THE INVISIBLE MAN OF 1934: Mad Scientists And Impossible Experiments

On a brightly lit stage in a London public hall in 1934, a young scientist wearing a device he called the Electro-Helmet stepped into an open-front cabinet, reached up to press two contacts above his head with both hands, and signaled for the switch to be thrown. READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ycknf3jm FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: From human invisibility to amazing demonstrations of levitation, we’ll look at strange devices, weird experiments and impossible observations that, if true, challenge conventional scientific knowledge. (Mad Scientists and Impossible Experiments) *** Strange things are often reported in the Nevada desert – but the last few months, sightings and experiences near Area 51 have exploded. What’s going on there? And what happens if you decide to climb the fence to get in? (Dead Aliens and Reverse Technology) *** Reports of strange humanoids resembling the legendary “Springheel’d Jack” came out of Argentina in the early two-thousands, from 2004-2007, and that was just one of several improbable para-human creatures that were reported. (The Return of Spring-Heeled Jack) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:00:42.319 = Show Open 00:02:19.148 = Mad Scientists And Impossible Experiments 00:12:29.972 = Dead Aliens and Reverse Technology *** 00:34:44.210 = The Return of Spring-Heeled Jack *** 00:42:38.979 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break SOURCES and RESOURCES: “Mad Scientists and Impossible Experiments” by Stephan Wagner: (link no longer available) “Dead Aliens and Reverse Technology” by Sean Casteel for Spectralvision: https://tinyurl.com/somsy9e “The Return of Spring-Heeled Jack” by Scott Corrales and Christián Quintero for Inexplicata:https://tinyurl.com/2d59ywx (Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.) WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness. *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* EPISODE SYNOPSIS: This episode of Weird Darkness runs from mad scientists and their impossible experiments to dead aliens and whistleblowers at Area 51, then to a small Argentine town where reports of a leaping figure recalled the legend of Spring-Heeled Jack. It opens in a London public hall in 1934, where a young scientist wearing what he called an Electro-Helmet stepped into a cabinet and, as the story goes, faded away from the feet up while spectators could still reach in and touch him. Semi-retired materials engineer Dr. S.P. Faile says ordinary objects around his home turned partly transparent in 1997 and 1998, and inventor John Worrell Keely is said to have shown John Jacob Astor a model solar system that floated off its ring, then carried Astor around the room when he grabbed one of its spheres. From there, the episode turns to Area 51 and Timothy Green Beckley's book Area 51: Warning! Keep Out!, which ranges from a military policeman who reportedly fired five rounds into a four-foot gray being at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, in January 1978, to physicist Bob Lazar's claim of nine flying saucers in the hangars at S-4 and Don Siedenburg's account of living on nothing but "The Serum" for 21 days at Edwards Air Force Base in 1954. A BBC crew that walked past the Area 51 boundary in 2012 says guards forced them face-down at gunpoint, and the crew left with a $600 fine. The episode closes in Calchín, a town of about 2,000 in Argentina's Córdoba Province, where in August 2010 residents reported a tall, thin figure in a balaclava banging on doors at night and leaping more than two meters in the air, a figure the local press called the hopping phantom. Residents who went after it came upon someone kneeling before a bonfire ringed with candles, and the figure took off running at incredible speed. A trucker 25 kilometers south of town told Cadena 3 radio that a figure dressed all in black appeared in front of his truck and hopped alongside the road. More episodes, additional podcasts, books, original music, in-depth paranormal and true-crime articles, and much more at https://weirddarkness.com.