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
- 287
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
047 - Richard Kuklinski
"The Iceman" Richard Kuklinski was either one of the most prolific serial killers in American history or one of the mob's most talented hitmen depending on how you like to categorize yo…
046 - Celebrating Black History Month
Remember how I did Japanese July last year and it definitely was not a celebration of Japanese culture? Well, this is kinda like that. Just to be clear - there is no racism behind this …
045 - Silly Stunts
Stuntmen are incredibly fascinating to watch, mainly because we secretly hope it goes horribly wrong on live television. This episode covers a few examples of when that actually happene…
044 - Ridiculous Riots
Obviously riots are nothing new, and for the most part, the people who do the rioting have a logical reason to be angry. These stories are not from the most logical people.
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043 - The Sodder Family
The mysterious events surrounding the Sodder family launched one of the longest private investigations in history, but the family never got close to any answers. We're covering the fact…
042 - Stories from the Crusades
Happy New Year! Let's hope 2021 is better than 2020. To start the year, we're looking at some of the dumb things Christians did during the Crusades.
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041 - The Dole Air Race
This short episode looks at the Dole Air Race, a real live version of Wacky Races that obviously didn't end well.
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040 - Carl Tanzler
This is either the most Florida story ever, or the most German story ever. Or maybe it's both.
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039 - Rodney Alcala
Rodney Alcala was known as The Dating Game Killer because he appeared on the game show "The Dating Game" because background checks used to not be standard protocol.
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038 - Lesser Known Stories from World War II
In honor of Pearl Harbor Day, we're looking at a few lesser known tales from the biggest war in human history.
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037 - Sinkable Ships
The term "unsinkable" has been used to describe many huge ships throughout history. These are the opposite of that.
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036 - Early Popes
Not surprisingly, the early Christian church wasn't exactly going by what Jesus taught. It was full of corruption and other acts Jesus would've frowned upon. We look at several of these…
035 - Gertrude Baniszewski
This one isn't for everyone, but if you made it through the David Parker Ray episode, this one will be a walk in the park. If you skipped all the explicit episodes, this might be anothe…
034 - Ed Kemper
It's time for another serial killer story! This time it's the story of Ed Kemper, who's zapples really got him into a load of trouble....so did his hatred for his mother.
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033 - Ralph Lael
Last month was scary! Let's change gears and dive back into the paranormal with the story of Ralph Lael, a North Carolina man who swears he had an alien encounter at the mysterious Brow…
032 - David Parker Ray
WARNING - this is the worst story, maybe ever. Don't let your kids listen to this one. Don't listen to this one out in public where people can hear it. This story is highly disturbing. …
031 - Mummies!
Believe it or not, mummies existed in America for a brief time in 1911. Why? Because people generally suck.
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030 - Werewolves!
Our Halloween-themed month continues with a few stories about werewolves throughout history. Were they real? Again, probably not. But they're still fun stories!
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029 - Witches!
It's October, which means it's time for Halloween! Every episode this month has a scary/Halloweeny/monstery theme that all leads up to the scariest episode we've ever done. This week, w…
028 - BTK (Dennis Rader)
Serial Killer September wraps up with the story of BTK, whose real name was Dennis Rader, a security system technician who terrorized Wichita, Kansas, for several decades.
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