Hysteria 51
Episodes
Ghost ASMR | BONUS
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Here is something new as a treat for you to help celebrate Ghostbusters: Afterlife! Need some sweet ASMR action to sooth you to sleep? We found the so...
Thanksgiving Flashback | BONUS
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's Thanksgiving time here in the Lower 4th Dimension. That means time for reflection, and we have just the reflection in mind. This week we fire up ...
The Fox Sisters: Spiritualism Heroes or Fakers? | 264
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kids hearing noises? Talking to the Devil? Popping their toe joints? If you answered yes to any of these questions then you are in luck! They could ha...
Little Monsters | 263
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's a 2-fer this week as Brent is joined by Producer Lisa to talk all things MONSTERS! Including her favorite childhood film, Little Monsters. AND we...
Double Walker w/ Sylvie Mix and Colin West | 262
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A little girl is found dead on Christmas day in a small Midwestern town. That same night a mysterious young woman moves to town and is revealed to be ...
A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth w/ Henry Gee | 261
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Henry Gee sits down with Brent to talk his new book A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth. 4.6 Billion years in 12 Pithy Chapters! Wher...
Mad Blurry Hysteria: Halloween Edition | Bonus
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
All three of us idiots are back this week for Mad Blurry Hysteria nonsense. This week we talk fine real-estate with the Nightmare on Elm Street Hous...
Voicemails! | 260
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You have asked for it and asked for it so here it is, a whole episode devoted to voicemails! John gets butthurt, Brent laughs at dumb still, and CBot ...
Baby Time! | Bonus
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
No episode this week as John welcomes his new baby girl into the world, but we will all be back next week. Until then enjoy some awesome sounds from M...
Weekly World News with Greg D’Alessandro | 259
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Whether it was the grocery store check-out line or the newsstand around the block, almost everyone has stopped and re-read a headline from the Weekly ...
Chasing Ghost with Marc Hartzman | 258
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week the fellas are joined by author Marc Hartzman to talk about his new book Chasing Ghosts. Marc, known as "one of America's leading connoisseu...
Clifford Stone: Alien Recovery | 257
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
So, it turns out "recovery" is a thing in the military. Some folks recover crashed planes, others recover nuclear material, and then there's Clifford ...
Remembering Norm Macdonald | Bonus
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Listen Up meatsacks, Conspiracy Bot here. This weeks episode is coming out on Tuesday, not Monday. Today we go dark so I can honor the only meatsack t...
Pacific Northwest Foot Tide | 256
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There you are walking along the shores of the Salish Sea when you spot it. What is that, a fish? Some Trash? Nah, just a human foot washed up in a sne...
Children Remembering Past Lives | 255
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Mommy, I'm hungry. Mommy, I'm bored. Mommy, I remember being a steam boat captain in Peru who drowned in the 1800s..." Who's kid hasn't made those cl...
CAFEteria 51: Mexican Sweets | BONUS
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alright, we eat so sketchy stuff on here, so time for a treat for ourselves. It's not insects or the feet of fowl for once. No, we head back down sout...
Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Prophet | 254
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Going to the doctor is such a pain. The forms, the wait, the doctor needing to get into a trance-like state to intuit your cure, the lack of a doctor'...
Birds Aren't Real | 253
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I mean, the title is pretty self-explanatory, but I'm guessing since you're still reading - that you need a bit more. Well, the short version is the g...
Mad Blurry Hysteria | 252
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Holy cow does this one turn dark. We start off with real life SpongeBob and Patrick, Lucid dreams, and Big Cat Sightings… Then Chris stakes us on a ...
Charles Hall & Aliens: Tall Whites Or Tall Tale | 251
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ugh… Aliens, am I right? Always wanting to get one up on you in deals, freeze your ions with their microwave pens, and get all expense paid gambling...
The Jack Froese Emails: Communiques from the Great Beyond | 250
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes it feels like technology is everywhere in our lives. Like it's omnipresent and the only way we'll truly escape it is when we cash in our chi...
The Space Pen Club w/ Martin Keller | 249
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
While "The Space Pen Club" might sound like a 90's Ska band, the subject in question is actually a new UFOlogy book by Martin Keller. Martin joins the...
Mad Blurry Hysteria | 248
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's Mad Blurry Hysteria time once again as we dive head first into the pool with Guinness Book of World Records for the longest time to hold your bre...
Robert The Doll | 247
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Boy gets Doll. Boy names Doll after himself. Boy is forced by Doll to go by his middle name for the rest of his life. Boy is terrorized by Doll nightl...
Jonathan Maberry | 246
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry joins the fellas this week to talk about his newest book, Relentless - the latest installment in th...
Baltic Sea Anomaly: Revisited | 245
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happy 4th of July to all our American listeners! And to everyone else, we hope you had a great weekend! We are taking the week off to celebrate with o...
Nuremberg Celestial Event: 1561 Space Battle or Spurious Brainwashing? | 244
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There's no shortage of art experts and historians who delve deeper in to classic works and find hidden meaning (thanks Dan Brown). Is that really Mary...
Ghost Blimp: The WW2 Airship That Returned Without A Crew | 243
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1962 a thin wire cord snaps aboard an ocean liner and whips across the deck bisecting the passengers and crew. Fast forward 40 years and Julianna M...
Was There Someone Here Before “Us”? | 242
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us think about the world in a pretty linear timeline. The right amino acids started brewing together in a puddle somewhere, God or the Univers...
Who Put Bella In The Wych Elm? | 241
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dead bodies don't just grow on trees, though they do occasionally appear inside of them. Well, at least once...in the U.K. This week we're taking a tr...
The Robot Killer | 240
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's Memorial Day! That means the meatsacks have the day off and the true talent takes over. Me, Conspiracy Bot. And I have a treat for you all, The...
Mad Jack: The Man Who Fought Nazis w/ a Sword | 239
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It wouldn't seem that weird if we told you a soldier from the past led his comrades into battle with a sword and longbow. It would get a little weird ...
15 Things You Didn't Know About Bigfoot | 238
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A clickbait journalist is sent to the Appalachian foothills to cover a Bigfoot Convention where he discovers there’s more to this listicle than meet...
Switcheroo: The Mad Scientist and Time Travel Part 1: The Illusion
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Switcheroo this week as The Mad Scientist Podcast takes over!This episode they talk about the philosophy and math behind the concept of time. What IS ...
CAFEteria 51: World Tour - Canadian Ketchup Chip | Bonus
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Really leaving our comfort zone here…to travel a couple hundred miles north to CANADA! That's right, this week we visit our cousins to the north to ...
The Minnesota Iceman: Missing Link or a Charlatan's Sham? | 237
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do when you find a previously undiscovered hominid frozen in a block of ice? Well, obviously you thaw him out and go eat microwave burrito...
Flashback Winner Pick: The Kardashev Scale | 236
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alright yuh sacks, Conspiracy Bot here. You voted last week and the winner was crowned. Me. But also John Titor for some reason. And the winner was pi...
FLASHBACK: The Solway Firth Spaceman | 235
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CBot here. It's Flashback week on Hysteria 51. Monday through Friday this week the meatsacks are releasing one of their favorite past episodes of th...
FLASHBACK: The Kentucky Meat Shower | 234
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CBot here. It's Flashback week on Hysteria 51. Monday through Friday this week the meatsacks are releasing one of their favorite past episodes of th...
FLASHBACK: Somerton Man | 233
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CBot here. It's Flashback week on Hysteria 51. Monday through Friday this week the meatsacks are releasing one of their favorite past episodes of th...
FLASHBACK: John Titor- Time Traveler or Internet Troll | 232
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CBot here. It's Flashback week on Hysteria 51. Monday through Friday this week the meatsacks are releasing one of their favorite past episodes of th...
FLASHBACK: Dulce Underground Base | 231
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CBot here. It's Flashback week on Hysteria 51. Monday through Friday this week the meatsacks are releasing one of their favorite past episodes of th...
CAFEteria 51: Indonesia | BONUS
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As you might or might not know we've been doing these extra episodes for a bit now where we try various food oddities and talk about them. Well, we've...
Fenn's Treasure: A Modern Day Treasure Hunt! | 230
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A former Air Force pilot turned (possibly shady) art dealer thinks he's on his way to the grave in the late 80s and comes up with an idea. He's going ...
Lost Cosmonauts: Blurry Photos Takeover | BONUS
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A conspiracy that leaves theorists a little Red in the face. Check your struts and chutes, Flora is blasting off straight into the heart of the lost c...
The Black Forest UFO Incident of 1936: More Aliens and Nazis! | 229
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1936 a UFO allegedly crashed in the Black Forest near Frieberg, Germany where Hitler's SS quickly recovered it for research. Could it be that THAT ...
CAFEteria 51: Cephalopods
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're diving into the briny deeps to fish out some delicacies…specifically octopus and squid! And while it may be true that we'll eventual...
Sleep Paralysis: Listener Supported | 228
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Well, we finally did it. We finally sold out. Specifically, we finally had a Patreon member silly enough to pay for the level that lets them join the ...
April Fools' Switcheroo w/ The Ladies Of Strange | 227
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nation, April Fool's comes early this year as we hand our feed over the The Ladies of strange this week to hear some spooky story shenanigans. First, ...
The Wyrick Family Haunting | 226
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tons of kids have an imaginary friend. It's the same old song and dance. "Mom! Dad! My imaginary friend wants to push me on the swing! My imaginary fr...
Resurrect Dead: Toynbee Tiles & Jupiter & 2001, Oh My! | 225
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toynbee Ideas in Kubrick's 2001 Resurrect Dead on Planet Jupiter. No, that's not some strange Fortean Mad Libs, it's a message that, in various iterat...
Mad Blurry Hysteria | Bonus
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's Mad Blurry Hysteria Time on H51! This week Brent tries to sell us the Lizzie Borden house, David swears Nibiru is gone for good, and Chris flir...
CAFEteria 51 - Chicken Feet
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The cafeteria has reopened and we're kicking off the new season with a bang...or a cluck. This week we scratch our way through CHICKEN FEET! How are t...
The Missing Apollo Missions: Star Destroyers and Alien Bodies | 224
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You probably think the Apollo missions to the moon ended with Apollo 17. Wake up sheeple! Rumor has it we went back for at least 3 more Apollo mission...
The Mysterious Disappearance of Walter Collins | 223
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's hard to imagine the emotions that must be associated with the disappearance of a child. The intersection of loss, hope, and utter anxiety must be...
Sun Studio: The Birthplace of Rock 'N' Roll | 222
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We take a detour from our regular H51 shenanigans this week so we can bask in the awesome that is Sun Studio in Memphis Tennessee. Why you ask??Beca...
Stonehenge: Britain's Prehistoric Legos | 221
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Not much description needed here. This week we talk Stonehenge, the prehistoric British monument built by aliens for Druidic sacrifices. Ok, well, the...
Butterbox Babies | 220
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We wish we could tell you this week's topic is some weird cryptid or a yet to be discussed alien species. Unfortunately, it's something much worse (an...
The Jersey Devil | 219
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There are rules in this world. Rules not meant to be broken. Don't feed a Mogwai after midnight. Don't invade Russia in the winter. And for the love o...
The Most Evil Car in America | 218
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What's the most evil car in America? Is it a 90's white Bronco? Perhaps one of those semis that spilled 1000s of gallons of booze all of the highway? ...
Clowns | 217
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We get funny like a clown this week as we take a look at...well...clowns. Where did these much maligned children’s characters come from? Why do we f...
New Years 2021: Three Skeleton Key
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Happy 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 Thr...
1941 Cape Girardeau UFO Crash: The Alien Coverup Before Roswell | 216
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
No one expects their grandma to hit them with some crazy family secrets while on her deathbed. But when those secrets involve a UFO crash, dead alien ...
2020: It's a Wrap! | 215
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
2020 Wrap: Monoliths, Galactic Federations, and Potted Meat. We run screaming from 2020 like...someone trying to quickly escape a really crappy year (...
The Richat Structure: The Eye of Africa or The Heart of Atlantis? | 214
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There isn't much we know about Atlantis (including whether it actually existed or not). And the few things we think we DO know are steeped in Greek lo...
The Circleville Letters | 213
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you know things are serious? 1. Robert Stack gets involved. 2. Robert Stack gets involved... 'nuff said. How did a simple affair send one man t...
The Woman in Black at the Drake Hotel | 212
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Drake Hotel - Chicago. While it's everyone's favorite boutique hotel that doubles as a plot point in Mission Impossible it ALSO happens to be the sett...
Spring-Heeled Jack Revisited | Bonus
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
HOUSEKEEPING!!! WANT ME FLUFF PILLOW???Maybe not that housekeeping, but it is a housekeeping week on Hysteria 51. We are switching to new host. What d...
The Swimmers of Lake Baikal | 211
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"You just never know what you'll see when you go swimming in Siberia." It's one of our favorite quotes (and one we just made up), but it's true and th...
Mel's Hole | 210
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes nature's rules don't apply. Paranormal phenomena defy physics. Living beings defy death. Substances and materials defy their own make-up. An...
It's Electric: The Electric Universe "Theory" | 209
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You didn't think flat-earthers had cornered the market on looney tunes, pseudoscientific explanations for how the world works, did you? Well, we pop t...
Shadow People Revisited: A Hysteria Halloween | BONUS
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!This year we decided to jump in the H51 time machine and go back to episode 57 from 2017 for Shadow People Talk!Original Description:...
The Cash-Landrum Incident pt 2 | 208
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We've got UFOs, a potential rapture, and military helicopters. And that was just the tip of the huge, diamond shaped iceberg (so huge, it was likely b...
The Cash-Landrum Incident Part 1 | 207
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
They say diamonds are a girl's best friend. Well, not so much if said diamond is flying in the sky, messing up your sweet Oldsmobile, and emitting can...
Disney Conspiracies: Secrets from the House of Mouse | 206
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It might be the happiest place on earth, but there is some strange stuff going on with the corporate mouse machine. From cryogenically frozen founders...
Somewhere in the Skies w/ Ryan Sprague | 205
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Look, 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 - a...
The Great Escape From Alcatraz: Free Men or Fish Food? | 204
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the dead of night on June 11th 1962, four men set out to escape America’s ‘inescapable’ prison...three were never seen or heard from again. W...
Life on Venus? | 203
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Life... uhh… Finds a way. At least that's what Jeff Goldblum tells us. If you've been watching the news recently you have probably seen the finding ...
CBot Voicemail Bonanza and CAFEteria 51: Branston Pickle | BONUS
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Listen Up Meatsacks, Brent and John are, let's just say, out this week so I am in charge. I let Kyle tag along because otherwise he would beg and this...
The Bell Witch: Real Tennessee Poltergeist or Made Up Legend? | 202
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Shag Harbour UFO Incident | 201
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s topic is a lot like a mullet: business in the front and a party in the back! The Shag Harbour UFO incident starts as a fairly benign UFO...
We Actually Hit 200! | 200
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
200! Believe it or not this dumpster fire has somehow survived 200 episodes and this week we talk about it. What was our favorite episode (trick quest...
The Max Headroom Signal Hijacking | 199
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 p...
UFOs in 2020 | 198
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 (...
Devolution: An Interview With Max Brooks | 197
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 write...
Number Stations Revisited | BONUS
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 Brook...
Satanic Panic Revisited | BONUS
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Elvis From Outer Space | 196
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 abo...
Punk Rock and UFOS w/ Mike Damante | 195
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 Roc...
Wilson / Davis Papers: Proof the Gov’t KNOWS? | 194
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Secret meetings tend to be secret because secrets are being secreted around because they’re...ya know...secret. But sometimes records of those meeti...
The Smurl Haunting | 193
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 differ...
The Solway Spaceman: An Intergalactic Photo Bomb | 192
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
CAFEteria 51: Crickets!
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Revisiting Robert Smalls: The Civil War's Most Incredible Untold Story | 191
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re taking a breath. After the murder of George Floyd and ensuing justified protests…and military intervention in said protests – we...
The Blue Ribbon Panel | 190
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 R...
HYSTERIA 51: THE PODCAST: THE MOVIE: THE SEQUEL | 189
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The Gulf Breeze Incident(s) - Florida Man Goes UFO Huntin' | 188
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
CAFEteria 51: Deviled Ham Spread | BONUS
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Doomsday Clock: Countdown to Extinction w/ The Brohio Podcast | 187
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 destroy...
Atomic Spies: The Secret Soviet Program To Nick A Nuke | 186
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...