The Invention of the Time Machine Disappears
Mike “Madman” Marcum attempted to construct a time machine on his front porch in Stanberry, Missouri, in early 1995. Instead, he started working on the Jacobs Ladder gadget.
He was only 21 years old, and a student majoring in electrical at the time. Marcum can be considered intelligent when compared to his peers. Marcum allegedly attempted to construct a time machine to obtain the winning lotto numbers from the future. He did, however, have one issue: he needed a lot of electricity to make it function.
His initial intention was to buy the transformers, but they’re pretty pricey. So he turned to the other option. There were six ancient transformers at the local power plant. So Marcum took six transformers weighing more than 300 pounds from a St. Joseph Light and Power generating station in King City, Missouri.
While testing his experiments, he produced a colossal blackout several blocks across his area. On January 29, 1995, Gentry County Sheriff Eugene Lupfer arrested him with a warrant inside his residence for stealing transformers.
Marcum was released from prison after several months. Then he was invited to join Art Bell on Coast to Coast Radio as a guest. He describes the screw and his ideas to construct a time machine. He promises to do things legally from now on.
