Category: Weird

Podcast: Download MYS270: Can we speak with the dead? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at the question of speaking with departed human souls; whether it is permitted by Church teaching; and what cautions we must consider; and they ask if Fr. Nathan Castle’s unique ministry to “stuck souls” is permissible. Get all new episodes… Continue reading Speaking with the Dead? (Visions, Apparitions, Saints, Spirits, Ghosts, Prayer, Intercession, Mediums, Seances, Necromancy)

Podcast: Download MYS269: Suppose you had a dream of a stranger who died and is calling out to you for help from the afterlife? This is the situation that confronted Fr. Nathan Castle. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli talk to Fr. Castle about how he began receiving these dreams and what he has done about… Continue reading Helping Stuck Souls! (Purgatory, Fr. Nathan Castle, OP)

Podcast: Download MYS268: A woman in London began hearing mysterious voices and what they told her changed her life. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the story of Annabelle and the mysterious voices in her head that probably saved her life. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this… Continue reading Mysterious Voices! (Medical Diagnosis? Hallucination? Psychosis? Spirits?)

Podcast: Download MYS267: Two popular books held Lakota medicine man Black Elk as an icon of native American spirituality. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the truths those books suppressed about Nicholas Black Elk, especially his conversion and devout Catholic faith. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this… Continue reading Nicholas Black Elk (Lakota Medicine Man, Catholic Saint?)

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!)