Episodes

The inmates are running the asylum... and Producer Lisa is back to try and restore order. In this special listener voicemail episode of Hysteria 51, the microphones belong to you. From UFO sightings and paranormal encounters ...

What do your DNA test results, extraterrestrials, and a Florida man in a G-string have in common? Absolutely nothing... which makes this week's episode perfect. First, we dive into a wild whistleblower claim alleging the CIA ...

What happens when a woman claims she was abducted by aliens from a 12th-floor Manhattan apartment… in full view of the Brooklyn Bridge… while bodyguards for a high-ranking UN official allegedly watched in horror? You get one ...

Somewhere between dystopian nightmare and “wait…WHAT just happened at that hospital?” lies this week’s episode. First, we dive into the deeply unsettling—and wildly bizarre—story out of Sarajevo, where authorities are investi...

A woman dies, is placed in a coffin… and then wakes up claiming she’s someone else entirely. Join us as we dig into the bizarre and unsettling case of Zhu Xiuhua, the woman who allegedly “borrowed a body” and kept living. Aft...

Join us as we dive headfirst into a world where the internet’s greatest security weakness isn’t hackers… it’s Sharpies and teenage creativity. Kids have apparently cracked the code on online age verification by drawing mousta...

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 mon...

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 Propulsi...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

This week on Hysteria 51 , we’re diving into the ocean’s two favorite hobbies: inventing bizarre new nightmares and hiding gigantic things in plain sight . First up: researchers are tracking a marine virus that appears to hav...

Is reality real… or are we all just characters in the universe’s weirdest video game? Join us as we explore the mind-bending ideas of sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick, who believed a mysterious pink beam of information blasted kn...

Kevin Crispin from the Behind Beautiful Things Podcast fills in for Brent this week, and the universe rewards him with two gloriously broken news stories. First up, a bizarre and unsettling case involving prescription meds an...

Brent’s out this week, so we’ve summoned Kevin Crispin (Behind Beautiful Things Podcast) to the mic like a substitute teacher who immediately rolls in a TV cart labeled “ EXTREMELY CURSED VHS .” And thanks to listener scouts ...

What if the biggest secret in UFO history isn’t alien… it’s angelic? Or demonic. Or somewhere in that awkward in-between where rockets and ritual candles share shelf space. This week, we plunge headfirst into one of the stran...

This week on Hysteria 51 , we’re cracking open two stories that prove the world is basically a reality show hosted by archaeology and existential dread. First up: Easter Island (Rapa Nui) , where a new moai statue turned up i...

In 1959, the U.S. Army drafted a serious plan to build a nuclear-powered military base on the Moon. Serious... They really did. With reactors. And personnel. On purpose. It was called Project Horizon. Then JFK pivoted to Apol...

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...

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...

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 di...

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...

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...

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 ...