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.

  1. Fish Virus Jump, Nazca Seamount Shock | 487

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    Fish Virus Jump, Nazca Seamount Shock | 487

    This week on Hysteria 51, we’re diving into the ocean’s two favorite hobbies: inventing bizarre new nightmares and hiding gigantic things in plain sight. First up: researchers are tracking a marine virus that appears to have jumped from aquatic animals to humans in China, with cases linked to things like handling seafood and potentially eating it raw. The weirdest part? The reported symptoms hit the eyes, causing a condition tied to high eye pressure and, in some cases, serious vision damage. It’s the kind of headline that makes you look at a shrimp cocktail and whisper, “We cool… or are we enemies?” Then we go full “planet is still mysterious” with an oceanography flex: a massive seamount along the Nazca Ridge has been mapped that rises 3,109 meters from the seafloor, taller than Greece’s Mount Olympus. And because the deep sea can’t just be normal, explorers also documented wild-looking lifeforms, including the so-called “flying spaghetti monsters” that sound like a joke until you remember the ocean has zero chill. So buckle in for a weird-news joyride through ocean discoveries, deep-sea monsters, emerging virus headlines, and the unsettling realization that Earth is basically a cosmic aquarium with secrets and jump scares. Links & Resources 📌Fishy Sickness 📌Wet Olympus Email us your favorite WEIRD news stories: weird@hysteria51.com Support the Show Get exclusive content & perks as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 from just $1 Shop Be the Best Dressed at your Cult Meeting! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hysteria51?ref_id=9022 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    27 Min.
  2. The Man in the High Simulation: Philip K. Dick’s Alternate Universes | 486

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    The Man in the High Simulation: Philip K. Dick’s Alternate Universes | 486

    Is reality real… or are we all just characters in the universe’s weirdest video game? Join us as we explore the mind-bending ideas of sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick, who believed a mysterious pink beam of information blasted knowledge into his brain in 1974 and revealed a shocking truth: reality might be a simulation. Dick even suspected his classic novel The Man in the High Castle could contain memories from previous versions of the universe. Was he a visionary who glimpsed the code behind reality, or a brilliant writer following one very strange rabbit hole? We dive into Dick’s theories about VALIS, the idea that the Roman Empire never ended, déjà vu as timeline glitches, and how modern thinkers like Nick Bostrom are seriously debating whether we might actually be living in a simulation. So, reboot your brain as we ask the ultimate question: Is reality real… or just convincing software? Find out this week on Hysteria 51! Special thanks to this week’s research sources: Philip K. Dick’s Mystical Experiences (2-3-74) https://pkdick.com/literary-criticism/exegesis/ The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick (overview and background) https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780547549255 The Man in the High Castle – Background and Themes https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Man-in-the-High-Castle Philip K. Dick on Reality and Illusion (Famous Quote & Philosophy) https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/02/philip-k-dick-reality/ Nick Bostrom – Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? https://www.simulation-argument.com MIT Physicist Seth Lloyd – The Universe as a Quantum Computer https://web.mit.edu/~sethlloyd/ John Archibald Wheeler – “It from Bit” and Informational Physics https://www.edge.org/conversation/john_archibald_wheeler-it-from-bit The Holographic Principle Explained https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-holographic-principle-20130904/ Gerard ’t Hooft – Holographic Universe Research https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1999/thooft/facts/ Leonard Susskind – Black Hole Information and Holography https://theoreticalminimum.com Integrated Information Theory (Giulio Tononi) https://iep.utm.edu/int-info/ The Hard Problem of Consciousness – David Chalmers https://consc.net/papers/facing.html Wave Function Collapse – Quantum Mechanics Basics https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-collapse/ Simulation Hypothesis and Physics Discussion (Scientific American) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-we-living-in-a-computer-simulation/ Email us your favorite WEIRD news stories: weird@hysteria51.com Help Support the Show: Get exclusive content & perks as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 from just $1 Shop: Be the Best Dressed at your Cult Meeting! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hysteria51?ref_id=9022 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    51 Min.
  3. Pharma Freakouts and the Cokehead Reef | 485

    1. APR.

    Pharma Freakouts and the Cokehead Reef | 485

    Kevin Crispin from the Behind Beautiful Things Podcast fills in for Brent this week, and the universe rewards him with two gloriously broken news stories. First up, a bizarre and unsettling case involving prescription meds and behavior so reckless it sounds made up. Then it’s off to the Bahamas, where sharks have apparently been sampling the full human experience: cocaine, caffeine, and painkillers. Modern life is poison, the ocean is on drugs, and somehow this is still a comedy podcast! Links & Resources 📌Medical Gamble 📌Shark Party Follow Kevin and Behind Beautiful Things https://www.sadtimespodcast.com/ Email us your favorite WEIRD news stories: weird@hysteria51.com Support the Show Get exclusive content & perks as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 from just $1 Shop Be the Best Dressed at your Cult Meeting! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hysteria51?ref_id=9022 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    35 Min.
  4. Dead Classroom, Live Cryptid: OU Remains and the Cannock Chase Pigman | 484

    4. MÄRZ

    Dead Classroom, Live Cryptid: OU Remains and the Cannock Chase Pigman | 484

    Brent’s out this week, so we’ve summoned Kevin Crispin (Behind Beautiful Things Podcast) to the mic like a substitute teacher who immediately rolls in a TV cart labeled “EXTREMELY CURSED VHS.” And thanks to listener scouts James Polk and Lex Lake, we’ve got two fresh servings of “what in the absolute haunted ham sandwich” weird news. First stop: the University of Oklahoma, where a construction project hits an unexpected speed bump… made of human remains. 😬 Officials say the bones appear to be century-old cadavers likely used for educational purposes back in the early 1900s, which is both historically fascinating and also a sentence that makes your skin try to uninstall itself. We dig into the eerie archaeology, the academic backstory, and the unsettling vibes of finding yesterday’s lesson plan under today’s foundation. Then we hop across the pond to Britain’s paranormal buffet line, Cannock Chase, where Bigfoot stories apparently weren’t enough, so the universe hit “add DLC” and dropped a terrifying seven-foot ‘Pigman’ into the woods. Picture a man-shaped problem with a pig head and the confidence of something that knows you can’t run without wheezing. We break down the alleged sightings, the “evidence,” the expert takes, and the important scientific question: if it’s seven feet tall, does it snort in iambic pentameter? It’s true crime-adjacent history, cryptid chaos, and listener-powered nonsense the way nature (and your algorithm) intended. Strap in, Hysteria Nation: this episode has bones, boars, and bad decisions.  Links & Resources 📌Deadly Detention 📌British Oinker Follow Kevin and Behind Beautiful Things https://www.sadtimespodcast.com/ Email us your favorite WEIRD news stories: weird@hysteria51.com Support the Show Get exclusive content & perks as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 from just $1 Shop Be the Best Dressed at your Cult Meeting! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hysteria51?ref_id=9022 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    33 Min.
  5. Demons in the Pentagon: The Collins Elite & The British Witch | 483

    2. MÄRZ

    Demons in the Pentagon: The Collins Elite & The British Witch | 483

    What if the biggest secret in UFO history isn’t alien… it’s angelic? Or demonic. Or somewhere in that awkward in-between where rockets and ritual candles share shelf space. This week, we plunge headfirst into one of the strangest rabbit holes in modern conspiracy lore: the alleged “Collins Elite” — a rumored faction inside the U.S. government that supposedly concluded UFOs aren’t extraterrestrials at all, but deceptive spiritual entities. We unpack where the story comes from, what believers claim insiders discovered, and why some say disclosure could be less about little green men and more about theological shockwaves. But that’s just the warm-up. Did Allied intelligence really brush shoulders with a British occultist during WWII? Was Aleister Crowley pitching magical countermeasures against Nazi symbolism? And how does rocket pioneer Jack Parsons’ sex-magic rituals tie into the birth of the modern UFO era? We explore the full fringe narrative — demons disguised as aliens, ritual “doorways,” Cold War psychic programs, and secret spiritual warfare in the Pentagon — while also laying out the documented history, the skepticism, and the very human tendency to mythologize the unknown. Is this a hidden chapter of national security history… or a masterclass in how conspiracies evolve when secrecy meets symbolism? Strap in. It’s rockets, rituals, remote viewing, and Revelation — this week on Hysteria 51. Special thanks to this week’s research sources: Congressional & Government Records U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth.” Hearing, November 13, 2024. https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-exposing-the-truth/ U.S. Congress. “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth.” 118th Congress Hearing Record. https://www.congress.gov/118/chrg/CHRG-118hhrg57440/CHRG-118hhrg57440.pdf Shellenberger, Michael. Written Testimony. U.S. House Oversight Committee, November 13, 2024. https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Written-Testimony-Shellenberger.pdf Central Intelligence Agency. “STARGATE Collection.” CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room. https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/collection/stargate Central Intelligence Agency. “An Evaluation of the Remote Viewing Program.” https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00791R000200180005-5.pdf Central Intelligence Agency. “Project MKULTRA.” CIA FOIA Reading Room. https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/06760269 U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. “Project MKULTRA, the CIA’s Program of Research in Behavioral Modification.” Hearing, August 3, 1977. https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sites-default-files-hearings-95mkultra.pdf U.S. Department of Defense. FOIA Reading Room Release referencing MKOFTEN and related research. https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/FOID/Reading%20Room/NCB/02-A-0846_RELEASE.pdf Collins Elite & Demonic UFO Claims Redfern, Nick. Final Events: Demonic UFOs, Alien Abductions, the Government, and the Afterlife. Anomalist Books, 2010. “Final Events.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Events Milburn, F. “The Pentagon’s UAP Task Force.” BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,836, 2020. https://besacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/183-Milburn-study-final.pdf Occult & WWII Context Crowley, Aleister. Biographical overview. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley “V sign.” Wikipedia (Crowley and WWII ‘V for Victory’ claims). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign Parsons, Jack. Biographical overview. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Parsons “Sex-Cult Rocket Man.” JSTOR Daily. https://daily.jstor.org/sex-cult-rocket-man/ Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. The Occult Roots of Nazism. NYU Press. https://nyupress.org/9780814730607/occult-roots-of-nazism/ Media Coverage Medill on the Hill. “UAP Hearing Coverage.” November 2024. https://medillonthehill.medill.northwestern.edu/2024/11/uap/ Email us your favorite WEIRD news stories: weird@hysteria51.com Help Support the Show: Get exclusive content & perks as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 from just $1 Shop: Be the Best Dressed at your Cult Meeting! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hysteria51?ref_id=9022 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    55 Min.
  6. Easter Island Unearthed & Hypnosis Unhinged | 482

    25. FEB.

    Easter Island Unearthed & Hypnosis Unhinged | 482

    This week on Hysteria 51, we’re cracking open two stories that prove the world is basically a reality show hosted by archaeology and existential dread. First up: Easter Island (Rapa Nui), where a new moai statue turned up in a place researchers thought was already picked clean, the dried lakebed inside the statue quarry. A “how did we miss that?” moment so loud you can hear it across the Pacific. We dig into what was found, why it’s so weird, and what it might mean when climate and changing conditions start revealing secrets that have been marinating underground for centuries. Then we pivot hard into the unsettling: the case of Dr. George Kenney, a Florida high school principal who hypnotized students, and the haunting controversy that followed after three teens died in 2011 after undergoing hypnosis sessions. We walk through what happened, what investigators and lawsuits focused on, and why this story keeps resurfacing as one of the strangest true crime-adjacent headline spirals in recent memory. So queue it up for weird news, Easter Island mystery, and a hypnosis case that’ll make you say, “Nope,” while still leaning closer to the speaker. Links & Resources 📌Easter Surprise 📌Mind Terror Email us your favorite WEIRD news stories: weird@hysteria51.com Support the Show Get exclusive content & perks as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 from just $1 Shop Be the Best Dressed at your Cult Meeting! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hysteria51?ref_id=9022 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    29 Min.
  7. Moon Plot: Project Horizon, JFK, and the Shadow Base | 481

    23. FEB.

    Moon Plot: Project Horizon, JFK, and the Shadow Base | 481

    In 1959, the U.S. Army drafted a serious plan to build a nuclear-powered military base on the Moon. Serious... They really did. With reactors. And personnel. On purpose. It was called Project Horizon. Then JFK pivoted to Apollo, astronauts planted flags, and history books closed the case… Or did they? This week, we break down the documented Cold War Moon plans, JFK’s race to beat the Soviets, MJ-12 whispers, and hacker Gary McKinnon’s claim that he stumbled onto evidence of a secret space fleet and the possibility this was never really mothballed. Was Horizon just a very ambitious binder? Or was Apollo the public show while something quieter happened in the background? Join us as we separate the record from the rumors, run a thought experiment on how a hidden lunar base could work, and ask the big question: Did we just visit the Moon… or did we move in? All that and more this week on Hysteria 51! Special thanks to this week’s research sources: Project Horizon (1959 U.S. Army Lunar Base Study) U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency. Project Horizon: A U.S. Army Study for the Establishment of a Lunar Military Outpost (1959). Declassified study outlining a proposed military lunar base. https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB479/docs/EBB-Moon01_sm.pdfU.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command. “Project Horizon History Overview.” https://www.army.mil/article/189129/smdc_history_project_horizon_abma_explores_a_lunar_outpost“Project Horizon.” Wikipedia overview with citations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Horizon JFK & The Decision to Go to the Moon John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. “Special Message to Congress on Urgent National Needs” (May 25, 1961). https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/special-message-to-the-congress-on-urgent-national-needs-19610525 John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. “Address at Rice University on the Nation’s Space Effort” (Sept 12, 1962). https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/address-at-rice-university-on-the-nations-space-effort-19620912 NASA History Office. “JFK and the Decision to Go to the Moon.” https://www.nasa.gov/history/60-years-ago-president-kennedy-proposes-moon-landing-goal-in-speech-to-congress/ Majestic 12 (MJ-12) FBI Vault. “Majestic 12 Documents.” FBI files noting Air Force findings that core MJ-12 documents were fraudulent. https://vault.fbi.gov/Majestic%2012National Archives. JFK Assassination Records Collection. https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk Allen Dulles & Assassination Context Warren Commission Report (1964). https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/warren-commission-reportAssassination Records Review Board (Final Report, 1998). https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/review-board/report Gary McKinnon BBC News. “Gary McKinnon hacking case timeline.” https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-19946958 U.S. Department of Justice (archived release on McKinnon indictment). https://www.justice.gov/archive/criminal/cybercrime/mckinnonIndict.htm Cold War Classified Space Programs (Context) CIA. “The CORONA Satellite Program.” https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/studies-in-intelligence/the-corona-satellite-program/ Email us your favorite WEIRD news stories: weird@hysteria51.com Support the Show: Get exclusive content & perks as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 from just $1 Shop: Be the Best Dressed at your Cult Meeting! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hysteria51?ref_id=9022 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    53 Min.
  8. She Shed a Skin, They Shed… Something Else: Snake Hoax & Sewer Coke | 480

    18. FEB.

    She Shed a Skin, They Shed… Something Else: Snake Hoax & Sewer Coke | 480

    This week on Hysteria 51, we’re serving up a double feature where folklore meets… fecal science. First, we head to rural India, where a woman dodges an arranged marriage by leaving behind a perfectly curated “I turned into a snake” crime scene: a 1.5m shed snakeskin, her jewelry, and clothes arranged like a supernatural mic-drop, sending the village into full naagin panic while police gently remind everyone they’re hunting a person, not a serpent. Then we hop across the globe to Nantucket, where the island’s wastewater has been tested and the results are basically: “Historic charm, hydrangeas… and cocaine markers popping above national and regional averages.” Because nothing says coastal getaway like your sewer system quietly yelling, “PARTY’S NOT OVER.” Hit play for weird news, wild choices, and the kind of reality that makes you ask, “Are we okay as a species?” (Spoiler: probably not.) Links & Resources 📌Wed Shed 📌Party Tap Email us your favorite WEIRD news stories: weird@hysteria51.com Support the Show Get exclusive content & perks as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 from just $1 Shop Be the Best Dressed at your Cult Meeting! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hysteria51?ref_id=9022 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    30 Min.
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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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