Cheyenne caller says F.E. Warren is haunted and begins a dying mother story
[name withheld], from Cheyenne, Wyoming, tells Art Bell that F.E. Warren air base is haunted and that they have heard several stories about it. The caller then begins a secondhand story about their younger brother's friend, a newlywed young mother with two small children. The friend had just been diagnosed with cancer and given about two weeks to live. The host interrupts before [name withheld] can continue, calls it a cliffhanger, and puts [name withheld] on hold.
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The story as told
[name withheld], calling from Cheyenne, Wyoming, tells Art Bell that a previous caller had mentioned F.E. Warren. [name withheld] says the base is haunted and that they have heard several stories from out there. They agree with the host's general statement that places with many deaths, particularly combative deaths, are where spirits linger. They say they wanted to mention that briefly before telling a story. They then begin a secondhand story. About six months earlier, their younger brother came to their house and told them that a friend of his, a young newlywed woman with two very young children, had just learned she had cancer and was expected to die soon. [name withheld] reports that the doctor gave her no more than about two weeks. Before [name withheld] can continue, Art Bell calls it a cliffhanger, says they cannot finish, and puts [name withheld] on hold for a break. No strange event in the young woman's story is described in this part of the broadcast, and the story is not picked up again in the transcript provided. The only strange claim the caller actually makes is that F.E. Warren is haunted, backed by their statement that they have heard several stories. The host's remark about spirits lingering is his own general claim, not a report from the caller.
Reported events, in order
- 0:00
The host introduces the next caller.
- 0:04
[name withheld] says they are calling from Cheyenne, Wyoming.
- 0:14
[name withheld] refers to an earlier caller who mentioned F.E. Warren.
- 0:19
[name withheld] says F.E. Warren is haunted.
- 0:21
[name withheld] says they have heard several stories from out there.
- 0:25
[name withheld] repeats that the base is in Cheyenne and is haunted.
- 0:28
The host states that places where many deaths have occurred, particularly combative deaths, are places where spirits linger.
- 0:39
[name withheld] agrees, then says they wanted to mention that briefly before telling a story.
- 0:41
[name withheld] says they have a story they wanted to tell the host.
- 0:49
[name withheld] reports that about six months earlier their younger brother came to their house and told them something.
- 0:54
[name withheld] says the brother's friend was a newlywed young woman with two very young children who had just learned she had cancer and would die soon.
- 1:04
[name withheld] says the doctor gave the young woman no more than about two weeks.
- 1:06
The host interrupts, calls it a cliffhanger, says they cannot finish, and puts [name withheld] on hold for a break.
Claims
Each claim is labeled as something the person telling the story noticed (observation), what they made of it (interpretation), something others told them (hearsay), or something the host said (host statement).
- interpretation· 0:19
The caller says F.E. Warren air base is haunted.
- hearsay· 0:21
The caller says they have heard several stories from F.E. Warren.
- host statement· 0:34
The host says that places where many deaths occurred, especially combative deaths, are where spirits linger.
Scores, with reasons
An AI model gave these scores using a fixed set of scoring rules (scoring-v1). They are editorial judgments and rough guides, not the odds that anything paranormal happened. How scoring works.
Scored as a short, incomplete fragment with no firsthand strange event described. The haunted-base claim is hearsay, and the personal story is secondhand and cut off. The cap for fragments that are too short applies (40 or lower).
Evidence for and against
- The caller gives a specific location: F.E. Warren in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
- The caller gives concrete details of the personal story: about six months ago, a newlywed, two very young children, cancer, and a two-week prognosis.
- No firsthand strange event is given.
- The haunted-base claim rests on [quote withheld] not on a described event.
- The personal story is secondhand from the caller's brother and is cut off before anything strange happens.
- No continuation is present.
- It is unclear what strange event, if any, the dying-woman story would involve.
- The labels showing who is speaking around the host's interruption are marked as smoothed.
- 0:19
- 0:49
- 1:06
What the model inferred (not said on air): The low score comes from distance from the source and from the story being unfinished, not from any judgment of the caller's sincerity.
Only the caller's claims and an unnamed hearsay report are present. No documents or on-air second witness are produced. No outside check was done.
Evidence for and against
- A named place: F.E. Warren, in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
- A relative date: [quote withheld]
- No records, documents, photographs, or recordings that could be checked are presented.
- No second witness speaks on air.
- No physical evidence is claimed.
- The story stops before any strange incident is described.
- 0:21
- 0:49
- 1:06
What the model inferred (not said on air): A place name does not raise this above a bare claim without verification.
The haunted-base claim is mildly eerie but undeveloped. The story the caller starts is about a young mother's terminal cancer, which is somber, not ghostly horror. The interruption leaves no lasting dread.
Evidence for and against
- The caller says a military air base is haunted.
- The story the caller begins is about a young newlywed with two very young children dying of cancer.
- No threatening presence, physical contact, or frightening incident is described.
- The host cuts away before the story develops.
- A later continuation might contain a more frightening episode, but it is not in this excerpt.
- 0:19
- 0:54
- 1:04
What the model inferred (not said on air): The score reflects the excerpt as broadcast, not any imagined continuation.
The excerpt offers only a familiar claim of a haunted military base and the opening of a dying-young-mother story, with no distinctive strange detail. The score is provisional; novelty compared with the rest of the archive is not computed here.
Evidence for and against
- F.E. Warren is named as a haunted military location.
- The personal story includes specific family details.
- No unusual event or rare combination is described.
- The story is incomplete.
- The continuation could contain distinctive material.
- 0:19
- 0:54
What the model inferred (not said on air): The originality score is low because the transcript has no developed themes.
Scoring confidence 0.30 · analysis confidence 0.55 · checked against outside sources: no · evidence available: The caller's own firsthand word for the call itself; A secondhand report from the caller's brother about a dying friend; No physical evidence, no recording, no photograph, and no on-air second witness. The originality score blends the model's score (20) with how rare the story's details are across the archive. This method is still provisional.
What stands out
This excerpt is unusual because it contains no developed strange event. The caller's only claim of that kind is that a military base is haunted, and the personal story the caller begins is cut off before anything strange is described.
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