Mike “Madman” Marcum: Man Who Stole Transformers, Built a Time Machine & Disappeared From Earth. Scientists said his technology was on Track.
In 1995, then 21-year-old Michael "Mad Man" Marcum stole six power transformers from a Missouri power station for use in a large-scale "time machine" he was attempting to construct. He wanted to do this so he could find out future lottery numthen-21-year-oldbers and become rich. While experimenting with a device called a Jacob's ladder, he said he saw something strange: a circular vortex.
Mike wanted to see what would happen if he threw a metal screw into his machine. The screw seemed to disappear and then reappear a few feet away after a second or two. Mike thought the screw had traveled through time. Excited by this, he decided to improve his machine, but it caught fire and was destroyed. Instead of giving up, he became even more determined. Since he needed $20,000 worth of transformers for his project, he broke into a power station in King City, Missouri, and stole six transformers.
Later, while testing some things, Mike caused a power outage in his neighborhood, which got the attention of the authorities. When they discovered he had stolen the transformers, he was arrested.
After being released a few months later, Art Bell invited him to discuss his time machine on Coast to Coast Radio. Mike talked about his plans in detail and earned the nickname "Madman" on the show. As more people heard about his project, he received donations to help him create a larger electromagnetic vortex that could fit a person.
Scientists
In 1995, then 21-year-old Michael "Mad Man" Marcum stole six power transformers from a Missouri power station for use in a large-scale "time machine" he was attempting to construct. He wanted to do this so he could find out future lottery numthen-21-year-oldbers and become rich. While experimenting with a device called a Jacob's ladder, he said he saw something strange: a circular vortex.
Mike wanted to see what would happen if he threw a metal screw into his machine. The screw seemed to disappear and then reappear a few feet away after a second or two. Mike thought the screw had traveled through time. Excited by this, he decided to improve his machine, but it caught fire and was destroyed. Instead of giving up, he became even more determined. Since he needed $20,000 worth of transformers for his project, he broke into a power station in King City, Missouri, and stole six transformers.
Later, while testing some things, Mike caused a power outage in his neighborhood, which got the attention of the authorities. When they discovered he had stolen the transformers, he was arrested.
After being released a few months later, Art Bell invited him to discuss his time machine on Coast to Coast Radio. Mike talked about his plans in detail and earned the nickname "Madman" on the show. As more people heard about his project, he received donations to help him create a larger electromagnetic vortex that could fit a person.
Scientists
A year after his first radio appearance, Mike returned to Coast to Coast Radio in 1996. He claimed he was only about a month away from completing his legal time machine and planned to take just his phone with him when he tested it.
He claimed to still be experimenting with a now more sophisticated "time machine", even upping the anti to incredible proportions. Apparently the electro-magnetic "vortex" he had now generated was large enough for a man to walk through.
Art Bell compared what Mike was doing to the Philadelphia Experiment, and suggested that he throw an insect or animal through the vortex to test it before walking through it himself. The interview ended with Markham claiming to be on the cusp of generating the desired amount of voltage.
However, in 1997, he mysteriously disappeared without any warning, leaving everyone to wonder if his time machine actually worked or if something had gone wrong.
Links to three interviews of Mike with Art Bell:
1. Mad Man Marcum & His Time Machine Story - Art Bell - YouTube (archive.org)
2. Time Travels | Art Bell interviews Michael "Mad Man" Marcum (Interview-2, 1996) (youtube.com)
3. Art Bell MITD - Mad Man Markum - Time Traveler (youtube.com)
He claimed to still be experimenting with a now more sophisticated "time machine", even upping the anti to incredible proportions. Apparently the electro-magnetic "vortex" he had now generated was large enough for a man to walk through.
Art Bell compared what Mike was doing to the Philadelphia Experiment, and suggested that he throw an insect or animal through the vortex to test it before walking through it himself. The interview ended with Markham claiming to be on the cusp of generating the desired amount of voltage.
However, in 1997, he mysteriously disappeared without any warning, leaving everyone to wonder if his time machine actually worked or if something had gone wrong.
Links to three interviews of Mike with Art Bell:
1. Mad Man Marcum & His Time Machine Story - Art Bell - YouTube (archive.org)
2. Time Travels | Art Bell interviews Michael "Mad Man" Marcum (Interview-2, 1996) (youtube.com)
3. Art Bell MITD - Mad Man Markum - Time Traveler (youtube.com)
So many online sources and videos surfaced a story that Mike built his machine several feet in the air inside his Kansas City warehouse and began throwing guinea pigs inside the circular vortex as it formed.
He claimed the guinea pigs would disappear inside the vortex and reappear in the warehouse parking lot every time either on the east or west side of the building, never the north or south.
Mike decided to test the time machine on himself in 1998. He jumped into the arc and claimed to wake up in a farm field in Ohio, cold, hungry, and miles from the closest town.
He ended up making his way to a homeless shelter in Cincinnati and realized it was now the year 2000. He had somehow lost 2 years during his journey. Mike returned to his warehouse in Kansas City only to find it empty with no trace of his notes, records, or the time machine.
He claimed the guinea pigs would disappear inside the vortex and reappear in the warehouse parking lot every time either on the east or west side of the building, never the north or south.
Mike decided to test the time machine on himself in 1998. He jumped into the arc and claimed to wake up in a farm field in Ohio, cold, hungry, and miles from the closest town.
He ended up making his way to a homeless shelter in Cincinnati and realized it was now the year 2000. He had somehow lost 2 years during his journey. Mike returned to his warehouse in Kansas City only to find it empty with no trace of his notes, records, or the time machine.
Another person called Art Bell shortly after Mike disappeared and said he found a newspaper story that said the following:
"In the 1930s police found a dead man on a beach in California. He was crushed to death in a strange metal tube, the man was unrecognizable and a mysterious device was found near his body. The caller said the device looked like a cell phone."
Was 'Madman' Mike Marcum successful in his attempt to build a time travel machine in Missouri? No one will ever know for sure, but the story of a man found on a California beach in the 1930s is one of the reasons his story is considered one of the scariest time travel stories of all time.
The Sun writes, "In 2022, Mike appeared to resurface online - and rubbished wild claims he had travelled to the 1930s and died.traveled
According to reports, his local radio station interviewed him for a third time in 2015.
Under the username "Realmadmanmarcum", Mike appeared to post on a blog about paranormal activities in February.
The user has been a member of the site since 2015.
He wrote: "Rumours are a-blazing that I am dead, not well, and had time travelled to 1930 something where I died on a beach in a tube.
"Whoever posted those pictures of a red head, that is also not me.
"It was some school kid with my name that someone long ago attributed to me.
"Whatever was found in the 1930s was not me and I've read that was debunked but can't find the article."
When someone asked whether he had any new time machine plans in motion, he replied: "Yes, but it is stalled at the moment until I get can some inverters.
"I have some 24v panels in my bus for a project. They got a little ratty from sitting outside for a bit."
His followers have asked the blog user to prove he's the real "Mike Madman" - but so far, he's offered no evidence of his true identity.
the-sun.com
"In the 1930s police found a dead man on a beach in California. He was crushed to death in a strange metal tube, the man was unrecognizable and a mysterious device was found near his body. The caller said the device looked like a cell phone."
Was 'Madman' Mike Marcum successful in his attempt to build a time travel machine in Missouri? No one will ever know for sure, but the story of a man found on a California beach in the 1930s is one of the reasons his story is considered one of the scariest time travel stories of all time.
The Sun writes, "In 2022, Mike appeared to resurface online - and rubbished wild claims he had travelled to the 1930s and died.traveled
According to reports, his local radio station interviewed him for a third time in 2015.
Under the username "Realmadmanmarcum", Mike appeared to post on a blog about paranormal activities in February.
The user has been a member of the site since 2015.
He wrote: "Rumours are a-blazing that I am dead, not well, and had time travelled to 1930 something where I died on a beach in a tube.
"Whoever posted those pictures of a red head, that is also not me.
"It was some school kid with my name that someone long ago attributed to me.
"Whatever was found in the 1930s was not me and I've read that was debunked but can't find the article."
When someone asked whether he had any new time machine plans in motion, he replied: "Yes, but it is stalled at the moment until I get can some inverters.
"I have some 24v panels in my bus for a project. They got a little ratty from sitting outside for a bit."
His followers have asked the blog user to prove he's the real "Mike Madman" - but so far, he's offered no evidence of his true identity.
the-sun.com
This explanation of time travel by Michio Kaku is the closer to truth...
Yes, time travel might be possible. However, the energy at which you can bend time into a pretzel is the Planck energy, which is a quadrillion times the energy of the LHC. So I think that a Type III civilization may have the power to build a time machine.
Yes, time travel might be possible. However, the energy at which you can bend time into a pretzel is the Planck energy, which is a quadrillion times the energy of the LHC. So I think that a Type III civilization may have the power to build a time machine.
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