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
Analyzing After Death Communications
MYS307: After hearing many stories of people reporting After Death Communications from deceased loved ones, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the reports from the faith and reason perspectives. A…
02:10:53 |
Fri 12 Apr 2024
After Death Communications (ADCs)
MYS306: Millions of people report spontaneous experiences of contact with departed loved ones, hearing their voices, seeing their faces again. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what After Death C…
02:11:34 |
Fri 05 Apr 2024
Kinkaid’s Cave (Egypt & the Grand Canyon)
MYS305: In 1909, G.E. Kinkaid found a cave in the Grand Canyon containing Egyptian and Asian artifacts. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the excavations that began at the time and then how the s…
01:14:35 |
Mon 01 Apr 2024
Klingon Baptisms & More Weird Questions
MYS304: It’s time for another set of weird questions posed by Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers to Jimmy Akin, including this time: should Elrond have killed Isildur?; reported time travelers; teleporta…
00:53:41 |
Fri 29 Mar 2024
AA-1025 (Communist Infiltration in the Church)
MYS303: In 1972, a book purported to tell the tale of a Communist infiltrator at the Vatican dedicated to bringing down the Church. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss who this mysterious agent was…
02:06:17 |
Fri 22 Mar 2024
A Satanist Asks for Help (Possession, Obsession, Vexation, Infestation)
MYS302: When a Satanist recently asked Jimmy Akin for help with whether he might be possessed, Jimmy offered his best advice. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss that advice and explore how one cou…
00:47:38 |
Fri 15 Mar 2024
Why Did God Create Dinosaurs? (& More Patrons’ Questions)
MYS301: 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 audi…
01:17:17 |
Fri 08 Mar 2024
Your Mysterious Experiences! (300th Episode!)
MYS300: We’re celebrating our 300th numbered episode and so Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli are discussing more of our listeners’ and viewers’ mysterious experiences and what Jimmy ma…
01:48:18 |
Fri 01 Mar 2024
The Chronovisor (Vatican, Time Travel, Time Viewer)
MYS299: In 1972, an Italian newspaper published a photo it said was the face of Christ as shown by a machine that could view any point in history. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask whether the photo …
01:08:27 |
Fri 23 Feb 2024
Pet Telepathy (Dogs, Cats, Parrots, Jaytee, N’Kisi, Rupert Sheldrake)
MYS298: Some pet owners feel a special bond with their pets and at times they even seem to know what their owners are thinking. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine whether people really can have a …
01:42:01 |
Fri 16 Feb 2024
The Beast of Gevaudan (Cryptid)
MYS297: France, 1764. A terrifying and unknown beast roams the countryside killing more than 100 men, women, and children, and injuring 200 more. A royal reward is even issued for its capture or deat…
01:31:19 |
Fri 09 Feb 2024
The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife (Karen King, Walter Fritz, Forgery, Fraud, Hoax)
MYS296: The 2012 announcement of a papyrus fragment called the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife caused a huge media sensation over the claim that Jesus did have a wife. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli exami…
01:09:59 |
Fri 02 Feb 2024
Popper the Poltergeist (Seaford, Catholic Family Poltergeist, RSPK, Jimmy Herrmann)
MYS295: One of the most pivotal poltergeist cases involved a Catholic family in New York in 1958. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the strange events, including popping bottle caps, and explore …
01:42:54 |
Fri 26 Jan 2024
1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders
MYS294: In 1982, 7 people suddenly died in Chicago, having taken Extra Strength Tylenol just before, and police learned the pills had been tampered with. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what ha…
02:20:53 |
Fri 19 Jan 2024
The Holy Fire? (Miracle, Jerusalem, Hagion Phos)
MYS293: Each Holy Saturday, the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem emerges from the tomb of Christ with the Holy Fire that goes out around the world. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask if the fire is lit…
01:27:39 |
Fri 12 Jan 2024
Back from Hell? Negative Near-Death Experiences (NDEs)
MYS292: Many reports of near-death experiences sound positive and uplifting and blissful. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss those that are reported as distinctly negative and distressing. What ha…
01:59:46 |
Fri 05 Jan 2024
Can You Marry an Alien? (& More Weird Questions)
MYS291: It’s almost New Years, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like can you marry an alien; baptizing faeries or unborn …
00:56:38 |
Fri 29 Dec 2023
Lum and Abner’s Christmas Story
MYS290b: One of Jimmy Akin‘s favorite Old Time Radio shows is Lum and Abner, featuring the general store owner in Pine Ridge, Arkansas, and his employee. Every Christmas they did a special episode th…
00:14:58 |
Thu 28 Dec 2023
Alone Together for Christmas 2023
MYS290a: In what has become an annual tradition, Jimmy Akin spends a few hours on Christmas in a livestream, hanging out and answering questions, in particular for those who don’t have anyone to be w…
03:59:43 |
Wed 27 Dec 2023
The Mystery of the Very First Christmas (What We Really Know)
MYS290: In a Christmas special episode, Jimmy Akin and Cy Kellett discuss the mystery of the very first Christmas, what we really know about Jesus’ birth, and how we know it.
Get all new episod…
01:00:45 |
Fri 22 Dec 2023
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