Hysteria 51

Mongolian Death Worms: Acidic Annelid or Nomad Nonsense? | 156

We’re back in the cryptid cornucopia this week with Mongolian Death Worms. We know, we know….they sound cuddly, but we wouldn’t suggest snuggling up. These enormous worm-like creatures allegedly live in the Gobi desert and snack on locals for sport. They spit acid, shoot electricity, and will kill a man by a mere touch (yeah,…

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Storm Hysteria 51: The Movie: The Podcast | 155

This week we…Well, this week…You see, a funny thing happened on the way…It’s like…hmm…it’s like a Hysteria 51 adventure…Ah, forget it. You better just listen for yourself. Written by Michael Paul Gonzalez (MichaelPaulGonzalez.com / @monkeywright)In association with Radio Lost Angeles and ForthHand ProductionsProduced by Michael Paul Gonzalez and Brent Hand Starring:Brent Hand – HimselfJohn Goforth – HimselfLisa Hand –…

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Westall UFO Incident: A Close Encounter of the Australian Kind | 154

Elementary school is such a fun experience. How could you not love the art projects, lunchtime with your friends, recess, UFO sightings…. Well, that last one is specific to a small suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (also colloquially known as Westall). The Westall UFO Incident took place on April 6th, 1966, when over 200 students…

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Plum Island: Bio Weapon Black Site or Disease Deterrent? | 153

If the U.S. were to have a facility to exclusively study the deadliest animal pathogens in the world. Where do you think they would put it? Some remote outpost in the middle of nowhere? Thousands of feet underground? An island just off the coast of New York? If you took door number 3 you’re our…

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The Great Pyramid of Giza is a Water Pump w/ Steven Myers | 152

The majesty of the Great Pyramid of Giza is unrivaled. Its masterful design, its mind-boggling construction, the fact that’s its just an ancient, enormous water pump in the middle of the desert. Ummm, well, that’s the opinion of more than one expert and that of our guest this week – Steve Meyers. Steven has been…

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Abominable Snowman: Our Second Yeti Episode That We Cleverly Named To Trick You Into Listening | 151

Yetis are like Jello – there’s always room for more. This week we dive even deeper into the fury beasts. What do the locals think? Where can you find the scalp? What’s the difference between a Sherpa and a sherpa (there is one). And finally, once and for all, are they real and what are…

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Yeti: Himalayan Horror or Hiker’s Hooey? | 150

Bigfoot seems to be getting all of the press these days, but what about his O.G. cousin from the far north? The Abominable Snowman or Yeti has appeared in legend, folklore, and adventurer’s stories for years…but what is it? Are we dealing with a, yet unidentified, specimen of ape or bear? Perhaps a hominid cousin…

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High Strangeness: An Interview w/ Author Eric Bickernicks | 149

Things are getting strange in the lower 4th this week as we interview author Eric Bickernicks about his fictional (?) UFO romp, High Strangeness. Are there really spandex clad, cult members looking to “amalgamate” with aliens? Have UFOs landed in Cape Cod? Is there a better name for a law firm than Wakeman and Frasier?…

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Storm Area 51: They Can, In Fact, Stop All of Us | 148

What do you get when you combine a joke social media event with the zeitgeisty topic of UFOs? 3+ MILLION people interested in attending an impromptu party/raid of a government installation. We know, a lot to unpack here. Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us is a Facebook event created by a meme…

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The Tunguska Event: Asteroid or Aliens? | 147

On an early June morning in 1908 an explosion leveled over 770 square miles of remote Siberian forest. Effects of the event were witnessed as far away as London. The blast was said to be over 1,000 times larger than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Yet, there were no known casualties (minus a whole…

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