Hysteria 51
True Crime & Paranormal
About
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.
Episodes
- Genomes, Greys, and G-Strings | 497
What do your DNA test results, extraterrestrials, and a Florida man in a G-string have in common? Absolutely nothing... which makes this week's episode perfect. First, we dive into a wild whistleblower claim alleging the CIA has been combi…
- Grays Over Gotham: Linda Napa, The United Nations, Bud Hopkins, and an Intergalactic Love Triangle| 496
What happens when a woman claims she was abducted by aliens from a 12th-floor Manhattan apartment… in full view of the Brooklyn Bridge… while bodyguards for a high-ranking UN official allegedly watched in horror? You get one of the wildest…
- The Human Hunting Scandal & The Unsolicited Medical Makeover | 495
Somewhere between dystopian nightmare and “wait…WHAT just happened at that hospital?” lies this week’s episode. First, we dive into the deeply unsettling—and wildly bizarre—story out of Sarajevo, where authorities are investigating a so-ca…
- Borrowed Time: The Unsettling Case of Zhu Xiuhua | 494
A woman dies, is placed in a coffin… and then wakes up claiming she’s someone else entirely. Join us as we dig into the bizarre and unsettling case of Zhu Xiuhua, the woman who allegedly “borrowed a body” and kept living. After being decla…
- Moustache Hacks and Questionable Medical Miracles | 493
Join us as we dive headfirst into a world where the internet’s greatest security weakness isn’t hackers… it’s Sharpies and teenage creativity. Kids have apparently cracked the code on online age verification by drawing moustaches on their…
- Bear Suits, Bean Bags, and Bad Decisions | 492
In this week’s episode of Hysteria 51, we journey deep into the majestic wilderness of modern human stupidity. First up: a group of Californians allegedly dressed in a full-on bear costume to fake car damage for insurance money. Not metaph…
- And Then There Were 12: The UFO Scientist Death Conspiracy | 491
Why are aerospace engineers, plasma physicists, NASA scientists, anti-gravity researchers, and military space officials suddenly dying or disappearing? We’re talking MIT fusion experts, Los Alamos employees, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory…
- Naked in the Pond, Haunted in the Head | 490
When skinny dipping meets ghost busting, you get the kind of episode that makes neighborhood watch meetings feel like rejected X-Files scripts. This week on Hysteria 51 we dive headfirst into two gloriously bizarre stories: a woman alleged…
- The Ammons Haunting: Inside Indiana’s Infamous Demon House | 489
A rental house in Gary, Indiana. Black flies in the dead of winter. Children behaving... strangely. A boy allegedly walking backward up a hospital wall. Police reports. Child Protective Services removing the kids. A Catholic priest perform…
- Pleasure Tech & Poop Rides: China’s Next Big Ideas | 488
What happens when innovation answers questions no one asked… but now we can’t stop thinking about? This week on Hysteria 51 , David is joined once again by Kevin Crispin of Behind Beautiful Things as they dive headfirst into a double dose…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 ho…
- 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 rese…
- 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…
- 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…
- Honking From Above: Sky Trumpets and the British Hum | 479
Nation, it's time we crank the volume on reality and chase the creepy, metallic noises known as Sky Trumpets and British Booms . From the infamous Durham “Hum” to thunderless skyquakes that sound like phantom artillery, we dig into the str…
- Predicted Scandals & Homemade Suns: Simpsons Fans Connect Dots While Dallas Ignites Fusion | 478
This week on Hysteria 51 , we’re pinballing between cartoon conspiracy corners and a middle-schooler casually building the future in his garage. First up: Simpsons sleuths are doing what Simpsons sleuths do, pausing a 25-year-old episode l…
- Fowl Play & Rearmament: The Janesville Turkey Uprising & The Unthinkable Artillery Insertion | 476
This week on Hysteria 51 , we’re serving up a double feature where nature chooses violence… and humanity chooses unhinged . First: Janesville, Wisconsin is apparently living inside a Thanksgiving-themed action movie. A flock of wild turkey…
- The Loop Breaker: Fringe Aftermath of the Nashville Christmas Bombing | 475
Nashville woke up to the strangest Christmas soundtrack imaginable in 2020: an RV parked on 2nd Avenue, a calm recorded warning to evacuate… and “Downtown” playing like a twisted holiday playlist no one asked for. We are going to walk thro…
- Nacho Jet vs. Martian Microbes: Area 51 “Dorito” Craft Meets Mars Mystery | 474
This week on Hysteria 51 , we’re chasing two flavors of “are we alone?” and one of them is suspiciously nacho-adjacent. First, the skies over Area 51 served up a late-night special: a mysterious “Dorito-shaped” aircraft spotted cruising ne…
- Satanic Panis: H51 Retro Rewind | 473
Brent & David are traveling this week so we are digging back into the H51 coffers for a retro episode. It's Satanic Panic time this week on Hysteria 61! Original Description: Remember that year or two in the 80’s when you weren’t allowed t…
- One Small Step for Luxury, One Giant Whiff for Neuroscience: Lunar Hotels and the Science of Sniffing Farts | 472
Pack your bags (and maybe a clothespin for your nose) because this week on Hysteria 51 we’re going interplanetary and intestinal. First up: luxury travel has officially left Earth. A startup is taking reservations—yes, real money —to be am…
- Dial H for Hysteria: Listener Voicemails! | 471
This week, we’re turning the mic over to you . It’s a full-on voicemail spectacular—packed with listener reactions, hot takes, strange questions, wild theories, and the kind of chaotic energy that can only come from people brave enough to…
- Mammal Math & Stadium Slapstick | 470
This week on Hysteria 51 , we’re tackling two stories that prove nature and sports both have a wildly unhinged sense of humor. First up: science says blocking reproduction may be linked to longer lifespans in mammals —with a large analysis…
- Mid-Air Mayhem & Psychic Irony | 468
This week on Hysteria 51 , we’re boarding a flight straight into chaos—because one United Airlines flight reportedly had to divert after a passenger disrupted the crew , turning “in-flight service” into “in-flight survival mode.” If you’ve…
- Florida Teleportation Crimes & Victorian Shoe Tide | 467
This week on Hysteria 51 , we’re taking a scenic drive straight through the Bermuda Triangle of bad decisions—starting in Volusia County, Florida , where a man involved in a crash in a stolen BMW convertible allegedly told deputies he didn…
- Frog Guts & Demon Hunting Rats | 466
This week on Hysteria 51 , we’re ping-ponging between “medical science is incredible” and “we are absolutely doomed (pun intended).” First up: researchers in Japan isolated a gut bacterium from Japanese tree frogs that, in a preclinical mo…
- 3I/ATLAS The Interstellar Drive-By That is Breaking Everyone’s Brain | 465
An interstellar object just cruised into our cosmic neighborhood and—naturally—humanity immediately responded with calm, measured curiosity… by screaming “ALIENS!” into the void. This week on Hysteria 51, we’re diving into 3I/ATLAS, the la…
- The Great GameStop Barter and Rock Skim Con | 464
This week on Hysteria 51 , we’re serving up two stories that prove society is being held together by duct tape and pure audacity. First: GameStop’s “Trade Anything Day.” And they meant anything . Customers reportedly rolled in with a goose…
- Bananas, Crates, and Maybe-Monkey Debates: The De Loys' Ape Story | 463
Picture this: You and 19 of your closest coworkers go into the jungle looking for oil. Three years later, only four of you come out. You’ve buried most of your friends, you almost died of disease, and somewhere along the way you shot what…
- Mysteries of the Great Sphinx: Edgar Cayce, Hidden Tunnels, SAR Scans, and one Angry Zahi Hawass | 461
Picture this: the gods have come and gone, dynasties have risen and face-planted, cities have popped up and crumbled, tourists have come, posed, and posted a million thirst traps on Instagram… but the Sphinx is still just sitting there lik…
- Space Mystery & Weaponized AI Poetry: Weird News on Hysteria 51 | 460
Is the universe trying to text us back… or did someone just butt-dial from deep space? This week on Hysteria 51 we dive into truly weird news: first, scientists are stumped by a bizarre cosmic image that defies easy explanation, sparking f…
- Ancient Nuclear War | 459
Did ancient civilizations nuke themselves into oblivion… or did the History Channel just get bored again? This week we dive headfirst into the rabbit hole of Ancient Nuclear Wars – from the “radioactive” skeletons of Mohenjo-Daro, to alleg…
- Weird Thai Awakening & Finger Lakes UFOs | 458
In this episode of Hysteria 51 , we’re cranking the weird meter to 11 with a double feature of near-cremation resurrection and mysterious UFO lights over New York’s Finger Lakes . First, we head to Thailand, where a woman declared dead was…
- Homeopathy Exposed: Magic Water, Real Harm | 457
Is homeopathy a gentle natural cure… or just really confident sugar pills? This week on Hysteria 51 Kevin Crispin of the Behind Beautiful Things podcast joins us as we dive into the strange world of “like cures like,” ultra-dilutions, and…
- CIA Mind Games & the Mystery Box of Body Parts | 456
This week on Hysteria 51 , we’re cracking open boxes— and secrets —that should have stayed sealed. First up, a Canadian woman is suing the CIA after claiming she was experimented on at age 16 as part of a secret mind control project. Think…
- Burrows Cave: Lost Treasure, Wild Claims & Southern Illinois Mysteries | 455
Grab your torches, your questionable treasure maps, and maybe a chisel or two (for research purposes ), because this week Hysteria 51 returns with regular episodes as we digs into Burrows Cave — Southern Illinois’ most controversial cavern…
- Butt Breathing & Sniffable Zoo Exhibits | 454
This week on Hysteria 51 , we're going all-in on the rear end with an episode so bizarre, you’ll need both nostrils and an open mind. First, we head to Japan where an aquarium has launched an “educational” exhibit that lets visitors smell…
- Haunted Car Wash & UFOs at Nuke Sites | 453
This week on Hysteria 51 , we’re sudsing up the spooky and scrubbing down the strange! First, we take a spin through a haunted car wash in California that turns your sedan into a scream machine. Clowns, chainsaws, and soap—what could possi…
- Ghost Broadcasts & Falling Poop Rocks | 452
This week on Hysteria 51 , we crank the weird dial to 11 with phantom radio signals and frozen sky turds —because that’s where the news cycle is at, folks. First up: Cambodia is accusing Thailand of psychological warfare via ghostly broadc…
- Mummy DNA Mystery & The Man Who Towed a Ship With His Teeth | 449
This week on Hysteria 51, we flex our mental muscles and our molars as we dive into a pair of stories that’ll have you questioning reality—and your dentist. First up: Egyptian strongman Ashraf Mahrous has gone viral for towing a 31-ton shi…
- Butt Sniffers, Fart Spray Mayhem & Alien Tentacle Rocks | 448
This week on Hysteria 51, we're sniffing out the weirdest corners of the news cycle—and we mean that very literally. First up: California’s notorious serial butt sniffer is back behind bars after yet another arrest. We didn’t think it was…