Hysteria 51

Man wants to get rich. Man builds time machine. Man gets arrested. Man turns to Art Bell for help. Who doesn't know someone with that story?? No one?? Well now you do as this week we are focusing on Mad Man Mike Marcum and his Jacob's Ladder. We ask the hard question this week like did he really make a time machine? If so, did he transport himself back to the 1930's and die on a beach? Why does he...

It's A Crap! err... Wrap. Or Recap. Whatever it is, this week we are looking back at 2022 and all the fortean stories that shaped the world of the Paranormal and Ufology in 2022. What headlines caught our eyes? What events happened? And, who of note past this year? Plus, Flora returns from across the pond, we talk our new contest, and of course Brent works on his ever growing catalog of accents. A...

David Flora is busy prancing across Europe collecting samples for our cryptid menagerie so we call in Jay from Project Skeptic to help with the heavy lifting this week as we look at weird news from around the world. What does wind on Mars sound like? What REALLY killed Bruce Lee? Do Jewish Mermaids like lox? All that and more this week as we ask the not so hard hitting questions here on Hysteria 5...

CONTEST TIME!Wanna show us how it's done? Now's your chance. Shoot us your topic ideas to: Weird@hysteria51.com Mark the subject line as Contest Entry and you are entered. Easy Peasy. We will pick our favorite 3. What do you get??? Listen to the episode to find out (hint: it's better than a stick in the eye. Probably).  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: htt...

David Flora Week Day 5! Holy crap we made it through a whole week of the mustachioed mad man, pre-hosting duties! And what better way to round out the week than a land deal going south that turns PARANORMAL. If we weren't cursed before we probably are now as we take shots at The Bell Witch. But why not join us in our torment, we have bot booze and snacks!! Original Description  There you are, mind...

David Flora Week Day 4! Something, Something, Poop Deck! (We have to keep with the dick and fart jokes here on H51) Today we are once again back in 2019 to subject Flora to more bot boozed soaked shenanigans as we explore the infamous Ghost Ship- The Mary Celeste! Original Description  Imagine this: You and your crew are traversing the Atlantic aboard your merchant ship. You spot something up ahea...

David Flora Week Day 3! This time we go back to 2019 and let David flex his random accent muscles a plenty as we talk Spring-Heeled Jack. If you are into gropey, fire belching leapers with a total disregard for stagecoach safety then you are in luck! Original Description This week we hop BACK over the pond to merry ol’ England to tackle a most vile and sinister serial…slapper? Well – slapper, grop...

David Flora Week Day 2! This time we go back to David's first time on H51 back in 2018. He brought his Legos and his Phoenician (I hate that word) knowledge as we talked the triangle craft mystery that still gets people worked up, The Phoenix Lights!  Original Description If one guy says he saw a UFO - it's easy to dismiss. But what do you do when over 10,000 people in one state say they did? That...

It's David Flora Week here on Hysteria 51. This week we are looking back at some of our favorite of David's guest appearances on the show before he took over co-hosting duties. And what better way to kick off a week of of looking back in time than with a time travel episode... Yup, John Titor!!! Original Description If time travel is possible and future humans are coming back to our era...what wou...

Kids are creepy. It just comes with the territory. But everyone once in a while there are kids that do stuff that defies logic and even their own well being. Case in point The Silent Twins, Jennifer and June Gibbons who spent their childhoods and most of their adult lives locked in silence, only speaking to one another and shutting the world out. Then came the crimes. Theft. Fighting. Arson. So, i...

Cocaine Bear... Pablo Escobear... THE Apex Predator.... Whatever your want to call it, it is the number one story as far as most people sending in the same topic. Therefore, here it is in all it's glory before the Ray Liotta movie masterpiece drops in 2023. We talk the crazy true story of Winnie the Pooh's cokehead cousin and how he got that name, how Waylon Jennings was involved, and where you ca...

We are answering the touch questions this week as we tackle the weird news of the day. Is chocolate that has white stuff on the outside safe? Should you amputate a foot just for the hell of it when your superiors and the person who the foot belongs to say no? All that and more nonsense this week on Hysteria 51! News Stories Mentioned: Unauthorized Amputation- https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news...

Holy hell, do we live in a weird world or what?!?! This week it’s a Chain-Smoking Marathon Runner AND a warning by the US National Park Service to stop licking toads to get high, it’s killing them... and you! News Stories Mentioned: Chain-Smoking Marathoner- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chain-smoking-marathon-cigarettes-china_n_6374c271e4b0283a8d168214?fbclid=IwAR2n1kKGxJKdY-bGXqFiMSR-nEgXyeOTPa...

Director George Popov makes his 3rd trip to the Lower 4th Dimension this week to explore the dark and disturbing secrets behind three of England's most haunted villages and talk his new documentary Sideworld: Damnation Village. In it George explores the origins of supernatural stories surrounding three villages in England; Pluckley, Prestbury and Eyam. They all have have a long history, creating s...

In weird news this week we find out that some people are terrible at their jobs, but most don’t destroy century old outhouses. And no, this is not a Taco Bell induced toilet murder, we are talking accidently slamming on the gas in your car and destroying the monument... to poop... they you are taxed with protecting. Mondays, am I right??? Plus, Giants are in the news again. Were the real? Is it al...

Remember that time we stormed Area 51 and Conspiracy Bot somehow got us involved in a Reptilian scheme to take over the world? Or that time we went to the Hollow Earth and stole a bunch of crap while also ending up in a ZORK world? Well, all good stories come to an end and that end is this week. Just who is pulling the strings? Will we sell that crap we stole? Why is British announcer guy so Briti...

Almost time! But we can't leave you hanging without revisiting Adventure 2! Dive back in to the sequel, have a laugh, and prepare for Adventure 3! Original Description Remember that time we stormed Area 51 and Conspiracy Bot somehow got us involved in a Reptilian scheme to take over the world? (episode 155 for those of you playing at home) This is like that…only different…with more Hollow Earth…an...

Can you feel that in the air... the excitement?!?! It's all because Monday we release Adventure 3! To get everyone ready we are releasing our first 2 adventures again. Dive back in here where it all started, have a laugh, and prepare for Adventure 3! Original Description This week we…Well, this week…You see, a funny thing happened on the way…It’s like…hmm…it’s like a Hysteria 51 adventure...Ah, fo...

We’re back in the saddle this week with a trifecta of weird stories for your listening pleasure. Chris brings us homeless man or alien, Flora talks about Kesha and her love for the paranormal, and Brent shines a light on a bright side of global warming, bodies show up in water ways helping close cold cases. All that plus Cogswell forgets our names this week on Mad Blurry Hysteria! News Stories Men...

As the United States and countries around the world declassify UFO records and public awareness grows, former intelligence officers, experts, and experiencers share what they know and where we go In Plain Sight: The Intelligence Community and UFOs. We talk the new documentary In Plain Sight: The Intelligence Community and UFOs this week and we are joined once again by the creators and minds behind...

There you are minding your business in the back country of Vietnam and boom; you find yourself in a cave the size of a NYC block filled with reptilians. It’s a tale as old as time, or some would have us think as we dig into our weird stories this week. Plus, David Copperfield stealing God-like powers? One man took him to court trying to say just that. We have some wacky ones ins tore for you this...

Pole Holes! The hard-to-find holes of Mother Earth that so many men in history have yearned to go exploring in... It sounds dirty, but alas it is more crazy than anything else. From Edmond Halley of the comet fame to Captain John Cleves Symmes Jr, men throughout history have had theories on what was in the earth and how to get there. In Fact, Symmes came up with the Symmes Theory of Concentric Sph...

Just when we thought you knew when people started to destroy this planet- BOOM, discoveries come that set the clock back a few thousand and a few HUNDRED THOUSAND years respectfully. When did humans come to North America? Were our cousins living in caves in Poland a half a million years ago? Will Greg ever tell Sheila how he really feels before he leaves for war? We try to answer 2 out of the 3 qu...

How Mysterious is Michigan? We call in a ringer this week to tell us just that!  Author, Lecturer, and lover of all this weird Amberrose Hammond joins us this week to talk her new book, Mysterious Michigan. Why is she a ringer??? For over twenty years, Amberrose has been researching the supernatural, weird and off-beat history of Michigan. An avid local history and cemetery enthusiast, Amberrose h...

Gather round ladies and gentlemen, do we have a deal for you. Your kid having trouble sleeping? Wife nagging you? Secretary too melancholy? Try to the Lobotomy procedure and fix them right up! Sounds crazy but a vehicle called the Lobotomy-Mobile used to travel the country to shove an icepick in people eye sockets to scrape out some brain and it was touted as a miracle cure. And this is just one o...