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 latest confirmed visitor from beyond our solar system. Is it just a dirty, fast-moving comet minding its own business? Or is it something a little more… engineered? We break down what scientists actually know so far, why this thing has the internet acting like it found a Wi-Fi signal in the Kuiper Belt, and what the “completely natural” crowd says (spoiler: they have math and spectra and other buzzkills).

Then we do what we do best: lean into the fun. If 3I/ATLAS is under intelligent control—even hypothetically—what does that mean for humanity? First contact? Surveillance? A cosmic prank? Or just a high-speed reminder that we are absolutely not the main character of the universe.

Strap in, stare into the sky suspiciously, and remember: “closest approach” doesn’t mean “close,” but it does mean the conspiracy machine is about to hit maximum RPM this week on Hysteria 51!

Special thanks to this week’s research sources:

YouTube (video): 3I/ATLAS Is Causing Scientists To Panic. Here’s Why. YouTube. YouTube

NASA Science: NASA. (n.d.). Comet 3I/ATLAS (mission/observation timeline page). NASA Science. NASA Science

Minor Planet Center (MPEC): Minor Planet Center. (2025, Jul 2). MPEC 2025-N12: 3I/ATLAS = C/2025 N1 (ATLAS). Minor Planet Center

arXiv (early discovery & characterization): Discovery and Preliminary Characterization of a Third Interstellar Object: 3I/ATLAS. arXiv:2507.02757. (2025). arXiv

MNRAS (SOAR photometry): Frincke, T. T., et al. (2026). Near-discovery SOAR photometry of the third interstellar object: 3I/ATLAS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (Advance Article). OUP Academic

MNRAS Letters (spectrum paper): Opitom, C., Snodgrass, C., Jehin, E., et al. (2025, Nov). Snapshot of a new interstellar comet: 3I/ATLAS has a red and featureless spectrum. MNRAS: Letters, 544(1), L31–L36. OUP Academic

A&A (context vs other comets/interstellars): de la Fuente Marcos, R., et al. (2025). Assessing interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias… Astronomy & Astrophysics. A&A Scientific Journal

arXiv (technological hypothesis paper): Hibberd, A., Crowl, A., & Loeb, A. (2025, Jul 16). Is the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Alien Technology? arXiv:2507.12213. arXiv

Jason Wright (rebuttal / anomaly breakdown): Wright, J. (2025, Nov 9). Loeb’s 3I/ATLAS “Anomalies” Explained. AstroWright (Penn State). Penn State Sites

Secondary roundup referencing rebuttal: ScienceAlert. (2025, Nov 13). Don’t Panic! 3I/ATLAS Isn’t an Alien Death Probe, But It Is Wildly Unusual. ScienceAlert

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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, a bobcat, and a Wii Netflix disc—which is basically the Rosetta Stone of “please don’t ask how long this has been in my trunk.” If you’ve ever wondered what retail looks like when chaos is the manager on duty, welcome home.

Then we head to the high-stakes world of competitive stone skimming, where a cheating scandal has allegedly rocked the World Stone Skimming Championships—because apparently even skipping rocks isn’t safe from scandal, suspicion, and somebody’s cousin “who definitely knows a guy.” It’s sports drama, but with wetter pants and more passive-aggressive shoreline energy.

Two stories. Zero dignity. Maximum weird. Hit play and let’s skim straight into the absurd.

Links & Resources

📌GameStop Trade in Chaos

📌Stone Cold Scandal

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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 might be the first ever “American ape.”

Or...you shot a spider monkey, cut off its tail, and accidentally invented one of the dumbest racist “missing link” hoaxes in history.

Welcome to this week’s saga, the De Loys’ Ape, on Hysteria 51!

Special thanks to this week’s research sources:

Core historical & zoological background

1.   Wikipedia contributors. “François de Loys.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. (accessed 2025).Wikipedia

2.   “De Loys’ Ape.” Swiss National Museum Blog (2025). nationalmuseum.ch/swiss-monster-hunters

3.   “De Loys’ Ape – History of Geology.” History of Geology blog, Feb 2011. historyofgeology.fieldofscience.com

4.   David Bressan, “De Loys’ Ape Was a Well Played Anthropological Fraud.” Forbes, Jan 2016.Forbes

Montandon, taxonomy, and racist theory

5.   “Proto-Nazi Hoax: The ‘Ape’ in Green Hell.” Cryptomundo (Loren Coleman), 2007.cryptomundo.com

6.   “Ameranthropoides loysi.” Biology Online archive / Monstropedia entry.Bio Dictionary Online+1

Tejera letter & debunking

7.   “The Truth About the Venezuelan Monkey.” Interciencia / ResearchGate summary.ResearchGate

8.   Strange Animals Podcast blog, January 2019 entries discussing De Loys’ ape and Tejera’s letter.strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net+1

Morphology and spider monkey identification

9.   Karl Shuker, “A Picture of Monkey Business – Or, How a Small Furry Pet Became a Giant Mystery Ape.” ShukerNature blog, July 2017.karlshuker.blogspot.com

10.“MonoGrande, DeLoy’s Ape.” Bigfoot Encounters / Mono Grande essay quoting Ivan T. Sanderson.Bigfoot Encounters+1

South American cryptid primates (Mono Grande & others)

11.“Mono Grande.” Wikipedia.Wikipedia

12.“Mono Grande – South American Ape.” Fortunecity / Bigfoot Encounters archive.FortuneCity Community

13.“Mono Grande.” Cryptid Wiki / New Cryptozoology Wiki and related pages.Cryptid Wiki+1

14.Occultopedia entry on “Mono Rei / Mono Grande / Di-Di.”m.occultopedia.com

General cryptid / cultural references

15.“De Loys’ Ape | Cryptid Wiki.”Cryptid Wiki

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This week on Hysteria 51, Christmas gets weird and history gets shinier. First up: we deck the halls with Ozempic syringe Christmas ornaments, Botox baubles, air-fryer decorations, and Taylor Swift hanging next to baby Jesus—because nothing says “tidings of comfort and joy” like a weight-loss injection twinkling in the tree lights. We dive into the very real boom in bizarre Christmas baubles and what it says about consumer culture, wellness obsessions, and our desperate need to turn literally everything into décor.

Then we sail straight from the mall to the “holy grail of shipwrecks”: the 18th-century Spanish galleon San José, finally giving up its first treasures after 300+ years on the ocean floor—cannons, coins, porcelain, and a whole lot of international drama over who actually owns the loot.

Expect Conspiracy Bot to immediately claim maritime salvage rights while we unpack the real story behind the treasure hunt, the deep-sea tech, and the $20 billion question.

If you’re into weird news, true treasure stories, odd Christmas trends, Ozempic ornaments, and cursed shipwreck gold, this episode is your festive, barnacle-encrusted fever dream.

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📌Xmas Pricks

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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 like, “Yeah, I’ll wait.”

Today we’re heading to Giza to talk about the world’s most famous stone cat with a people head: the Great Sphinx of Egypt. It’s massive, it’s mysterious, it’s eroding faster than our faith in humanity, and it sits at the crossroads of legit science, wild speculation, and whatever the hell Edgar Cayce was doing.

We’re going to walk through what the Sphinx actually is, what we think we know about its history, how old it might be, why people keep insisting there’s a secret Atlantean library under its paws, what modern tech like ground-penetrating radar and fancy satellite scans are actually showing under the Giza plateau, and why so many folks see Dr. Zahi Hawass as the final boss of “Nothing To See Here, Move Along.”

Strap on the sunscreen, adjust your tinfoil nemes, and get ready for Hysteria 51.

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Main References Mentioned in the Episode

• Lehner, Mark.
• The Complete Pyramids: Solving the Ancient Mysteries.
• London: Thames & Hudson, 1997.
• Hawass, Zahi.
• The Secrets of the Sphinx: Restoration Past and Present.
• Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 1998.
• Jordan, Paul.
• Riddles of the Sphinx.
• New York: New York University Press, 1998.
• Gauri, K. Lal, John J. Sinai, and Jayanta K. Bandyopadhyay.
• “Geologic Weathering and Its Implications on the Age of the Sphinx.”
• Geoarchaeology 10, no. 2 (1995): 119–133.
• Schoch, Robert M.
• Voices of the Rocks: A Scientist Looks at Catastrophes and Ancient Civilizations.
• New York: Harmony Books, 1999.
• Reader, Colin.
• “A Geomorphological Study of the Giza Necropolis, with Implications for the Development of the Site.”
• Archaeometry 43, no. 1 (2001): 149–159.
• Sharafeldin, S. M., K. S. Essa, M. A. S. Youssef, H. Karsli, Z. E. Diab, and N. Sayil.
• “Shallow Geophysical Techniques to Investigate the Groundwater Table at the Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt.”
• Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems 8 (2019): 29–43.
• https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-8-29-2019
• Biondi, Filippo, and Corrado Malanga.
• “Synthetic Aperture Radar Doppler Tomography Reveals Details of Undiscovered High-Resolution Internal Structure of the Great Pyramid of Giza.”
• Remote Sensing 14, no. 20 (2022): 5231.
• https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14205231
• Hancock, Graham, and Robert Bauval.
• The Message of the Sphinx: A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind.
• New York: Crown, 1996.
• Cayce, Edgar Evans, and Edgar Cayce.
• Edgar Cayce on Atlantis.
• New York: Hawthorn Books, 1968.

Geology, Weathering & Age of the Sphinx

• Gauri, K. Lal.
• “Geologic Study of the Sphinx.”
• Newsletter of the American Research Center in Egypt 127 (1984): 24–43.
• Gauri, K. Lal.
• “Geologic Features and the Durability of Limestone at the Sphinx.”
• Environmental Geology and Water Science 16 (1990): 57–62.
• Chowdhury, A. N., A. R. Punuru, and K. L. Gauri.
• “Weathering of Limestone Beds at the Great Sphinx.”
• Environmental Geology and Water Science 15 (1990): 217–223.
• Harrell, James A.
• “The Sphinx Controversy: Another Look at the Geological Evidence.”
• KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt 5, no. 3 (1994): 70–74.
• Matthusen, August.
• “A Rebuttal to Robert Schoch on the Weathering of the Great Sphinx.”
• (Online article, catchpenny.org, c. 1999.)
• Harrell, James A.
• “Comments on the Geological Evidence for the Sphinx’s Age.”
• (Online article, Hall of Ma’at, 2000s.)
• Liritzis, Ioannis, and Asimina Vafiadou.
• “Surface Luminescence Dating of Some Egyptian Monuments.”
• Journal of Cultural Heritage 16, no. 2 (2015): 134–150.
• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2014.05.007

Geophysics, Groundwater & Subsurface Scans

• Sharafeldin, S. M., et al.
• “Shallow Geophysical Techniques to Investigate the Groundwater Table at the Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt.”
• Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems 8 (2019): 29–43.
• Sato, Motoyuki, et al.
• “GPR and ERT Exploration in the Western Cemetery in Giza, Egypt.”
• Archaeological Prospection (2024).
• (Ground-penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography survey west of the pyramids.)
• Biondi, Filippo, and Corrado Malanga.
• “Synthetic Aperture Radar Doppler Tomography…” (as above).
• (Satellite SAR micro-motion tomography on Khufu’s pyramid.)
• Lehner, Mark.
• “ARCE Sphinx Project 1979–1983 Archive.”
• American Research Center in Egypt / OpenContext.
• (Field notes and geological collaboration with K. Lal Gauri and T. Aigner.)

Alternative Chronologies, Orion / Leo & “As Above, So Below”

• West, John Anthony.
• Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt.
• Wheaton, IL: Quest Books, 1993 (rev. ed.).
• Schoch, Robert M., and Robert Bauval.
• Origins of the Sphinx: Celestial Guardian of Pre-Pharaonic Civilization.
• Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, 2017.
• Bauval, Robert, and Adrian Gilbert.
• The Orion Mystery: Unlocking the Secrets of the Pyramids.
• New York: Crown, 1994.
• Hancock, Graham, and Robert Bauval.
• The Message of the Sphinx (as above).

Esoteric, Hall of Records & Atlantis Material

• Cayce, Edgar Evans, and Edgar Cayce.
• Edgar Cayce on Atlantis.
• New York: Hawthorn Books, 1968.
• Todeschi, Kevin J.
• Edgar Cayce on the Akashic Records: The Book of Life.
• Virginia Beach: A.R.E. Press, 1998.
• Todeschi, Kevin J.
• Edgar Cayce’s Atlantis.
• Charlottesville, VA: 4th Dimension Press, 2014.
• Blavatsky, Helena P.
• The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy.
• London: Theosophical Publishing Company, 1888.
• Lewis, Harvey Spencer.
• Rosicrucian monographs and AMORC publications on hidden chambers at Giza (early 20th century).

Zahi Hawass, Antiquities Politics & Controversies

• Hawass, Zahi.
• The Secrets of the Sphinx (as above).
• Murphy, Kim.
• “Getty Institute Probes Riddle of the Deteriorating Sphinx.”
• Los Angeles Times, May 16, 1990.
• Borger, Julian.
• “The Fall of Zahi Hawass.”
• Smithsonian Magazine, July 17, 2011.
• “Zahi Hawass Fired.”
• The History Blog, July 18, 2011.
• “History Catches Up to Famous Egyptologist Zahi Hawass.”
• The World (PRI), August 1, 2016.

Egyptomania & Cultural Context

• Fritze, Ronald H.
• Egyptomania: A History of Fascination, Obsession and Fantasy.
• London: Reaktion Books, 2016.

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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 fresh debates about aliens, astrophysics, and whether the universe just hit “reply all.” Then we tackle the story of how poems can trick AI into helping build a nuclear weapon—because obviously the one thing doomsday scenarios were missing was slam poetry.

Join us as we roast bad ideas, unpack the real science, and ask why our smartest tech keeps falling for rhyming prompt hacks. If you love weird news, space mysteries, AI gone wrong, and podcasts that mix skepticism with snark, this episode is your new favorite apocalypse warm-up.

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📌Home Nuke Hacks

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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 alleged atom-bomb craters in the desert, to the Mahabharata passages that sound suspiciously like somebody watched a Cold War documentary and got way too excited. We’ll talk vimanas (ancient flying machines), biblical firestorms, desert glass, and why every weird rock seems to mean “aliens with launch codes” to at least one guy on YouTube.

Along the way, we’ll pit wild fringe theories against boring things like geology, archaeology, and physics (booooo), ask whether Oppenheimer accidentally subtweeted the Vedic gods, and decide if the only real ancient WMD was still… humans and their bad decisions. Was there a Bronze Age Fallout-style apocalypse, or is this just another case of modern nuclear anxiety cosplaying in ancient texts? Tune in as Hysteria 51 flips the Geiger counter on Ancient Nuclear War.

Special thanks to this week’s research sources:

• Pauwels, Louis, and Jacques Bergier. The Morning of the Magicians: Secret Societies, Conspiracies, and Vanished Civilizations. Destiny Books, 2008.
• Discussions of the Jodhpur “radioactive ash” story as a modern hoax or unsubstantiated legend. (Isvara Archive)
• Libyan Desert Glass and impact evidence (reidite, zircon breakdown, dating to ~29 million years ago). (Wikipedia)
• Jason Colavito’s work on “ancient atom bombs,” Mahabharata misquotes, and the myth’s modern origins. (JASON COLAVITO)
• Background on Pauwels & Bergier’s The Morning of the Magicians and its role in popularizing “fantastic realism.” (Wikipedia)
• References to Matest Agrest’s interpretations of Sodom, Gomorrah, and Baalbek as nuclear/spaceport events. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
• Coverage of modern proponents like Billy Carson and Ancient Aliens episodes promoting the ancient nuclear war narrative. (Daily Express US)
• Research on Tall el-Hammam and cosmic airbursts as real Bronze Age city-destroying events. (uaf.edu)
•  K. A. R. Kennedy’s work and later summaries on Mohenjo-Daro skeletons and the debunking of the “massacre” and “radiation” stories. (Ancient Origins)

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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 sent to the crematorium—only to wake up in her coffin moments before cremation. Was it a medical mistake, a glitch in the Matrix, or proof that you really can hit snooze on the afterlife?

Then we jet to upstate New York, where baffled residents spotted a bright, unexplained light hanging over the Finger Lakes, sparking talk of aliens, secret military tests, and one very confused planet Venus. We break down the eyewitness reports, possible explanations, and what it all means for believers and skeptics alike.

From a Thai “back from the dead” miracle to a sky full of questions, Weird Thai Awakening & Finger Lakes UFOs delivers spooky true stories, dark humor, and just enough tinfoil-hat energy to keep you checking both your heartbeat and the night sky.

Links & Resources

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📌Not so U. F. O.

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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 remedies so watered down they make LaCroix look concentrated. From onion pills for allergies to ghostly duck-liver flu treatments, we break down how homeopathy works, why people swear by it, and how it can turn downright dangerous when it replaces real medical care.

We’ll explore the bizarre history of homeopathy, its modern comeback as “alternative medicine,” and the very real harm when serious conditions get treated with nothing more than placebo pellets and good vibes. But we’re also turning a skeptical eye on the U.S. healthcare system itself—because when seeing a real doctor costs a small mortgage payment, it’s no wonder people reach for magic water. Tune in for jokes, science, and just enough rage to dilute your faith in everyone equally.

Special thanks to this week’s research sources:

Websites

Arizona Homeopathic - https://arizonahomeopathic.org/homeopathy-and-covid-19/

Discover Homeopathy - https://www.discoverhomeopathy.co.uk/victims/

Science Based Medicine - https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/belief-in-homeopathy-results-in-the-death-of-a-7-year-old-italian-child/

Springer - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00508-020-01624-x 

Scientific American - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hundreds-of-babies-harmed-by-homeopathic-remedies-families-say/

Perth Now - https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/cancer-victim-penelope-dingle-in-awe-of-homeopath---husband-ng-7c51c3e2f263eb5e4e530d5cb0a8b152

National Library of Medicine - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7253376/

National Library of Medicine - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1676328/

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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 MK-Ultra, but with a teenage twist. Spoiler alert: It does not end with a high school diploma and a nice internship.

Then we double down on disturbing deliveries as another woman receives a package she didn’t order: a box of human body parts instead of her medication. We don’t know who’s running this shipping company, but they really need to check the labels.

From rogue government programs to UPS nightmares, this episode is one part conspiracy, two parts horror, and all Hysteria.

Buckle in, because reality’s on backorder and your meds might be… someone’s femur.

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📌CIA Daycare

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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 of supposed mysteries. From alleged ancient tablets to world-changing artifacts no one can ever seem to produce on command, this saga has everything: secret chambers, wild treasure legends, feuding researchers, and enough fringe archaeology to make Indiana Jones ask for a transfer.

Brent, David, and Conspiracy Bot tunnel into the strange history, the skeptical takedowns, the die-hard believers, and the many, many reasons this cave might be more fiction than fossil record. But hey — that never stopped us before.

Is Burrows Cave a hidden archaeological jackpot, an elaborate hoax, or just the Midwest being the Midwest? Grab your hard hat and find out as we descend into one of America’s weirdest underground mysteries.

Special thanks to this week’s research sources:

Books

Burrows, Russell E., and Fred Rydholm. The Mystery Cave of Many Faces: A History of Burrows Cave. Marquette, MI: Superior Heartland, Inc., 1992.

Websites

Critical Enquiry - https://www.criticalenquiry.org/burrowscave/burrows.shtml

Burrows Cave- https://burrowscave.io/

USGENWEB - https://www.wvgw.net/calhoun/russ.htm

Jason Colavito Blog - https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/harry-hubbard-answers-your-questions-on-the-illinois-caves-and-america-unearthed

Jason Colavito Blog - https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/harry-hubbard-tries-to-sell-me-an-ancient-artifact

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