Category: Weird

Podcast: Download MYS242: In 1915, during a particularly bad drought, San Diego hired rainmaker Charles Hatfield, who gave them more than they bargained for. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli get to know Hatfield, how he tried to make it rain, and what happened in San Diego. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow… Continue reading Rainmaker Charles Hatfield (San Diego Flood!)

Podcast: Download MYS243: Giants have been part of history and mythology all over the world. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what giants are, how big humans can get, what’s responsible for giants, and the report of giant people in legends and the Bible. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email… Continue reading Giants! (Biblical Giants, Goliath, Nephilim, Tallest Man Ever, Robert Wadlow)

Podcast: Download MYS244: In 1901, two Englishwomen visiting the French palace of Versailles had a strange experience. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss their encounters with strangely dressed people in what has become known as a time-slip and what could explain it. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch… Continue reading The Versailles Time-Slip (Moberly-Jourdain Incident, An Adventure)

Podcast: Download MYS245: In the 20th century, scientists began to theorize what Christians have long held: that the universe had a definite beginning. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask what is the Big Bang, what evidence points toward it, and what are its implications. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email… Continue reading Starts With A Bang! The Big Bang (Science & Faith)

Podcast: Download MYS246: The practice of dowsing has been used for hundreds of years, at least, to find water, gold, oil, and more. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli talk to an expert on dowsing to ask what it is, what we know about it, and how it works. Get all new episodes automatically and for… Continue reading Dowsing (Divining Rods, Pendulums, Radiesthesia, Rhabdomancy, Water Witching)

Podcast: Download MYS247: After discussing the history and concept of dowsing with Dr. Paul Smith, Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Dr. Smith talk about what the Christian faith has to say about it, what science studies have shown, and what we should make of it. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by… Continue reading Dowsing, Faith, and Reason (Divining Rods, Pendulums, Radiasthesia, Rhabdomancy, Water Witching)

Podcast: Download MYS248: 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. We cover topics such as cryptoterrestrials, crop circles, demoniacs in the Gospels, and more. Get all new episodes automatically and for… Continue reading Ancient Human Aliens? (Pre-Adamites & More Patrons’ Questions!)

Podcast: Download MYS249: During WWII, Rudolph Hess, a close aide to Hitler, made a secret flight to Scotland, where he was imprisoned. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss who Hess was, why he crossed enemy lines, and the allegations of conspiracies involving British and Nazi leaders. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow… Continue reading The (Nazi) Hess Conspiracies (Rudolf Hess)

Podcast: Download MYS250: After World War II, Nazi leader Rudolph Hess was imprisoned in Germany’s Spandau prison. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss whether the man in Spandau was Hess or an impostor and whether he died by suicide or was murdered and who would have done it. Get all new episodes automatically and for… Continue reading Was Rudolf Hess Murdered? (Nazi Hess Conspiracies)

Podcast: Download MYS251: The Thylacine or Tasmanian tiger lived in Australia for thousands of years, but went extinct in 1936. Or so they thought. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the reports that there are still thylacines in the wild as well as efforts to bring them back through DNA technology. Get all new episodes… Continue reading The Hunt for the Thylacine (Tasmanian Tigers, Tasmanian Wolves, Cryptids)