{"id":6270,"date":"2025-07-20T10:04:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T10:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=6270"},"modified":"2025-07-20T10:04:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T10:04:21","slug":"in-1965-an-unforgettable-warning-was-broadcast-for-all-to-hear-54-years-later-its-sadly-come-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=6270","title":{"rendered":"In 1965 an unforgettable warning was broadcast for all to hear: 54 years later, it\u2019s sadly come true"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"96\" data-end=\"138\"><strong data-start=\"96\" data-end=\"138\">Paul Harvey\u2019s Eerie Prophecy from 1965<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"140\" data-end=\"400\">Legendary radio commentator Paul Harvey, known for his unique delivery and sharp commentary, once reached over 24 million listeners. In a broadcast on April 3, 1965, he delivered a speech titled <em data-start=\"335\" data-end=\"359\">\u201cIf I Were the Devil,\u201d<\/em> which many now find hauntingly relevant.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"402\" data-end=\"693\">In it, Harvey imagines how the Devil would slowly corrupt America: by whispering lies, twisting morals, weakening families, promoting vice, and removing God from public life. He speaks of eroding discipline in schools, glorifying immorality, and replacing faith with science and materialism.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"695\" data-end=\"832\">More than five decades later, his \u201cprophecy\u201d feels chillingly close to reality. His words are a powerful reminder of the values at stake.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"949\"><strong data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"949\">\u201cIf I were the Devil\u2026 I\u2019d keep doing what I\u2019m doing\u2014and the whole world would go to hell as sure as the Devil.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"951\" data-end=\"977\">Everyone should hear this.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"951\" data-end=\"977\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paul Harvey's 1965 Radio Warning to America - &quot;If I were the Devil..&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xSC21kRGseM?feature=oembed\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Harvey\u2019s Eerie Prophecy from 1965 Legendary radio commentator Paul Harvey, known for his unique delivery and sharp commentary, once reached over 24 million listeners. In a broadcast on April 3, 1965, he delivered a speech titled \u201cIf I Were the Devil,\u201d which many now find hauntingly relevant. In it, Harvey imagines how the Devil&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=6270\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;In 1965 an unforgettable warning was broadcast for all to hear: 54 years later, it\u2019s sadly come true&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6272,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6270\/revisions\/6272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}