Hysteria 51
Episodes
CAFEteria 51: Retro Snacks | BONUS
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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, th...
JAL Flight 1628: UFOs Bigger Than A Walmart | 185
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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’, b...
CAFEteria 51: SPAM | BONUS
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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Agenda 21: Good Suggestions or Gross Subjugation? | 184
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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’...
Paris Time Gap | 183
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 P...
CAFEteria 51: Vegemite | BONUS
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Mad House: A Paranormal Documentary | 182
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
ForthHand Media Roundtable - Covid-19 | BONUS
04 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join the ForthHand Media Crew led by Brent Hand of Hysteria 51 (The Lower 4th dimension) in an effort to discuss how each of our podcasts are tackling...
CAFEteria 51: Vienna Sausages | Bonus
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our inaugural episode of "CAFEteria 51" (which is really just a ramble-cast where we eat weird food and complain a lot), we examine the food that p...
Billy Meier: UFO Profit or Petty Profiteer | 181
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Eduard Albert Meier, commonly nicknamed "Billy" is the founder of a UFO religion called the "Freie Interessengemeinschaft für Grenz- und Geisteswisse...
Para-Ramblings Roundtable | BONUS
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brent welcomes Ron Zia into the studio to talk growing up in a haunted house, precognition, aliens, and anything else they can come up with. They are ...
Quarantini | BONUS
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As Lisa and Brent are under mandatory state wide quarantine they fix themselves some drinks and try to make the best of the situation. Who do we know ...
H51 Classic: Bug IN Bag (also our incoherent ramblings on today's state of affairs) | BONUS
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do when there’s a global pandemic? RECYCLE OLD MATERIAL! OK, we kid, but in this special release we’re giving you an oldy, but a goody...
Cheryl Costa: UFO Researcher, Author, and Journalist | 180
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Brent sits down with Cheryl Costa to talk all thing UFO related and then some! Cheryl is a native and resident of upstate New York who saw h...
Shadows in the Desert: High Strangeness in the Borrego Triangle | 179
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's a special episode of Hysteria 51 this week as Brent welcomes David Flora of Blurry Photos and Derek Hayes of Monsters Among Us Podcast to talk ab...
The Kentucky Meat Shower: The Day It Rained Meat | 178
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Weird things happen in Kentucky…chili buns…distilleries in dry counties…Johnny Depp. But perhaps the strangest was the day it rained meat on a r...
Operation Mincemeat: The Hero Who Never Was | 177
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that James Bond saved the Allies during WW2 and turned the tide of the war? Well, that’s the clickbait, misleading version – but clos...
The Mysterious Disappearance of the Yuba County 5 | 176
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In late February of 1978, five men were heading home from attending a college basketball game when they stopped for some snacks. This would be the las...
Water Fluoridation: I Drank What? | 175
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Three quarters of the United States’ public water supplies and supplies of at least 24 other countries are artificially fluoridated. Meaning, fluori...
Lake City Quiet Pills: Reddit, Internet Mysteries, and Assassins…Oh My! | 174
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The internet is full of mysteries. Most of them are driven by either a lack of information or a gigantic leap in logic. But then there’s some, some ...
The Assassination of Rasputin: 99 Problems But a Tsar Ain’t One | 173
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There lived a certain man in Russia long ago. He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow. Most people look at him with terror and with fear. Bu...
Rasputin: Magical Dark Monk or Malodorous Drunk Mountebank? | 172
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Grigori Rasputin was one of the vilest, yet powerful villains in history. He was a giant both metaphorically and literally. He controlled magical powe...
Thylacine: Hunted to Extinction or Hide & Seek Champ Since 1936? | 171
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
So often on shows like this we talk about a cryptid that might not even have ever BEEN. Their mere existence; conjecture – their birth; legend. BUT,...
Ectoplasm: Real Ghost Goo or Make-Believe Muck? | 170
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“He slimed me”. This quote from the venerable parapsychologist Dr Peter Venkman was likely your introduction to the phenomenon known as ectoplasm....
New Years 2020 - The Man Who Murdered Time
01 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year!!!The Man Who Murdered Time (Radio Show)Originally Aired: January 1, 1939 A mad scientist, who is dying from an incurable heart disease...
Sonic Weapons | 169
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ear splitting sound- Check. Immense pain- Check. Loss of balance- Check. Loss of bowel control- Check. Skin boiling- Check. All sorts of other happy f...
KRAMPUS - A Conspiracy Bot Bonus!
24 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
CBot wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas.... But he is lazy.... So he decided to just re-upload our Krampus Episode to make your festivities even...
Witness of Another World | 168
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Brent sits down with Alan Stivelman, director of Witness of Another world, a fantastic new documentary: A lonely gaucho named Juan lives a s...
Close Encounters of the Slurred Kind | 167
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Lower 4th is full of visitors this week as the regular show is crashed by Joeba Fett & Ripley Scott of Close Encounters of the Slurred Kind. A...
The Flatwoods Monster: Alien? Cryptid? Barn Owl? | 166
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE.... Or maybe another dimension? I guess it could be a robot from some lab... Heck, it could have just come from its nest! Wha...
Waco: The Branch Davidian Cult and the Siege at Mount Carmel | 165
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s back into the world of cults this week as we take on Waco part Deux, the return of the Vernon Wayne Howell aka David Koresh,the septuagenarian ...
Waco: The Branch Davidian Cult and the Rise of David Koresh | 164
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How did a septuagenarian buggering wannabe rock-star suffering from dyslexia go from handyman to cult leader, culminating in the death of 80 people? W...
Bigelow and TTSA talk with Dr. Chris Cogswell | 163
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ever have a story you just can’t seem to wrap your head around? For me it’s TTSA, and Robert Bigelow. Luckily, I called in the Dr. for a 2nd opini...
2020 UPDATE
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Goforth calls in from ... umm... vacation... to give us an update on some awesome changes coming to the show for 2020. More research, more H51 adventu...
Skinny Bob | 162
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From the first contact in 1942, a series of diplomatic visits to discuss matters of mutual concern were planned. Under the treaty 23/04, these meeting...
The Black Knight Satellite | 161
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Look, up in the sky… It’s a Bird… It’s a plane… It’s a 13,000-year-old alien probe sent to keep an eye on us! Those that believe the Black...
Phrenology | 160
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Never judge a book by is cover, judge it by the bumps on its head! Or so Franz Joseph Gall would have had you believe when he developed Phrenology in ...
The Death of Azaria Chamberlain | 159
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The death of your child has to be one of the worst things a parent ever has to face. Now imagine everyone blames you, you go to prison for it, and the...
Extraordinary: The Seeding | 158
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Brent takes over host duties as John is on assignment in… Delaware… But have no fear, David Flora of Blurry Photos Podcast steps up and ...
The Shaver Mystery: Ancient Robots, Evil Aliens, and the Caves They Live In | 157
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve all been there – you’re on the job and something goes wonky with your welding gun. Next thing you know you’re telepathic and can not onl...
Mongolian Death Worms: Acidic Annelid or Nomad Nonsense? | 156
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back in the cryptid cornucopia this week with Mongolian Death Worms. We know, we know….they sound cuddly, but we wouldn’t suggest snugglin...
Storm Hysteria 51: The Movie: The Podcast | 155
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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, forget it....
Westall UFO Incident: A Close Encounter of the Australian Kind | 154
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Elementary school is such a fun experience. How could you not love the art projects, lunchtime with your friends, recess, UFO sightings…. Well, that...
Plum Island: Bio Weapon Black Site or Disease Deterrent? | 153
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If the U.S. were to have a facility to exclusively study the deadliest animal pathogens in the world. Where do you think they would put it? Some remot...
The Great Pyramid of Giza is a Water Pump w/ Steven Myers | 152
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The majesty of the Great Pyramid of Giza is unrivaled. Its masterful design, its mind-boggling construction, the fact that’s its just an ancient, en...
Abominable Snowman: Our Second Yeti Episode That We Cleverly Named To Trick You Into Listening | 151
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Yetis are like Jello – there’s always room for more. This week we dive even deeper into the fury beasts. What do the locals think? Where can you f...
Yeti: Himalayan Horror or Hiker’s Hooey? | 150
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bigfoot seems to be getting all of the press these days, but what about his O.G. cousin from the far north? The Abominable Snowman or Yeti has appeare...
High Strangeness: An Interview w/ Author Eric Bickernicks | 149
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Things are getting strange in the lower 4th this week as we interview author Eric Bickernicks about his fictional (?) UFO romp, High Strangeness. Are ...
Storm Area 51: They Can, In Fact, Stop All of Us | 148
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What do you get when you combine a joke social media event with the zeitgeisty topic of UFOs? 3+ MILLION people interested in attending an impromptu p...
The Tunguska Event: Asteroid or Aliens? | 147
22 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On an early June morning in 1908 an explosion leveled over 770 square miles of remote Siberian forest. Effects of the event were witnessed as far away...
Unit 731: The WW2 Japanese Biological Testing Nightmare | 146
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Most people are familiar with the horrors the Nazis visited upon their victims in WW2, but what most aren’t familiar with are some equally terrifyin...
Spontaneous Human Combustion: Do People Just Burst Into Flames? | 145
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You know the old saying, “nothing can ruin your day like spontaneously catching on fire”? We don’t either, but if it isn’t a quote it should b...
Alien Con L.A. Interviews: David Childress, Mike Bara, and Dr. Chris Cogswell | 144
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ancient alien historians theorize this will be an extra out-there episode of Hysteria 51. This week we’re “live” (not really a thing in podcasts...
The Hum: The Unexplained Sound Heard 'Round the World | 143
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ever go a concert and hear an annoying ring or hum in your ears afterward? Now imagine you didn’t go to the concert, but still hear it. Where’s it...
The S.S. Ourang Medan: A DEADLY Ghost Ship | 142
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do when you find a ship adrift at sea? The obvious answer is to make sure it doesn’t explode. Unfortunately the folks that came upon the...
Indigo Children: Superpowered or Superfake? | 141
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Is your child a little unusual? Do they possess supernatural traits? How about super abilities? If you answered yes to some or all of these – chance...
The Various Types of Hauntings: 99 Problems and a Slimer isn’t One | 140
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“Carol Anne! Stop spitting green pea soup, the call is coming from inside the house!” Wait, we might be conflating a few things there, but you get...
Stanton T. Friedman: A Tribute to a UFOlogy Pioneer | 139
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Stanton Friedman was a nuclear physicist and professional UFOlogist. But he was more than that...he was involved in some of the largest stories and co...
The UFO People: A Curious Culture w/ MJ Banias | 138
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We are haunted by UFOs. They drift in and out of our culture in movies and on television, on billboards and in books. They are everywhere. However, fo...
Yellowstone Supervolcano: America’s Sleeping Killer | 137
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ah, the majesty of Yellowstone National Park. Hot springs, gushing geysers, majestic wildlife, a supervolcano that could kill us all. That’s right, ...
Alien Experiencers: An Interview with Experience Archivist NK Kranda | 136
06 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Does every abduction involve a probing? Do all the folks that have close encounters build mashed potato mountains first? Are these things really so hu...
The Fermi Paradox: Where are the Aliens? w/ Josh Clark from Stuff You Should Know | 135
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
According to the Drake Equation there are approximately 40 bajillion habitable planets in our galaxy. Ok, the number is a little lower (and a little m...
The Man From Taured: The Traveler Whose Country Didn’t Exist | 134
22 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ever been to Taured this time of year? It’s fabulous!! No, you haven’t? In fact you haven’t heard of it? Well, neither had the rest of the world...
The Mary Celeste | 133
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 anot...
The Green Children of Woolpit: Multidimensional Travelers or Broccoli Addicts? | 132
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Picture this - you’re working in a field and quite suddenly 2 children appear out of seemingly nowhere. These kids not only don’t speak a language...
Spring Heeled Jack – England’s Weirdest Paranormal Legend | 131
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Pascagoula Abduction: A Controversial Close Encounter | 130
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There’s nothing like fishing in the evening with a friend. The only sounds disturbing your peaceful respite are the gentle trickles of water, the rh...
Humanity in 100 years (w/ Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know) | 129
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Interstellar travel, rewriting human genetics, body hacking, limitless clean energy...is this our future? What will humanity look like in 100 years (a...
Black Project Aircraft – America’s UFOs | 128
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Not EVERY UFO can be an aliens (we know Giorgio, shocking). These unknown aircraft aren’t always “unidentified” to everyone. Some of them come f...
Jack Parsons: The Occult and the Art of Rocket Fuel Design | 127
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Parsons is the subject of this week’s show. Jack was one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Aerojet ...
Jonestown - The Murder | 126
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cult leader Jim Jones used a dangerous mix of lies, abuse, and manipulation to control the members of his People’s Temple. The hold he had over his ...
Jonestown - The Monster | 125
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Don’t drink the Kool-Aid. We’ve all heard it, heck most of us have said it. An anachronism from the 80's that has come to simply mean to not compl...
Alex Jones: Conspiracy’s Con Man | 124
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What’s the best way to sell erectile dysfunction pills? Claim 9/11 was an inside job! Well, at least that’s the tact that Alex Jones takes. Jones ...
The Kardashev Scale | 123
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How advanced is our civilization? Hot Pockets? Check. Cat memes? Check. Total control of our planet’s resources, weather, and energy? Well…we’ll...
Nuclear Boy Scout: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Build a Nuclear Reactor | 122
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Teenagers nowadays. No respect for their elders. I mean, as teens in our day we were walking uphill (both ways) to school in the snow. We didn’t hav...
Dulce Underground Base: Alien Base or Absolute BS? | 121
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dulce, New Mexico: population 2,743…ABOVE GROUND! That’s right, according to some there is a secret base under Dulce that houses everything from c...
Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers- An Interview With Jeremy Corbell | 120
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Lazar is on the Mount Rushmore of names in the UFO world. He (virtually on his own) brought the existence of Area 51 to the forefront by telling h...
Antikythera Mechanism – The World’s First Computer? | 119
07 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine finding shipwreck from thousands of years ago and among the rest of the debris finding a laptop with instructions on how to use it. That’s A...
2018 Year-End Review and Orson Welles - Dracula | 118
31 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Man, 2018 flew by fast. And what a crazy year it was for all of us at Hysteria 51. New network, award nominations, iTunes top 200, the list goes on. W...
Nazca Lines – Peruvian Artwork or Alien Runways? | 117
24 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Nazca Lines are a group of ancient geoglyphs etched into desert sands of southern Peru. Made up of of over 10,000 lines, the figures are most visi...
UFOs at Maury Island: MiB, JFK, and Dog Murder | 116
17 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the wild world of UFOs it doesn’t take much for a story to take on a life of its own. A flash in the sky or a shadow turns into a close encounter...
Magic: Hocus Pocus or Bona Fide Sorcery? | 115
10 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The dictionary defines magic as the power to influence the course of events by using mysterious or supernatural forces. Not David Blaine pretending to...
Tarot and Clairvoyance: Magic or Mischief? | 114
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ever had your palm read? Maybe a tarot reading? Wonder if it was anything more than paying $20 bucks for a lady with a headdress to look into a hunk o...
The Business Plot: Corporate America’s Bid to Overthrow the Gov’t | 113
26 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone jokes about Facebook and Google taking over the country. But what if the most powerful corporations in America REALLY did organize a coup and...
The Bermuda Triangle: The Deadly Deep or Drummed Up Deception? | 112
19 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When you were younger, didn’t you think the Bermuda Triangle was going to have a much greater impact on your life than it has? We sure did. The tria...
Starlite: The Lost Invention That Could Have Changed The World | 111
12 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a material that will not burn. Not with a lighter, not with a laser, not with a nuclear device. This material could be heated to temperatures ...
Alien Implants | 110
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We all have that friend or family member with the errant BB in their leg or piece of gravel in their arm that just never came out. But what if some of...
Werewolves: A Hysteria Halloween part 3 | 109
29 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
At Hysteria 51 we love Halloween. The crisp fall air, creepily carved pumpkins, bonfires, s’mores, wolfmen eviscerating the innocent. You know...nor...
The Warrens: Heroes or Hucksters? | 108
15 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ed and Lorraine Warren are arguably the most famous paranormal investigators of the last century. The married couple investigated countless hauntings,...
The Rendlesham Forest UFO Incident: Britain's Roswell | 107
08 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jolly ol’ England: the home of Monty Python, Big Ben, and the one of the most infamous UFO incidents in recorded history. Wait, what was that last p...
Unidentified Submerged Objects: The UFOs of the Sea | 106
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We all know what a UFO is, but what’s a USO? Well it’s like a UFO but in the water. That’s right we’re talking Unidentified SUBMERGED Objects....
Georgia Guide Stones: Modern Day Mystery | 105
24 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We don’t often think of mysterious relics as something from our current era. Unexplained monolithic structures with debated meaning and even less ce...
Robert Smalls: The Civil War's Most Incredible Untold Story | 104
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine this for a potential movie: Guy is born into slavery. Escapes his bonds by stealing the ship he’s a slave on and delivering it to the Union ...
Göbekli Tepe: Proof of an Advanced, Ancient Civilization? | 103
10 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Göbekli Tepe is an archaeological site full of mysterious monoliths and intricate carvings in Southeast Turkey that shouldn’t exist. Prehistoric hu...
Artificial Intelligence: How Frightened Should We Be? | 102
03 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Computers are getting smarter by the day. Soon enough they’ll become self aware and kill us all (for one reason or another). That’s the narrative ...
Skinwalker Ranch: The Science of the Paranormal | 101
27 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
By now we all know the story of Skinwalker Ranch (especially if you listened to last week's episode). It's a tale as old as time: Boy meets girl. Boy ...
Skinwalker Ranch: The Art of the Story | 100
20 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We're makin' a home out on the range in this special 100TH edition of Hysteria 51! What do you get when you cross aliens, ghosts, shapeshifters, disem...
Artificial Intelligence: MacGyver Knows What To Do! | 99
13 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of H51 we go FULL ON INTERVIEW! We have an upcoming episode on AI and wanted to interview someone. Who better than a writer/pr...
Phantom Time Theory: Is It Really the Middle Ages? | 98
06 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There are classic debates in the world of the weird. Does Bigfoot exist? Have aliens visited the earth? Did 300 years of our collective history never ...
Cicada 3301: The Internet's Most Mysterious Puzzle | 97
30 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
“Hello. We are looking for highly intelligent individuals. To find them we have devised a test...” Thus began the phenomenon that is Cicada 3301. ...