissors 2 дня назад

I assume Mel started to take more and more of his own “native” medications…

@ybunnygurl 20 дней назад

So I had a friend who lived near "Mel's hole" I had never heard the story and this was in the mid 2000's. He told me all about it. Then he said he and his friends went off to find said hole with a group of high school boys(my friend was in 4th grade at the time). They found a well that hit a dry aquifer. It was deep but not endless. People dumped all sorts a trash down it. The EPA showed up and got quite mad people had been dumping stuff down there and set about cleaning it. They sealed up the well, and the property was seazed for back taxes owed. Mel moved to Australia, after saying the government "bought" the hole. But he was a known drug abuser, and had no credit in the community any more. And thats when my friend moved out to the east coast, with his mom who was in grad school, while he attended community college.

@DreadPirateRobertz 16 дней назад

This sounds a little more plausible

@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 14 дней назад

But many people believe that a talking snake told a woman to eat fruit from a tree. 🙄

@strange-universe 13 дней назад

@@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 look around, it seems to have worked out to be true.

@minitea4315 13 дней назад

Every wildly unbelievable tale ends up with someone going to community college

@cozmyx25 20 дней назад

18:20 "the government taking an interest... in Mel's hole" I genuinely laughed 😅 interesting story

@richterkennedy2101 20 дней назад

That hole is a canyon by now

@Smooth-ub8xb 12 дней назад

You would be surprised!!!!! The government has done this many many times before!!!! For many different reasons!

@Unmaleable 6 дней назад

Story was totally made up lol by Mel

@ShawnaNaNa90 20 дней назад

Imagine finding an opening to another world..and using it as a dumpster 🙄 🤦🏻‍♀️

@Jimmy27427 20 дней назад

No wonder they want to invade. Think of all the garbage we threw at them.

@MoonLitChild 20 дней назад

The innate human desire to toss things in holes just to see what happens cannot be overcome...

@Marcintash 20 дней назад

Calm down Shawna

@jessl1934 20 дней назад

This is 100% what I'd expect humans to do

@bloodyninja2411 20 дней назад

Murica

@BDB78 11 дней назад

Hey man, just discovered your channel. You make great videos! You must hear this often for your quality, and especially narration, is top notch. Can’t wait to watch some more of these. Thank you so much for putting up such high quality material. Subscribed!

@Malthael2797 20 дней назад

Is it wrong of me to immediately assume the story is less credible when it's disclosed the guy works in "alternative medicine"? I know stereotyping is bad but there really is a certain type of person always involved in these unproven supernatural claims lmao.

@silver474 19 дней назад

Alternative medicine seems hokey until modern medicine can’t or won’t help you.

@Malthael2797 19 дней назад

@@silver474 that's fair and I have a doctor friend who had to go to another country for traditional medicine, but when most people say "alternative medicine" especially in the USA it's usually a grift like crystal healing or some nonsense they try to sell you

@Jaysqualityparts 4 дня назад

Means pot.

@truthseeker5447 20 дней назад

"To see if they could get to the bottom of Mel's hole..." nice 😂

@call_in_sick 18 дней назад

😂😂😂😂

@agent3557 20 дней назад

I will say whenever you cover a story I know well somehow I still learn something new that I didn’t know before!! You put in alot of work :)

@TheTapeLibrary 20 дней назад

I appreciate that! :)

@tracybarnes3923 20 дней назад

He certainly does! That is the exact reason I do not miss an episode of The Tape Library. ✌️❤️

@agent3557 14 дней назад

TP- listening to this story again makes me think to mention I love your channel but it’s not REALLY sleepy time material because I always want to listen- it peaks my interest to much to sleep to u til you listen to the upload a few times ;) it’s be awesome to have you try out some more asmr type content- not how some channels do but you just telling some boring shit in your very soothing voice for an upload ;) like read the instruction manual for a toaster or something ;)

@EddieJay1312 20 часов назад

One tactic of misinformation is to make things so outlandish and so outstanding that it plants seeds of doubt in everyone, "It sounds crazy? lets make it even crazier"

@tarnetskygge 6 дней назад

You have to remember this was at the height of the X-Files popularity... I bet Mel watched every episode of that show. This story would have made a pretty good episode itself.

@OrangeIris1 20 дней назад

I have lived in Ellensburg since 2003. Didn't hear about Mel's hole until maybe last summer. Someone was posting an article on our county community page if I remember correctly. I do know the area it is said to be at. It is near a military base, that is true. I don't believe a word of it, but I did enjoy the weird story and the video.

@jamesknapp64 20 дней назад

Yeah if there was such a hole it would be all over the news there for decades. Guy made up a story, then was shocked Art Bell would take him on air and kept up the story over the years

@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 14 дней назад

Snow globe mentality. "Nothing outside my little world exists".

@taraneedspotato 12 дней назад

I went to Central Washington. After spring finals my friends and I used to drive out and get wasted and throw the empty bottles down the hole until the black helicopters chased us off. I miss Ellensburg.

@tybo103 20 дней назад

This went super deep into Mel's hole...🤯

@Trebarwith 8 дней назад

STOP 🤣🤣

@urracojalpa4481 4 дня назад

Balls deep

@alg8181 20 дней назад

You don’t know how happy this episode made my father and I. My dad and I used to listen to Art Bell frequently. We remember how captivated Art was reading this on the air and Mel’s frequent appearances on coast to coast. This was so enjoyable, another fantastic episode. So many memories were brought up listening to this. Thank you 🙏

@TheTapeLibrary 18 дней назад

Aww that's lovely, glad you enjoyed it so much!

@IWearTrenchCoat 19 дней назад

The fact he can't provide any pictures tells me he's spinning tall tails

@pattib1126 20 дней назад

I still listen to Art Bell archives often.

@prof918 15 дней назад

He got good stories?

@cmc2550 20 дней назад

Coast to Coast am got through a lot of night drives back in the nineties. I remember being wide awake at 1 in the morning listening to CtoC. Seems so long ago!

@je7055 19 дней назад

Like all of the best C2C classics-completely absurd & preposterous to the point that the story's truthfulness isn't even worth pondering, but thoroughly entertaining and uniquely weird. I enjoyed the way you approached it, great script & narration.

@ashleyjames8954 19 дней назад

C2c?

@je7055 19 дней назад

@@ashleyjames8954 Art Bell's Coast to Coast 😉Some of the topics were downright silly, but it was loads of fun back in the day before we had all kinds of paranormal RU-vidrs at our fingertips.

@TheTapeLibrary 18 дней назад

thank you!

@rsuriyop 9 дней назад

Apparently Art Bell would've turned 79 just yesterday (June 17). Well happy belated b-day pal and RIP.

@prowrestlingmags 20 дней назад

East of the Rockies your on the air! Damn I miss Art terribly! All of his old shows are free on Audible, and Apple Podcast thank God! Now you can relive every show that you’ve missed. Who remembers Bugs the man who killed two Bigfoot? Ahhh great stuff!

@trenthoward6800 20 дней назад

I wish my fishing lines were made out of the same indestructible material Mel used.

@Stichting_NoFap 20 дней назад

I hope the fish will take revenge on you soon.

@misterdinkly 12 дней назад

80,000 feet of line and it didnt break? 80,000 feet of line is id imagine pretty heavy.

@TommyBaysMusic 7 дней назад

I believe he said it was shark fishing line, so that'd be some of the strongest available.

@trenthoward6800 7 дней назад

@@TommyBaysMusic Shark fishing line would still collapse under its own weight at the lengths he's speaking of.

@TevorTheThird 7 дней назад

Heh, yeah. It's always the little details that let you know when something's total bs. Er, not that Mel's hole needed help being proven a fake. But still. This is a simple physics problem. There's no fishing line on earth that could support its own weight at that length. But of course no one stops to do math while concocting their tall tales. And why would you? Stuff like this is supposed to be for fun! 😊

@retroholic5628 День назад

I love how you’re always respectful in these videos.

@RaccoonCityPD 20 дней назад

Brilliant work my man! I listened to this whole saga on coast to coast back when it first unfolded. You've done an amazing job of cataloguing everything once again.

@TheTapeLibrary 18 дней назад

thank you!

@Bonnatella 20 дней назад

My favorite hole since the 90s! I have this episode, and many others, of Coast to Coast on cassette tape. Another great upload from Tape Library! ✨✌️

@TheTapeLibrary 20 дней назад

I do not want to see your list of favourite holes...

@Marcintash 20 дней назад

@@TheTapeLibraryI wanna see your hole.

@GGiblet 18 дней назад

🤣

@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 14 дней назад

Janet Jackson, Jessica Alba, Trish Stratus, Liv Morgan, Kat Dennings & Sydney Sweeney.

@PsRohrbaugh 13 дней назад

I am extremely curious if you've ever compared your original 90s recordings to any of the archives or coast to coast, to see if anything has been censored or edited.

@andrewlocke6103 11 дней назад

Mel’s hole is famously in an alley off 21st. It’s technically part of the floor plan of a laundromat but there’s no entrance from the laundromat itself. Anyway Mel is rumored to have been replaced a few times after tragic circumstances. It’s more like a title. Best gloree hole in the tristate area.

@kevinsayes 20 дней назад

An hour long Tape Library? Night shift just got better. Love the channel man. Also just having watched Outer Range, this one had me thinking lol

@adamfisher5380 20 дней назад

Mel's Hole!! 😮 I haven't even clicked the video yet but I know exactly what kinda treat we are in for🤙🤙

@damarysdingui 20 дней назад

Watching this while I'm doing my laundry.. Your videos are always interesting and fascinating.. Thanks for the upload, The Tape Library..💖

@TheTapeLibrary 20 дней назад

Thank you for watching as always!

@britpoppansy 12 дней назад

You do such a phenomenal job with your deep dives, buddy! This story was GRIPPING.

@TheTapeLibrary 12 дней назад

Thank you!

@geerawr22 16 дней назад

Ive just stumbled across your channel and I cannot get enough! Absolutely amazing story telling and great deep dives. Cannot wait to watch all videos

@TheTapeLibrary 16 дней назад

Thank you! Hope you stick around

@Anma112 20 дней назад

That was incredible. One of your best ones yet. I often check from new uploads from your channel and get impatient but I completely understand why your videos are fewer and further apart compared to other channels because of all the research and work you put in them. You're truly a perfectionist 😂

@TheTapeLibrary 18 дней назад

I'm aiming to get one out every 10-12 days now, so they are coming a little quicker than before which used to be twice a month. There's also Night Drive now, so I'm being kept very busy haha.

@allisonrich5061 20 дней назад

C2C has gone to s**t in the last 10ish years. The only good host now is George Knapp, especially now that Ian Punnett has died. I barely listen now. Art Bell was a classic whether it was C2C, Dark Matter or Midnight in the Desert. He is much missed and I still listen to all of Art Bell's old shows.

@TheTapeLibrary 20 дней назад

Can't say I've listened to it beyond random old Art Bell episodes, it's not really as well known on this side of the Atlantic

@allisonrich5061 20 дней назад

@@TheTapeLibrary oh I know it's not as well known in UK and Europe. it's really declined now. Sad, really.

@maureenjossick429 20 дней назад

@@TheTapeLibrarydid you have like an “Art Bell” over in the U.K you liked to listen too at all? I’m just curious if there’s anything similar of C2C across the pond. lol

@Murderbits 18 дней назад

C2C hasn't been worthwhile since Art Bell, which is exactly when I stopped listening. Replacing him with George Snorey killed the show. It went from being about spooky aliens and government coverups and interdimensional whatever's to God, angels, and prayer.

@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 14 дней назад

Ian Punndit died?! WTF? I didn't know that. 😲

@Adam-sb6wk 20 дней назад

Just discovered the channel, love it! You're doing a great job. I'm excited to binge the rest of your content ✌

@TheTapeLibrary 18 дней назад

Awesome! Thank you!

@Craichy 14 часов назад

This was awesome, man. Thank you for introducing me to This

@PiXie232 20 дней назад

Damnnn!! This one’s a doozy!! What an absolutely bizarre story! I’d love to hear the actual recordings of Mel’s and Art’s conversations. Brilliant work putting this together:)❤ I’m about to start it all over again because it was so intriguing.. albeit downright insane lol.. it’s still fun to speculate;) Keep up the fantastic work!✨✨✨

@TheTapeLibrary 18 дней назад

You can find them on here!

@Mxe00. 20 дней назад

Reminded me of the gothic novel I read recently "Voyagers of hell". You must read it. It was mind blowing.

@amandawilliams2266 20 дней назад

Who's the author? I'm having trouble finding it . Thanks in advance 😊

@Mxe00. 20 дней назад

@@amandawilliams2266 Sobers Rodrigues

@amandawilliams2266 20 дней назад

@@Mxe00. Thank you

@69429boss 8 дней назад

The first time you hear this story "this is incredible 😮"... The second time you hear this story "this is bullshit 😂"...

@Morning.rain2619 20 дней назад

Brilliant! Thank you again for all of your hard work. It's appreciated, and it shows. 😊❤

@binocry 20 дней назад

I love this channel always upload on right time (it's night for me)

@TheTapeLibrary 20 дней назад

Enjoy!

@siobhanorourke2701 20 дней назад

Me too. It's a life line for my busy mind

@Ryo7_7 20 дней назад

Awesome. I've already made a cup of tea because I'm kind of ill so this is literally perfect timing. 👍

@TheDominiccrook 17 дней назад

The video was brilliant. Thank you, should do more stories on coast to coast. Was very respectful

@LiminalMan777 20 дней назад

I definitely think your second option is probably the most likely, and your note of how aspects changed over time based on callers thoughts really sheds light on this.

@Anma112 20 дней назад

This is one to listen to several times. There's a few discrepancies I his stories like he seems to modify his story to fit new developments. He said he purchased the land 40 years ago yet later it belongs to his ex, whom he doesn't mention previously. It's just a detail I know

@TheTapeLibrary 18 дней назад

I think (in the first call at least) they were still a couple, so kind of don't think it's weird he would refer to it as his land if they were together when he purchased it. But just to clarify, the previous owner had purchased it 40 years prior, Mel and his wife had only had it for a few years at that point

@mickeydoodle69 20 дней назад

If this is a hoax, the person who made up the narrative is quite a writer. This story has everything.

@jenniferb.awesome 11 дней назад

Mel's story get progressively more ridiculous. It's ironic, he's trying to recapture everyone's interest by constantly upping the weirdness, but then completely goes overboard to the point no one would want to even listen cus it's obviously fake. I live near Ellensburg Washington and have a few friends from there, I've never heard about this and neither have they. Looks like people lost interest.

@Blissxx93 2 дня назад

I remember being 8 years old in 3rd grade, learning about the Bermuda Triangle, UFOs, etc... I loved school at this point. It was completely fascinating to me. My teacher was lovely and really dived into it. The Tape library brings me back to these beloved lessons about the unknown ❤ I can't explain it. It just has me entirely invested in the most wonderful and curious way.

@TheTapeLibrary День назад

Ah I love this, thank you! I have very similar memories

@Laugh-O-Lantern 20 дней назад

Mel finds a hole.. The Government: 🫳🕳

@michaelhinton2738 20 дней назад

This is the best channel like this on RU-vid ✊️ you rock and deserve more success..keep it up

@TheTapeLibrary 18 дней назад

Thank you so much 😀

@michaelhinton2738 17 дней назад

@TheTapeLibrary thank you! I listen to you every weekend,I'm waiting for more

@eshanroveran7850 20 дней назад

Glad to see Art Bell getting a little cameo here haha. Been listening to him since the early 90’s when I used to do OTR trucking. It’s hard to overstate the impact he’s had on supernatural media, I feel like channels like this wouldn’t exist without him Rip Art

@galacticgrape1939 11 дней назад

I have to go with the "2 Mels' theory".This starts out so strange,yet plausible,and with that chilly 'oooh' mystery to it,but the 2nd Mel hole,the creature in the sheep body,etc.just gets too unbelievable. Gotta say though..your voice,delivery and cogent story telling skills had me listening spellbound!

@ranvirsingh921 20 дней назад

Well known story in our circles of interest, but I'll still love listening to your version of events. Thank you brother ❤

@TheTapeLibrary 20 дней назад

hope it lives up to it

@agent3557 20 дней назад

I was just saying whenever he covers a well known story I still always learn something new I didn’t know before. Can’t wait to see what I learn this time!

@rsrocha1984 20 дней назад

You know what shows me that the history is fake? The legal aspect. In international law there is something called rogatory letters, which is a way to serve lawsuits to people in foreign countries. Mels wife wouldnt have to wait for him to come back to the US to serve him papers related to the property. And having an incoming of 25 thousand dollars a month she would have hired a lawyer good enough to know that.

@jamesknapp64 20 дней назад

She supposed worked at the University (Central Washington is in the area). If she was real she would know who to ask to get one of these sent to him

@TheTapeLibrary 18 дней назад

I think the implication is that someone did not like that Mel came back to America. I don't think it was a legal issue of not being able to serve him papers, more a punishment for returning (if you believe any of this at all of course).

@rinmizuhiki 7 дней назад

I love listening to content such as this, though when it gets as unbelievable it really pushes me away. This is the first video of yours I have watched and the fact that you pointed out all the holes in the story as well as people's skepticism, you really sold me on this channel.

@TheTapeLibrary 7 дней назад

Awesome! I love presenting the stories as they were originally told, but wherever possible I try to explore the other side as well.

@missyyy- 8 дней назад

First time commenter, first time listener… I haven’t subbed so quickly in idk how long. Thanks for the great storytelling. You have a gift. Can’t wait to check out more!

@TheTapeLibrary 8 дней назад

That's great to hear, thank you!

@JustSomeoneHi 20 дней назад

aw heck yeah The Tape Library uploaded!!

@TheTapeLibrary 20 дней назад

I did!

@JustSomeoneHi 20 дней назад

@@TheTapeLibrary :)

@davidfromthelobster6729 20 дней назад

As someone who has listened to all the radio interviews multiple times before, thank you for making a video which actually tells the entire story. So many people have made videos which entirely gloss over Australia, the second hole, and Mel's various travels. I was literally going to make a video like this one myself if someone else didn't do it

@PiXie232 20 дней назад

So does it really sound like it could be an imposter during the 3rd interview onward? I’d love to listen to them.. where did you find them? Are they online somewhere? Fascinating story

@davidfromthelobster6729 20 дней назад

@@PiXie232 Honestly, i hear why people say his voice sounds slightly different, but the mannerisms and the way in which he constructed his stories was still exactly the same. I still think it’s the same guy

@TheTapeLibrary 18 дней назад

The second half, as unbelievable as it is, is the most fun part! No idea why someone wouldn't include it.

@d.c.1059 7 дней назад

Just watching the development of this story it becomes clear that making this up is part of a fantastic imagination and doesn't take anything away from the deep wonder that such a tale inspires. It becomes irrelevant whether the hole really exists....

@ztdaddy2319 13 дней назад

In the olden days they would have called this a 'Tall Tale'. The listener gets slowly roped in until at some point the story gets so far-fetched that they realize they've been had.

@Dudeface828 20 дней назад

For some reason anything but an American voice always makes these stories so much better!

@crystalwilhoit6826 20 дней назад

I actually remember listening to that episode as a 16-year-old teenager I absolutely loved art bell That was a great show.

@CryptoTonight9393 8 дней назад

I'll never forget driving through New Mexico at night and coast to coast was the only thing that my cars radio could pick up. Certainly changed the mood of the drive.

@derekfromwork8260 20 дней назад

Def bizarre and interesting. I’ve never heard of this story. Keep up the good work. Love bizarre mysteries.

@oldsoullikemine23143 20 дней назад

I was hoping this was going to be about Mel's infamous hole 🥰 Thank you a wHole lot sir 😊

@PumaLyn 20 дней назад

I'm here! Friday, 12:02 a.m. Perfect!

@lacotaco2702 12 дней назад

Thanks so much! I always wondered what happened to him afterwards. Definitely a tale of high strangeness - my absolute favourite!!

@AngeLa-du3gw 15 дней назад

Great video really like how you covered it keep up the great work

@blodhemn413 20 дней назад

I heard at least two of the original calls on the air as I was an avid 3rd shift listener at the time. Great memories and a Hell of a story.

@Kira28720 20 дней назад

I see you have completed the episode's script without going insane, anyway I'm really excited to watch this epidoes tomorrow (its pretty late here, so can't watch it tonight).

@KitKat_293 10 дней назад

The twist where the moisture absorbing ice seems to be the mechanism for creating another Hole is SUCH a satisfying story beat. I cant bring myself to care that it's a "hoax" when it's such good fiction. it really is

@user-kx1cp8bf4w 8 дней назад

Brilliantly told, what a great narrator you are. Love your channel, from NZ

@TheTapeLibrary 8 дней назад

Thank you kindly!

@Vaille32 20 дней назад

Mel’s hole was amazing, but my favorite Art Bell moment of all time was the random Area 51 caller. I was in college at the time and listened to the call live as it happened. Goddamn it was creepy…

@ValkyrieofNOLA 20 дней назад

How would I go about finding this episode online?

@Vaille32 20 дней назад

@@ValkyrieofNOLA Search “The Best of Art Bell - The Area 51 Caller.” It’ll pop up.

@melanietague1382 12 дней назад

Ooh! That would be a great episode! This is my first time I've heard of you; I've subscribed and I'm following to see if you cover it. And starting a binge on your content right now!! 😊

@wendirichardson5292 20 дней назад

The name of this one made me chuckle 🤭 I just couldn’t help it

@siobhanorourke2701 20 дней назад

You are not alone 😂

@Jaysqualityparts 4 дня назад

Is it real and is it horrifying? 😂

@MummyBrown 17 дней назад

I absolutely LOVE Art Bell and his contributions to the genre. That said, there are many beloved stories that were created on his show, for his show. The theatre of Art Bell is a subject that seemingly no one wants to touch. I’ll be damned if I ever give up listening, Art’s shows truly are comfort food. RIP Art Bell.

@Hev.M 20 дней назад

I fwll asleep watching rhis yesteeday so glad i cane back coz I've got to the end and you have reminded me about your second channel i can't wait to go listne right now.

@TheTapeLibrary 18 дней назад

hope you enjoyed it!

@loading...8512 20 дней назад

(I am curently paused) Thank you very much for the time stamp and the warning about the animal cruelty I am going to try and not skip but thank you so much for telling me where to skip to if I need to 😊 animal cruelty is a massive trigger for me

@TheTapeLibrary 18 дней назад

No worries!

@ninaallan3881 20 дней назад

Loved this one. Sounds like the inspiration for Amazon Prime Outer Range tv series.

@ashleyjames8954 19 дней назад

Sure does

@linzjk 13 дней назад

Came to say this, too!

@lacotaco2702 12 дней назад

Yes!!

@BomChickyBowWow День назад

I grew up in the 90s and at night I could pick up replays of Art Bell shows that had aired the previous day(s) on a little AM/FM radio I had with headphones. Good times.