May 30, 1997: Keith Rowland

Keith Rowland, the webmaster behind artbell.com, joins Art Bell to pull back the curtain on the rapidly growing website and its notorious run-in with the FBI. On April 1st, 1997, Rowland posted a fake FBI seizure notice on the site as a joke, complete with a doctored Bureau seal and references to the Heaven's Gate investigation. The prank fooled thousands of visitors, and roughly 30 days later, a real letter arrived from the FBI demanding its removal and warning of legal consequences from the… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/may-30-1997-keith-rowland