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Science is full of all sorts of paradoxes: We can travel to the depths of space, but can't cure the common cold. We can split the atom, but can't figure out why time flies when you're having fun. We can map the human genome, but can't predict the weather accurately. It's like we've unlocked the secrets of the universe, but can't find the remote control....

But those don’t make our eyes cross or the smartest of us lose sleep over night because of how intangible an answer seems to be. And THOSE type of paradoxes are exactly what we have instore for you this week, so sit back, relax, and try not to have an aneurism as we break down our favorite thought-provoking scientific paradoxes of all time here on Hysteria 51. 

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Videos

Top 10 PARADOXES That Will BLOW YOUR MIND - https://youtu.be/Zes9n1zEmdU

These Paradoxes Keep Scientists Awake At Night! No Solutions! - https://youtu.be/AqkMykYQ7eU

The Infinite Hotel Paradox - Jeff Dekofsky - https://youtu.be/Uj3_KqkI9Zo

Paradoxes That No One Can Solve - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AHUeXkCw3o

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Cavemen used to fashion dolls out of sticks and rocks. They would play with them for hours, pretending that they were going on epic hunting trips and fighting off saber-toothed tigers.

Fast forward a few thousand years, and dolls became all the rage in ancient Egypt. People would bury them in tombs with their deceased loved ones, probably as a way to keep them company in the afterlife. Kind of like a creepy little buddy system.

During the Middle Ages, dolls were mostly used as religious objects. But then the Renaissance came along, and artists started making fancy dolls for rich people to show off their wealth. "Look at me, I have a doll with a velvet gown and real human hair!" they would exclaim, as the peasants rolled their eyes.

In the 20th century, dolls became even more popular, thanks to the rise of mass production. Barbie dolls were created, and girls everywhere were suddenly obsessed with having the perfect body, dream house, and wardrobe. Meanwhile, boys were busy playing with G.I. Joes and action figures, pretending to save the world one plastic battle at a time.

But what about the outliers? The ones that seem... off. The ones that capture our attention for all the wrong reasons, and people can’t stop talking about them. That is what we are focusing on today as we tackle Creepy Dolls here on Hysteria 51. 

Special thanks to this week’s sources:

Books

Robert The Doll | David L. Sloan

Videos

5 Most HAUNTED Dolls in the World! - https://youtu.be/Tu_ipTXCiJc

Top 20 Scariest Dolls in Horror Movies - https://youtu.be/DTbpzQVwCm8

ROBERT THE DOLL | Draw My Life - https://youtu.be/5Y3Q6sJCGw8

Robert the Doll True Story - The Original Inspiration for Chucky - https://youtu.be/lIpDXALKZP0

Robert "The Haunted Doll" Rules After Dark at Ft. East Martello Museum Key West

https://youtu.be/1XFWJBiHc7Y

Websites

Voodoo Doll Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo_doll

Haunted Doll Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunted_doll

Clay-body - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay-body

Poppet - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppet

Robert (doll) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_(doll)

The Westport Library - https://westportlibrary.libguides.com/HauntedDolls

Ghosts and Gravestones - https://www.ghostsandgravestones.com/key-west/robert-the-doll

Atlas Obscura - https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/robert-doll

Robert The Doll - http://robertthedoll.org/

Artist House - http://www.artisthousekeywest.com/about/robert-the-doll/

Mental Floss - https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/650191/haunted-dolls

Horror Obsessive - https://horrorobsessive.com/2021/04/13/caution-mind-your-manners-when-visiting-robert-the-doll/

Smithsonian - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-creepy-dolls-180955916/

The Evil Wiki - https://evil.fandom.com/wiki/Damballa_Chant#:~:text=The%20Damballa%20Chant%20is%20an,Child's%20Play%20horror%20movie%20franchise.

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Ever start telling a story as a joke and it gets out of hand? People believe it no matter how much you swear you made it up and try to destroy your life? No, just Joseph Matheny? This week we tackle Ong’s Hat, the internets first honest to goodness hoax that took on a life of its own and to this day has people believing it is all true. They also believe the man claiming responsibility is just a government shill planted to throw us off the truth. And the story has everything: Weird religious cults, quantum physics, dimensional travel, hidden laboratories, luxurious silk top hats, carpet salesmen... We are banging on all cylinders! All that and more this week on the podcast that knows a thing or two about other dimensions... at least the Lower 4th Dimension... Hysteria 51!

Special thanks to this week’s research sources:

Books and Papers

-Matheny, J. (2002). Ong’s Hat: The Beginning. Sky Books (NY).

-Ong, Albert R. The Ong Family of America. (Martins Ferry, OH: privately printed, 1919) PDF: (http://archive.org/download/ongfamilyofameri00onga/ongfamilyofameri00onga.pdf)

Videos

The Mystery of Ong's Hat - https://youtu.be/o5GtwKrL2XA

Ong's Hat: The Original ARG - Sex, Drugs & Quantum Physics - https://youtu.be/siF75w1gJrA

Legend of the Pines: Ong’s Hat, New Jersey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2iODYDz9E4&t=40s

Ong's Hat: The Dimensional City - https://youtu.be/SXUpIC0j954

Why Did the Scientists in This Remote Cabin Disappear? - https://youtu.be/NIG3x3kVtos

The First Internet Hoax - Inside A Mind - https://youtu.be/uHkn0CWWfBk

Websites

NJ Pine Barrens - https://www.njpinebarrens.com/a-hat-a-hut-or-a-tavern-the-tale-of-ongs-hat/

Ong’s Hat Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ong%27s_Hat

Ong's Hat, New Jersey Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ong%27s_Hat,_New_Jersey

Joseph Matheny Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Matheny

Weird NJ - https://weirdnj.com/stories/ongs-hat/

BBC Limelight - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hg08

Joseph Matheny - https://josephmatheny.com/2019/05/30/the-mystery-of-ongs-hat/

Joseph Matheny - https://josephmatheny.com/2012/09/29/the-hat-the-egg-the-chaos-ongs-hat-hidden-history-or-piney-mythology/

Slate - https://slate.com/culture/2018/10/ongs-hat-conspiracy-theories-decoder-ring.html

Miriadic - https://miriadic.fandom.com/wiki/Ong%27s_Hat

AV Club - https://www.avclub.com/the-internets-first-conspiracy-theory-involved-a-ghost-1831031313

Gizmodo - https://gizmodo.com/ongs-hat-the-early-internet-conspiracy-game-that-got-t-1832229488

Medium - https://medium.com/history-of-yesterday/early-internet-conspiracies-centered-on-a-creepy-ghost-town-1263bffaad44

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This week the boys are joined by Nick Groff to talk his life in the world of the paranormal and his new show from FilmRise, Death Walker.

In the series host Nick Groff theorizes and investigates the origins of some of America’s most notorious hauntings. Nick dives into the history books and powers up state-of-the-art ghost hunting equipment to redefine our understanding of the paranormal. His adventures take him to locales like penitentiaries, asylums, high schools, gallows, and all manners of spooky places throughout the United States in search of... wait for it... ghosts.

Whether or not the viewer believes in the supernatural, the series appeals to fans of true crime across the board.

Who the heck is Nick? Climb out from under that rock and we will, show you. But the quick 411 is that he is a highly recognizable face in paranormal television so if you are not familiar with his name, I bet you recognize him if paranormal shows are up your alley. He was the lead investigator on the series “Paranormal Lockdown” and served as co-investigator, executive producer, editor, and cameraman on Ghost Adventures from seasons 1–11.

Follow Nick and FilmRise

FilmRise: The world's largest independent provider of content to streaming channels - https://filmrise.com/

Death Walker - https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/show/death-walker-with-nick-groff

Death Walker Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/deathwalkerseries/?hl=en

Nick Groff Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nickgroff_/?hl=en

Website - https://www.thenickgroff.com/

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Half of ALL the snakebites in the world each year come from India... Half. Let that sink in (pun intended). Well, this week we have a change of fortune as a kid bites back! Also, ice news? All you gotta do is add some balls and you get something new, who knew?!?! What they hell does all this mean, listen in this week and find out on this bonus episode of Blurry Hysteria. 

News Stories Mentioned:

New Ice - https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-a-weird-new-form-of-ice-that-may-change-how-we-think-about-water?fbclid=IwAR0qs7T2IdEChQwdKVH6IRed2-08nHe1MF9COpazAmxxdaMVhfZh7N2KCzM&mibextid=Zxz2cZ#ldrjd7a1ybiaw8m3wd

Cobra Has a Bad Day - https://original.newsbreak.com/@andrei-tapalaga-561350/2819375701477-cobra-dies-after-being-bitten-by-8-year-old-boy?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=i16&fbclid=IwAR3QdzbcVp_CkoSMP79qtWTHKA48M0oTHjyR008CNchFUaINlfZzDMmdkVY

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We’ve all heard of things that go bump in the night, but what if they are just recording of past events echoing through time? That is the heart of the Stone Tape Theory aka residual hauntings and this week’s topic. Is it an honest to goodness natural phenomenon, or just pseudoscience trash for people to cash in on. Speaking of trash, CBot plays the trailer for his new movie (it sucks). Brent tried to pass the term arch cocksman off as if it is normal (it isn’t). And KYLE proves once again that he is the moral compass of the show (and that is just sad). All that and more on the podcast that has never caused a residual haunting, but we do have some karaoke tapes that are pretty haunting in their own right – Hysteria 51. 

Special thanks to this week’s sources:

Books

How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age | Theodore Schick & Lewis Vaughn

Ghost and Ghoul | Thomas Charles Lethbridge

The Soul of Things, Or, Psychometric Researches and Discoveries| William Denton & Elizabeth M. Foote Denton

Videos

The Stone Tape (1972) - https://youtu.be/y03R-jiAo1o

Websites

Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Tape_Theory

Polymath - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymath

The Haunted Walk - https://hauntedwalk.com/news/the-stone-tape-theory/

Mama Mia - https://www.mamamia.com.au/stone-tape-theory-ghosts/

Psychometry - https://www.britannica.com/topic/psychometry

Bleeding Cool - https://bleedingcool.com/tv/the-stone-tape-revisiting-bbcs-obscure-classic-ghost-story/

Spooky Rocks - https://skepticalinquirer.org/newsletter/spooky-rocks/?fbclid=IwAR0Gos53iKeoHXgkdFAjvs0yGfSZH-09zrlTK7NBJ7AVjacqkpc3X3_-lbs

The Ghost in my Machine - https://theghostinmymachine.com/2020/03/09/how-does-it-work-the-stone-tape-theory-residual-hauntings-and-the-deep-influence-of-memory-and-emotion/

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Everyone knows that one guy (or girl) that seems to be WAY too hairy. Well, now science says we can all enjoy the benefits of all over hair, and I mean ALL OVER. It’s is as simple as unlocking our dormant genes, duh! Plus, the Dodo could be making its way to a table near you! All that and more this week on Blurry Hysteria! 

News Stories Mentioned:

Hairy Uncle - https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a42638271/humans-can-still-grow-full-coat-fur/?utm_campaign=socialflowFBPOP&utm_medium=social-media&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2b2I7buZr921pbnAiRnnJiTSGDemuP9vP3cmlkCarSfDv6u3r5BPuqby0

Dodo Repriso - https://www.sciencealert.com/a-billion-dollar-biotech-company-plans-to-bring-the-dodo-back-to-life?fbclid=IwAR2xCn2ioFz8XuusCe4mUUXhLQyRwF0hoRv8UNlG2FHXLbaP0SUN2WLOxzM&mibextid=Zxz2cZ#ldrl2194254xpqgy80m

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What the heck is a Stafford William Mortimer Murgatroyd Spectacular you ask? Well, you see, Stafford Murgatroyd won a contest a while ago and his request for an episode was anything on New Zealand where he is originally from. The only caveat- we had to name it the Stafford William Mortimer Murgatroyd Spectacular. So, we are naming this episode just that, The Stafford William Mortimer Murgatroyd Spectacular. Now, everyone up to speed??? Great. New Zealand time! More importantly, the Kaikoura Lights, and incident in 1978 that to this day has not been explained. We talk the incident, hear from those involved, and piss off Conspiracy Bot along the way so buckle up! 

Books

The Third Kind: A Compendium of U.F.O. Encounters | Michael Ryan

Videos

Top 10 UFOs Caught On Camera - https://youtu.be/KC8qr-U9ehU

The Unexplained Kaikoura Lights Phenomena - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I9aICx2iXE

Websites

BBC News- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-12057314

Kaikoura Lights - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaikoura_lights

UFO sightings in New Zealand - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_New_Zealand

RNZ - https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/448174/govt-officials-couldn-t-explain-kaikoura-lights-ufo-sightings-documents-show

New Zealand Herald - https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crew-remember-the-day-ufo-was-spotted-over-kaikoura-40-years-on/JXWELO7AJEOR6KVXCJ6OKVGUKU/

Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_AW.660_Argosy

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From tentacle creatures to the fabric of the universe, this week is a doozy! First up it’s a new tentacle monster to haunt your dreams, and it’s real, so bonus points for that. Or, maybe it is fake because we also look into everything possibly only being rendered if you are not looking at it... so that fun... and disturbing...

News Stories Mentioned: Special thanks to Thomas Ford

Tentacle News - https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2681210938312/rare-and-bizarre-tentacle-trailing-sea-creature-caught-on-video-expedition-scientist-s-mind-is-blown?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=i3&fbclid=IwAR3fyUtj4jy9QljI3lKsMvXIxO_zg_t_U1g4PqQj5tY_lSbg91NIXFmRXDQ

It's All Fake - https://www.livescience.com/does-reality-exist-quantum-physics?fbclid=IwAR08CstiGZFm6fpULJXrbQR0Eu5suuf5arjlCZMsFaT5eGE3cpmaH9r4G7s

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Ah, winter in Chicago. Grey skies... Malört in every hand... Mothman taking the time to frighten us all just by taking a break. Flora brings us 2 stories of Mothman in Chicago this week and Brent regales us with a story of what might be the dumbest criminal of all time. All that and more this week on Blurry Hysteria!

News Stories Mentioned:

Mothman in Chicago - https://ufoclearinghouse.wordpress.com/2023/01/03/father-and-daughter-encounter-winged-humanoid-in-little-village-chicago-il/?fbclid=IwAR25RLaUmTmRdxKcs8hyLucfN6Jb5Zu8uHBITAB8KgauzRHE2Ukz-30UCXU

https://ufoclearinghouse.wordpress.com/2023/01/03/father-and-daughter-encounter-winged-humanoid-in-little-village-chicago-il/?fbclid=IwAR25RLaUmTmRdxKcs8hyLucfN6Jb5Zu8uHBITAB8KgauzRHE2Ukz-30UCXU

Birth Certificate Bank Fiasco - https://krcgtv.com/news/local/man-pleads-guilty-to-robbing-springfield-bank-with-note-written-on-birth-certificate?fbclid=IwAR0yU3exwuxiZwqmqB3S7rnNWm9MUeJD-ifFUnR6cqHeTVBGadhkHW7R2ig

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