Category: Weird

Podcast: Download MYS277: The kidnapping of Victim F was like something out of a movie. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the bizarre details of the case and how it riveted the nation; the police investigation; and the ultimate, confounding truth behind what happened. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email… Continue reading The Bizarre Case of Victim F (Matthew Muller, Denise Huskins, Aaron Quinn)

Podcast: Download I need to ask for your help, but first I want to thank you for listening to StarQuest and supporting our mission of exploring the intersection of faith and pop culture. Over the past five years–since 2018–StarQuest has grown by leaps and bounds, more than at any time in our previous 12 years.… Continue reading A message from Dom Bettinelli of Starquest

Podcast: Download MYS276: Last time, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli looked at what parapyschologists have found in studying reincarnation and this time they examine the question of reincarnation. Do we truly live again or is there another explanation? Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe… Continue reading Reincarnation Theories (Ian Stevenson and Others)

Podcast: Download MYS275: Belief in reincarnation is found in multiple world religions, but it is also studied from a scientific perspective today as well. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what parapsychologists have found about cases of the reincarnation type and ask what could explain their findings. Get all new episodes automatically and for free:… Continue reading Reincarnation Research (Ian Stevenson)

Podcast: Download MYS274: 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 the blood of St. Januarius, ultraterrestrials, Mary Suratt, RPGs, the Beloved Disciple, and more. Get all… Continue reading The Blood of Saint Januarius (And Other Patron Questions)

Podcast: Download MYS273: Some ancient sources report snakes that had wings and could fly, including Herodotus and even the Bible. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the ancient Greek historian’s reports, what Isaiah had to say, and whether there really could have been ancient flying snakes. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow… Continue reading Flying Snakes! (Herodotus, Isaiah, Bible, Fossils, Uraeus, Wadjet, Serpent, Cobra)

Podcast: Download MYS272: In 1885, when Leo Taxil, a former Freemason, reverted to the Catholic Church, he made some startling revelations about Freemasonry. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine who Taxil was, what he revealed, and how he was embraced by Church leaders, including Pope Leo XIII. Get all new episodes automatically and for free:… Continue reading Leo Taxil’s Masonic Revelations (Freemasonry, Satanism)

Podcast: Download MYS271: It’s our 5th anniversary and to celebrate this milestone, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli have collected amazing mysterious experiences from our listeners to share some of them and then discuss them from the faith and reason perspectives. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode… Continue reading Your Mysterious Experiences! (5th Anniversary)

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)