Steve Busti – Museum of the Weird

Posted on December 2, 2023 by Steve Busti

Mummified ‘aliens’ found in Peru have 30% DNA of an ‘unknown species,’ new analysis claims

The mystery of Mexico‘s ‘aliens‘ is deepening after an analysis claimed the DNA of tiny corpses is not human but of an ‘unknown species.’

The nation’s Congress has been a circus for the past two months as controversial UFO enthusiast and journalist Jaime Maussan has held court several times to prove the mummified remains found in Peru are extraterrestrial life.

In his recent attempt, Maussan ushered in a team of researchers who performed a DNA analysis on the figures that showed 30 percent is ‘not from any known species’ and stated that the figures were ‘authentic,’ comprising a single skeleton.

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Steve Busti

Tonight on JOURNEY INTO TWILIGHT: Hypnosis and Past-Life Regression

Reviews were admittedly mixed for our premiere, but we hope you’ll give the program a chance to get our legs and our audience as we welcome Hypnotist, James Hazlerig. We’ll talk about some of the weird news, such as the hypnotist in Quebec who had to get his mentor to come in and break his audience out of a trance. James will also talk about the unusual area of using hypnosis to tap into our past lives.

Tune in live to call in with questions or save the podcast for later. Tonight’s episode airs live at 8:30pm Central, Thursday, July 12th, 2012 (if the show has already aired, you can always catch the episode on our Blog Talk Radio widget on the right side of the page).

Tune in for an all new experience, and join us as we Journey Into Twilight together.

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Steve Busti

Introducing JOURNEY INTO TWILIGHT

We would like to announce the premiere of Journey Into Twilight, a brand new weekly podcast available here on museumoftheweird.com!

Join famed Texas mojo-man Doc Ravencraft and Museum of the Weird owner Steve Busti each week for discussions with psychics, UFO hunters, cryptozoologists, paranormal explorers, practitioners of magick, as well as artists from the horror and fantasy genre. And as always, we’ll be taking your phone calls. It’s a delightful departure into the space between the light and the shadows.

The first episode airs live at 8:30pm Central on Thursday, July 5th, 2012. And don’t worry if the premiere has already aired, you can always catch the episode on our Blog Talk Radio widget on the right side of the page.

Tune in for an all new experience, and join us as we Journey Into Twilight together.

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Steve Busti

3PM CST TODAY: MUSEUM OF THE WEIRD ON “THE JAY THOMAS SHOW”

Just wanted to let everyone know, I’ll be a guest on The Jay Thomas Show today (Wednesday, June 27th) at 3PM Central for a segment called “Holiday Road”.

Well known and respected in the entertainment industry, Jay is is an American actor, comedian and radio talk show host, as well as a two time Emmy Award winner for his role as Jerry Gold on “Murphy Brown” and is equally well known around the world as Eddie Lebec from “Cheers”.

You can catch Jay’s show on Stars Too Sirius/XM Channel 104. Please tune in!

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Steve Busti

TONIGHT: MUSEUM OF THE WEIRD ON “ODDITIES!”

Hey everyone! If you ever wanted a sneak peak of some of the crazy stuff we have in the Museum of the Weird, now’s your chance! I will be appearing on the hit TV show Oddities, as show hosts Mike and Evan visit the halls of the Museum in their never-ending search for strange artifacts.

The show airs at 9PM EST (that’s 8PM Central for all my Texan friends) tonight, Saturday, June 9th, on the Science Channel. Check your local cable listings.

Here’s a link to the Oddities website, where you can get a preview of some of our friends on tonight’s show: astronaut extraordinaire Richard Garriott; Brandon Hodge, owner of Big Top Candy Shop; and the zany Jason Black, better known as the Black Scorpion!

http://science.discovery.com/tv/oddities/

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Steve Busti

MEN IN BLACK PAY HOTEL A VISIT, ARE CAUGHT ON SECURITY CAMERA

As if things weren’t creepy enough for the staff of a hotel that had recently had a UFO sighting, they were apparently paid a visit by the enigmatic figures known as “men in black,” which often appear on the scene shortly after a UFO encounter.

Afterwards, one of the hotel staff decided to check the security cams, and sure enough the MIB were captured by the hotel’s cameras. If real, then this would mark the first time the mysterious “men in black” phenomenon has been recorded on video.

MIB — Could these figures be the mysterious "Men in Black"?

Ghost Theory writes:

From the Aerial Phenomen Investigations Team in Maryland comes this unique case with an exceptionally unique footage. According to the API Team, a recent UFO investigation case in Maryland received some attention from two strange looking men dressed in all black and looking so alike, that employees thought that they might be twins. They wore the exact same clothing, hats, and even had the same facial features. The men were captured on a hotel’s security camera entering the lobby in a straight strut.

According to those employees who talked to the men, they described them as tall, with extremely pale skin and no visible facial hair. Including no eyebrows and no eyelashes. Their eyes were described as being “so big and so blue, that they almost hypnotized..”

Here’s a clip of the actual footage:

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Steve Busti

MYSTERY OBJECT FALLS IN SIBERIA

I’ve always been fascinated by the Tunguska Explosion, and this story brings it to mind. File under latest Russian UFO mystery:

An unidentified glowing object is said to have crashed down from the skies in Russia’s Siberia, causing a powerful explosion. A search for the mysterious item is underway amid speculations of what on Earth it could be.

Witnesses describe seeing a bright glow covering the sky, followed by a shining object falling with a strange clanging sound and disappearing in the distance with a blast.

The unidentified object supposedly fell in the taiga forest of the Irkutsk region, 15 kilometers from the nearest village of Vitim, on Friday night. The head of the regional administration said a group of researchers has been sent to inspect the area and question witnesses.

“We will be able to say what it is, only when we see the thing itself and the place where it fell,” explained head of the region Aleksandr Sergey. “The investigators, together with hunters are going there on snowmobiles”.

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Steve Busti

VIKING ROBOTS FOUND LIFE ON MARS IN 1976, SCIENTISTS SAY

New analysis of 36-year-old data, resuscitated from printouts, shows that NASA found life on Mars, an international team of mathematicians and scientists conclude in a paper published this week.

Further, NASA doesn’t need a human expedition to Mars to nail down the claim, neuropharmacologist and biologist Joseph Miller, with the University of Southern California’sKeck School of Medicine, told Discovery News.

“The ultimate proof is to take a video of a Martian bacteria. They should send a microscope — watch the bacteria move,” Miller said.

“On the basis of what we’ve done so far, I’d say I’m 99 percent sure there’s life there,” he added.

Miller’s confidence stems in part from a new study that reanalyzed results from a life-detection experiment conducted by NASA’s Viking Mars robots in 1976.

Researchers crunched raw data collected during runs of the Labeled Release experiment, which looked for signs of microbial metabolism in soil samples scooped up and processed by the two Viking landers. General consensus of scientists has been that the experiment found geological, not biological, activity.

The new study took a different approach. Researchers distilled the Viking Labeled Release data, provided as hard copies by the original researchers, into sets of numbers and analyzed the results for complexity. Since living systems are more complicated than non-biological processes, the idea was to look at the experiment results from a purely numerical perspective.

They found close correlations between the Viking experiment results’ complexity and those of terrestrial biological data sets. They say the high degree of order is more characteristic of biological, rather than purely physical, processes.

Critics counter that the method has not yet been proven effective for differentiating between biological and non-biological processes on Earth, so it’s premature to draw any conclusions.

The research is published online in the International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences.

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Steve Busti

TONIGHT: SEASON FINALE OF THE WALKING DEAD AT MUSEUM OF THE WEIRD!

8:00pm tonight (Sunday, March 18th): Come join us at the Museum of the Weird for the The Walking Dead Season Finale Viewing Party!

After the shocking events of the last two episodes, tonight’s season finale is sure to keep us on the edge of our seats! And for those of you who missed it, we will be screening the last two weeks’ episodes right before the finale, so be sure to show up early at 6pm to catch them.

Each week we have been screening new episodes of the AMC hit series, The Walking Dead, in the Museum of the Weird’s newest addition, the Weird Theater! The theater is located inside the Museum on the second floor*, and all screenings for The Walking Dead will be free with purchase of Museum admission (currently $5.00 per person). The Weird Theater’s seating is limited to a maximum of 35 people, so show up early or purchase your tickets in advance in the store or on our website (CLICK HERE!).

*NOTE: Second floor access is currently limited to use of the stairs, and there is no elevator for wheelchair access at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Steve Busti

MYSTERIOUS EMAILS SENT FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE

When Jack Froese, 32, died of a heart arrhythmia in June 2011, he left behind a number of grieving friends and family members. But the BBC reports that several mysterious posthumous emails from Froese’s account have brought some happiness and closure to those who were closest to him.

Last November, five months after Froese’s death, his childhood best friend Tim Art received an email from Froese’s account.

“One night in November, I was sitting on my couch, going through my emails on my phone and it popped up, ‘sender: Jack Froese.’ I turned ghost white when I read it,” Hart told the BBC. “It was very quick and short but to a point that only Jack and I could relate on.”

The email had the subject heading, “I’m Watching.” While the text of the message itself read, “Did you hear me? I’m at your house. Clean your f***ing attic!!!”

Hart says that shortly before Froese’s death, the two had a private conversation in Hart’s attic, during which Froese teased him over the attic’s messy state. “Just he and I up there. That’s it,” Hart said.

Froese’s cousin Jimmy McGraw also claims to have received a posthumous email from Froese, warning him about an ankle injury that occurred after his cousin’s death.

“I’d like to say Jack sent it, just because I look at it as he’s gone, but he’s still trying to connect with me. Trying to tell me to move along, to feel better,” McGraw said.

For now, the source of the emails remains a mystery. But that’s OK with Hart, who says that even if the emails are coming from a cruel prankster who has hacked Froese’s account, he doesn’t mind. “If somebody’s joking around, I don’t care because I take it whatever way I want,” he said.

What’s interesting and unique about this case is that the emails all had a personal touch. There have been several reported cases of emails sent from a deceased person’s account, but those usually can be easily traced back to spam accounts that have accessed the deceased person’s information.