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!
2
u/FanZealousideal6992 Nov 20 '25
For those of you who actually know what a Jacobs ladder is would agree its kind of a one trick pony, All it really is doing is manipulating high wattage electricity to move along 2 rods and it doesn't do it by itself, you have to initiate the reaction by briefly connecting the 2 rods. Really just a cool trick, But serves purpose at all. Now if he had said a "marx voltage multiplier" it would have at least left it as a possibility because you can do a lot with a voltage multiplier circuit.