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Islam in Siberia

In the aftermath of the Mongol conquests of Siberia, the area was settled by Turkic peoples. The Islamization of Siberia began around the 14th century and onward. This phenomena occurred during the existence of the Golden Horde and the Sibir Khanate, a successor state.

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In January 30, 1995, Marcum was arrested and detained for stealing six 350-pound transformers from a power station after police spotted then found them in his home in Stanberry, Missouri. Marcum told authorities that the transformers were necessary to power his time machine. Police told news outlets that Marcum had hooked up a transformer to his home's fuse box and connected a Jacob's ladder to that transformer. The contraction had drained power from other homes in Stanberry and it there was a possible danger of electrocution or a localized explosion. Marcum elaborated that a large spark gap would create a small gateway to another dimension. He claimed that back in late 1994, he was able to produce a dime-sized portal and put a sheet-metal screw trough it. Marcum later claimed that his reason for creating the device was to time travel a few days into the future and gain knowledge of lottery results then return back with the winning numbers. On March 9, Marcum pleaded guilty to felony stealing and was sentenced an additional 30 days in Gentry County jail, making it a total of 60 days as he spend 30 days detained in the same jail prior to conviction. Additionally, Marcum' sentence included being placed on five years probation.

On April 1995, Marcum had his first call-in to the Coast to Coast Am radio show to talk about his time machine. He described how he was trying to create a Jacob's latter (a spark gap that revels between tow metal rods. He used a laser from a CD player to produce the arcing. During the experiment, he noticed a "shimmering effect" above the arc.

On September 1996, Marcum called in to the radio talk show Coast to Coast Am and told host Art Bell that he was "30 days away'" from creating a time machine. He stated that the machine would utilize transformers and 168 electromagnets. It was during this interaction that Bell gave Marcum the nickname "Mad Man". Marcum's prior landlord claimed that he used his machine to transport a cat a block away and managed to short circuit the electrical system of the apartment building. After the call, Marcum vanished from the public, with friends reportedly not being able to contact him since. Bell said of Marcum's apparent disappearance: "We had a lot of people call in wondering where he is, or rather, when he is." The incident brought national attention to Marcum and his claims of building a time machine within regional and fringe media outlets. This attention was attributted to the popularity of paranormal-related media at the time and natural human interest in unconventional topics.

In December of 1996, Marcum reappeared and refuted claims about transporting a cat, saying "the cat deal -- it just ain't true". He also stated that he planned to test the time machine after figuring out how to control where and when it sends him.

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In 1995, a caller to Art Bell's syndicated radio show Coast to Coast AM named Mike Macrum claimed to have discovered a means of time travel using a Jacob's ladder. In attempting to build a larger version of this device, Macrum admitted that he had stolen several power transformers from the local power company, St. Joseph Light and Power in King City, Missouri; in using them to power his "time machine" he caused a local black-out that brought him to the attention of authorities. Police records confirmed that he had been arrested for this theft, and sentenced to 60 days in jail plus a suspended sentence. He called the radio show again in 1996, stating he was building a second "time machine" from legally-acquired parts, and was 30 days from completing the device. He claimed to have sent around 200 items and small animals through this device, and announced he was going to travel through it himself. Macrum then "disappeared" in 1997. His absence led to a number of theories, as well as giving birth to a number of urban legends.

In 2015 Bell interviewed him again on his radio show, Midnight in the Desert, where Macrum claimed that he had been transported two years into the future and 800 miles away, landing near Fairfield, Ohio, but suffered amnesia. While living in a homeless shelter, Macrum slowly remembered his name, his social security number, and other memories that enabled him to re-enter society. However, the Missouri State Highway Patrol has no record of him being reported as a missing person.

Michael Dillon (historian)

Michael Dillon is a British historian and professor of history at King's College London. He specializes in contemporary Chinese and Central Asian history as well as ethnic minorities within China and its borderlands.

Dillon graduated from Leeds University in 1972 with a BA and received his PhD in Chinese studies at the same institution in 1976. Dillon was the founding Director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at the Durham University. He is a peer reviewer for several academic journal and book publishers.

He is a Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Royal Asiatic Society and Royal Historical Society. He regularly appears in several news sites and publications to comment on contemporary events in China and Asia in general.