A handful of eccentric inventors claimed to build machines that bent light, defied gravity, and revealed unseen forces — and the strangest part is, no one’s entirely sure they didn’t.

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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 = Lead-In
00:00:42.319 = Show Open
00:02:19.148 = Mad Scientists And Impossible Experiments
00:12:11.158 = Dead Aliens and Reverse Technology
00:34:16.998 = The Return of Spring-Heeled Jack
00:42:20.597 = Show Close

SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“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
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Originally aired: October, 2021
EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/MadScientists