Our Weird World
Each week, host John Hinson takes a look at weird, crazy, and forgotten stories from the history of humankind. He covers true crime, paranormal, and other strange stories and tries to put some humor into it, or maybe he's just an apathetic dick - that's up to you to decide.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 286
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
285 - South African Killers
It's the start of Serial Killer September! We're starting by covering 4 serial killers from South Africa: Elifasi Msomi, Moses Sithole, Cecilia Steyn, and Richard Nyauza.
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284 - Shoko Asahara and Aum Shinrikyo
The Summer of Cults series finally comes to an end with the story of Shoko Asahara and the Aum Shinrikyo cult.
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283 - Ruth Norman and Unarius
The Summer of Cults continues with the telepathic alien SPACE BROTHER story of Ruth Norman and her Unarius cult.
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282 - John Humphrey Noyes and the Oneida Cult (and Charles Guiteau)
The Summer of Cults continues with some SPIRITUAL EDGING thanks to John Humphrey Noyes and his Oneida cult (plus the story of Charles Guiteau).
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281 - Aggressive Christianity Mission Training Corps
The summer of cults rolls on with a more recent cult, the Aggressive Christianity Mission Training Corps.
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280 - The Source Family
The summer of cults continues with The Source Family and their band Ya Ho Wa 13!
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279 - Dwight York and the Nuwaubian Nation
Egyptians! Alien comet mothership thingy! WHITE PEOPLE CREATING PEDOPHILIA TO DESTROY BLACK CHILDREN! The Summer of Cults continues with Dwight York and the Nuwaubian Nation.
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278 - Synanon
Summer of Cults continues with the story of Synanon!
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277 - Order of the Solar Temple
The Summer of Cults continues this week with The Order of the Solar Temple.
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276 - Keith Raniere and NXIVM
It's week 2 of the Summer of Cults and we're covering Keith Raniere and the NXIVM cult/pyramid scheme.
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275 - Rajneeshpuram
It is the SUMMER OF CULTS! 10 weeks of nothing but crazy cults in history. Are you ready? Well TOUGH TITTIES because we're starting with Rajneeshpuram.
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274 - The Élan School
This week we're talking about the Élan School, which will make you feel SOO much better about your own high school experience.
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273 - Pathetic Politics Part 2!
This week we're covering more silly politicians with the stories of Eddie Haymour, John Wilson, Manual Herrick, William Langer, and the Congressional Brawl.
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272 - Weird Fun Bag #19: Piedmont Easter, the Female Stranger, and the Leatherman
It's a new month so it's time for the next weird fun bag. This week we're looking at the stories of the Leatherman, the Female Stranger, and Piedmont Easter.
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271 - John R. Brinkley
This week we're back to one story - the life of John Brinkley and his fascination with goat balls.
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270 - More Super Secret Spy Stuff!
This week we're looking at 4 more spies from history! Learn about the lives of Christopher Boyce, John Walker, Aldrich Ames, and Shi Pei Pu.
For more spy stories, check out Episode #245.
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269 - Bad Couples
This week is all about people who got their significant others to go along with their killing sprees! We're looking at the lives of Paul Bernardo, Doug Clark, Ian Brady, and Jose Ramos.
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268 - Weird Fun Bag #18: A Bad Circumcision, an Unaliving, and an Adorable Dummy
It's the first week of May so it's time for another Weird Fun Bag. This week we're looking at the stories of Pearl Lusk, David Reimer, and Christine Chubbock.
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267 - Death by Internet
This week we're looking at the internet and four dummies who used it to die. Learn about Armin Meiwes, Sharon Lopatka, Thomas Montgomery, and Sherry Shriner.
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266 - Weird Ways to Die
This show talks about death a lot, but these people died in some of the strangest ways. Learn about the lives (but mostly deaths) of Gloria Ramirez, Egidius Schiffer, and Greg Fleniken.
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