Category: Weird

Podcast: Download MYS266: Black Elk was a Native American medicine man who had paranormal visions and participated in some of the pivotal events in 19th-century US history. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss his remarkable life and the hidden truths about him. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch… Continue reading Black Elk (Lakota/Sioux Medicine Man)

Podcast: Download MYS265: It’s time for another set of weird questions posed by Cy Kellet of Catholic Answers to Jimmy Akin, including this time: The Nephilim and Og; asking obscure saints for intercession; Padre Pio and time travel prayer; Captain Kirk, transporters, and the sacraments; Agents of Shield, AI, and the soul; and more. Get… Continue reading Captain Kirk, Transporters, and More Weird Questions!

Podcast: Download MYS264: The DC Beltway Snipers case in 2002 resulted in the capture of the perpetrators, but there was another side to the case that the public didn’t know. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli talk to Pam Coronado, the psychic detective who helped police solve the crime. Get all new episodes automatically and for… Continue reading Pam Coronado, Psychic Detective (DC Beltway Snipers Case)

Podcast: Download MYS263: A year after the 9/11 attacks, the Washington DC area was rocked by a series of random sniper attacks that left 10 people dead. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the shootings, the men behind them, how police caught them, and why they went on their murder spree Get all new episodes… Continue reading How We Caught the D.C. Beltway Snipers (Beltway Snipers, John Muhammad, Lee Malvo)

Podcast: Download MYS262: The Rosenhan Experiment rocked the psychology profession 50 years ago. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the study’s look into how mental health patients were treated, why the study was so important, and what it revealed about the human mind. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email |… Continue reading The Rosenhan Experiment (Psychology, Psychiatry, Sanity, Insanity, Schizophrenia, Fraud)

Podcast: Download MYS261: We regularly give Patrons the opportunity to ask Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli their mysterious questions and make them available exclusively to Patrons first and then later to the whole audience. This time the questions cover Angelic possession, Hollow Moon, Genesis flood, Younger Dryas, Philadelphia experiment, Ouija boards, King Arthur, Nation of… Continue reading Angelic Possession (And More Patrons’ Questions!)

Podcast: Download MYS260: In 2013, an 11-year-old by was having an inexplicable effect on electronic devices around him, including poltergeist activity. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli interview John G. Kruth who was called in to investigate and dubbed the case the “21st century poltergeist.” Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email… Continue reading 21st Century Poltergeist! (Psychokinesis? Telekinesis? Ghosts?)

Podcast: Download MYS259a: Mysterious feedback! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer your mysterious feedback on recent episodes, including fan art, the lost planet Vulcan, weight loss, Dyatlov Pass, lie detectors, Egyptian afterlife and mummies, rainmaker Charles Hatfield, giants and more. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode… Continue reading Mysterious Feedback (20, 21, 24, 130, 240-243)

Podcast: Download MYS259: Could the human soul ever be scientifically detected? Could it even be weighed? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss a series of experiments that claimed to detect the departure of the soul at death, whether that’s possible, and what other researchers have found. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow… Continue reading Weighing the Soul? (Scientific evidence for the human soul? Spirit? Life after death?)

Podcast: Download MYS258: In early 1933, a group of men dubbed the “Murder Trust” conspired to kill Irishman Mike Malloy, who proved very difficult to kill. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the aftermath when they were finally able to kill Mike after 9 attempts, including whether they were ever brought to justice for the… Continue reading The Murder Trust (Iron Mike Malloy; Mike the Durable)