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Project Blue Beam | 267
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12/27/21 • 55 min
NASA, the United Nations, and the anti-Christ walk into a bar. Stop us if you've heard this one before. No? Well, those three and a select few others are all teamed up to use sky beams and Tupac-less holograms to try and take over the world! Or at least that is what Serge Monast told the world in his 1994 book, Project Blue Beam. They are using religions and pandemics against us, he swore, until he died. But that didn’t stop his cult like followers from preaching his theories to the world. Luckily Jay Settlemyer from Project Skeptic Podcast stops by to help us unpack it all this week on the podcast that doesn’t need sky holograms and telepathy to take over the world; we have a robot for that- Hysteria 51
Special thanks to this week’s research sources:
Books
Project Blue Beam | Serge Monast
Les Protocoles de Toronto (6.6.6) | Serge Monast
Videos
China Floating City - https://www.cnn.com/2015/10/20/world/china-floating-city-video-feat/index.html
Websites
Myth Detector - http://mythdetector.ge/en/myth/where-does-blue-beam-conspiracy-originate
William Guy Carr - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Guy_Carr
Educate-Yourself - https://educate-yourself.org/cn/sergemonast1994transcript.shtm
Serge Monast Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_Monas
Devil's Due (Star Trek: The Next Generation) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Due_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)
Star Trek: The God Thing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_God_Thing
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protocols_of_the_Elders_of_Zion|
CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2015/10/20/world/china-floating-city-video-feat/index.html
Fata Morgana (mirage) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fata_Morgana_(mirage)
News.Com - https://www.news.com.au/technology/project-blue-beam-conspiracy-theory-suggests-nasa-has-secret-plans-to-create-new-world-order/news-story/25266f2c57e89e139f0fa9daddeb0953
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01/10/25 • 58 min
Did you know America once eyed hippos as a solution to its problems? This week on Hysteria 51 we dive into the bizarre yet true tale of how early 20th-century Louisiana faced a water hyacinth invasion and a looming food shortage—and how importing hippos, lovingly dubbed “lake cows,” was proposed as the answer. Join us as we explore the strange saga of "Lake Cow Bacon," the politicians and eccentric dreamers behind the plan, and why this idea almost became reality. Grab a plate of hypothetical hippo bacon, and let’s get weird with history!
Special thanks to this week’s research sources:
Videos
Exploring 'Lake Cow Bacon': A Unique American Tale | weird history - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_d2LkczvLY
America's Secret Plan to Replace BEEF with HIPPOS - https://youtu.be/ChqkNAeJygM?si=lu4ZzqkrrltaMETh
Websites
Second Boer War: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War
The Daily Beast - https://www.thedailybeast.com/lake-bacon-the-story-of-the-man-who-wanted-us-to-eat-mississippi-hippos/
Smithsonian Magazine - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-us-almost-became-a-nation-of-hippo-ranchers-180982244/
On Pasture - https://onpasture.com/2016/04/18/u-s-hippo-ranches-and-lake-cow-bacon/
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12/22/21 • 102 min
It's another switcheroo week on Hysteria 51 as the boys from Canada take over to tell the tale of Donald Shrum and the Cisco UFO Encounter
The Cisco UFO Encounter
In 1964, then 26-year-old Donald Shrum, with two of his close friends, traveled up into the Sierra Nevada mountain range of Northeastern California. Known to history as “Gold Country” the mountains not only possess rich mineral variety but also boast an impressive abundance of plant and animal life. Shrum and his companions were set to participate in a leisurely weekend of bowhunting among the pristine forests and rugged ridges set within Tahoe National Park. Shrum had no idea that on this trip he would have an experience that would fill his nightmares for years. An experience that would stay locked within the files of official UFO investigators until finally brought to light in 2005. This case file, join the Theorists as they talk about archery and shaft work in... The Cisco UFO Encounter
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Beautiful Blurry Hysteria: Dollars in the Dump, Bugs in Your Belly, and Farts in the Mail | 413
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02/19/25 • 36 min
It’s another Beautiful Blurry Hysteria as Kevin Crispin of Behind Beautiful Things joins us for a journey through the weirdest headlines the internet has to offer! First up, the European Union says yes to mealworm powder in food—because nothing says "sustainable future" like a little extra crunch in your croissant. Then, we dive into the tale of a man who lost millions in Bitcoin to a landfill and is still trying to dig his way to crypto redemption. Finally, we close with a real stinker—a woman sending fart jars to her boyfriend’s ex. Because, as they say, revenge is a dish best served... gassy? Buckle up for absurdity, laughter, and the kind of investigative journalism that only Blurry Hysteria can deliver.
News Stories Mentioned:
Dump Coin: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/world/europe/bitcoin-wales-james-howells-landfill.html
Illegal Farts: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rhiannon-evans-sent-farts-to-boyfriends-ex_n_679bb76ae4b0db2051ad1efd
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01/08/25 • 34 min
This week, we’re serving up a smorgasbord of strange! First, we sink our teeth into the tale of a woman who took "jawbreaker" a little too literally—because candy shouldn’t come with a side of dental disaster. Then, we go nuclear (literally) with the bizarre practice of detonating file cabinets for "science." It’s an explosive mix of absurdity and hilarity you don’t want to miss!
News Stories Mentioned:
Jawbreaker: https://www.odditycentral.com/news/woman-breaks-jaw-after-biting-into-jawbreaker-candy.html#google_vignette
File Go Boom: https://www.ripleys.com/stories/nuking-file-cabinets
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05/29/24 • 53 min
“I have deposited in the county of Bedford, about four miles from Buford's [Tavern], in an excavation or vault, six feet below the surface of the ground, the following articles, belonging jointly to the parties whose names are given in number three, herewith:
The first deposit consisted of ten hundred and fourteen pounds of gold, and thirty-eight hundred and twelve pounds of silver, deposited Nov. eighteen nineteen. The second was made Dec. eighteen twenty-one, and consisted of nineteen hundred and seven pounds of gold, and twelve hundred and eighty-eight of silver; also jewels, obtained in St. Louis in exchange to save transportation, and valued at thirteen thousand dollars.
The above is securely packed in iron pots, with iron covers. The vault is roughly lined with stone, and the vessels rest on solid stone, and are covered with others. Paper number one describes the exact locality of the vault, so that no difficulty will be had in finding it.” - Thomas Jefferson Beale, from the second cipher text of the Beale Papers, allegedly written in 1822.
Is it time to channel your inner Gus Chiggins and get to hunting for gold? Or maybe all of this a cunning ruse or just a flat out lie? We explore that and more this week with The Beale Ciphers on Hysteria 51!
Special thanks to this week’s research sources:
Books and Papers
Nickell, Joe. “Discovered: The Secret of Beale's Treasure.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 90, no. 3, 1982, pp. 310–324. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4248566. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4248566?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3Aa34aec73e13b80ba0f2d706fd12112c0&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Websites
Rational Wiki - https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Beale_ciphers
Mental Floss - https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/540277/beale-ciphers-buried-treasure
Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beale_ciphers
Skeptoid - https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4301
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07/31/24 • 32 min
It's Weird News Time!
First up, we've got sharks off the coast of Brazil getting an unexpected high—turns out these sea creatures tested positive for cocaine! Is it a new species of "party sharks," or are we just witnessing the side effects of ocean pollution? Join us as we unravel the mystery behind these cokehead cartilaginous fish.
Next, we jump into the cosmos with news that sounds straight out of a sci-fi movie—a warp drive that might actually work within known physics! Is Star Trek about to become reality, or is this just another case of science fiction creeping into the lab? We'll break down the science (or lack thereof) behind this groundbreaking concept and speculate on when we can expect to zip across the galaxy at warp speed.
News Stories Mentioned:
Party Sharks: https://news.sky.com/story/sharks-off-brazil-coast-test-positive-for-cocaine-13183543
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11/20/24 • 41 min
This week, Blurry Hysteria turns the weird dial to Kentucky via Canada (AKA 11) as we delve into stories you won’t believe (but probably wish you could un-hear). First, we head to Nova Scotia, where a shocking discovery in a Walmart oven raises questions (and eyebrows). Then, it’s off to good old Kentucky for a tale that’s equal parts crime drama and macabre mystery as body parts lead to an arrest that feels ripped from a horror flick. Tune in for all the bizarre twists, ridiculous theories, and the dark humor that drives Kevin Crispin crazy. Oh yeah, Mr. Sad Times Podcast himself is here too this week!
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H51 Classic: Project Montauk | BONUS
Hysteria 51
04/27/22 • 61 min
H51 Classic Time!!
Stranger Things Season 4 is coming out soon so what better way to celebrate than to revisit our Montauk episode, the story that gave inspiration to the Stranger Things. Plus, who doesn't want some more Peck in their life?!?!?!
Original Description:
On the eastern tip of Long Island New York sits the sleepy town of Montauk. It’s a summertime getaway for New York’s affluent and also happens to be the home of one of the darkest conspiracy theories in US history – the “Project Montauk ”. Allegedly a special ops black site where children were kidnapped, brainwashed, and experimented on, dissected, and killed. The purposes of which ranged from mind control, remove viewing, and ESP to telekinesis and ripping holes in space time. Were thousands of children turned into the telekinetic super soldiers...or is this just the mad ramblings of some weird old men. We’ll journey into the upside down to find out. Plus, Brent professes his love for Wynona (Judd), the boys have an uncomfortable debate about the pronunciation of Winona’s first name (Ryder), and Joe Peck joins the show for the last time (C-Bot means it this time). All of that and more on the podcast that doesn’t always pick topics that have TV shows loosely based on them, but when we do it’s always Stranger Things – Hysteria 51.
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02/24/25 • 70 min
Before the X-Files, before Bigfoot reality shows, before your uncle went down a YouTube rabbit hole and now won’t shut up about lizard people—there was Charles Hoy Fort. A man who spent his life collecting the weirdest, wildest, and most WTF-worthy stories that science tried (and failed) to explain. From raining frogs to UFOs before they were even called UFOs, Fort cataloged it all and basically invented the field of Forteana—aka the study of all things bizarre,
spooky, and questionably sane. AKA our bread and butter!
But who was Fort? A misunderstood genius? A professional weirdo? The first-ever Reddit or 4 Chan mod? Join us as we dive into the life, work, and general badassery of the man who made the strange, well... stranger. Spoiler alert: he burned a lot of his own work: was it because even he couldn’t believe what he was writing? Or it was all true and the powers that be made him do it? That’s for you to decide...
Buckle up, because this week we’re getting Fortean as hell on Hysteria 51.
Special thanks to this week’s research sources:
Essays
Strange Gods: Charles Fort’s Book of the Damned (1919) - https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/charles-fort-and-the-book-of-the-damned/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Books
The Book of the Damned | Charles Fort (1919)
Websites
Skeptic’s Dictionary - https://skepdic.com/fortean.html
University of Florida - https://people.clas.ufl.edu/tharpold/
Washington University in St. Louis - https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=wushta_spr2018&utm_source=chatgpt.com
University of Chicago - https://divinity.uchicago.edu/sightings/articles/showers-blood-cosmology-charles-fort-p-genesius-durica?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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How many episodes does Hysteria 51 have?
Hysteria 51 currently has 529 episodes available.
What topics does Hysteria 51 cover?
The podcast is about Comedy, Podcasts, Social Sciences and Science.
What is the most popular episode on Hysteria 51?
The episode title 'Project Blue Beam | 267' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Hysteria 51?
The average episode length on Hysteria 51 is 58 minutes.
How often are episodes of Hysteria 51 released?
Episodes of Hysteria 51 are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Hysteria 51?
The first episode of Hysteria 51 was released on Sep 20, 2016.
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