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Hysteria 51
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Hysteria 51 is your offbeat weekly podcast destination for all things weird and wonderful! We navigate the cosmic highways of UFOs, the alien-infested landscapes, and the enigmatic frontiers of the paranormal. With your hosts, Brent Hand and David Flora, alongside our cantankerous tin man, Conspiracy Bot (with a not-so-subtle desire to rule the world, doubling as our chief inquisitor into the unknown), we delve into unique mysteries, the inexplicable, and the downright unusual.
Each week, we explore a fresh topic, making one thing crystal clear... the truth is out there, but you won’t find it here.
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Beautiful Blurry Hysteria: Tesla’s Wrecked, Toes Are Checked, and What the Shell is in Your Pants? | 420
Mar 19, 202500:29:50Tap to summarizeBuckle up, dear listeners, because this week’s Beautiful Blurry Hysteria is swerving into absolute chaos! First, we take a ride into the world of self-driving nightmares as a Tesla flunks its automatic driving test in the worst way possible—by crashing during a demonstration. Turns out, even AI gets stage fright. Then, we shift gears into something far more grotesque: a woman caught trying to sell human toes—yes, toes—on FACEBOOK! All while making some truly horrific claims about canine digestion. Just when you think it can’t get weirder, we slide into the final act: TSA agents at Newark Airport uncovering a turtle stuffed inside a traveler’s pants. Slow and steady does not win the race through security, my dude.Weird news? Check. Questionable life choices? Double check. Join us as we unravel the absurdity, ask all the wrong questions, and, as always, keep it blurry!Links & Resources📌 Tesla Oops📌 Toe Business📌 Turtle PowerEmail us your favorite WEIRD news stories:weird@hysteria51.comSupport the ShowGet exclusive content & perks as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 from just $1ShopBe the Best Dressed at your Cult Meeting!https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hysteria51?ref_id=9022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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The Lost Dutchman’s Mine | 419
Mar 17, 202501:25:34Tap to summarizeGold. It’s shiny, it’s valuable, and it has a bad habit of making people lose their ever-loving minds. Legends of hidden treasure have fueled obsessions, ruined lives, and probably inspired more than a few bad tattoos. But few lost fortunes have captured imaginations quite like the Lost Dutchman’s Mine—a hidden gold stash so rich it could set you up for several lifetimes… if you could ever find it.This week, we’re diving deep into the sun-scorched mysteries of Arizona’s Superstition Mountains, where one prospector supposedly struck it big and then took the secret to his grave. From cryptic maps and stone-carved clues to murder, curses, and possibly even supernatural guardians, this tale has all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster—except this one just might be real. So grab your shovels, keep an eye out for vengeful spirits, and join us as we mine for the truth behind one of America’s greatest lost treasures on Hysteria 51!Special thanks to this week’s research sources: BooksBicknell, P. "A Mythical Mine–Story of a Lost Claim in the Superstition Mountains–Dutch Jacob’sSecret–Phoenix People Hunting for the Treasure with Prospects of Success." Saturday Review. 17 Nov. 1894: 1. Print.Bicknell, P. "One of Arizona's Lost El Dorados - A Mine in the Superstition Mountains - The Half-told Tale of an Old Miser." San Francisco Chronicle. 13 Jan. 1895, Newspaper: 12.Blair, R. Tales of the Superstitions: The Origins of the Lost Dutchman Legend. Tempe: ArizonaHistorical Foundation, 1975.Gentry, Curt. The Killer Mountains, A Search for the Legendary Lost Dutchman Mine. New York: New American Library, 1968.Mell, Eleanor. Hunting Old Snowbeard’s Gold: Searches for and Seekers of the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine. North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace, 2012.Kincaid, Matt. Superstition Mountains: The Mountains of Legend, Gold, Mystery, and Death.Maplewood Publishing, 2018.Arnold, Oren. Ghost Gold. San Antonio: The Naylor Company, 1954.Websiteshttps://www.ajpl.org/the-ghost-of-the-dutchmans-gold-refuses-to-die/Taylor, T., 2008. The Lost Dutchman Mine. [Online]Available at: https://www.prairieghosts.com/dutchman.htmlLegends of America, 2016. The Lost Dutchman Mine. [Online]Available at: http://www.legendsofamerica.com/az-lostdutchmanWillis, B., 2005. Has the Lost Dutchman Mine Been Found?. [Online]Available at: http://www.truewestmagazine.com/has-the-lost-dutchman-mine-been-found/http://superstitionmountaintomkollenborn.blogspot.com/2013/12/dont-blame-thunder-god.htmlhttp://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/lore72.htmlhttps://apachejunctionindependent.com/history/military-trail-of-jacob-waltz/http://superstitionmountaintomkollenborn.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-peralta-stone-maps.htmlhttp://superstitionmountainmuseum.org/Email us your favorite WEIRD news stories:weird@hysteria51.com Support the ShowGet exclusive content & perks as well as an ad and sponsor free experienceat https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 from just $1 ShopBe the Best Dressed at your Cult Meeting!https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hysteria51?ref_id=9022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Blurry Hysteria: Quantum Leaps and Questionable Diets |418
Mar 12, 202500:32:51Tap to summarizeEver wondered what happens when you take bad online advice a little too seriously? Or how about the possibility that we’re all living in a multiverse, hopping timelines without even realizing it? This week on Blurry Hysteria, we dive into some of the strangest news out there—starting with one man’s ill-fated attempt to survive on nothing but meat and dairy (spoiler: it didn’t go well). Then, we break down Google’s latest quantum computing breakthrough, which might just be proof that the multiverse is real. So, are we on the verge of a sci-fi future, or is this just another glitch in the matrix? Tune in and find out!Links & Resources📌Meaty Disaster📌 Multiverse PCEmail us your favorite WEIRD news stories:weird@hysteria51.comSupport the ShowGet exclusive content & perks as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 from just $1ShopBe the Best Dressed at your Cult Meeting!https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hysteria51?ref_id=9022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Joe Fisher: A Man Murdered by Ghosts? | 282
Apr 4, 2022Tap to summarizeAh, love… Specifically true love. Soul mates even! Is there anything better? Yes, both of you being alive is a plus! That is just the predicament Joe Fisher found himself in, the love of his life (17 lifetimes to be exact) was a spirit guide from the metaphysical realm he could only talk to through a channeller. Talk about awkward date nights. But Joe was up for a challenge, after all he was England’s youngest newspaper editor at 22 and an accomplished investigative reporter turned author, so no problem! Unless you count the wild-goose chase he goes on to prove the existence of the afterlife, the public ridicule he receives for his beliefs, and the downward spiral his life goes down culminating in a death some say was at the hands of said spirits. It’s a heck of a story so we enlist the help of another author who makes his triumphant return to H51, Mr. Dan Kozuh. Is reincarnation real? Can spirits commit murder? Why is Brent a master of dialects??? We take a swing at answering those and many more questions this week on Hysteria 51. About Daniel Kozuh Daniel Kozuh is a comedy writer living in Atlanta by way of Chicago. As a screenwriter Daniel has been commissioned by several film and television production companies. His short films have shown at festivals and his science-fiction play ‘Adipocere’ was produced by LiveWire Chicago Theatre. His last short film ‘Late Again’ played at the Terminus Film Festival. He has also written for the Alternative Press Music Awards, Metal Insider, SFWeekly, among others. Currently, Daniel writes for the music satire site The Hard Times and its “nerd culture” sister site The Hard Drive, where he has published over 150 articles. One of his articles was adapted into the short film ‘Caravan of Cannibals’ that screened at 2018 Atlanta Underground Film Festival and the 2018 Atlanta Horror Film Festival. His headlines have been featured in The Los Angeles Daily News and Billboard Magazine. Daniel has performed with the acclaimed storytelling series The Moth, winning their monthly StorySlam and performing at their yearly GrandSlam. As well as working with PAVE-Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment, the musician BESTMAN, and various nonprofit theater groups. The podcasts Hysteria 51, Name Redacted, POD Minutes to CASTnight, and Earth Station One have also had Daniel on as a guest. In April of 2019, Daniel’s first novel LINGERIA: Book One of One was published. It is a humorous fantasy story about an author discovering that the world of his famous fantasy novels is real and he is revered by its characters as their god and creator. As one reviewer put it, “It is Lord of the Rings meets Hitchhikers’ Guide,” as another said, “It’s like George R.R. Martin New Nightmare’s himself.” Special thanks to this week’s research sources: Books by JoePredictions (1980)The Case for Reincarnation (1984, revised edition 2012)Life Between Life (1988)Hungry Ghosts (1990)Cotopaxi Visions: Travels in Ecuador (1992)Game Wardens: Men and Women in Conservation (1992)The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts: A Riveting Investigation Into Channeling and Spirit Guides (2001)VideosSupernatural Investigator S1, E4 & E5 - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1506848/?ref_=tt_ov_infCBC Crossfire 1989 Beyond The GraveWebsitesJoe Fisher Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Fisher_(journalist)The Anomalist - https://www.anomalist.com/milestones/fisher.htmlXenoglossy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenoglossy University of Manitoba Joe Fisher Archive - https://umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/collections/complete_holdings/ead/html/fisher.shtmlSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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New Years 2021: Three Skeleton Key
Dec 31, 2020Tap to summarizeHappy New Year!And as a New year's tradition here on H51, we ring in the year with a old time radio drama. This year Vincent Price is on tap for Three Skeleton Key, a show did did live on air both in 1950 and 1953. Now, let's kick 2020 to the curb and ring in 2021 right!Show DescriptionWritten by French author, George G. Toudouze, the story tells of a lighthouse keeper's terrifying ordeal whilst stationed at a remote light on the infamous rock, Three Skeleton Key.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Somewhere in the Skies w/ Ryan Sprague | 205
Oct 5, 2020Tap to summarizeLook, up in the sky, it's a bird.. it's a plane...crap, it's just a book. BUT it's an awesome book by one of our favorite UFOlogists, Ryan Sprague - and this week we interrogate Ryan on all things Somewhere In The Skies. How has UFOlogy changed in the last few years? Is disclosure being spoon fed to the American people? Will Blink-182 ever reunite? This week we ask the tough questions. Plus, what are the fellas reading in their spare time (hint: lots of pictures)? How tall is Tom Cruise (hint: not very)? And will John annoy us with another Tom DeLonge impression (hint: is water wet)? All of that and more on the podcast that doesn't read a lot, but when we do - the books have pictures - Hysteria 51.BooksSomewhere in the Skies: A Human Approach to the UFO Phenomenon | Ryan Spraguehttps://www.amazon.com/Somewhere-Skies-Human-Approach-Phenomenon/dp/1734419873/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=somewhere+in+the+skies&qid=1601422692&sr=8-1Videos“Turbo Encabulator” the Original - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac7G7xOG2AgWebsitesSomewhere in the Skies - https://somewhereintheskies.com/Mysteries Decoded - https://www.cwseed.com/shows/mysteries-decoded/lizzie-borden/?play=270d0232-82bf-41c9-b309-bdf3fcb40018Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Humanity in 100 years (w/ Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know) | 129
Mar 18, 2019Tap to summarizeInterstellar travel, rewriting human genetics, body hacking, limitless clean energy...is this our future? What will humanity look like in 100 years (assuming the Yellowstone Caldera doesn’t take us all out)? If technology continues to progress anywhere near the pace of the last few decades, not only will we have people on Mars, we’ll be in the middle of terraforming it. Or, will our future have a distinctly dystopian pallor? We take a look ahead this week with Ben Bowlin and Matt Frederick from the OG conspiracy podcast, Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know. Plus, could the future of humanity hinge on this very podcast? (no) Conspiracy Bot has the fix for quantum computers (defrag). And we all have some “tea, Earl Grey, hot”. All of that and more on the podcast that is hopeful for the future of humanity (poorly conceived and built robots on the other hand, we aren’t so sure) – Hysteria 51.Special thanks to this week’s research sources:Research Assistant – Raymond Walden IVBooksThe Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny beyond Earth | Michio KakuNational Academy of Engineering. 2014. Making a World of Difference: Engineering Ideas into Reality | The National Academies Press.VideosMichio Kaku: The von Neumann Probe (A Nano Ship to the Stars) - https://youtu.be/BN-FU8VPoOcWebsitesFriday Magazine - https://bit.ly/2pByUmfScience Alert - https://bit.ly/2ECRdyaFuturism - https://bit.ly/2XEPzoDWikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GrapheneStuff They Don't Want You to Know - https://bit.ly/2xGCSOOMusicDarkness is Coming Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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