Our Weird World

Send us Fan Mail This week, we're going back to school! (Which is weird since a lot of school years are starting to wind down...) We're covering 6 insane stories from schools around the world, so listen in and feel better about your own school experience. Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Follow the...

Send us Fan Mail We're back with our 3rd installment of silly stories from Florida! We're covering the Wakulla Volcano and the lives of John Knight, Bennie Wint, Byrd Billings, and Bob Allen. Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Follow the show on Instagram @OurWeirdWorldPod Want more John? Everyone wan...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're covering two famous (and wild) abduction stories from history: Patty Hearst and Brian Wells.  Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Follow the show on Instagram @OurWeirdWorldPod Want more John? Everyone wants more John. Visit www.johnhinsonwrites.com for all the books, podcas...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we're making you anxious about seeing your doctor (again!). We're covering the stories of Donald Harvey, Charles Cullen and John Bodkin Adams. Check out Part 1 on Episode #55. Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Follow the show on Instagram @OurWeirdWorldPod Want more John?...

Send us Fan Mail It's another edition of inspirational stories from people who didn't die when they probably should have! This week, we're covering the lives of Charles Lightoller, Truman Duncan, Channing Moss, the Miracle Baby, and Joan Murray. Check out parts 1 and 2 on episodes 124 and 125. Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twit...

Send us Fan Mail This week is all about people who made crazy escapes from prison (or tried to)! We're covering the lives of Radovan Krejcir, the Briley Brothers, and Pascal Payet. Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Follow the show on Instagram @OurWeirdWorldPod Want more John? Everyone wants more John. Vi...

Send us Fan Mail If you hate unresolved stories, this episode isn't for you! We're looking at the mysterious and mostly unsolved deaths of Roland T. Owen, Elisa Lam, LeRoy Carter, and Alfred Loewenstein. Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Follow the show on Instagram @OurWeirdWorldPod Want more John?...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we're covering two giant piles of human trash who killed a lot of people. Tune in and learn about the lives of Tamara Samsanova and Marcus Wesson! Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Follow the show on Instagram @OurWeirdWorldPod Want more John? Everyone wants more John. Visit ww...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we're looking at the incredibly strange story of Terry Rasmussen, AKA Bob Evans. What does this serial killer have in connection to a massive restaurant chain? Tune in to find out! Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Follow the show on Instagram @OurWeirdWorldPod Want more John?...

Send us Fan Mail This week is all about people who got what was coming to them! We're covering the stories of Ken McIlroy, Grace Olive Wiley, Kay Grayson, Peter Reyn-Bardt, and William Burke. Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Follow the show on Instagram @OurWeirdWorldPod Want more John? Everyone wants mo...

Send us Fan Mail It's the start of year 5 of this dumb little show! Today, we're looking at the stories of three weirdos from history with the lives of John Birges, Richard Snell, and Terry Thompson. Listen on Podurama! Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Follow the show on Instagram @OurWeirdWorldPod...

Send us Fan Mail This week is all about politics...as if you weren't going to get enough of it this year. We're looking at the stories of the Battle of Athens, the Congressional Brawl, Kisimba Ngoy, and Jack Fellure. Listen on Podurama! Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Follow the show on Instagram @...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're looking at two gigantic piles of human dumpster juice with the stories of Joseph Duncan and Westley Allan Dodd. If you have kids, this might be a tough episode to listen to. Listen on Podurama! Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Follow the show on Instagram @OurWeirdWorldPo...

Send us Fan Mail This week is all about my home state of North Carolina! We're looking at four obscure stories from the state's history: Alma Petty Gatlin, Tom Dula, Archie Kinsauls, and Leon Hollomon, Jr. Listen on Podurama! Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Follow the show on Instagram @OurWeirdWor...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're recognizing Black History Month the only way we know how—by highlighting race riots from history. We're covering the Wilmington Insurrection, the Perry Race Riot, and the murder of Arthur McDuffie. Listen on Podurama! Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Follow the show...

Send us Fan Mail Got flight anxiety? Then maybe skip this episode! We've got the stories of Albert Guay, Jack Gilbert Graham, British Airways Flight 5390, and the Miracle of the Andes to give you all kinds of nightmares! Listen on Podurama! Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Follow the show on Instagram @O...

Send us Fan Mail We're back with another edition of some lesser known stories from World War II. This week, we're looking at the lives of Alistair Urquhart, Saburo Sakai, Calvin Graham, Franz von Werra, and Lyudmila Pavlichenko. Check out Part 1 in episode #38 and Part 2 in episode #138. Listen on Podurama! Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow Joh...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're looking at a few con artists from history who put way too much work into getting away with their crimes. We're covering the lives of Lord Gordon-Gordon, John Schmidt, and Juan Carlos Guzman-Betancourt. Listen on Podurama! Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Follow the s...

Send us Fan Mail Why are you here after last week's disaster of an episode? Well, either way, thanks for coming back! This week, we're covering some tales from the Native American people. Learn all about the Unnamed Catawba Warrior, Swift Runner, Jack Fiddler, and Joe Medicine Crow. Listen on Podurama! Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on...

Send us Fan Mail It's here! 200 episodes of this dumb show. Like we did for 100 episodes, we get destroyed and try to record something that resembles a podcast. For legal reasons, we were definitely totally sober during this recording and it was all an act. This week, it's all about stories from the dumpster fire that is Florida! In the second version of this show (check out episode #66...

Send us Fan Mail Can you actually get hit on your noggin so hard that you completely forget everything about your life? Well, it happened to the people on today's episode! We're covering the stories of Benjaman Kyle and Lawrence Joseph Bader. Listen on Podurama! Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Foll...

Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year! It's 2024 and what better way to celebrate than to fake your own death and disappear from the hellish life you've created for yourself! Learn from some notable people from history who tried it for themselves (and kinda succeeded). This week, we're covering the stories of James Washington, David Friedland, and Raymond Stansel. Listen on Podurama! Like...

Send us Fan Mail Merry Christmas! There's an old Christmas tradition to tell scary stories and urban legends rather than stuff about Santa Claus and reindeer and whatever. So this week, we'll keep the tradition alive with some urban legends from around the United States. We're covering the stories of the Melonheads, the Bunny Man, and Charlie No Face. Listen on Podurama! Like the sh...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're looking at weird crimes from history! Check out this episode where we cover the stories of the Mad Gasser of Mattoon, The Brassiere Brigade, the Kissing Case, Dwarf Tossing, and the Hatton Garden Heist. Listen on Podurama! Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Follow the show...

Send us Fan Mail There's been an awful lot of talk about terrible dudes on the show lately, so I didn't want you ladies to feel left out! This week we're following up on Episode #106 with the stories of Christine Falling, Juana Baraza, Catherine Monvoisin, and Lavinia Fisher. Listen on Podurama! Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Tw...