Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious world is an exploration of the weird, the strange, the unusual, and the fascinating phenomena in the physical world around us—and beyond—from a Catholic perspective. Join Jimmy Akin and his co-host Domenico Bettinelli as they examine ancient mysteries, folk tales, urban legends, and miraculous stories with a methodical, logical, well-reasoned but not entirely skeptical eye.

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Update frequency: every 6 days
Average duration: 78 minutes
Episodes: 310
Years Active: 2020 - 2025

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The Capuchin Bone Church and More Patrons’ Questions

MYS381: From bones turned into art to relics made of game consoles, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer questions from participants on their recent Italy pilgrimage on faith, death, relics, sim…

01:35:39 | Fri 05 Sep 2025

Could Catholics Colonize Mars? (And More Weird Questions)

MYS380: It’s a fifth Friday, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like what we will be doing after the Resurrection; the moral…

01:04:17 | Fri 29 Aug 2025

Can You Ordain Yourself on a Desert Island? (And More Weird Questions)

MYS379: Could a layperson on a desert island take on the role of a priest? It’s time for more listener weird questions with Jimmy Akin and Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live, including topics l…

01:05:13 | Fri 22 Aug 2025

Honobia Bigfoot Siege

MYS378: A rural Oklahoma family faced nightly terror—food theft, rock attacks, and prowlers peering in windows. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli weigh Bigfoot vs. bear, hidden motives, and eerie mimicry…

02:01:25 | Fri 15 Aug 2025

Feeling the Future (Precognition, Daryl Bem, Psi Research)

MYS377: Can we sense the future—before it happens? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli confront the scientific chaos sparked by Daryl Bem’s mind-bending 2011 precognition study and unpack the data, the fur…

01:18:31 | Fri 08 Aug 2025

The Hell House of Martinez

MYS376: Fireballs. Scorch marks. Dizzy spells. A haunted house—or something worse? Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and paranormal expert Lloyd Auerbach unravel the shocking truth behind a 1980s Californi…

01:35:22 | Fri 01 Aug 2025

Bigfoot Biology (Sasquatch, Cryptid, Cryptozoology)

MYS375: If Bigfoot exists, what kind of animal would it be? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli analyze eyewitness reports, biological clues, and statistical patterns to sketch the creature’s anatomy…

01:28:36 | Fri 25 Jul 2025

The Oakville Blobs – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World

MYS374: Gelatinous blobs fell from the sky in Oakville, Washington—then people got sick. Was it rain, jellyfish, or a secret government bioweapon test? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli dissect the evide…

01:08:48 | Fri 18 Jul 2025

John F. Kennedy Assassination Hearings (Lee Harvey Oswald? Conspiracy? CIA? Coverup?)

MYS373: The 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy has been investigated time and again, but in 2025, the US Congress held new hearings on the latest release of government files. Jimmy Akin …

02:21:37 | Fri 11 Jul 2025

The Drake Equation (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Aliens, UFOs)

MYS372: Is Earth alone? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli unpack the Drake Equation’s quest to count alien civilizations. Is 50 million potential galactic neighbors realistic—or just hopeful math? Get…

01:24:33 | Fri 04 Jul 2025

The Telepathy Tapes

MYS371: Telepathy among non-speaking autistic kids? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli unpack the claims from the #1 podcast The Telepathy Tapes, from spelling boards to psychic abilities, how credible ar…

01:55:54 | Fri 27 Jun 2025

Facilitated Communication & Spelling to Communicate (Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Nonverbal)

MYS370: For some people who have profound difficulties speaking, alternative communications systems known as Facilitated Communication and Spelling to Communicate have been developed and the results …

02:20:42 | Fri 20 Jun 2025

St. Malachy’s Prophecy of the Popes

MYS369: Did the 12th century Irish bishop St. Malachy predict the popes through the end of the world? And did we just get the last one? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the prophecy of the popes…

01:24:44 | Fri 13 Jun 2025

Buried Pirate Treasure and More Patron Questions

MYS368: 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…

01:20:41 | Fri 06 Jun 2025

Round Meat? Square Bread? And More Weird Questions

MYS367: It’s a fifth Friday, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like whether AI is a demonic illusion; Jewish Nazarene Chris…

00:59:03 | Fri 30 May 2025

Animal End-of-Life Experiences (Pets, Last Goodbyes, Last Rallies, Crisis Apparitions, Terminal Lucidity, Deathbed Visions, Precognition, etc.)

MYS366: While scientists for years have been studying unusual experiences that happen to people as they approach death, they’ve only just begun studying whether animals have End-of-Life Experien…

01:42:28 | Fri 23 May 2025

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