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I'm not going to read the full article about the Nine Mile Hole. I'm not going to do it. I'm just going to read the... that I got last night, along with what I received, this horrendous sound. Now I've got a clean copy of it now, and I warn you, this could scare you.

I'm not going to read the full article about the Nine Mile Hole. I'm not going to do it. I'm just going to read the... that I got last night, along with what I received, this horrendous sound. Now I've got a clean copy of it now, and I warn you, this could scare you.

The story of the Russian well to hell circulated for years. And even though it was reported by a few major news sources who claimed it was real, nobody had actually heard the audio. Without evidence, it's pretty easy to dismiss the story as nothing more than an urban legend. But in 1998, Art Bell, host of the Coast to Coast AM radio show, received an email.

The story of the Russian well to hell circulated for years. And even though it was reported by a few major news sources who claimed it was real, nobody had actually heard the audio. Without evidence, it's pretty easy to dismiss the story as nothing more than an urban legend. But in 1998, Art Bell, host of the Coast to Coast AM radio show, received an email.

The email said that there is an effort to discredit the story, but it's definitely true. His uncle had a friend at the BBC who had a copy of the recording. He attached the audio to the email. After giving his listeners fair warning, he played the infamous audio that was allegedly recorded from the hole to hell.

The email said that there is an effort to discredit the story, but it's definitely true. His uncle had a friend at the BBC who had a copy of the recording. He attached the audio to the email. After giving his listeners fair warning, he played the infamous audio that was allegedly recorded from the hole to hell.

I warn you, what you are about to hear is very disturbing indeed.

I warn you, what you are about to hear is very disturbing indeed.

The Well to Hell is one of my all-time favorite urban legends. I first heard it on Art Bell's show. But how much of it is true and where did it come from? The story was first released by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. And TBN is a Christian network that operates television stations and publishes newsletters. In 1989, TBN ran the story Scientists Discover Hell in both print and on television.

The Well to Hell is one of my all-time favorite urban legends. I first heard it on Art Bell's show. But how much of it is true and where did it come from? The story was first released by the Trinity Broadcasting Network. And TBN is a Christian network that operates television stations and publishes newsletters. In 1989, TBN ran the story Scientists Discover Hell in both print and on television.

The story was a hit. Rich Buehler, a radio host for Christianity Today, was getting so many calls about the story, he decided to track down the origin. When he contacted Trinity, they said the story was absolutely true. They doubled down. They did. TBN said their source was the Finnish publication Amenusastia, which was, they said, a widely respected scientific journal. Was it? No.

The story was a hit. Rich Buehler, a radio host for Christianity Today, was getting so many calls about the story, he decided to track down the origin. When he contacted Trinity, they said the story was absolutely true. They doubled down. They did. TBN said their source was the Finnish publication Amenusastia, which was, they said, a widely respected scientific journal. Was it? No.

It was a small evangelical Lutheran magazine. So Rich Buehler contacted them. They said a staff member wrote the story from memory.

It was a small evangelical Lutheran magazine. So Rich Buehler contacted them. They said a staff member wrote the story from memory.

And that person remembered seeing it in a magazine where readers could submit any stories they wanted without sources or fact-checking. No, this was another Finnish paper. The reader who submitted it read it in a Finnish newsletter that covered paranormal stories. Before that, the story was in another religious newsletter out of California, and on and on and on.

And that person remembered seeing it in a magazine where readers could submit any stories they wanted without sources or fact-checking. No, this was another Finnish paper. The reader who submitted it read it in a Finnish newsletter that covered paranormal stories. Before that, the story was in another religious newsletter out of California, and on and on and on.

The story was just hearsay and exaggeration, but the companies who published the story kept defending it.

The story was just hearsay and exaggeration, but the companies who published the story kept defending it.

I'm sure. To make matters worse, a Norwegian teacher named Agen Rendauen heard the original TBN story when he was visiting California. He was so amazed that Americans were gullible enough to believe it, he conducted an experiment. He got back to Norway and found some boring newspaper article and sent it to TBN. But he included a fake translation.

I'm sure. To make matters worse, a Norwegian teacher named Agen Rendauen heard the original TBN story when he was visiting California. He was so amazed that Americans were gullible enough to believe it, he conducted an experiment. He got back to Norway and found some boring newspaper article and sent it to TBN. But he included a fake translation.