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Crystal Caves of Mexico - Best of Coast to Coast AM - 9/10/25

The Best of Coast to Coast AM

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Science, Society & Culture, News

3.92.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

George Noory and gemologist Leela Hutchison discuss her research into the deadly Selenite Crystal Caves in Mexico, if new species discovered in the caves could have been created with alien microbes, and why the region is the site of so many alleged UFO crashes.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:04.0

On a cold January day in 1995, 18-year-old Krista Pike killed 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in the woods

0:13.2

of Knoxville, Tennessee. Since her conviction, Krista has been sitting on death row. How does

0:19.2

someone prove that they deserve to live?

0:21.8

We are starting the recording now.

0:23.7

Please state your first and last name.

0:27.4

Krista Pike.

0:28.8

Listen to Unrestorable Season 2, Proof of Life, on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:39.4

Now here's a highlight from Coast to Coast AM on IHeart Radio.

0:44.5

And welcome back to coast to coast, George Norrie with you.

0:47.4

Lila Hutchinson with us as a graduate gemologist and geological Institute of America,

0:53.2

the native of El Paso, Texas.

0:55.3

She's the first American woman to enter into the deadly giant crystal caves of Mexico.

1:01.5

She's written a book called Contact in the Chihuahuan Desert, and here she is.

1:05.9

Layla, welcome back.

1:07.8

George, it's such a pleasure to be here and hear your voice tonight.

1:11.1

Thank you so much for having me on the show.

1:13.2

How have you been?

1:14.5

Oh, excellent, excellent.

1:17.1

Really busy and actually headed to Arizona to speak to the

1:22.0

Minerological Society of Arizona.

1:25.4

It's the oldest one in Arizona on the earliest images of the giant crystal caves. So my work continues, and I'm excited about really sharing my information about the Chihuahuan Desert with you tonight and with your listeners.

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