Hysteria 51

Remember the good old days when hacking didn't mean election tampering? It just meant pirating a broadcast signal or putting a less than appropriate picture on the front page of someone's website. Well, we long for those simpler times and on this week's episode we're covering one of the most famous in history (hijacking broadcast signals…not naughty pictures). The Max Headroom Signal Hijacking too...

Aliens! Amirite? Who knows. BUT we dive in this week to the NYT, the inter webs, and all you hold dear. Cuz….aliens. Plus, Bill and Ted are coming (we’re excited), Brent decides to start on an electromagnetic field disruptor (you can't blame him), and is this Earth - 1? All of that and more on the podcast that loves Tic Tacs, the New York Times and a number of other items from a Circle K – Hysteri...

Critically acclaimed author Max Brooks joins the fellas to talk about his new Bigfoot book, Devolution. They also get into Max’s time as a SNL writer, why Minecraft might be the ultimate life-skill, and finally settle the ultimate debate of the World War Z book vs the movie. All of that and more on the podcast that doesn’t always interview authors, but when we do they’ve generally written about zo...

Brent and John are out this week so Cbot takes the helm to bring back Number Stations for another spin. The boys will be back next week with max Brooks for a cryptid filled ride into his new book, Devolution! Number Stations original Description:Why are there nearly untraceable radio broadcasts all around the world of seemingly random number sequences? What is their true purpose and who is behind...

John and Brent are on assignment this week procuring more Bot Booze ingredients for CBot. That means we get to revisit one of their favorite episodes from the past: Satanic Panic! Original Description Remember that year or two in the 80’s when you weren’t allowed to do anything? Yeah – this week’s topic was pretty much the problem. The “Satanic Panic” was this all too real period mostly during the...

We all know Elvis is living with Tupac and JFK under the pyramids. That said, over the years there have been as many stories, theories, and rumors about Elvis’ demise (or lack thereof) as hip thrusts in Jailhouse Rock. And while the debate rages on for some, a new sci-fi flick has a decidedly different angle on what happened. Elvis From Outer Space is a fun take on the Elvis conspiracy world - whe...

This week we interview author Mike Damante and talk his newest book- Punk Rock and UFOs: Stranger Than Fiction. Is there a connection between Punk Rock and UFOs? Is there a connection between organized religion and Bad Religion (still love 21st Century Digital Boy)? And is a band actually a band if there are no members of the band in the band? We go deep this week. Plus, the fellas discuss their f...

Secret meetings tend to be secret because secrets are being secreted around because they’re...ya know...secret. But sometimes records of those meetings get released. And sometimes they’re about aliens. And sometimes they’re about reverse engineering extraterrestrial technology. The Wilson / Davis papers are supposedly that. But are they real? Can the players be trusted? Is Blink-182 involved again...

It’s a haunting. Things happen. The Warrens are involved. Nuff said. Are we done? Well, you’d think we would be, but this haunting is a bit different and we try to pull it apart this week. Plus, demonologists just want to be loved. Semi-sentient robots also just want to be loved. Oh yeah, Kevin Crispin and JTR Brown are back and need more love than we have to offer. All of that and more on the pod...

Nothing worse than a photobomb. There you are minding your own business, taking a picture of your lovely daughter and next thing you know some idiot time traveler / astronaut / inter-dimensional being drops his/her/its mug into your frame. And while we’ve all been through it, there’s a famous version we’re talking about this week - The Solway Firth Spaceman. Where did the other figure come from? C...

We promise to do the dirty work for you here at H51, and sometimes it is really dirty... like in BUGS. That's right, it's insect week in the Hysteria kitchen and we have 3 flavors of cricket on the menu - Salt and Vinegar, Bacon and Cheese, and Sour Cream and Onion. How do they taste? Where did we get them? Why are we this dumb? All that is next on the podcast that doesn't usually eat insects, but...

This week we’re taking a breath. After the murder of George Floyd and ensuing justified protests…and military intervention in said protests – we couldn’t let the moment pass without saying something. We’re 2 white guys in middle America. We are literally the definition of white privilege. So, we’re not going to pretend to understand what its like to walk around black in this country. But, that doe...

Our friend Rob Kristoffersen of the Our Strange Skies podcast was gracious enough to invite Brent to be a part of his live stream recently. The Blue Ribbon Panel had the guys discuss some of the most obscure UFO cases they've ever come across and dissect them in all their strange and ridiculous goodness! Participants were Ryan Sprague of Somewhere in the Skies podcast, Jason McClellan of Unknown:...

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…and Kyle…and Zork? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ You better just listen for yourself. Written by Michael Paul Gonzalez ( MichaelPaulGonzalez.com  /  @monkeywright )In association with  Radi...

Look, we know Florida gets a bad rap. You have one bath salt zombie and all of a sudden, you're the crazy state. And while tales of alligators on meth are great fodder for the local news outlets, it seems some groups a little farther from home have taken a shining to the…Sunshine State. One specific town there to be specific - Gulf Breeze, Florida. In the late 80's and early 90's, Gulf Breeze was...

In our continuing bonus series on un-refrigerated meats, this week we're tackling Underwood's Deviled Ham Spread. You've had a deviled egg right? It's like that..only ham…and lots of nitrites…and comes in a can. Hungry yet? To help us untangle this debacle we're joined by our better halves. No, not C-Bot and Kyle, but our wives Producer Lisa and (the OG producer) Stacy join to ask the tough questi...

Did you know the world is going to end in 100 seconds? Well, sort of. Welcome to the Doomsday Clock - a measurement on how close mankind is to destroying itself. And while it might sound like the super weapon used by the bad guy in a surprisingly educational James Bond movie, it's actually a science backed vehicle for educating the world on how close The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists believes we a...

In the years leading up to WW2, scientists from all over the world speculated about the potential for a new type of weapon – one that harnessed the power of the atom. And while the Americans, Brits, and Canadians were busy building the largest secret project in the history of secret projects (The Manhattan Project)...the Soviets had a different strategy: just steal it. So, as WW2 rages on, the US...

Hey losers, Conspiracy Bot here. This week Brent and John fire up the way back machine for a CAFEteria 51 trip down memory lane. It's Retro Snacks, the episode they did on the original run of Rad or Fad. I hope you hate it! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy See Privacy Policy...

It’s 1986 and you’re haulin’ massive amounts of French hooch back to Japan. Admittedly it would tempting to get ‘high on your own supply’, but flying a 747 while drunk is frowned upon. Yet, by the end of the flight, some might assume you were. Why? Well, you saw 3 big ol’ UFOs over eastern Alaska. We’re talking gravity defying, Tic Tac level UFOs. And that’s only the beginning of the story of the...

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Agenda 21 - What is it? Some new video game where you’re an assassin who gets double crossed by the very organization you work for? Or, perhaps it’s a coming of age teen comedy, all about a profane, yet lovable group of high schoolers on a quest to score beer for the BIG party. Or MAYBE it’s a multinational, multilateral, non-binding, action plan from the United Nations! If you guessed C you’re ri...

One mysterious night in the early 20th century all pendulum clocks stopped at the exact same moment in Paris, France. At that same moment, 1000's of Parisians experienced dizziness, nausea, and more. The strangest thing about the whole thing? The story didn’t appear in full until a 2019 episode of Top 10 Secrets and Mysteries (Netflix’s Ancient Aliens, but more non-E.T. stuff). Did something truly...

Do you love beer? Sure you do. But do you love the weird, gooky leftover stuff from brewing the beer? If you're from Australia, you bet your slab you do! Mixed with some salt and spices that gook turns into the Australian (treasure?) VEGEMITE - and this week we sit down for a taste. What do you eat it on? How much is too much? WHY THE HECK DO THESE NUTRITIONAL LABELS USE THE METRIC SYSTEM (we know...

Nation it's a fun one this week as JP Doyal stops by to discuss his paranormal documentary Mad House. We talk dead merkin dealers, demons named Seven, summoning rituals, mullets, phantom water drops, and oh so much more. That's this week on the podcast that has never filmed a documentary, but has a robot one will inevitable be made about - Hysteria 51 And make sure to check out JP at the following...