Way Out World

Long John Nebel

Borodino Books, Feb 27, 2018 - Fiction - 221 pages

The bizarre bestseller by the man who talks to time travelers, faith healers, Venusians, spiritualists and other denizens of

THE WAY OUT WORLD

EXTRA-SENSORY PERCEPTION...UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS...VISITS TO OTHER PLANETS...EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL VISITORS...HEALERS...REINCARNATION...SPIRITUALISM, MEDIUMS & MYSTICS...STRANGE CREATURES OF THE EARTH...TIME TRAVEL...UNUSUAL INVENTIONS

For six years, “Long John Nebel” has been interviewing his “way out worlders” on his free-swinging radio and TV show. For instance you’ll meet Orfeo Angelucci, who followed a red glow that turned into two green balls with a voice coming from them, and his experiences with five-inch blondes. There’s Otis T. Carr, who will build you an “OTC-XI Circular Foil Spacecraft” for a mere twenty million dollars. You’ll be introduced to magician Dr. William Neff who faded away to invisibility on the Paramount Theatre stage and insisted he didn’t even know it happened! This provocative, fascinating book is the result of “Long John’s” 10,000 hours of interviewing people.

About the author

Long John Nebel (June 11, 1911 - April 10, 1978), born John Zimmerman, was an influential New York City talk radio show host.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, he dropped out of school after the eighth grade, but was an avid reader throughout his life, and conversant on many topics. He moved to New York City around 1930, aged 19, and his first job there was usher in the New York Paramount Theater. Nebel pursued a number of careers in his young adulthood, including a long period as a freelance photographer and a stint as a sidewalk salesman, before establishing the successful Long John’s Auctions, an auction and consignment store in New Jersey. At his auction barn in New Jersey, he was billed as “Long John, the gab and gavel man”, and people would attend just for an evening’s entertainment.

He began his career in radio in the 1950’s, at a time when radio throughout the United States was floundering and trying to redefine itself after the explosive popularity of television. Over several years, Nebel had become friends with many people at various New York radio stations when he bought commercial time to advertise his auction house. WOR, one of New York’s leading stations, faced poor ratings in 1954 when Nebel proposed an interview show. Within a few months Nebel was getting not only high ratings, but press attention from throughout the U.S. for his distinctive and in many ways unprecedented program.

Right up to his death in 1978, Nebel proved to be a hugely popular all-night radio host, with millions of regular listeners and what Donald Bain described as “a fanatically loyal following” to his syndicated program, which dealt mainly with anomalous phenomena, UFOs, and other offbeat topics.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Way Out World
• Author: Long John Nebel
• Publisher: Borodino Books, 2018
• ISBN: 1789120128, 9781789120127
• Length: 221 pages
• Subjects: Body, Mind & Spirit / Supernatural; Fiction / Occult & Supernatural; Fiction / Thrillers / Supernatural