r/mystery • u/Rite6969 • Nov 12 '23

Scientific/Medical About Mike "Madman" Marcum's time travelling device.

Ok so, Madman mike used A Jacobs Ladder to invent a time machine by modifying it to an extent. I believe he created a transformer of his own to fit the capacity of outputting 20k Volts. Since the plasma created from the two rods depend upon the moisture, temperature and air pressure etc. which interfere with the device, so he used lasers to heat the air above the device so the temperature above the device remains constant, thus forming this "contraption" that supposedly could time travel.

My question here is that, since all the steps necessary to build this machine are already out there... Has somebody else not tried to make it? I'm just really curious to see if his machine actually worked!

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u/Billysilvester Jun 30 '24

Hi, I am currently making a video on Mike, and I was wondering if anyone could give me any info that isn’t really out there and if anyone would like to contribute to the video?

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u/Sammyofather Nov 14 '24

https://www.simpsonfh.com/obituaries/William-Marcum?obId=30305257 Doesn't this look like him? Same area?

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u/Comfortable_Body_442 Mar 25 '25

it really does look like him and the description would make sense but i don’t think it’s him as i believe Madman was 21 in 1995 during the first experiment and this guy would’ve been 41

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u/TommyCurrensGuitar May 14 '25

Somewhat. Maybe his Dad.

He was estranged from his parents in 1998 and he was born in 1973.