Hysteria 51

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 metaphorically. Not “acting bearish.” We’re talking fuzzy suit, claw theatrics, and what might be the world’s least intimidating episode of Planet Earth. Somewhere, an actual grizzly is watching this unfold like, “You people pay taxes and still do this?” Then we head to the strangely competitive world of professional cornhole, where a shocking murder case involving amputee cornhole champion Dayton Webber proves once again that no sport is too wholesome to produce a headline that sounds generated by a malfunctioning AI fed nothing but gas station beef jerky and true crime podcasts. Bags were tossed. Lives were changed. Somewhere in America, a folding chair trembled in fear... From fake bears and insurance scams to cornhole chaos and criminal twists, we are diving headfirst into two bizarre news stories that feel less like reality and more like deleted scenes from the fever dream attic of the internet. Grab your picnic basket and your bean bags... because the weird has officially gone pro this week on Hysteria 51! Links & Resources 📌un-BEAR-able Insurance Rates 📌Cornhole Chaos Follow Kevin and Behind Beautiful Things https://www.sadtimespodcast.com/ Email us your favorite WEIRD news stories: [email protected] Support the Show Get exclusive content & perks as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 from just $1 Shop Be the Best Dressed at your Cult Meeting! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hysteria51?ref_id=9022 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 researchers, a missing Air Force Major General tied to advanced aerospace programs, and even physicists connected to alleged anti-gravity research. At some point, the coincidence meter starts smoking. As UFO disclosure heats up and Congress starts asking uncomfortable questions about black-budget programs and recovered technology, the internet has gone full red-string-corkboard mode trying to connect the dots. Did these people simply work in highly dangerous, high-stress fields… or were some of them getting dangerously close to technologies the public was never meant to see? Tonight, we follow the trail through fusion labs, secretive defense contractors, gravity experiments, and enough classified weirdness to burn a whole in one of those crates in a secret government warehouse on Hysteria 51! Sources & ReferencesAerojet Rocketdyne Official SiteU.S. Air Force Biography: Major General William N. McCaslandBernalillo County Sheriff’s Office Press Release on McCasland DisappearanceMIT Plasma Science and Fusion CenterNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Official SiteCaltech Official SiteNovartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchLos Alamos National Laboratory Official SiteUniversity of Alabama in Huntsville Archive on Ning Li ResearchAmerican Institute of Physics Archive on Ning LiNASA JPL Biography Archive for Frank MaiwaldNASA JPL Small Bodies & Comet Research ArchiveMIT News Archive on Plasma & Fusion ResearchThe Debrief: UFO Disclosure & Advanced Aerospace ReportingNewsNation UFO Coverage ArchiveCongressional UAP Hearing Coverage – C-SPANUAP Disclosure Act Text & Legislative CoverageRobert Hastings UFOs & Nukes ResearchNICAP Archive (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena)Scientific Coalition for UAP StudiesThe Black Vault – Declassified Government UFO DocumentsNational Archives UAP Records Collection Email us your favorite WEIRD news stories: [email protected]   Support the Show Get exclusive content & perks as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 from just $1   Shop Be the Best Dressed at your Cult Meeting! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hysteria51?ref_id=9022 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 allegedly found naked in her neighbor’s pond like some chaotic swamp mermaid, and a paranormal expert claiming your haunted house probably isn’t haunted at all. Sorry, ghosts. Turns out your demon infestation might just be bad wiring and a brain on caveman instincts. From spectral hallucinations and spooky sleep paralysis to late-night pond lurkers conducting what can only be described as amphibious performance art, this episode cannonballs into the deep end of weird news. Is your attic home to angry spirits… or just toxic mold and raccoons with attitude? And more importantly: if you’re discovered unclothed in a pond at 2 a.m., does that technically make you cryptid-adjacent? It’s science, spirits, swamp chaos, and suspiciously damp behavior all wrapped into one beautifully unhinged episode of Hysteria 51: Serious Research, Questionable Methods. Links & Resources 📌Mermaid Mayhem 📌Haunted Excuses Email us your favorite WEIRD news stories: [email protected] Support the Show Get exclusive content & perks as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 from just $1 Shop Be the Best Dressed at your Cult Meeting! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hysteria51?ref_id=9022 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 performing blessings. And eventually, Zak Bagans buying the house, investigating it, and bulldozing it into history. Join us as we dive headfirst into the infamous Ammons Haunting, better known as the Demon House. Was this a genuine case of demonic infestation escalating toward possession, or a perfect storm of fear, family stress, bad plumbing, and media chaos? We break down the police reports, DCS findings, church involvement, the famous “wall-walking” hospital incident, and how Demon House turned one Gary rental into paranormal legend. Because this week we set out to prove nothing says “haunted” quite like demons… and bureaucratic paperwork… on Hysteria 51! Special thanks to this week’s research sources: · ABC News – “Reality TV Star Snaps Up Indiana ‘Demon House’” https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/02/reality-tv-star-snaps-up-indiana-demon-house · Skeptical Inquirer – Joe Nickell, “The 200 Demons House: A Skeptical Demonologist’s Report” https://skepticalinquirer.org/2014/05/the-200-demons-house-a-skeptical-demonologists-report/ · Skeptical Inquirer – “Demon House Deconstructed” https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/demon-house-deconstructed/ · National Catholic Register – “Parish Priest Aids Family in Fight Against Demons” https://www.ncregister.com/news/parish-priest-aids-family-in-fight-against-demons · Diocese of Gary – Statement Regarding Rev. Michael Maginot https://dcgary.org/news/reverend-michael-maginot-not-authorized-perform-exorcisms-03312022 · Indiana DCS / Publicly Circulated Case Documents (archived PDF) https://www.fisheaters.com/garyhaunting2.pdf · American Lung Association – Carbon Monoxide and “Haunting” Symptoms https://www.lung.org/blog/spooky-things-in-house · Wikipedia – Ammons Haunting Case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammons_haunting_case · Wikipedia – Demon House (2018 Documentary) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_House_(film) · Wikipedia – Anneliese Michel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_Michel · Wikipedia – Enfield Poltergeist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enfield_poltergeist · Wikipedia – Exorcism of Roland Doe / Robbie Mannheim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism_of_Roland_Doe Email us your favorite WEIRD news stories: [email protected]   Support the Show Get exclusive content & perks as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 from just $1   Shop Be the Best Dressed at your Cult Meeting! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hysteria51?ref_id=9022 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 of eyebrow-raising tech straight out of China—where the future is getting very personal. First up, Chinese manufacturers are rethinking intimacy with next-gen smart sex toys designed to push boundaries, blur lines, and maybe make your Wi-Fi a little too self-aware. Are these devices the dawn of a new era in human connection—or the beginning of a Black Mirror episode we accidentally opted into? Then, we shift gears—literally—as Chinese automakers roll out vehicles equipped with built-in toilets. That’s right. Commutes just got… efficient. But is this the ultimate road trip upgrade, or a porcelain-powered sign we’ve gone too far in the name of convenience? From bedroom tech to bathroom cars, we’re unpacking the wild intersection of innovation, culture, and “who approved this?” energy. Along the way, we’ll explore what it all says about the future of comfort, privacy, and just how far humanity is willing to go to avoid being mildly inconvenienced on Hysteria 51! Links & Resources 📌A.I. S.T.D. 📌Crappy Ride Follow Kevin & Behind Beautiful Things https://www.sadtimespodcast.com/ Email us your favorite WEIRD news stories: [email protected] Support the Show Get exclusive content & perks as well as an ad and sponsor free experience at https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51 from just $1 Shop Be the Best Dressed at your Cult Meeting! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/hysteria51?ref_id=9022 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.