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asked me if I wanted to be on his show," Marcum said. _ transporting a cat ‘a block away’. Marcum resurfaced "At this point I'd already been on a few news shows and last month, taking umbrage with ‘the cat deal—it just A Current Affair Extra, so figured why not do another? | ain't true’. As for his gizmo, he plans to test it as soon had no idea his show was about ghosts, UFOs, Bigfoot, as he solves the sticky problems of controlling when and government conspiracies, etcetera." Art Bell, now where it sends him. ‘Right now,’ he said, 'this would retired from radio, said that his interviews with Marcum __ only make a good garbage disposal." are among "the greatest" he ever did. Marcum was interviewed again on Art Bell's show in In St Joseph, Marcum began to rebuild the time December 1996, and said he was 30 days away from machine—legally. It was here that he met and was completing his new time machine. However, even with befriended by St Joseph resident Claudia Sanderson. all the donations that he couldn't refuse, it wasn't until Marcum eventually showed Sanderson the new Jacob's 1998 that he put his machine through its ultimate test. ladder and other equipment in his apartment's kitchen. "It was rather impressive, considering Guinea Pigs as Guinea Pigs he made workable equipment out of One of the donations that Marcum spare parts from other items," received was warehouse space—so he Sanderson said. "He turned it on and wouldn't "blow up" his apartment. it made the lights dim quite a bit." ‘ “That's how | was able to get this off Then the accident occurred. " Standing a the the ground," he said. Marcum was crashed ‘ chunk of ‘ne St Joseph cherry picker given several tons of transformer power grid," Marcum said. "A power : laminations that he used for surge caused a transformer bushing to high off the electromagnet cores, generators "so crack and short-circuit. If recall right, concrete floor, the KC Power & Light could breathe 20,000 houses with no power. Luckily M d hi easier", liquid helium, cascaded hey chalked it up to the heat at the arcum tosse IS transformers that he "used to make ime, as | was stil on probation and first guinea pig 3,000,000 volts...the list goes on". he probation officer would not have Although cash donations equalled approved." through the around $20,000, they paled in Fortunately the power outage shimmering circle. comparison to the value o couldn't be traced to Marcum, but . donated equipment. "I'd guess if he attention he received from It disappeared. bought it all myself it would run Bell's listeners as a result of his Q [into] several million dollars a March 1995 interview grew He soon found It least," Marcum said. "So I would overwhelming. "I had to move in the warehouse have never been able to do this on my own, or at least certainly not in the two to three years up to the grand finale.” Marcum built his final machine high in the air inside that rom St Joseph because after giving my address on Art Bell was losing sleep, literally," he said. "People were knocking on my door day and night wanting to time travel. You would no warehouse. "It was far from a believe how difficult it is simple Jacob's ladder at that explaining this to people who show up at your door _ point," he said. When he turned on his machine, the wanting to go back to avert some tragic event x number strange heat signature remained—but this time it was of years ago. People tend to get their knowledge from our feet across. Now he was ready to test it. "Nothing is parking lot. 00 much Hollywood and not enough libraries.” 00 per cent certain, but I was over 95 per cent sure after However, there was a benefit to this attention. a few weeks of guinea pig tests," he said. For the record, Donations of money and equipment to continue his ey were actual guinea pigs. Standing on the cherry work began to flow in. "Before I moved [to Kansas City], picker high off the concrete floor, Marcum tossed his first got some capacitors, heavy gauge cables and what guinea pig through the shimmering circle. It not," he said. “Honestly, half of it | couldn't really use disappeared. He soon found it in the warehouse parking or my experiments but took it anyway as | didn't really ot. Test after test found the guinea pigs he tossed into wanna turn down a gift." e heat signature wandering the parking lot, either east Marcum's landlord had evicted him soon after the or west of the building but never north or south. power outage, and Marcum disappeared for a few Marcum wondered if this had something to do with the months. According to a New York Times story of 8 Earth's magnetic field. "Basically it was guinea pigs from December 1996: "In late September, Marcum vanished, _ inside the warehouse to the parking lot outside, right and the St. Joseph News-Press chillingly reported that he'd before | tried it myself," he said. "I never used larger been evicted from his apartment, allegedly for animals, other than myself, as | didn't need people from transporting a cat 'a block away’. Marcum resurfaced last month, taking umbrage with ‘the cat deal—it just ain't true’. As for his gizmo, he plans to test it as soon as he solves the sticky problems of controlling when and where it sends him. ‘Right now,’ he said, ‘this would only make a good garbage disposal." Marcum was interviewed again on Art Bell's show in December 1996, and said he was 30 days away from completing his new time machine. However, even with all the donations that he couldn't refuse, it wasn't until 1998 that he put his machine through its ultimate test. Standing on the cherry picker high off the concrete floor, Marcum tossed his first guinea pig through the shimmering circle. It disappeared. He soon found it parking lot. NEXUS ° 61 in the warehouse AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2011 www.nexusmagazine.com