Podcasts about Hysteria

Forget Area 51. It's time to head to Ohio, where the UFO lore is colder, the security clearances are higher, and allegedly somebody forgot to clean the aliens out of the fridge.This week, we're investigating the mysterious Blue Room at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the legendary top-secret facility supposedly used to store and study crashed UFO wreckage, Roswell debris, exotic technology, strange “memory metal,” and possibly even extraterrestrial bodies.Was Wright-Patterson actually America's original alien warehouse?Before we can answer that, we have to figure out whether the damn room even existed.And that's considerably harder than it sounds.Because Wright-Patterson really did house some of America's earliest official UFO investigations. It really was one of the country's most important centers for analyzing captured and unidentified foreign aerospace technology. And some surprisingly credible people later claimed something extraordinary was hidden there.We're digging into the origins of Hangar 18, Robert Spencer Carr, Barry Goldwater's infamous attempt to gain access, General Curtis LeMay's less-than-welcoming response, the alleged connection between Roswell and Wright Field, former Wright-Patterson commander Arthur Exon, Oliver “Pappy” Henderson, Marion “Black Mac” Magruder, June Crain and her alleged piece of impossible memory metal, and finally Leonard Stringfield, the UFO researcher who found someone claiming he actually made it through the door.Grab your clearance badge. Leave your camera in the car. And if Curtis LeMay asks what we're doing here, tell him we're looking for the bathroom this week on Hysteria 51.Sources:National Archives – Project BLUE BOOK: Unidentified Flying Objectshttps://www.archives.gov/research/military/air-force/ufosU.S. Air Force – The Roswell Report: Fact versus Fiction in the New Mexico Deserthttps://www.af.mil/The-Roswell-Report/All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) – Historical Record Report, Volume Ihttps://www.aaro.mil/Portals/136/PDFs/AARO_Historical_Record_Report_Vol_1_2024.pdfAARO – Congressional and Press Productshttps://www.aaro.mil/Congressional-Press-Products/U.S. Department of Defense – DOD Report Discounts Sightings of Extraterrestrial Technologyhttps://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3701297/dod-report-discounts-sightings-of-extraterrestrial-technology/U.S. Department of Defense – Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenahttps://www.defense.gov/Spotlights/Unidentified-Anomalous-Phenomena/HISTORY – Hangar 18, UFOs and Wright-Patterson Air Force Basehttps://www.history.com/articles/hangar-18-ufos-aliens-wright-pattersonAir & Space Forces Magazine – USAF and the UFOshttps://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/0611ufo/NICAP – Barry Goldwater UFO Correspondence / Wright-Patterson and Curtis LeMayhttps://www.nicap.org/people/goldwater.htmBarry Goldwater – 1975 Wright-Patterson/UFO Correspondencehttps://rense.com/general35/ufodat.htmBarry Goldwater – Larry King Radio Interview, 1988https://www.ufocasebook.com/blueroom.htmlLeonard H. Stringfield – Retrievals of the Third Kindhttps://www.earthfiles.com/2005/09/30/part-3-retrievals-of-the-third-kind-a-case-study-of-alleged-ufos-and-occupants-in-military-custody/James Clarkson – June Crain Interview Transcripthttps://www.majesticdocuments.com/pdf/crain_clarksoninterview.pdfThomas J. Carey & Donald R. Schmitt – UFO Secrets Inside Wright-Patterson: Eyewitness Accounts from the Real Area 51https://www.loc.gov/item/2020715969/Thomas J. Carey & Donald R. Schmitt – UFO Secrets Inside Wright-Patterson – Google Bookshttps://books.google.com/books/about/UFO_Secrets_Inside_Wright_Patterson.html?id=eZpyDwAAQBAJNational Archives – UAP Records: Textual and Microfilm Recordshttps://www.archives.gov/research/topics/uaps/textual-and-microfilmNational Archives – UAP Records Bulk Downloadshttps://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/catalog-bulk-downloads/uap-bulk-downloadFBI Vault – UFO Fileshttps://vault.fbi.gov/UFOWikipedia – Wright-Patterson Air Force Basehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright-Patterson_Air_Force_BaseWikipedia – Hangar 18https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangar_18_(conspiracy_theory)Email your Contest Entries to:ForthHandmedia@gmail.comEmail us your favorite WEIRD news stories:weird@hysteria51.comSupport the Show:Get exclusive content & perks as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 from just $1Shop:Be the Best Dressed at your Cult Meeting!https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hysteria51?ref_id=9022See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hysteria over data centers is not rational. It's us our China. The mines in the Strait? Psy op of the Iranians. Brandon Johnson racism. EVERYONE is considering a run for president in 2028. Costco in Westfield?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hysteria over data centers is not rational. It's us our China. The mines in the Strait? Psy op of the Iranians. Brandon Johnson racism. EVERYONE is considering a run for president in 2028. Costco in Westfield? JMV talking about the upcoming Colts season, and the of WR Keenan Allen. Today’s Popcorn Moment: Trump: ‘The Oil Is Going to Go Down Like a Rocket ... as Soon as We Win that War’. Cyclists protest Flock cameras in Indianapolis. How the war against Iran against needs to be won Get your tickets for Trivia night. Gerry joins to talk about Data Center moratoriums and the latest with NIPSCO. Markets react after latest hostilities. TV Theme Song: The Naked TruthSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Hysteria 51, we're asking the important questions: What exactly can't you donate to Goodwill, and how convincing does your fake horse semen laboratory need to be before the government stops asking questions?First, a human skull mysteriously turns up at a Michigan Goodwill. And no, it wasn't an old medical specimen gathering dust in somebody's attic. The FBI is now involved, DNA testing is underway, and somewhere a thrift-store employee has officially won “Worst Donation to Unpack.”Then we gallop across the pond to England, where a couple received permission to build a stallion semen laboratory and instead built themselves a lovely two-story house. Because apparently “equine reproductive science facility” is the British planning-permission version of wearing a fake mustache.Human remains, FBI investigators, zoning shenanigans, demolished dream homes, and more horse semen than anyone expected to discuss this week. Saddle up. Things are about to get weird.Links & Resources

Mark Ruffalo puts his antisemitism on full display. Everyone needs to chill out about data centers. // Big Local: A group of firefighters from California that were battling the Spokane wildfires gave a waitress a $1000 tip after they learned her home was destroyed. Deputies at a wedding busted a thief who allegedly stole DJ gear and Capri Suns. Snoqualmie residents are once again pushing back on a plan to build a lithium battery storage facility. // Guest: Michael LaRosa, former Press Secretary for First Lady Jill Biden, explains why he’s backing Republican Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate race.

Today's show starts on a somber note as we remember former producer Matt Baer and the impact he had on the team.Then we dive into a packed day of politics, viral videos, and culture-war insanity. Zohran Mamdani is facing a lawsuit over New York City's government-run grocery store plans, while a viral TikTok attempts to make the case for rent control. We break down new voter-ID polling, Abdul El-Sayed's bizarre exchange with Jesse Watters, and a resurfaced Hasan Piker clip involving Charlie Kirk.Plus, Steve Hilton and Xavier Becerra battle it out in the California governor polls, Scott Galloway lectures America about racism and sexism after previously making one very confident election prediction, and JB Pritzker tries his hand at some painfully awkward “governor maxing.”We also get into ICE reporting more than 1,300 arrests in Virginia and Maryland, controversy surrounding religion and the Girl Scouts, Florida teaching students about the horrors of communism, the debate over how 9/11 is taught, and shocking footage of homeless encampments in Los Angeles.Then we turn to the Lindsay Clancy trial and the growing media circus surrounding the case—from the scene outside the courtroom and Patrick Clancy's attorneys speaking out to viral courtroom spectators, online defenders, and comparisons to other infamous cases.SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS TO SUPPORT OUR SHOW!Don't change your dog's food—just add Ruff Greens. Get your FREE jumpstart trial bag (just cover shipping) with code CHICKS at https://RuffChicks.comStart your new morning ritual & get up to 43% off MUDWTR code CHICKS at  https://MudWtr.com/ChicksReady to make the switch to Vanman? Go to https://Vanman.shop/Chicks26 code CHICKS26 for 15% off your first order. Subscribe and stay tuned for new episodes every weekday!Follow us here for more daily clips, updates, and commentary:YoutubeFacebookInstagramTikTokXLocalsMore InfoWebsite

Today's show starts on a somber note as we remember former producer Matt Baer and the impact he had on the team. Then we dive into a packed day of politics, viral videos, and culture-war insanity. Zohran Mamdani is facing a lawsuit over New York City's government-run grocery store plans, while a viral TikTok attempts […]

A landed flying saucer. A mysterious humanoid pilot. A frozen Italian glacier. Multiple photographs. And a 1952 UFO encounter that still gets passed around social media today as some of the clearest evidence of extraterrestrial visitation ever captured. Sounds pretty darn convincing, right?Head to the Bernina Alps with us as we investigate the bizarre case of Giampiero Monguzzi, the Italian photographer who claimed he and his wife witnessed a metallic UFO land near the Scerscen Glacier, watched a strange suited figure inspect the craft, and snapped a series of incredible photos before the saucer lifted off and disappeared toward Switzerland.It has everything you could want from a classic UFO encounter: eerie silence, a landed spacecraft, an apparent alien occupant, multiple photographs, and a mystery that continues bouncing around Facebook, TikTok, and the darker corners of the internet more than 70 years later.But there's a reason you probably aren't seeing the whole story in those viral posts. And once you start digging beyond the photographs, things take a very interesting turn.So did Monguzzi capture one of the greatest pieces of UFO evidence in history? Or is there something hiding just outside the frame? We dig into the encounter, the famous photographs, the strange little visitor, the worldwide press frenzy, and the part of the story social media conveniently tends to leave out. All that and more this week on Hysteria 51.SourcesCorriere della Sera – Mistero bUFO: “Ufo, falsi o veri? La storia del caso Monguzzi”https://misterobufo.corriere.it/2013/10/06/ufo-falsi-o-veri-la-storia-del-caso-monguzzi/Ufopedia – “1952/07/31 9:15, Ghiacciaio Scerscen, Lanzada, Lombardia, Italia”https://ufopedia.it/1952/07/31_9%3A15%2C_Ghiacciaio_Scerscen%2C_Lanzada%2C_Lombardia%2C_Italia%2C_UE.htmlUniversity of Warwick – Fantascienza e ufologia nell'opera di Inisero Cremaschi, Gilda Musa e Giuseppe Pederialihttps://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/167606/1/WRAP-Fantascienza-e-ufologia-nell-opera-di-Inisero-Cremaschi-Gilda-Musa-e-Giuseppe-Pederiali-1967-1978-Camilletti-22.pdfAlfredo Panicucci – “Ha fotografato il marziano per diventare giornalista,” Epoca, Vol. III, No. 109, November 8, 1952Saturday Night Uforia – “In the News 1952, Part Fifty-One”https://www.saturdaynightuforia.com/html/articles/articlehtml/itn52part51.htmlINTCAT – 1952 Humanoid Encounter Cataloguehttps://intcat.blogspot.com/2012/08/intcat-1952.htmlFlying Saucer Review – Lou Zinsstag, “Monguzzi Takes Saucer Photos of the Century,” Vol. 4, No. 5, September–October 1958Podcast UFO – “A UFO Photographed in the Italian Alps”https://podcastufo.com/a-ufo-photographed-in-the-italian-alps/Italiador – “UFO: Lo straordinario caso Monguzzi”https://www.italiador.com/ufo-lo-straordinario-caso-monguzzi/Think AboutIt UFO/UAP Archive – “1952 Bernina ‘Saucer Photos': The Monguzzi Hoax Exposed”https://thinkaboutitdocs.com/1952-bernina-mountains-italy/Email your Contest Entries to:ForthHandmedia@gmail.comEmail 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=9022See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of The Egg Whisperer Show, I'm joined by Dr. Karen Tang, a renowned gynecologist and advocate for women's health. With over 15 years of experience, Dr. Tang specializes in endometriosis, fibroids, chronic pelvic pain, menopause, and gender-affirming care. She is the founder of Thrive Gynecology in Philadelphia, where she provides expert care to patients nationwide. Dr. Tang shares insights from her new book, It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health, which educates and empowers women by dispelling myths and addressing common issues like endometriosis, PCOS, and fibroids. The discussion also delves into systemic barriers in healthcare, the importance of self-advocacy, and practical tips for making the most of your doctor's visits. Read the full show notes on Dr. Aimee's website.Get Dr. Tang's book: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250894151/itsnothysteria/ Visit Dr. Tang's website: https://thrivegyn.com/Dr. Aimee's Fertility Essentials: https://www.draimee.org/fertility-essentials   Do you have questions about IVF? Click here to join Dr. Aimee for The IVF Class. The next live class call is on Monday, September 14 at 4pm PST, where Dr. Aimee will explain IVF and there will be time to ask her your questions live on Zoom.   Click to find The Egg Whisperer Show podcast on your favorite podcasting app.   Watch videos of Dr. Aimee answer Ask the Egg Whisperer Questions on YouTube.  Sign up for The Egg Whisperer newsletter to get updates  Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh is one of America's most well known fertility doctors. Her success rate at baby-making is what gives future parents hope when all hope is lost. She pioneered the TUSHY Method and BALLS Method to decrease your time to pregnancy. Learn more about the TUSHY Method and find a wealth of fertility resources at www.draimee.org.

Buck Sexton is joined by Inez Stepman to discuss the Lindsay Clancy case and the growing controversy surrounding the public support for the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children. Inez breaks down the critical distinction between postpartum depression and the far rarer condition of postpartum psychosis, which Clancy’s defense argues left her disconnected from reality. Buck and Inez also examine the women gathering outside the courthouse in support of Clancy, the online culture surrounding motherhood, and whether social media has increasingly framed parenthood through victimhood and resentment. Never miss a moment from Buck by subscribing to the Buck Sexton Show Podcast on IHeart Radio, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts! Connect with Buck Sexton:Facebook – / bucksexton X – @bucksexton Instagram – @bucksexton TikTok - @BuckSexton YouTube - @BuckSexton Website – https://www.bucksexton.com/Support the show: https://www.youtube.com/@BuckSextonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Primary election night delivers major wins, surprising losses, and plenty of controversy. We break down the Florida results, including Byron Donalds' victory, the DeSantis legacy, Randy Fine's race, Corey Mills' loss, and the upset involving Angie Nixon and Alexander Vindman.We also react to CNN's coverage of the results, the DSA's role in the Democratic primaries, Ashley Moody's numbers, the Michigan Senate race, Texas political developments, and the South Carolina runoff.Then we dig into a Minnesota poll-worker training video and the latest immigration and international headlines before turning to some of the internet's biggest controversies. That includes the Lindsay Clancy case and the online debate surrounding it, Candace Owens' commentary, viral TikTok trends, astrology conspiracy theories, and reactions from Phil Labonte, Jeremy Boring, and others.Plus: Scott Bessent assassination-attempt sentencing news, David Morens' guilty plea, ICE fines, TPS changes, Iran, China, MTG, the Pope, Sophie Cunningham's national anthem moment, and some of the strangest viral posts making the rounds.From election-night surprises to culture, politics, viral TikToks, and internet insanity, we're breaking down the stories everyone is talking about.SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS TO SUPPORT OUR SHOW!Be confident in your portfolio with Bulwark! Schedule your free Know Your Risk Portfolio review. Go to https://KnowYourRiskPodcast.com Ready to give MASA a try? Get 25% off your first order by going to https://MasaChips.com/CHICKS and using code CHICKS.Give $26 today to the Human Coalition. Be her lifeline. Create a life saving moment. Give today at https://HumanCoalition.org/ChicksSubscribe and stay tuned for new episodes every weekday!Follow us here for more daily clips, updates, and commentary:YoutubeFacebookInstagramTikTokXLocalsMore InfoWebsite

This week on Hysteria 51, we're cracking open the weirdest six-pack history ever forgot and then running for our lives from nature's angriest lumberjacks.First, divers recover a 162-year-old bottle of Guinness from an 1864 shipwreck, and scientists hope its remarkably preserved contents could help recreate the stout as it tasted in the 19th century. Because apparently archaeology has finally stopped wasting time on pottery fragments and started focusing on what matters: ancient beer.Then we head to Cunningham Falls State Park in Maryland, where two teenagers were attacked in separate incidents by rabid beavers, one severe enough to require an airlift to the hospital. The animals later tested positive for rabies, portions of the park were closed, and humanity was reminded that the adorable little dam engineers have teeth capable of choosing violence.So grab a pint, avoid suspiciously aggressive woodland rodents, and join us for shipwrecked Guinness, historic beer recipes, rabid beaver attacks, weird news, and enough poor decision-making by man and nature to fill a podcast.Links & Resources

Primary election night delivers major wins, surprising losses, and plenty of controversy. We break down the Florida results, including Byron Donalds' victory, the DeSantis legacy, Randy Fine's race, Corey Mills' loss, and the upset involving Angie Nixon and Alexander Vindman. We also react to CNN's coverage of the results, the DSA's role in the Democratic […]

What if you died, got pronounced dead by doctors, buried by your family, and then showed up 18 years later with one hell of an excuse for missing Thanksgiving? Enter the bizarre true story of Clairvius Narcisse, the Haitian man who allegedly became a real-life zombie after being poisoned, buried alive, dug back up, drugged, and forced into labor.We explore the terrifying history of Haitian zombies and Vodou, Wade Davis and his controversial search for zombie powder, and the surprisingly real science behind pufferfish toxin, tetrodotoxin, Datura, paralysis, and premature burial. Could ancient knowledge of neurotoxins actually turn someone into a living zombie, or did science take a fascinating Haitian tradition and run a little too far with it? Plus, we examine the skeptics and competing explanations that make the answer considerably messier than "dead people don't walk."Poison fish, stolen souls, questionable pharmacology, family land disputes, zombie plantations, and perhaps the worst return-to-work story in human history... All that and more this week on Hysteria 51.SourcesWade Davis – The Serpent and the Rainbowhttps://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Serpent-and-the-Rainbow/Wade-Davis/9780684839295Wade Davis – Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombiehttps://books.google.com/books?id=tVxZAAAAMAAJWade Davis – “The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombi” – Journal of Ethnopharmacologyhttps://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741(83)90029-6William Booth – “Voodoo Science” – Sciencehttps://doi.org/10.1126/science.3353722Wade Davis – “Zombification” – Sciencehttps://doi.org/10.1126/science.3381089Roland Littlewood & Chavannes Douyon – “Clinical Findings in Three Cases of Zombification” – The Lancethttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(97)04449-8Harvard Magazine – “The Secrets of Haiti's Living Dead”https://www.harvardmagazine.com/sites/default/files/zombie_1986_small.pdfTIME – “Zombies: Do They Exist?”https://time.com/archive/6697896/medicine-zombies-do-they-exist/PBS American Experience – “What Happened When Zora Neale Hurston Studied Voodoo in Haiti?”https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/claiming-space-when-happened-when-zora-neale-hurston-studied-voodoo-haiti/Zora Neale Hurston – Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaicahttps://www.harpercollins.com/products/tell-my-horse-zora-neale-hurstonLibrary of Congress – “Does the Haitian Criminal Code Outlaw Making Zombies?”https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2014/10/does-the-haitian-criminal-code-outlaw-making-zombies/Chen-Yuan Kao & Takeshi Yasumoto – “Tetrodotoxin Intoxication: A Worldwide Problem” – Toxiconhttps://doi.org/10.1016/0041-0101(86)90067-8Jean Price-Mars – “The Story of Zombi in Haiti”https://sites.duke.edu/haitilab/files/2014/11/Mars-1945-The-story-of-zombie-in-haiti.pdfEmail your Contest Entries to:ForthHandmedia@gmail.comEmail 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=9022See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Faith and Val are joined in the studio by Marco te Brömmelstroet from the University of Amsterdam and Lab of Thought. We share our bike moments, before taking a deep dive into connection, sharing, the wobbling-child index of road safety, and how to share the stories that will create change. Marco will also be presenting his keynote the Hill of Hysteria at Bicycle Network Tuesday August 18th. Book your tickets online here.  Marco's trip to Australia was made possible by the Public Transport Association Australia and New Zealand

Karoline Leavitt is leaving the White House press secretary job at the end of August, just weeks after coming back from maternity leave with her second child. President Trump called her one of his most trusted aides and one of the best press secretaries in the history of the office. She's 28, the youngest ever to hold the job, and she made it clear she cannot be the mom her two young kids deserve while carrying the nonstop demands of the briefing room. Trump is moving her into a top outside advisory role focused on the midterms and the Republican Party. Names already floating as possible replacements include White House communications director Steven Cheung, a California native and longtime Trump fighter who filled in while she was out. The job has chewed through press secretaries for years. Leavitt lasted through a second pregnancy, a combative media strategy, and constant heat — then chose family. Pat also covered: Does Jenna Ortega have the same “Ariana Grande disease” everyone is talking about? Wisconsin voting officials flag missing memory sticks and election problems Congrats to the NEW Powerball billionaire in Illinois Do we actually control the Strait of Hormuz — or is that just the claim? Final Pat Gray Bingo until next season … thanks for playing Is stepping away the right call when the country needs strong voices? Have you ever had to walk away from a big opportunity because of your kids? If you want unfiltered truth and commonsense analysis that cuts through the noise, hit subscribe and turn on notifications. 00:00 Pat Gray UNLEASHED! 00:23 Issues with Wisconsin Votes 06:46 NBC News Responds to Wisconsin Voting Issues 08:05 Hasan Piker Upset with Voting Results 09:35 Hysteria over Trump Taking a Different Plane 18:06 Karoline Leavitt Leaving the Trump Administration 30:00 Mitch McConnell Song 31:55 Footage of Karoline Leavitt & President Trump 32:37 Fat Five 46:08 Open Plea for Luigi Mangione? 51:03 Cam Higby & James O'Keefe in Minnesota 52:22 Dr. Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed "Blue's Clues" Ad 55:15 100+ YouTube Videos Deleted by Abdul El-Sayed 56:08 Abdul El-Sayed on Bernie Sanders & Trans Health Care 59:37 Tim McBride on Trans Rights 1:04:34 Veronica Ivy Trophy 1:08:09 James Talarico's Past Radical Statements 1:12:16 Home Remodeling Woes 1:15:33 President Trump is Out of Touch 1:24:38 Pat is Rooting for Trump & America 1:28:24 Toaster Strudel Wins! 1:30:30 Sergey Brin VS. California's Billionaire Tax 1:33:06 Hollywood Stars Learn to Shut Up about Politics 1:34:17 FINAL Pat Gray BINGO! Winner for the Year Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We had some life stuff get in the way this week so we are going back to where the Blurry Hysteria / Weird Wednesday episodes started. Back to regular episodes next week!Original DescriptionIt'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 flirts with Tom DeLonge on twitter. All that and more on this week's Mad Blurry Hysteria!News Stories Mentioned:Axe Slasher BnB for sale“Real Picture” – Tom DeLongeBye Bye NibiruFollow the Shows:Mad Scientist - https://www.themadscientistpodcast.com/Blurry Photos - http://www.blurryphotos.org/Hysteria 51 - http://hysteria51.com/ Email your Contest Entries to:ForthHandmedia@gmail.comEmail 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=9022See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As an increasing number of Americans across the political spectrum voice concerns about the health risks of ultra-processed foods, correspondent Bill Whitaker speaks with Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Dr. David Kessler. Whitaker reports on a decades-old government classification for substances in our food and why Kennedy and Kessler are calling for change. Sarah Koch is the producer.Sixteen years after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the government has all but collapsed and gangs battle for control of the capital Port-au-Prince. Correspondent Anderson Cooper visits an orphanage in the besieged city where children have been sheltered from the violence for more than four years. Run by bestselling author Mitch Albom, the organization Have Faith Haiti takes in vulnerable children and, with an emphasis on education and faith, gives them a chance at an extraordinary future. Denise Schrier Cetta is the producer.An unscripted underdog saga is unfolding in the most unlikely setting this college football season. Indiana University's perennially overlooked and outmatched Hoosiers have transformed into the #1 ranked team in the country. Correspondent Jon Wertheim speaks with head coach Curt Cignetti and dives into how this remarkable turnaround took shape – as the undefeated Hoosiers contend for a national championship. David M. Levine is the producer.

Shut the windows and change your mask filters, the Mad Gasser of Mattoon is prowling the podcast! A WWII-era midwestern mystery, the Mad Gasser of Mattoon held a small town in a gaseous grip of fear for 2 weeks with no explanation and few suspects. Panic took hold as locals tried to figure out what was happening in their small Illinois community. To this day, no one knows exactly who perpetrated a series of alleged gas attacks, nor has anyone found out why. Join David as he relates not only the timeline of the ‘phantom anesthetist,' but also similar attacks in different parts of the country throughout the years. Were they connected somehow or just coincidence? He also looks at what police and scientists have found, and whether or not anything has actually been explained over the years. Don't let the fumes get to you in this episode of Blurry Photos!MusicGhostpocalypse – 8 Epilog, Ghostpocalypse – 6 Crossing the Threshold, Some Amount of Evil, Malicious, Villainous Treachery – Distressed, Danse Macabre, Myst on the Moor – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0SourcesGas Attacks in America: http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2011/06/mad-gassers-of-america/An Overview: http://io9.gizmodo.com/did-mattoon-have-a-mad-scientist-or-a-mad-population-1510479349Vitelli, R. “The Mad Gasser of Mattoon.” JREF Swift Blog. James Randi Educational Foundation, 23 Apr. 2011. Web. 12 Dec. 2016. http://archive.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1279-the-mad-gasser-of-mattoon.htmlMaruna, S. The Mad Gasser of Mattoon: Dispelling the Hysteria. Jacksonville: Swamp Gas Books, 2003.Johnson, D. “The Phantom Anesthetist of Mattoon: A field study of mass hysteria.” Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology. 1 Jan. 1945, Volume 40, Number 1: 175-186. http://ergotism.info/en/hysteria/mass_hysteria_mad_gasser_jasp_1945_40.pdfSee 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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This week, Hysteria 51 asks two important questions: How far is too far when protecting your lawn, and has your dog secretly been judging you this entire time?First, a Minnesota man allegedly constructs a homemade spike strip packed with dozens of three-inch screws to stop neighborhood kids from biking across his grass. Because apparently a “Keep Off the Lawn” sign lacked the medieval menace he was looking for.Then we travel to South Korea, where pet owners are turning to tarot readers to uncover their animals' hidden thoughts, anxieties, health concerns, and possibly their opinions about that bargain-bin kibble. Dogs are selecting cards, humans are seeking answers, and somewhere a cat is refusing to participate because it already knows the future and finds it disappointing.Join us for homemade lawn traps, psychic pets, canine emotional baggage, and another bewildering tour through the strangest corners of weird news.Links & Resources

Researcher Asti Hustvedt joins Phil and JF to discuss a talk she gave at the Lily Dale Symposium this year entitled "Bibliophantoms." The question: What does it mean to "get lost" in a book? Asti's answer, drawing on her research in nineteenth-century neuroscience and spirit mediumship, amounts to a genuine weirding of the act of reading. Asti Hustvedt is an independent scholar and writer with a PhD in French literature. Her work examines the entangled histories of science, psychology, literature, and the occult, with a particular focus on hysteria and Spiritualism. She is the author of Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris, named an Editors' Choice by the New York Times and a Book of the Year by The Independent, and the editor of The Decadent Reader: Fiction, Fantasy and Perversion in Fin-de-Siècle France. She is currently writing a book on hysteria and the supernatural that examines how Eusapia Palladino and other mediums challenged—and helped shape—the emerging sciences of the mind. New Course! To learn more on JF's upcoming online course on truth in horror literature and cinema, visit Weirdosphere.  Image: Detail of The Reader by Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861-1942) Music: "L'Esprit d'escalier" from Weird Studies vol. 3, and "Distant Early Warning" from Weird Studies vol 2. REFERENCES Asti Hustvedt, Medical Muses Jean-Martin Charcot, French physician Pierre Janet, French physician Lon Milo DuQuette, It's All in Your Head Saint Catherine of Siena, Italian mystic Saint Augustine, Confessions Paul Auster, American writer Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian French philosopher Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights Lionel Snell, Introduction to Freya Aswynn's Power and Principles of the Runes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to The Viall Files: Reality Recap!  Dr. Lisa joins us to break down Married at First Sight, modern matchmaking, compatibility, why love isn't always enough, and what actually makes a relationship work long-term. Then Dr. Pamela Baker stops by to unpack Kyle and Amanda, intimacy, communication, couples therapy, and the relationship dynamics on The Valley. Plus, we get into Nara Smith, trad wife discourse, Alex Cooper's pregnancy announcement, and why the internet is so obsessed with putting women in boxes.   "We get so obsessed with labels…" Nick is on Substack! Subscribe here: https://nickviall.substack.com/subscribe HEY! YOU! DO YOU NEED DATING AND RELATIONSHIP ADVICE?  Email asknick@theviallfiles.com and be a part of future Ask Nick episodes! Want ad free episodes and incredible bonus content?  Start your 7 Day Free Trial of Viall Files + here: https://viallfiles.supportingcast.fm/ Subscribe to The ENVY Media Newsletter Today: https://www.viallfiles.com/newsletter  To Order Nick's Book and/or learn more about the show, go to: https://viallfiles.com THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: CashApp: New Cash App customers can earn $10 if they use code FAMILY10 in their profile at signup and send $5 to a friend within 14 days. Spa Weekend: Book your escape and treat yourself to SPA WEEKEND. Only in theaters August 21st. Bilt: Download the Bilt app and join the membership for where you live, at https://joinbilt.com/viall Figs Scrubs: Use code FIGSRX for 15% off your first order at https://wearfigs.com Ollie: This summer, treat your pup to better food and perfect poops. Head to https://ollie.com/viall, tell them all about your dog, and use code VIALL to get 70% off your Welcome Kit when you subscribe today! BetterHelp: See the reviews, see what stands out, and see if BetterHelp is right for you. Visit https://betterhelp.com/viall  Quince: Upgrade your everyday. Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to https://quince.com/viall  To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/theviallfiles   Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 34:29 - Dr. Pamela Baker Joins 1:20:05 - Dr. Lisa Paz Joins 1:44:25 - Married at First Sight 2:12:00 - Outro Episode Socials:  @viallfiles  @nickviall  @susiecevans     @ciaracrobinson @drlisapaz @the_mare_bare @justinkaphillips @baybaeee

Reality may be bigger, stranger, and far more crowded than our three-dimensional monkey brains can handle. This week on Hysteria 51, we count down ten horrifying theories about what could exist in dimensions we cannot see, from shadow matter and hidden forces to holographic universes, colliding branes, M-theory, and countless alternate versions of you making equally terrible decisions.Could gravity be leaking into another dimension? Is our universe just one thin membrane floating in a much larger cosmic void? Does every possible outcome create another reality where you remembered the password on the first try? We break down the real science behind extra dimensions, dark matter, the multiverse, many-worlds theory, and the terrifying possibility that reality has more rooms than advertised.So grab a flashlight, avoid making eye contact with the shadow universe occupying your couch, and prepare to discover why the cosmos is weird, physics is rude, and somewhere in another dimension, this episode is probably much better.SourcesTime and the Block UniverseStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Timehttps://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2026/entries/time/Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Temporal Consciousnesshttps://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2025/entries/consciousness-temporal/Asher Peres – “Critique of the Wheeler-DeWitt Equation”https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9704061The Fifth ForceEöt-Wash Group – “New Test of the Gravitational Inverse-Square Law at the Submillimeter Range”https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.11761NA64 Collaboration – “Hunting Down the X17 Boson at the CERN SPS”https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.02756Kaluza-Klein Theory and Extra DimensionsCERN – Extra Dimensions, Gravitons, and Tiny Black Holeshttps://home.cern/science/physics/extra-dimensions-gravitons-and-tiny-black-holes/Theodor Kaluza – “On the Unity Problem of Physics”https://inspirehep.net/literature/14622Shadow Matter and Hidden SectorsEdward Kolb, David Seckel, and Michael Turner – “The Shadow World of Superstring Theories”https://www.nature.com/articles/314415a0Lawrence Krauss, Alan Guth, David Spergel, George Field, and William Press – “Inflation and Shadow Matter”https://www.nature.com/articles/319748a0Dark Energy and Dimensional LeakageNobel Prize – The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physicshttps://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2011/summary/Nobel Prize – The Accelerating Expansion of the Universehttps://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2011/popular-information/Gia Dvali, Gregory Gabadadze, and Massimo Porrati – “4D Gravity on a Brane in 5D Minkowski Space”https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0005016The Holographic PrincipleLeonard Susskind – “The World as a Hologram”https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9409089Juan Maldacena – “The Large N Limit of Superconformal Field Theories and Supergravity”https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9711200Fermilab – The Holometerhttps://holometer.fnal.gov/index.htmlFermilab – Holometer Frequently Asked Questionshttps://holometer.fnal.gov/faq.htmlBrane Worlds and the BulkLisa Randall and Raman Sundrum – “A Large Mass Hierarchy from a Small Extra Dimension”https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9905221Lisa Randall and Raman Sundrum – “An Alternative to Compactification”https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9906064The Ekpyrotic and Cyclic UniverseJustin Khoury, Burt Ovrut, Paul Steinhardt, and Neil Turok – “The Ekpyrotic Universe: Colliding Branes and the Origin of the Hot Big Bang”https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0103239Paul Steinhardt and Neil Turok – “Cosmic Evolution in a Cyclic Universe”https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0111098M-Theory and the String LandscapeEdward Witten – “String Theory Dynamics in Various Dimensions”https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9503124Leonard Susskind – “The Anthropic Landscape of String Theory”https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0302219T. Banks – “The Top (10^{500}) Reasons Not to Believe in the Landscape”https://arxiv.org/abs/1208.5715The Many-Worlds InterpretationHugh Everett III – “‘Relative State' Formulation of Quantum Mechanics”https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.29.454Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanicshttps://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2026/entries/qm-manyworlds/Email your Contest Entries to:ForthHandmedia@gmail.comEmail 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=9022See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Thank you so much for listening to the Bob Harden Show, celebrating 15 years broadcasting on the internet. On Monday's show, we visit with Marc Schulman, Founder and Publisher of HistoryCentral.com, about current global events in Iran, Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Japan Cueta, and Pakistan. We also visit with former Barron's Washington Bureau Chief and novelist Jim McTague about the hysteria over data centers. We have terrific guests for tomorrow's show, including the Leader of the Regulatory Studies Center at George Washington University William Yeatman, Boo Mortenson, Young Voices Content Creator Maggie Anders, and Linda Harden. Access this and past shows at your convenience on my web site, social media platforms or podcast platforms.

Thank you so much for listening to the Bob Harden Show, celebrating 15 years broadcasting on the internet. On Monday's show, we visit with Marc Schulman, Founder and Publisher of HistoryCentral.com, about current global events in Iran, Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Japan Cueta, and Pakistan. We also visit with former Barron's Washington Bureau Chief and novelist … The post Hysteria Over Data Centers appeared first on Bob Harden Show.

29JUL26 Fauci Grilled • COVID Hysteria • They/Them Teachers • Clark Stands Up • Bessent Cooks The Don't Unfriend Me Show is a live conservative news and political commentary podcast hosted by Matt and Olivia Speer. Every weeknight, we break down the biggest stories in politics, government, culture, immigration, free speech, the economy, and current events with live audience interaction and open phone calls.Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment as senators pressed him about the pandemic response and COVID-19 origins.We revisit the fear, mandates, and media panic that defined the COVID era—and what America still has not learned.We confront how gender ideology and pronoun politics are being pushed into classrooms while parents fight to protect their children.Caitlin Clark is finally pushing back as the WNBA faces growing scrutiny over officiating, physical play, and its treatment of its biggest star. Scott Bessent keeps defending Trump's economic agenda and swatting away the critics attacking it.

Episode summary: The head-spinning ascent of AI is a story of scientific innovation, but it's also, fundamentally, a story about money. Between 2013 and 2024, AI netted about U.S.$1.6 trillion of global corporate and private investment; it's estimated that by the end of this year that number will reach U.S.$2.5 trillion. How this massive investment is transforming — and will transform — the way we live and work is a matter of fierce debate and great uncertainty. One person at the centre of this technological and economic maelstrom is Pillar VC's Leah Morris. She's the executive director of Pillar's Encode: AI for Science fellowship, which provides AI researchers the time, freedom and resources to build meaningful, game-changing solutions. In this bonus episode, she discusses how new technologies are exacerbating economic inequality, the enduring value of human judgment and how the AI investment landscape is too often, in her words, “bullshit in a bull ring.” Featured in this episode: Leah Morris is executive director of the Encode: AI for Science fellowship at Pillar VC. She was previously a senior director at Radical Ventures, where she oversaw the firm's responsible AI strategy and managed research partnerships. Her background includes economic AI research at the University of Toronto and experience in global health and security with the United Nations and through nonprofit work in Jamaica and South Africa. Further reading: The next great divergence: Why AI may widen inequality between countries The man behind AlphaGo thinks AI is taking the wrong path How London became the rest of the world's startup capital Universal basic income, the utopia idea resurging in Silicon Valley How AI is transforming scientific discovery while keeping humans at the centre Solve for X is brought to you by MaRS, North America's largest urban innovation hub and a registered charity. MaRS supports startups and accelerates the adoption of high-impact solutions to some of the world's biggest challenges. For more information, visit marsdd.com.

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Hysteria was created by authoritarians masquerading as scientific. This was partly achieved by presenting the other side as backwards anti-science conspiracy theorists. Funding cuts, public shaming and censorship came to any professionals who spoke out against the wokeness. Sometimes it was defamation.Fauci's diary admits he knew it was lab grown. He knew they did gain of function research too paid for by NIH through an intermediary. And we knew he knew this before his diary. The diary just creates public attention again. Fauci and many others deserve the death penalty. He just invented the 6ft rule and paper masks. It didn't matter at all. The vaccine didnt guard against covid symptoms or getting or spreading the disease. Yet it created its own symptoms. And without it came travel and work restrictions. All for a disease created in a lab that NIH and echo health created to circumvent laws against deadly gain of function research in the US. Social media owners complied and censored opposition to the government narrative. So we had years long clown shows. Old people died alone. Athletes lost the chance to excel in their sports. Students lost years of schooling in a social environment. Businesses deemed unessential went under. Big big pharma got a big pay day. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.ryandawson.org/subscribe

A trip to the toy department, a frantic search, and the absolute nightmare that changed child safety forever. Contributing writing & research: The Queen of all things, Haley Gray. For information pertaining to this case, check out the highlight at the top of my profile at Instagram.com/TheHeatherAshley.  Sponsors: Get 60% off personal and family plans at https://keepersecurity.com/BIGMAD —offer exclusive to podcast listeners. Sleep cooler this summer with Boll & Branch—get 15% off your first order plus free shipping at https://bollandbranch.com/bigmad with code bigmad. Exclusions apply. Sign up now at https://acorns.com/BIGMAD or download the Acorns app to get started and receive a $5 bonus investment in your new account. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We go pond jumping this week and head to the Isle of Wight for one of the strangest paranormal encounters ever reported: All Colours Sam, better known as the Sandown Clown.In 1973, two children claimed they met a nearly seven-foot-tall, three-fingered, three-toed, ghost-like humanoid living in a metal hut near Sandown Airport. Normal British stuff, we are pretty sure. Sam wore a pointed yellow hat, spoke through a strange device, said he was “a ghost in an odd sort of way,” and somehow managed to make eating berries look like advanced alien surgery.So what was All Colours Sam? An extraterrestrial? A robot? A folkloric entity? A man in a costume? Or one of the most bizarre childhood stories ever to escape into UFO and cryptid lore?We break down the full encounter, the witnesses, the weirdest details, what believers think happened, what skeptics say, and why the Sandown Clown mystery is still confusing paranormal researchers more than 50 years later this week on Hysteria 51.SourcesBUFORA Journal, Vol. 6, No. 5, Jan/Feb 1978 – “Ghost or Spaceman '73?”Internet ArchiveThink Anomalous – The Sandown “Ghost Clown,” 1973Think AnomalousOnTheWight – All Colours Sam, aka Sam the Sandown ClownOnTheWightOnTheWight – The Sandown Clown: Exploring Sam, the Isle of Wight's Surreal 1973 EncounterOnTheWightBBC Radio 4 / Uncanny – Cold Cases: Case 5: The Sandown ClownApple PodcastsOnTheWight – BBC Sounds and Cease to Exist Podcasts Turn Their Attention to All Colours SamOnTheWightSpooky Isles – The Sandown Clown: Fact or Fiction?Spooky IslesWeird Darkness – The Sandown Clown: All Colours Sam and the Isle of WightWeird DarknessIsland Echo – The Sandown Clown Returns to the Isle of WightIsland EchoBedtime Stories – The Sandown ClownThe Sandown ClownShrouded Hand – The Sandown Clown Incident: A Creepy Encounter With an Unknown EntityThe Sandown Clown IncidentEmail your Contest Entries to:ForthHandmedia@gmail.comEmail 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=9022See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We chat with Zoe Lambert, captain of Honey Cracked, mentor of growingSTEMs, builder of Minun and Plusle, and member of Team Mammoth! Zoe and growingSTEMs have been one of the first groups to host the NHRL XP events with robots winning in the classes receiving full invitation to compete at NHRL's Open league! Between the event running, multibot building, team managing, and parts selling Zoe and her team have become household names in the NHRL community. Let us know what questions you have for Zoe!!  To watch the podcast live check out https://www.youtube.com/@jakemaximizer/streams where it will be shared to all of the audio apps the following week! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook: facebook.com/behindthebots Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, PlayerFM, and all the other podcast places. Tell a friend about the show; we really appreciate your support!

Seattle has a new celebrity, and he's short, round, furry, and built like a raccoon somebody accidentally compressed into a carry-on bag. World, meet Jimothy, the unusually shaped trash panda whose possible spinal deformity, fearless neighborhood adventures, and magnificent little strut have transformed him into an internet sensation, local icon, and living reminder that charisma has absolutely nothing to do with having a neck. No word yet on who he is dating, but our money is on a Kardashian!Then we stomp into even more forbidden scientific territory to investigate one of cryptozoology's least-requested mysteries: How big is Bigfoot's... member? An anthropologist uses primate anatomy, evolutionary biology, and far more professionalism than this question deserves to determine whether Sasquatch is proportionally impressive or merely overcompensating with those enormous feet. Also, peen bone??? Maybe!Join us for viral raccoon mania, Sasquatch bedroom speculation, penis bones, and unfortunate proportions. All that and more on the only podcast stupid enough to ask whether Jimothy may secretly be the better-endowed cryptid. Hysteria 51!Links & Resources

We first open a door by talking about the great new ‘right to repair' ruling from the FTC, which is the result of a long fight against rentier monopolies and digital enclosure, and should be precedent for expanding these battles and rights much further. We then tune back into hell by discussing how the AI-driven promises of convenience, personalization, and agentic servants are bribes meant to make people accept their own dependence, exploitation, and subservience to tech capital. Finally, a quick look at yet another way the AI boom is destroying life in San Francisco. ••• Farmers Finally Get a John Deere Right to Repair Agreement That Doesn't Screw Them Over https://www.404media.co/farmers-finally-get-a-john-deere-right-to-repair-agreement-that-doesnt-screw-them-over/ ••• John Deere Must Let Owners Repair Farm Equipment, Settlement Says https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/business/john-deere-ftc-right-to-repair.html ••• Meta Patents AI Device That Tracks Your Emotions, Watches You Take Your Meds https://www.404media.co/meta-patents-ai-device-that-tracks-your-emotions-watches-you-take-your-meds/ ••• ‘Hysteria' Grips San Francisco's Housing Market as A.I. Wealth Pours In https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/technology/san-francisco-home-sales-openai-anthropic-ipo.html ••• In San Francisco, Even $180,000 Tech Salaries Are No Longer Enough https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/technology/san-francisco-tech-salaries.html Standing Plugs: ••• Order Jathan's book: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520398078/the-mechanic-and-the-luddite ••• Subscribe to Ed's substack: https://substack.com/@thetechbubble ••• Subscribe to TMK on patreon for premium episodes: https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (bsky.app/profile/jathansadowski.com) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.x.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (bsky.app/profile/jebr.bsky.social)

The Andreasson Affair is what happens when a classic alien abduction story wanders into a church revival, takes a wrong turn through a dream sequence, and gets dive-bombed by a giant cosmic bird. In 1967, Massachusetts mother Betty Andreasson claimed strange gray beings entered her home, froze her family in place, passed through solid doors, and whisked her away for an encounter packed with medical examinations, telepathic messages, religious symbolism, and enough high-strangeness to make an ordinary UFO sighting look like a delayed commuter flight. You know, that old chestnut.This week we tackle the full Betty Andreasson alien abduction case, the investigation by Raymond Fowler, the controversial hypnosis sessions, the family's testimony, and the bizarre claims that followed for decades. Was Betty describing genuine extraterrestrial contact, a mystical religious experience, a memory shaped by suggestion, or the most elaborate reason in history for avoiding the dinner dishes? Join us for gray aliens, frozen relatives, cosmic warnings, questionable probes, one very weird bird, and more this week on Hysteria 51!SourcesRaymond E. Fowler – The Andreasson Affairhttps://www.loc.gov/item/94019414/Raymond E. Fowler – The Andreasson Affair, Phase Twohttps://books.google.com/books/about/The_Andreasson_Affair_Phase_Two.html?id=Vc-wxAEACAAJRaymond E. Fowler – The Watchershttps://books.google.com/books/about/The_Watchers.html?id=E5d9AAAACAAJRaymond E. Fowler – The Watchers IIhttps://books.google.com/books/about/The_Watchers_II.html?id=AsXsAAAACAAJRaymond E. Fowler – The Andreasson Legacyhttps://books.google.com/books/about/The_Andreasson_Legacy.html?id=L6fYAAAACAAJEncyclopedia.com – Andreasson, Bettyhttps://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/andreasson-bettyCentral Maine – Off Radar: The Andreasson Affairhttps://www.centralmaine.com/2014/10/30/off-radar-the-andreasson-affair/New England Legends – The Betty Andreasson UFO Abductionhttps://ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-444-the-betty-andreasson-ufo-abduction/We Are the Mutants – These Our Poor Afflicted Neighbourshttps://wearethemutants.com/2017/08/22/these-our-poor-afflicted-neighbours-a-womans-powerful-place-in-two-alien-abduction-narratives/Skeptical Inquirer – Ernest H. Taves Archivehttps://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/ernest-h-taves/Skeptical Inquirer – The Andreasson Affair, Phase Twohttps://skepticalinquirer.org/1983/01/the-andreasson-affair-phase-two/Philip J. Klass – UFO-Abductions: A Dangerous Gamehttps://archive.org/details/ufoabductionsdan0000klasJohns Hopkins Medicine – Hypnosishttps://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/hypnosisOhio State University – Hypnosis May Give False Confidence in Inaccurate Memorieshttps://news.osu.edu/hypnosis-may-give-false-confidence-in-inaccurate-memories/National Library of Medicine – The Role of Hypnosis in Memory Recall and False Memorieshttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11832514/Norris Funeral Services – Betty Ann Luca Obituaryhttps://www.norrisfuneral.com/obituaries/Betty-Ann-Luca?obId=24398506Email your Contest Entries to:ForthHandmedia@gmail.comEmail 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=9022See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Links For The Occult Rejectshttps://linktr.ee/theoccultrejectsOccult Research Institutehttps://www.occultresearchinstitute.org/Substackhttps://substack.com/@theoccultrejects?r=7auau0&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-pageCash Apphttps://cash.app/$theoccultrejectsVenmo@TheOccultRejectsBuy Me A Coffeebuymeacoffee.com/TheOccultRejectsPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TheOccultRejectsFull Bibliography for Part TwoCharcot, Hysteria, and the Medical TheaterJean-Martin Charcot. Lectures on the Diseases of the Nervous System.Jean-Martin Charcot. Clinical Lectures on Diseases of the Nervous System.Jean-Martin Charcot. Leçons sur les maladies du système nerveux faites à la Salpêtrière.Georges Didi-Huberman. Invention of Hysteria: Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpêtrière.Asti Hustvedt. Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris.Jan Goldstein. Console and Classify: The French Psychiatric Profession in the Nineteenth Century.Mark S. Micale. Approaching Hysteria: Disease and Its Interpretations.Elaine Showalter. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830–1980.Henri F. Ellenberger. The Discovery of the Unconscious: The History and Evolution of Dynamic Psychiatry.Alan Gauld. A History of Hypnotism.The Nancy School and SuggestionAmbroise-Auguste Liébeault. Du sommeil et des états analogues, considérés surtout au point de vue de l'action du moral sur le physique.Hippolyte Bernheim. De la suggestion et de ses applications à la thérapeutique.Hippolyte Bernheim. Suggestive Therapeutics: A Treatise on the Nature and Uses of Hypnotism.Henri F. Ellenberger. The Discovery of the Unconscious.Alan Gauld. A History of Hypnotism.Adam Crabtree. From Mesmer to Freud: Magnetic Sleep and the Roots of Psychological Healing.Alison Winter. Mesmerized: Powers of Mind in Victorian Britain.Pierre Janet, Automatism, Dissociation, and TraumaPierre Janet. L'Automatisme psychologique.Pierre Janet. The Major Symptoms of Hysteria.Pierre Janet. The Mental State of Hystericals.Pierre Janet. Psychological Healing: A Historical and Clinical Study.Pierre Janet. Writings on fixed ideas, dissociation, hysteria, narrowed consciousness, and subconscious action.Henri F. Ellenberger. The Discovery of the Unconscious.Onno van der Hart, Ellert R. S. Nijenhuis, and Kathy Steele. The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization.Adam Crabtree. From Mesmer to Freud.Alan Gauld. A History of Hypnotism.Ideomotor Effect, Table-Turning, and Automatic ActionMichel Eugène Chevreul. De la baguette divinatoire, du pendule explorateur et des tables tournantes.Michael Faraday. Writings and experimental reports on table-turning, unconscious muscular pressure, and involuntary movement.William Benjamin Carpenter. Principles of Mental Physiology.William Benjamin Carpenter. Essays and writings on unconscious cerebration and ideomotor action.Daniel M. Wegner. The Illusion of Conscious Will.Richard Wiseman. Paranormality: Why We See What Isn't There.Ray Hyman. Writings on ideomotor action, dowsing, psychical research, and anomalous experience.Spiritualism, Mediumship, Psychical Research, and Automatic WritingAlex Owen. The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Victorian England.Janet Oppenheim. The Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850–1914.Ann Braude. Radical Spirits: Spiritualism and Women's Rights in Nineteenth-Century America.Sofie Lachapelle. Investigating the Supernatural: From Spiritism and Occultism to Psychical Research and Metapsychics in France, 1853–1931.Frederic W. H. Myers. Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death.The Society for Psychical Research. Early proceedings and reports on automatic writing, trance, mediumship, apparitions, and psychical phenomena.William James. Essays in Psychical Research.William James. The Varieties of Religious Experience.William James. 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Resources: Bible Project on Revelation Part 1 - https://bibleproject.com/videos/revelation-1-11/ Part 2 - https://bibleproject.com/videos/revelation-12-22/ Books: Revelation for the Rest of Us - https://a.co/d/00egAetY Thinning the Veil - https://a.co/d/0g2tkqCR

This week on Hysteria 51, we're diving headfirst into the weird-news deep end, and unfortunately, someone already ruined the water. First up, a public swimming pool in Wales becomes the scene of a truly unholy whodunnit after a man admits to repeatedly defecating in the pool, forcing closures, cleanups, refunds, and presumably one very traumatized lifeguard whistle. It's part crime story, part community crisis, and part reason to never open your mouth during backstroke again.Then we cleanse the palate with something ancient, mysterious, and significantly less chlorinated: the incredible story of the Wollemi pine, a so-called “living fossil” believed to have vanished millions of years ago until a park ranger found a secret stand of the dinosaur-era trees hidden in an Australian canyon. With fewer than 100 mature wild trees known to exist, classified coordinates, fungus fears, and a lineage older than T. rex, this tree might be the closest nature gets to yelling, “Surprise, nerds, I'm still here!”So grab your goggles, sanitize your soul, and join us as we go from public pool poop crimes in Wales to prehistoric trees hiding from extinction. It's weird news, ancient mysteries, biological plot twists, and one episode that asks the important question: what's harder to survive, 90 million years of evolution or one guy with a pool membership?Links & Resources

For the first in a new set of episodes about bad ideas with interesting histories David talks to the writer and broadcaster Helen Lewis about hysteria, an ancient idea that became a very modern diagnosis. Why was hysteria associated with both madness and saintliness? How did Charcot and then Freud use hysteria to rationalise otherwise baffling female behaviour? What happens when group hysteria takes hold? And why do we still find it so hard to do without these kinds of labels? You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of all episodes including PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com Next time in The History of Bad Ideas: Narrative History Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Author Rebecca Wait makes a return visit to the podcast to chat to Hannah about her latest book Havoc, a dark comedy about a mystery illness that breaks out at a girls' boarding school in 1984. They chat about Cold War anxiety, hysteria and, of course, Picnic at Hanging Rock. Grab a copy of Havoc here Or Suzanne O'Sullivan's The Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories of Mystery Illness here Want to join the Standard Issue Club? Standard Issue Podcast | creating a magazine for ears, by women for women | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're off this week, but we're bringing you an episode of Runway Country with Alex Wagner. Every Thursday, the veteran journalist sits down with everyday Americans and political experts to cut through the noise and zero in on the stories that matter. In this episode, Alex speaks to former trad wife and host of “The Wake Her Up Podcast”, Sharon Johnson, about her upbringing in the Mormon Church, what it was like to discover she could have agency and choice in her late thirties, and how she feels about trad wives trending. Then Alex is joined by host of Crooked's “Hysteria” podcast, Erin Ryan, to talk about the broader political goals behind the Heritage Foundation's Project 2026 plan, and how it attempts to punish women who don't fit their ideals. Catch Runaway Country with Alex Wagner on YouTube or wherever you listen to podcasts. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast, episode title, and episode date.

John Canzano interviews Fox soccer play-by-play legend John Strong. They talk about life, social media clips, soccer, World Cup hysteria, and more. Subscribe to this podcast. Support our sponsors -- Gresham Ford (www.GreshamFord.com) and The Wall (www.ByTheWall.com). Read JohnCanzano.com

The biggest political stories of the week are all in one episode. We break down the latest Supreme Court rulings, including the E. Jean Carroll appeal, mail-in ballots, and presidential firing authority, before diving into Trump's reactions and the fallout.Then we look at New York City's socialist movement, Zohran Mamdani, AOC, Dave Portnoy's surprising comments, and viral street interviews that have everyone talking.We also expose some of the week's most outrageous climate change claims—from Paris officials blaming America for Europe's heatwave to the latest social media posts attacking air conditioning and promoting climate "justice." Plus, we examine data, failed climate predictions, and why critics say the narrative continues to fall apart.Finally, we cover the latest effort to pin the world's problems on Elon Musk, Nick Kristof's viral claims, media reactions, and why the debate over USAID and government spending isn't going away anytime soon.Along the way, we also discuss DOJ investigations, Biden's latest comments, Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Ryan McBeth's Iran fact check, Tyler Robinson, Caleb Hammer, and the biggest viral moments from the internet this week.SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS TO SUPPORT OUR SHOW!Give $26 today to Human Coalition. Be her lifeline. Create a Life Saving Moment. Give today at https://humancoalition.org/chicksReady to give MASA a try? Get 25% off your first order by going to https://MasaChips.com/CHICKS and using code CHICKS.Schedule your FREE risk review from Bulwark Capital at https://KnowYourRiskPodcast.com Subscribe and stay tuned for new episodes every weekday!Follow us here for more daily clips, updates, and commentary:YoutubeFacebookInstagramTikTokXLocalsMore InfoWebsite

Former NASA robotics engineer Bill Vaile was a skeptic, a problem-solver, and a guy who probably trusted math more than mysterious bumps in the night. Then he took one very weird water-treatment service call in Arlington, Texas, walked up to a house where a woman appeared to be commanding something to “leave” several young men in the name of Jesus Christ, and allegedly brought home the worst unpaid internship in demon management history.This week we dig into the chilling and bizarre claims of Bill Vaile's alleged demonic infestation: the strange exorcism-like house call, the fried bacon smell, the bed shaking, the phone calls hijacked by growling unknown voices, the flying water bottle, the shadow figures, the cat-like familiar, the paranormal investigators, and the fedora-wearing black figure that Vaile believed was the big boss of the whole haunted house staff meeting.Was Bill Vaile the victim of a genuine demonic attachment? Did he accidentally become the spiritual baggage claim for someone else's exorcism? Or is this a case of stress, sleep deprivation, suggestion, and paranormal TV turning one man's nightmare into a full-blown demonic casserole? Grab your holy water, check your closet for flying boxes, and never trust a Saturday work appointment again. Batton down your seamen, 'cause this demon be screamin', this week on this week on Hysteria 51.Sources We ConsultedSYFY: Life After Paranormals – Season 3, Episode 17https://www.syfy.com/paranormal-witness/season-3/blogs/life-after-paranormals-season-3-episode-17SYFY: Paranormal Witness Episode Recap – The Visitorshttps://www.syfy.com/paranormal-witness/season-3/blogs/episode-recap-the-visitorsSYFY: Paranormal Witness – The Visitorshttps://www.syfy.com/paranormal-witness/season-3/episode-17/the-visitorsSYFY: The Visitors Photo Galleryhttps://www.syfy.com/paranormal-witness/photos/the-visitors-season-3-episode-17Apple TV: Paranormal Witness – The Visitorshttps://tv.apple.com/ca/episode/the-visitors/umc.cmc.4b2h6dng3zothc0rmvz1c4r14IMDb: Paranormal Witness – The Visitorshttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt3241892/Rotten Tomatoes: Paranormal Witness – Season 3, Episode 17https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/paranormal-witness/s03/e17Google Books: Satanic Warfare: Tactics of the Demonic: Lessons Learnedhttps://books.google.com/books/about/Satanic_Warfare_Tactics_of_the_Demonic.html?id=WnYtzwEACAAJAmazon: Satanic Warfare: Tactics of the Demonic: Lessons Learnedhttps://www.amazon.com/Satanic-Warfare-Tactics-Demonic-Lessons/dp/B0B1Z2DR65Goodreads: Satanic Warfare: Tactics of the Demonichttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61281619-satanic-warfareCoast to Coast AM: Bill Vaile Guest Pagehttps://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/vaile-bill-66594/Coast to Coast AM: Demonic Impshttps://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2014-02-15-show/Island Ghost Radio: Bill Vaile / United Paranormal Internationalhttps://islandghostradio.blogspot.com/Reel Life With Jane: Paranormal Witness Recap – The Visitorshttps://www.reellifewithjane.com/2013/11/paranormal-witness-recap-visitors-3x17/The Dark Paranormal: The Haunting of Bill Vailehttps://open.spotify.com/episode/7zHPtpXmg9OqWIrnlmAeVZMystery Archives: The REAL Bill Vaile Storyhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-real-bill-vaile-story-the-man-who-fought-for/id1648096715?i=1000670520810Email your Contest Entries to:ForthHandmedia@gmail.comEmail 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=9022See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

One missing nuclear scientist. One remote forest. One abandoned gun. And somehow that's only HALF of this week's weirdness.First, we head deep into the mystery surrounding a Los Alamos National Laboratory employee who vanished without a trace, only to be discovered a year later in a remote wilderness area. Was it a tragic accident, something more sinister, or the kind of story that immediately makes the internet start drawing red strings across a corkboard? We dive into the strange details, unanswered questions, and why anything involving nuclear research instantly sends conspiracy alarms into overdrive.Then it's time for the future to arrive swinging. Detroit recently hosted a real-life robot fight club where metal gladiators smashed, crashed, and battled for robotic supremacy. It's part sporting event, part science experiment, and part warning label for humanity's eventual machine overlords. From AI-powered combat to flying debris and mechanical mayhem, we're asking the important question: are we witnessing technological innovation or just giving robots practice before they take our parking spaces and our dignity?Missing scientists, battling robots, and enough bizarre headlines to make reality feel like it was written by a sleep-deprived sci-fi author. It's another trip into the wonderfully weird world of Hysteria 51.Links & Resources

In 2020, Emily Mendenhall drove from Washington, DC to Okoboji, Iowa, a town of 800 that swells to 200,000 every summer, and walked into a pandemic that looked nothing like the one dominating national headlines. Inside gas stations and bars, masks marked you as an outsider. In one stop, a man told her family they would not be served if they kept theirs on. Her 6 year old daughter cried, confused. Mendenhall, a medical anthropologist at Georgetown University, did what she always does. She started asking questions. Over months, she interviewed neighbors, former classmates, and local officials, including her own brother in law who helped lead the local COVID response. The result became Unmasked, a case study in how community identity, economics, and politics shaped public health decisions in real time. That work led directly into her latest book, Invisible Illness: A History, from Hysteria to Long COVID, where she tracks a much older problem. Patients with chronic illness, especially women, often fail to meet medicine's demand for proof. Without a clear diagnosis, they lose access to care, insurance coverage, and legitimacy. Mendenhall argues that long COVID did not create this failure. It exposed it.This conversation centers on how healthcare systems reward certainty and punish complexity. Long COVID clinics send patients to 17 specialists without resolution. Insurance structures require diagnoses that many conditions cannot provide. Medical training still struggles to integrate trauma, mental health, and chronic disease into a coherent model of care.Mendenhall brings lived experience into the conversation. After COVID, she dealt with months of fatigue and escalating anxiety that altered her baseline health. She does not claim the label of long COVID, but she understands how quickly the system becomes harder to navigate once symptoms stop fitting clean categories. The stakes are not theoretical. In the United States, access to healthcare, disability benefits, and treatment still depends on whether a condition can be measured, coded, and reimbursed. For millions living with invisible illness, the burden of proof becomes the illness itself.RELATED LINKSEmily MendenhallInvisible Illness: A History, from Hysteria to Long COVIDScience PoliticsGeorgetown UniversityFEEDBACKLike this episode? Rate and review Out of Patients on your favorite podcast platform. For guest suggestions or sponsorship email podcasts@matthewzachary.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kurt Schlicter from Townhall joins Grace to discuss the Memorandum of Understanding. Then, the reflecting pool sparks a new batch of TDS hysteria amongst the left.  Visit the Howie Carr Radio Network website to access columns, podcasts, and other exclusive content.

First Partner of California, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, joins Hysteria for a conversation about her status as a right-wing media target and her new film, Miss Representation: Rise Up. Erin and Alyssa also recap Graham Platner's slew of scandals that led up to him winning the Democratic nomination for Maine's Senate seat, discuss Bari Weiss' next media move, and check in on the latest news from the Epstein files. Then they wrap up with a petty conversation about Gwyneth Paltrow's politics.Check out Alyssa's local library cookbook sale: https://claveracklibrary.org/friends/cookbook-sale-festival/ To learn more about Miss Representation: Rise Up and how to get involved, visit missrepresentationriseup.orgSeveral Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling' Behavior (NYT 6/4)Platner says he won't be an ‘a–hole' like Fetterman in Senate (The Hill 6/8)I know firsthand why Graham Platner shouldn't be a U.S. senator (WaPo 6/8)Pam Bondi claims Todd Blanche was ‘in charge' of ‘entire release' of Epstein files (The  Guardian 6/4)This agent sent models to meet Jeffrey Epstein. Now he's trying to explain why. (WaPo 6/8)Epstein abused them. The Justice Department exposed them. Now they're under attack by haters (Reuters 6/8)As 2028 looms, Jennifer Siebel Newsom faces increased conservative attacks (Politico 5/6)