Hysteria 51

Sheep!! Who know so many people could be mystified by their weird ass behavior, but here we are talking about them on Blurry Hysteria. What the flock is going on? Is it actually weird? Who the hell keeps asking for Producer Lisa to be back on? We tackle all that and more for ewe this week on Blurry Hysteria 51 (You are welcome for the sheep puns)

News Stories Mentioned: Special Thanks Jay Settlemyer from Project Skeptic Podcast

Sheep Shuffle- https://nypost.com/2022/11/21/mystery-of-sheep-walking-in-circle-for-12-days-may-be-solved/?utm_source=url_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons

Explanation - https://nypost.com/2022/11/17/sheep-filmed-walking-in-circle-for-12-days-straight-in-china/?fbclid=IwAR2Vgmd_uTjXgjt9FKzV1YYm2U8VGLA2-Wbn-ac6tkp3a5JikH8MnoGoX3s

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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 look like the love child of from a throuple made up of the dudes from Pete and Pete and the kid from Problem Child? Plus Conspiracy Bot educates us on the finer points of drinking under bridges, KYLE mourns Art Bell, and David Flora questions why he ever agreed to join this show. All that and more on the podcast that has never time traveled, unless you count black outs from Bot Booze - Hysteria 51

Special thanks to this week’s sources:

Videos
The Rabbit Hole Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/reel/513130973997747/?s=single_unit
Weird Renown Episode #71 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKHgyRz9PUA
Unexplained Mysteries - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8xTPdIfce0&t=1s

Websites
Wonders (Jacob’s Ladder) - https://wonders.physics.wisc.edu/jacobs-ladder/
Coast to Cast AM - https://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/marcum-mad-man-6293/
The New York Times Magazine - https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/08/magazine/epoch-journey.html
AnomAlien - https://anomalien.com/inventing-the-time-machine-mysterious-disappearance-of-mike-marcum/
City-Data - https://www.city-data.com/forum/unexplained-mysteries-paranormal/3237862-curious-case-mike-madman-marcum-his.html
Mysterious Universe - https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/03/bizarre-cases-of-inter-dimensional-doorway-devices-and-time-machines/
Retro 102.5 - https://retro1025.com/a-man-from-northern-missouri-created-a-time-machine-and-then-disappeared/
r/timetravel - https://www.reddit.com/r/timetravel/comments/urztqw/open_discussion_mike_mad_man_marcum_case/
Time travel claims and urban legends - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel_claims_and_urban_legends

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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. All that and more on the podcast that is cautiously optimistic for 2023... So you know we have already jinxed it - Hysteria 51.

Special thanks to this week’s sources:

Websites
Salon - https://www.salon.com/2022/12/25/why-aliens-were-in-the-news-so-much-in-2022/?fbclid=IwAR1AoKbp14X7Y-G5SwEWPeRKrR2JUfzpyHcD6p2mx8dhvcD_lhpthC17WhA 
Space - https://www.space.com/aliens-ufos-research-things-learned-2022?fbclid=IwAR1PKIafEECSdKSHx6buAZwfZpTfzBS-aCR-6cpU4AidhEcq4lJvYcNhvZM 
Telegraph - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/02/12/ghost-sightings-soar-covid-spooks-believing-paranormal/  
Singular Fortean - https://www.singularfortean.com/news/2022/7/8/youtube-personality-coyote-peterson-claims-to-have-found-bigfoot-skull-in-british-columbia  
Folk Talk Online - https://fortatkinsononline.com/linda-godfrey-who-launched-beast-of-bray-road-legend-has-died-at-age-71/  
8 News Now - https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/ufo-activist-nevada-aviator-john-lear-dies/
New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/05/science/space/frank-drake-dead.html  
SETI - https://www.seti.org/drake-equation-index
KTLA - https://ktla.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/nationworld/raining-fish-that-fell-from-sky-in-texas-were-vomited-by-birds-researchers-claim/#:~:text=Researchers%20have%20an%20alternative%20explanation,It%20was%20nervous%20birds. 
Chronline - https://www.chronline.com/stories/chehalis-celebrates-75th-anniversary-of-1947-historic-ufo-sighting-with-flying-saucer-party,300096

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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 51! 

News Stories Mentioned
Crop Circles - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/style/crop-circles.html?smid=url-share 
Water Logged Lee - https://www.dailywire.com/news/mystery-of-kung-fu-icon-bruce-lees-death-may-finally-be-solved 
Breaking Wind on Mars - https://apnews.com/article/science-oddities-8b26a14165106b27610727264043e8c6 
Jewish Mermaids - https://www.livescience.com/5642-mermaid-sightings-claimed-israel.html 

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CONTEST TIME!

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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). 

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, minding your own business in 1800's Tennessee when Boom, a land deal goes south and a witch curses your family for generations. We know what you're thinking, that old chestnut? Well, that's just the chestnut this week as we tackle the Bell Witch with the help of returning guest and mustachioed mad man David Flora. Can Kyle cook up a spell? Does ghostly banging count as ASMR? Do you call a priest or animal control if you spot Cerberus at your door? All that and more on the podcast that has never been cursed by a witch, but we are cursed with robots daily so we will call it a wash - Hysteria 51

Special thanks to this week’s sources:

Books
An Authenticated History of the Famous Bell Witch | Martin V. Ingram

Videos
The Bell Witch - https://youtu.be/XH1JWjHhCqI
The Daily Woo -Legend Of The Bell Witch - https://youtu.be/NmoH50Z-tE0
An American Haunting - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429573/

Websites
Skeptical Enquirer - https://skepticalinquirer.org/2014/01/the-bell-witch-poltergeist/
Bell Witch - http://www.bellwitch.org/home.htm
Bell Witch Cave - https://bellwitchcave.com/
The Moon Lit Road - http://themoonlitroad.com/the-bell-witch/
Bell Witch Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Witch

Follow David Flora
Blurry Photos - http://www.blurryphotos.org/
Quiz Quiz Bang Bang - http://www.quizbangpod.com/

Music
Seventies Porn Music Sound Effect - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSozlta6MZg+

Cover Art
Bell Witch band - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Witch_(band)

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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 ahead and grab the spyglass. Is that another ship? You call to the ship announcing your presence…no response. Is there no one aboard? Where’s the crew? You board the ship and things are silent. It’s too quiet. Something isn’t sitting right about this situation. There’s a sewing machine with a baby’s dress being sewn…the hem is still mid-stitch. The log book’s last entry? 10 days ago. Where did the crew go? What would cause them to abandon ship so abruptly without any signs of duress? Did they leave the ship willingly? What happened to the Mary Celeste – we investigate this week. Plus, David Flora of Blurry Photos Podcast makes his triumphant return once again. Conspiracy Bot pivots his game plan for Bot Booze. Brent circles back around on how C-Bot is paying for it. And we all learn that poisonous, bad-tasting, and foul-smelling are table stakes for any product the robot creates. All of that and more on the podcast that’s never discovered a ghost ship, but took a Carnival Cruise once that was almost as scary – Hysteria 51.

Special thanks to this week’s research sources:
Research Assistant - Raymond Walden IV

Books
The Mary Celeste: An Unsolved Mystery from History | Jane Yolen, Heidi E. Y. Stemple, Roger Roth
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste: The History of the American Merchant Vessel and the Disappearance of Its Crew | Charles River Editors

Videos
Scary For Kids - https://bit.ly/2G5569r
Known Unknowns - https://bit.ly/2P3D6Hi

Websites
Wikipedia - https://bit.ly/2FvpPmz
History - https://bit.ly/2FjF5Th
Smithsonian - https://bit.ly/2tkjyE9
American Heritage - https://bit.ly/2ImH1gY
Blurry Photos Podcast - https://bit.ly/2UHVBpJ

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, groper, fire belcher, carriage crasher, and more. This week we’re looking into the legend of Spring Heeled Jack. This mischievous prankster allegedly had metal claws, could leap over 10 ft. walls, breath blue fire, apparently loved to slap authority figures, and cause carriages to crash. But who was this British bouncer? Is this just a folk tale re-told over the years to explain away hundreds of different events, was there a person of extraordinary ability terrorizing the countryside, or were these just a series of glorified fraternity pranks? David Flora of the Blurry Photos podcast joins the fun to help us uncover the identity of Britain’s strangest urban legend. Plus, Conspiracy Bot tries to get rid of Flora (he’s protective of BRENT’S beer), the fellas all try their hands at a British accent and fail miserably (shocking), and a related ghost in Long Island sounds eerily similar to Keanu Reeves (whoa). All of that and more on the podcast that’s never terrified women by blowing fire into their face, we do it the old fashioned way, by letting them see our work ethic and bank account – Hysteria 51.

Special thanks to this week’s sources:

Books
The Legend of Spring-Heeled Jack | Karl Bell
The Mystery of Spring-Heeled Jack: From Victorian Legend to Steampunk Hero | John Matthews

Videos
The Mystery Of Spring Heeled Jack – https://bit.ly/2Wpxk4Z
Cryptids and Monsters: The Spring-Heeled Jack – https://bit.ly/2FyRO4H

Websites
Wikipedia – https://bit.ly/1rPK59y
Atlas Obscura – https://bit.ly/2JAEkJO
Historic UK – https://bit.ly/2JJTGNd
BBC – https://bbc.in/2p6amzN
Mysterious Universe – https://bit.ly/2uwobvA
Blurry Photos – http://www.blurryphotos.org

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's exactly what happened March 13th, 1997 throughout Arizona. They all describe something very similar too: several lights arranged in a triangular pattern slowly moving overhead. Was it a visit from E.T.? A top secret military project? Or swamp gas bouncing off a weather balloon coupled with flares and whatever else they can come up with? The H-51 I-Team investigates this week with the help of David Flora from the Blurry Photos Podcast! That's right - a odd pod crossover event right here in the lower 4th dimension! Plus, Conspiracy Bot orders a vial of The Rock's sweat (it made sense to him). We learn more about Goforth in the 90's than we ever wanted to know (two words: frosted tips). And we discover the real reason the Titanic sank (it might involve a demon). All that and more on the podcast that doesn’t believe EVERY conspiracy from 1997, but we KNOW there was more room on that door ROSE! Hysteria 51.

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 would they want? To kill a future despot? To make a change to the environment that saves future generations? To take back a computer from 1975 to make their time machine work properly? If you're anything like the subject of this week's show, John Titor, you went with door #3. According to his posts on the internet, John Titor traveled back to the 70s to get a special computer to save time travel. He also made a pit stop along the way in the early 00's to live with his family (and 2 year old self) and presumably post snotty messages on inane internet forums (not stand-up forums like Hysteria Nation). Sound crazy? That's the most normal part of this story. This week we do our best Sam Beckett and try to fix what went wrong with the OG Chrononaut - John Titor. Plus, John and Brent ponder the existential perils of time travel (not really - just looking for ways to make money on it). Conspiracy bot ponders the existential perils of time travel (not really - just looking for other ways to kill John and Brent). And David Flora of Blurry Photos is back in the lower 4th (he just wants to time travel to a time before he met Conspiracy Bot). All of that and more on the podcast that doesn’t have time travel capabilities, but if we did, we’d do things to improve humanity…and make an insane amount of money – Hysteria 51.

Time Travel / John Titor songs referenced in the show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z6ppzwikfc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz_uGrpgPBQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxaTHTisUvg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmvBi2NOO3E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHl4GnwFv20

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