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
The Rosenhan Experiment (Psychology, Psychiatry, Sanity, Insanity, Schizophrenia, Fraud)
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 s…
01:24:52 |
Fri 09 Jun 2023
Angelic Possession (And More Patrons’ Questions!)
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 audi…
01:07:36 |
Fri 02 Jun 2023
21st Century Poltergeist! (Psychokinesis? Telekinesis? Ghosts?)
MYS260: In 2013, an 11-year-old by was having an inexplicable effect on electronic devices around him, including poltergeist activity. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli interview John G. Kruth who was ca…
01:29:51 |
Fri 26 May 2023
Mysterious Feedback (20, 21, 24, 130, 240-243)
MYS259a: Mysterious feedback! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer your mysterious feedback on recent episodes, including fan art, the lost planet Vulcan, weight loss, Dyatlov Pass, lie detectors, Eg…
00:58:28 |
Wed 24 May 2023
Weighing the Soul? (Scientific evidence for the human soul? Spirit? Life after death?)
MYS259: Could the human soul ever be scientifically detected? Could it even be weighed? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss a series of experiments that claimed to detect the departure of the soul …
01:35:21 |
Fri 19 May 2023
The Murder Trust (Iron Mike Malloy; Mike the Durable)
MYS258: In early 1933, a group of men dubbed the “Murder Trust” conspired to kill Irishman Mike Malloy, who proved very difficult to kill. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the afterm…
01:20:40 |
Fri 12 May 2023
The Amazing Story of “Iron Mike” Malloy (Michael Malloy, Mike the Durable, Murder Trust)
MYS257: Michael Malloy was an Irishman living in NYC in the 1930s who left a mysterious legacy. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss his unbelievable death-defying story that earned him the nickname…
01:40:51 |
Fri 05 May 2023
The Mystery of St. Toribio Romo (El Padre Pollero, El Santo Coyote)
MYS256: St. Toribio Romo was born to a poor family in Mexico and became a priest in a time when the Church was being persecuted. He was eventually martyred. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the …
01:14:09 |
Fri 28 Apr 2023
The Knights of the Golden Circle (Secret Society, Civil War, John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln, Confederate Gold, Rebels, Slavery)
MYS255: In the 19th century, secret societies were all the rage and the Knights of the Golden Circle were among the most famous. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss their origin and aims, their rol…
01:16:43 |
Fri 21 Apr 2023
The Cash-Landrum UFO Incident (Radiation? Government Experiment? Cover-Up?)
MYS254: In 1980, two women and a boy had a frightening encounter with a UFO blazing light and fire. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the event, the health effects it had, the women’s battl…
01:13:56 |
Fri 14 Apr 2023
Vampire Suicide and More Weird Questions
MYS253: It’s time for another set of weird questions posed by Cy Kellet of Catholic Answers to Jimmy Akin, including this time: whether time travel interferes with God’s plans; could an a…
00:52:10 |
Fri 07 Apr 2023
Joshua Abraham Norton (First American Emperor, Emperor Norton)
MYS252: Joshua Abraham Norton had an amazing life and was a titan among men. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the story of Norton’s life in the 1800s, with his rise from humble circumstances to …
01:24:47 |
Fri 31 Mar 2023
Can Catholics Believe Theistic Evolution?
MYS251a: Can Catholics believe theistic evolution? Michael Lofton welcomes Jimmy Akin onto his show to discuss this topic, as well as old vs. young earth and monogenism vs. polygenism, all from a Cat…
01:45:37 |
Wed 29 Mar 2023
The Hunt for the Thylacine (Tasmanian Tigers, Tasmanian Wolves, Cryptids)
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 stil…
01:21:50 |
Fri 24 Mar 2023
Mysterious Feedback (235 – 239)
MYS250a: Mysterious feedback! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer your mysterious feedback on recent episodes, including a sestina; AI songs; spherification; Loch Ness; Tobit; Santa Claus; the tilma…
01:09:20 |
Wed 22 Mar 2023
Was Rudolf Hess Murdered? (Nazi Hess Conspiracies)
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 whe…
01:37:54 |
Fri 17 Mar 2023
The (Nazi) Hess Conspiracies (Rudolf Hess)
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, a…
01:15:43 |
Fri 10 Mar 2023
Ancient Human Aliens? (Pre-Adamites & More Patrons’ Questions!)
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 audi…
00:57:24 |
Fri 03 Mar 2023
Dowsing, Faith, and Reason (Divining Rods, Pendulums, Radiasthesia, Rhabdomancy, Water Witching)
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 studie…
01:21:23 |
Fri 24 Feb 2023
Mysterious Feedback (231-234, Lonnie Zamora UFO, Spiral Staircase, Oswald’s 1st Assassination)
MYS246a: Mysterious feedback! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer your mysterious feedback on recent episodes, including the Lonnie Zamora UFO incident, the spiral staircase of Loreto; Lee Harvey Os…
01:15:51 |
Wed 22 Feb 2023
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