It’s been seven years since John died, on July 3, 2009. I’m sure he’d be glad to know he was still remembered and read, but I can hear a faint voice from the afterlife, adding, “Yeah, but where’s the money?”
John is shown here with Gray Barker and Jim Moseley, from the Fall 1967 issue of Saucer News.
Am reading”The outer limits of the twilight zone.”. Still relevant, still fascinating…
Comment by Dave — July 4, 2016 @ 1:40 pm
John certainly explored areas where otheres feared to tread. With every new blog post here my appreciation and respect for him deepens. Thanks again Doug. RIP JAK
Comment by Clarence Carlson — July 4, 2016 @ 4:27 pm
John Keel certainly was a trailblazer and a very unique personality in ufology. As no other was he able to bridge the vast body of traditions from the 19th and early 20th century spiritism and paranormal research with that new and quite unruly poltergeist-child, the UFO phenomenon.
I suspect there is much more as to his ways of thinking behind what Keel trust to paper and in his books and articles. It is in hints concerning ‘baby noises’, ‘checkered shirts’, ‘cigar smoke’, ‘car doors slamming’, ‘phone anomalies’, ‘fear zones’, that we get a few very dark glimpses of the twilight world that John Keel tried to fathom.
Modern ufology has lost a great deal in scope, intellectual freedom and possibility in comparison, having dumbed itself down to a limited, binary set of speculative venues to wander off into, trying to find the answer in vain.
Best regards,
Theo
Comment by Theo Paijmans — July 4, 2016 @ 9:34 pm
God. Keel was just the best. RIP, hope you found it all out now.
Comment by Vincent Treewell — July 6, 2016 @ 1:57 pm
John Keel was such a unique thinker in the world of ufology and all things paranormal. Many of today’s researchers in those same areas could really stand to learn from him.
Writing about one specific subject, Keel would deliver so many little morsels of interesting information that, in time, that totality of information itself would come to gradually symbolize how truly mysterious and deep the subject was. He was, what many in the field have turned against from in an attempt to “normalize” the subject, a great storyteller.
Long live the keel!
Comment by -i. — July 6, 2016 @ 4:52 pm
He’s now part of the Super Spectre, isnt he?
I have a special request. I like to pay a visit to my favourite writers such as Lovecraft, P.K. Dick and so on…
I would love to pay a visit to John Keel Tomb and show him my respect.
I completely understand this info might be available only to family and friends but if not the case, is there any possibility to share it?
Very best regards
Pablo
Comment by pvergel — July 7, 2016 @ 4:55 am
What clarence said
Comment by Patty g — July 7, 2016 @ 2:56 pm
As far as I know, John was cremated. I don’t think the family invited any of his friends to his funeral. INFO organized a service in Baltimore, and several of us (including Larry Sloman and Anthony Matt) put together a tribute in NYC, in which we read from his works and showed his films. So, there seems to be no grave. The best tribute is to read his books!
Comment by Doug — July 7, 2016 @ 10:49 pm
Theo — One of the intriguing things about John’s papers is all the material that he didn’t include in his books. There are dead ends, info that he reserved for questioning witnesses, ideas that he thought were too wild or questionable for publication. He kept working!
Comment by Doug — July 7, 2016 @ 11:06 pm