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
167 - Hijacker Hijinks
It used to be preposterously easy to take over airplanes. This week we're looking at the stories of Raffaele Minichiello, the Oufkir Coup, and Garrett Brock Trapnell.
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166 - Awful Ways to Die
Dying sucks, but it really sucked for these people. This week we're going way back in the history books and looking at the stories of Arius, György Dózsa, and Marco Antonio Bragadin.
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165 - True Heroes
This week we're...inspirational? Kinda! We're looking at three stories of some actual heroes! Learn about Clifford Johnson and the Cocoanut Grove Nightclub fire, Wag Dodge, and Ed Ray a…
164 - Strange Things in the Sky
We're going in a different direction this week. Instead of weird, awful, or horrifying people, we're looking at four strange events that took place in the sky! We're traveling to Nuremb…
163 - Weird Fun Bag #6: Forced Love, Horse Butts, and a Bad Spiderman
It's the sixth edition of our weird fun bag series. This week, we're looking at the stories of Thomas Day, the French Horse Butt Sniper, and Theodore Coneys.
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162 - Cults!
While we've done episodes dedicated to one cult in the past, this week we're looking at five different cults from history—the Wakemanites, Magdalena Solis, the Narcosatanists, The Movem…
161 - Phillip Garrido & the Abduction of Jaycee Dugard
This week, we're looking at a story that, at the time, made national headlines but has since faded from history. It's the story of Phillip Garrido and the 18-year captivity of Jaycee Du…
160 - (Un)Lucky Lottery Winners
Most people dream of winning the Powerball and kissing all their problems goodbye. This week, we look at three lucky lottery winners and see how unlucky they actually were! It's the sto…
159 - Weird Fun Bag #5: A Tree, a Coked Out Bear, and a Bad Superhero
It's the 5th edition of the Weird Fun Bag! This week we're talking about the Tree of Ténéré, Roofman, and the Cocaine Bear.
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158 - Terrible Teenagers
This week, we're looking at four teenagers who caused a lot of problems—Charlie Brandt, Brenda Spencer, Daniel LaPlante, and Josh Phillips.
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157 - Serial Killer Sampler #5: Ridgway, Gaskins & Brudos
This week it's the 5th edition of our Serial Killer Sampler series. This time we're looking at a collection of killers who all had bad mothers. It's the stories of Gary Ridgway, Donald …
156 - Liquid Lunacy
This week is all about historical events involving liquids! We're looking at the Portland Rum Riot, the Liberties Whiskey Fire, and the Boston Molasses Incident.
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155 - Weird Fun Bag #4: Satan, Meth, and a Frozen Dead Guy
It's the 4th edition of our Weird Fun Bag series, and this week we're talking about the McMartin Preschool trial, a meth guerilla, and Nederland, Colorado's fascination with Bredo Morst…
154 - Serial Killer Sampler #4: Haigh, Nilsen & Albright
It's the 4th edition of our Serial Killer Sampler. This week we're covering the stories of John Haigh, Dennis Nilsen, and Charles Albright.
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153 - The Wild West Part 2!
This week we're headed back to the Wild West for the first time since episode #7 with the stories of John "Liver Eating" Johnston, Boone Helm, the Bloody Benders, and the Red Ghost.
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152 - Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple
Happy Valentines Day! This week we're celebrating with one of the most famous cult stories of all time. You know how the story of the Peoples Temple ends, but everything before it is ev…
151 - Weird Fun Bag #3: A Lobster, a Rainbow, and an Indestructible Man
This week it's another weird fun bag as we look at the stories of Lobster Boy, Rollen Stewart (The Rainbow Man) and the indestructible Michael Malloy.
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150 - Serial Killer Sampler #3: Jesperson, Sells & Panzram
This week we're looking at a couple of serial killers from history: Carl Panzram, Tommy Lynn Sells, and Keith Hunter Jesperson. These stories are wild, so strap in!
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149 - Aliens! Part 3! (Encounters and Abductions)
This week, we're going back to the paranormal world to discuss some more alien encounters. We're looking at the stories of George Adamski, Gordon Cooper, and Robert Taylor. Did they rea…
148 - Charles Whitman and Randy Weaver
This week, we're covering two stories from two different crazy people. Learn about the lives of Charles Whitman and Randy Weaver.
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