Hysteria 51
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Hysteria 51 is a weekly podcast that takes an every-man approach to the World of the Weird - UFOs, Aliens, Mysteries, Conspiracies, the Paranormal, the Unusual, and the Unexplained. Hosts Brent Hand, David Flora, and Conspiracy Bot (a cranky robot bent on world domination who also happens to be the show’s head researcher) examine a different topic each week and generally come to one conclusion…the truth is out there, but you won’t find it here.
- 29 minutes 30 secondsShe 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 scene: a 1.5m shed snakeskin, her jewelry, and clothes arranged like a supernatural mic-drop, sending the village into full naagin panic while police gently remind everyone they’re hunting a person, not a serpent.
Then we hop across the globe to Nantucket, where the island’s wastewater has been tested and the results are basically: “Historic charm, hydrangeas… and cocaine markers popping above national and regional averages.” Because nothing says coastal getaway like your sewer system quietly yelling, “PARTY’S NOT OVER.”
Hit play for weird news, wild choices, and the kind of reality that makes you ask, “Are we okay as a species?” (Spoiler: probably not.)
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18 February 2026, 6:00 am - 1 hour 8 minutesHonking 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 strangest “why is the sky honking?” reports across England and beyond.
We break down the best scientific explanations, including temperature inversions, atmospheric ducting, meteors, infrasound, and other perfectly normal things that absolutely do not sound normal. Then we slide into the fun stuff: angel trumpets, aliens with rusty spacecraft, secret underground projects, and why the internet may be half documentation, half audio creepypasta.
Is it nature, industry, the end times… or just the atmosphere doing an aggressive jazz solo? Hit play and decide for yourself this week on Hysteria51!
Special thanks to this week’s research sources:
UK “Hum” reporting (Woodland, County Durham)
- The Telegraph (Jun 9, 2011) “Tiny village is latest victim of the ‘The Hum’”
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8566281/Tiny-village-is-latest-victim-of-the-The-hum.html
- TIME (Jun 15, 2011) “Mysterious Night ‘Hum’ Plagues British Village”
- https://newsfeed.time.com/2011/06/15/mysterious-night-%E2%80%98hum%E2%80%99-plagues-british-village/
- The Christian Science Monitor (Jun 14, 2011) “Mysterious humming noise bedevils tiny English village”
- https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/0614/Mysterious-humming-noise-bedevils-tiny-English-village
- The Guardian (Jun 9, 2011) “On the trail of the mysterious Durham hum”
- https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2011/jun/09/hum-woodlands-durham-hamsterley-bristol-largs-gateshead-newcastle-cakebook-surtees
Skyquakes / mystery booms explainers
- BBC Science Focus (Sep 28, 2024) “Mystery skyquakes are ripping through the world. And nobody knows why.”
- https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/mystery-skyquakes-are-ripping-through-the-world-and-nobody-knows-why
- American Academy of Audiology (Oct 27, 2023) “Skyquakes: did you hear it?”
- https://www.audiology.org/skyquakes-did-you-hear-it/
USGS (authoritative references for booms, quakes, sonic booms)
- U.S. Geological Survey “Earthquake Booms, Seneca Guns, and Other Sounds”
- https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/earthquake-booms-seneca-guns-and-other-sounds
- U.S. Geological Survey (FAQ) “What are those ‘booms’ I sometimes hear before or during an earthquake?”
- https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-are-those-booms-i-sometimes-hear-or-during-earthquake
- U.S. Geological Survey “Sonic Booms”
- https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/sonic-booms
Sound travel / weather weirdness (why distant stuff can sound like it’s in your attic)
- “Inversion (meteorology)” (temperature inversions can change how sound travels)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion_(meteorology)
Background on “The Hum” (global phenomenon overview)
- “The Hum” (overview, reported locations, proposed explanations)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hum
Stratospheric infrasound (mysterious low-frequency signals recorded high up)
- Space.com (May 11, 2023) “Strange sounds recorded high in Earth’s atmosphere have scientists baffled”
- https://www.space.com/strange-sounds-stratosphere-balloon-infrasound
- Live Science (May 13, 2023) “Mysterious, ultra low-frequency noises detected in Earth’s atmosphere…”
- https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/mysterious-ultra-low-frequency-noises-detected-in-earths-atmosphere-and-scientists-cant-explain-them
- Phys.org (May 11, 2023) “Solar-powered balloons detect mysterious sounds in the stratosphere”
- https://phys.org/news/2023-05-solar-powered-balloons-mysterious-stratosphere.html
Ocean-generated infrasound (microbaroms: the sea’s low-frequency heartbeat)
- Walker et al. (2012) Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans “Evaluating the opposing wave interaction hypothesis for the atmospheric microbarom”
- https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2012JC008409
- Landès et al. (2014) Geophysical Journal International “Explaining global patterns of microbarom observations with wave action models”
- https://academic.oup.com/gji/article/199/3/1328/609610
- “Microbarom” (overview + links to primary lit)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbarom
Skeptical commentary
- Sharon A. Hill (Doubtful News) “Mystery booms and skyquakes” (skeptical roundup + reporting tips)
- https://sharonahill.com/mystery-booms-and-skyquakes/
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16 February 2026, 6:00 am - 30 minutes 50 secondsPredicted 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 like it’s the Zapruder film and claiming it “predicted” the Epstein scandal. The episode in question (Season 12’s “The Computer Wore Menace Shoes”) features Homer stumbling into a creepy-island situation, and the internet has been connecting dots with the enthusiasm of a caffeinated detective with no bedtime. We’ll break down what the episode actually shows, what people are claiming, and why “The Simpsons predicted it” has become its own paranormal phenomenon.
Then we hard cut to Dallas, where a 12-year-old has reportedly achieved nuclear fusion with a homebuilt setup and is aiming for a Guinness World Records title. Yes, at 12, some kids are mastering long division, and this one is out here speedrunning the sun. We’ll talk what “fusion” means in this context, why it’s a big deal, and how close he is to beating the current Guinness record.
So buckle in for an episode loaded with Simpsons theories, weird news whiplash, Epstein-adjacent internet speculation, and kid-genius nuclear fusion. One story screams “someone call the FBI,” the other screams “someone call the science fair,” and somehow they both end up right here.
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11 February 2026, 6:00 am - 53 minutes 38 secondsBlurry Photos: The Kraken! | 477
This week we dig into the Blurry Photos coffers for a cryptid adventure on the high seas!
Man the oars and put yer backs into it, the Kraken surfaces! A legendary sea-beast the size of an island, the Kraken is said to swallow men whole and snap ships in half effortlessly, but what’s true and what’s a fish story? Join Flora as he braves the open seas of historical folklore for a deep dive on this fascinating fiend. The oceans are big, but are they big enough to hide a colossal cephalopod? David seeks answers to the questions on its origins, descriptions, and possible real-life species. So much culture has been inspired by this mega-monster, could there be a kernel of truth to the tales? Grab your trident and prepare to release this episode into your ears!
Music
Myst on the Moor, Big Eyes, Dark Fog, Dark Standoff, Danse Macabre, Evil Incoming, Infinite Peace, Some Amount of Evil, Spider Eyes, Temple of the Manes – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Cornfield Chase, Lonely Mountain, Mothership – Rafael Krux
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Sources
- Anderson, Nate. Release the kraken! 2,000 years of tall tales (and a smattering of truth). ArsTechnica.com. Web. Jan. 9, 2013. https://arstechnica.com/science/2013/01/release-the-kraken-2000-years-of-tall-tales-and-a-smattering-of-truth/
- Denys de Montfort, Pierre. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des mollusques. Paris: L’Imprimerie de F. Dufart. pp. 256–412 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. 1801–1805.
- Haslam, Garth. Kraken: Myths, Legends, and History. Anomalyinfo.com. Web. 2017. http://anomalyinfo.com/Topics/kraken-myths-legends-and-history
- Jardine, Sir William. The Naturalist’s Library. Edinburgh. W.H. Lizars. 1833
- https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60177#page/398/mode/1up
- Pontoppidan, Erich. The Natural History of Norway. Copenhagen: Berlingske Arvingers Bogtrykkerie, 1752. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/131226#page/520/mode/1up
- SALVADOR, Rodrigo B.; TOMOTANI, Barbara M. The Kraken: when myth encounters science. História, Ciências, Saúde – Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, v.21, n.3, jul.-set. 2014, p.971-994. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/hcsm/v21n3/0104-5970-hcsm-21-3-0971.pdf
- Wallenberg, J. Min son på galejan, eller en ostindisk resa innehållande allehanda bläckhornskram, samlade på skeppet Finland, som afseglade ifrån Götheborg i Dec. 1769, och återkom dersammastädes i Junii 1771. (5th ed.). Elméns och Granbergs Tryckeri, Stockholm. (in Swedish). 1835.
- Williams, Wendy. Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid. New York. Abrams Image. Mar. 4, 2011.
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6 February 2026, 6:00 am - 24 minutes 53 secondsFowl 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 turkeys has been chasing people, hassling a postal worker, blocking traffic, and generally running the neighborhood like feathery little HOA enforcers with anger issues. One local even caught the chaos on camera. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be offering peace and goodwill to all… while a bird the size of a small child sprints at you with murder in its eyes, welcome home.
Then we pivot from “street menace” to “please evacuate the entire building”: a man showed up at a hospital with a World War I artillery shell lodged in his rectum, prompting a hospital evacuation and a bomb squad response because, yes, it was reported as potentially live. Doctors had to remove it surgically, and everyone involved probably aged ten years in one evening. It’s the kind of headline that makes you whisper, “how” and then immediately decide you don’t actually want the answer.
So buckle up for an episode packed with weird news, small-town terror turkeys, and ER chaos so intense it came with its own security perimeter. If you like your comedy dark, your science nonexistent, and your survival instincts activated by poultry… this one’s for you.
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4 February 2026, 6:00 am - 1 hour 8 minutesThe 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 through the accepted timeline of the Christmas Day bombing, what investigators say happened, and what the FBI concluded about the man behind it.
Then we follow the story into the weird side streets, where reality starts to bend. Reincarnation loops. “High energy events.” Alleged reptilian watchers in the woods. A camping trip that turned into a front-row seat to paranoia, strange gear, and a belief that something evil was hiding in plain sight.
We’ll separate confirmed facts from internet fog, explore what fringe and UFO circles claim it all really meant, and bring it home with the uncomfortable truth: sometimes the most unsettling part isn’t the conspiracy… it’s how fast a mind can build one when everything else is falling apart. All that and more this week on Hysteria 51!
Special thanks to this week’s research sources:
PRIMARY / OFFICIAL
1) FBI Nashville Field Office. “FBI Releases Report on Nashville Bombing.” March 15, 2021.
https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/nashville/news/fbi-releases-report-on-nashville-bombing
2) FBI Nashville Field Office. “Seeking Information Concerning Operator or Owner of RV Linked to Explosion.” December 25, 2020.
3) FBI Nashville Field Office. “FBI Memphis Special Agent in Charge Announces Identity of Remains Discovered in Nashville Explosion Site; Multi-Agency Investigation Continues.” December 27, 2020.
4) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). “SAFE-COM and NCSWIC Release Communications Dependencies Case Study: Nashville.” June 13, 2022.
LOCAL / INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
5) Finley, Jeremy (WSMV4 Investigates). “FBI: Nashville Christmas Day bomber wanted explosion to break ‘reincarnation loop’ (New photos show Anthony Warner’s device…).” December 22, 2025.
6) Hall, Ben & Wisniewski, Kevin (NewsChannel 5 Investigates / WTVF). “Nashville bomber’s bizarre writings reveal belief in aliens and lizard people.” January 4, 2021.
NATIONAL / WIRE REPORTING
7) ABC News. “FBI report finds Nashville bomber wanted to kill himself, not motivated by terrorism.” March 15, 2021.
8) PBS NewsHour. “FBI says Nashville bomber driven by conspiracies, paranoia.” March 15, 2021.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fbi-says-nashville-bomber-driven-by-conspiracies-paranoia
9) Associated Press. “FBI: Nashville bomber sent material to ‘acquaintances’.” (Published January 2, 2021.)
https://apnews.com/article/us-news-bombings-8d59b300ed4b41d050a8cc86f500351a
10) CBS News. “Nashville bomber sent writings espousing conspiracy theories to multiple people before explosion.” January 3, 2021.
11) Reuters. “Nashville bombing suspect may have believed in lizard people, aliens — source.” January 3, 2021.
12) Reuters. “‘He was not on our radar’: authorities search for motive in Nashville blast.” December 29, 2020.
13) Reuters. “Motor home explodes in Nashville, possible human remains found near site.” December 26, 2020.
14) NBC (via NBC San Diego). “Feds probing if Nashville bomber believed in lizard people conspiracy.” December 30, 2020.
FACT CHECKS
15) Reuters Fact Check. “Debunking conspiracy links between Nashville explosion and Dominion.” December 29, 2020.
16) PolitiFact. “No, AT&T was not conducting an audit of Dominion Voting Systems machines in Nashville.” December 29, 2020.
17) Associated Press Fact Check. “AT&T not conducting voting machine audit near Nashville after explosion.” December 28, 2020.
https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-9898209641
18) WRAL. “Fact check: 3 conspiracy theories about the Nashville bombing.” December 30, 2020.
https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-3-conspiracy-theories-about-the-nashville-bombing/19450775/
CONTEXT / BACKGROUND
19) Business Insider. “Lizard-people conspiracy theory origins (and why it resurfaced after the Nashville bombing).” January 7, 2021.
https://www.businessinsider.com/lizard-people-conspiracy-theory-origin-nashville-bomber-qanon-2021-1
20) War on the Rocks. “The Nashville Bombing and Threats to Critical Infrastructure: We Saw This Coming.” December 31, 2020.
21) Domestic Preparedness (Kelly, Robert F. & Alexander, Dean C.). “Four Takeaways From the Nashville Christmas Bombing.” July 20, 2022.
https://domesticpreparedness.com/cbrne/four-takeaways-from-the-nashville-christmas-bombing/
22) DataCenterDynamics (Moss, Sebastian). “FBI does not believe Nashville bomber was targeting AT&T.” August 13, 2021.
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/fbi-does-not-believe-nashville-bomber-was-targeting-att/
23) Axios. “Girlfriend told police Nashville man was building bombs year before explosion.” December 30, 2020.
https://www.axios.com/2020/12/30/nashville-anthony-warner-bombs
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30 January 2026, 6:00 am - 21 minutes 26 secondsNacho 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 near the world’s most side-eye-worthy patch of desert. Was it a classified test flight, a stealth prototype, or the most aggressive brand sponsorship in aviation history? Either way, if it looks like a triangle and haunts the Nevada night, we’re legally obligated (by podcast law) to investigate.
Then we rocket to Mars, where NASA says the Perseverance rover found a rock with intriguing “leopard spot” patterns inside Jezero Crater that could be a potential biosignature, meaning ancient chemical reactions that might be consistent with microbial life. Not “we found Martians,” but definitely “this rock is acting extremely sus.”
So buckle up for an episode packed with UFO vibes, Area 51 sightings, Mars rover discoveries, and the eternal question: are we staring at evidence of secret tech… or secret life… or just humanity’s unstoppable urge to turn every weird shape into a headline?
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28 January 2026, 6:00 am - 1 hour 40 minutesSatanic 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 to do anything? Yeah – this week’s topic was pretty much the problem. The “Satanic Panic” was this all too real period mostly during the 80’s that America’s housewives knew their kid’s souls were being stolen by “beelzebub”, Ozzy, and anyone else they were listening to on that “devil machine”. The problem with this joke is real people suffered. Real lives were lost and the “devil” had nothing to do with any of it. We break out our black t-shirts, dye our hair, and get to the HYSTERIA (too obvious?) behind it all this week. Plus, C-Bot makes it as a comedian (he thinks), Brent goes chaotic neutral (an upgrade?), and the boys welcome a “pentagram” of guests (it really was an accident). All of that an more on the podcast that’s never been the victim of Satanic Ritual Abuse, but if they were they’re sure it would be at the hands…check that…pincers…of Conspiracy Bot – Hysteria 51.
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23 January 2026, 6:00 am - 26 minutes 10 secondsOne 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 among the first guests at a proposed hotel on the Moon. We’re talking deposits that can range from “casual quarter-mil” to a full $1,000,000 just to hold your spot, with the total trip potentially climbing far beyond that once you factor in the whole “rocket commute” situation. It’s space tourism with a side of “do they validate parking in low gravity?”
Then we come crashing back down to Earth with science that sounds like it was invented in a middle-school cafeteria: the idea that “sniffing farts” could help protect your brain. Under the jokes is a real research thread around hydrogen sulfide (the “rotten egg” gas associated with flatulence) and how it may help protect brain cells in Alzheimer’s-related mouse studies—less “weaponized crop dusting,” more “biochemistry doing something weird and promising.”
So if you like your weird news with equal parts sci-fi dreams and “please don’t say that out loud,” this episode is your perfect storm: moon hotel reservations, space-tourism absurdity, and the unexpectedly serious science of stink.
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21 January 2026, 6:00 am - 1 hour 44 secondsDial 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 leave a message for this show. We’re hitting play, reacting in real time, and laughing our way through the best kind of audience participation: the unfiltered kind.
If you’ve ever yelled at your speaker during an episode… congratulations. This one’s for you.
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16 January 2026, 6:00 am - 30 minutes 34 secondsMammal 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 across 117 species suggesting animals that were sterilized or given contraception lived about 10% longer on average. It’s the ultimate “live long and prosper” headline… with a twist that’ll make every mammal in the room cross its legs and reconsider its life choices.
Then we pivot to baseball’s most statistically improbable “sorry about your face” moment: the legendary tale of Phillies great Richie Ashburn, who once hit a foul ball that struck a fan—and then struck the same fan again during the same at-bat as she was being carried away. It’s slapstick destiny, but with stadium seating.
So if you like your weird news podcast with longevity science, evolutionary trade-offs, and a side of baseball history so absurd it sounds invented, hit play and let’s get strange.
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