Middle-Aged and Mediocre

Alonzo Weed was a real-life vagabond who was briefly elected mayor of Amesville, Ohio, in 1903 as a joke that unexpectedly came true. His story, which gained national attention at the time, is now a local legend celebrated with an annual festival. 

Middle-Aged and Mediocre is BACK! In this episode we look at six states that tried to secede from the United States of America for various reasons. Joel blind ranks Adam Sandler comedies and Cash blind ranks kid's sports movies from his childhood! Listen, like, share, and subscribe!

WrestleMania 41 is here and Middle-Aged and Mediocre is bringing you Honcho and the Dude's preview of the upcoming event! We're talking about WrestleMania memories, making our picks for this year's matches, and taking a look at WWE's list of their Top 50 Mania matches. Plus, we get an insight into Joel's world of Facebook Marketplace insanity. Enjoy!

For absolutely no reason whatsoever, and completely not due to any current events, our new episode is all about a young Italian man who hijacked an airplane on October 31, 1969. While most hijackers in the 60s demanded to be taken to Cuba, Raffaele Minichiello had a different destination in mind. The hijacked flight went across the country from California to New York before heading to an entirely...

We're giving you a history lesson on this episode, but don't worry, it's a hilarious tale of incompetence! During the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, Russia was looking to take back a warm water port on the Liaodong Peninsula in the south of Manchuria, China. Russia had gained control of Port Arthur through an agreement with China but Japan wasn't having that and took control of it at The Siege of Por...

Ten Cent Beer Night was a promotion held by Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians during a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio on June 4, 1974. The promotion was meant to improve attendance at the game by offering cups of beer for just 10 cents each, with a limit of six beers per purchase but no limit on the number of purchases made during the game. Things di...

If you watched the MAX docuseries about Natalia Grace, you know how that case was influenced by the 2009 horror movie, "The Orphan", but what you might not know is that the horror movie was inspired by a true story that took place in the Czech Republic. A woman named Barbora Skrlova, born with a condition known as hypopituitarism, which affected her growth and appearance, making her look much youn...

Titu Singh was not an ordinary child. He didn't act like an ordinary child. He didn't talk like an ordinary child. He didn't have an ordinary child's memories. His memories were those of a man named Suresh Verma and those memories just happened to include the details of how Suresh Verma was murdered in 1983. This is a wild story and will leave you questioning your beliefs on reinca...

Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell found each other through their shared Mormon faith and the belief that the world was coming to an end. Labeling people as zombies, Lori and Chad were at the center of a murder spree that left four of their own family members dead.

There were a total of 5 characters who took the Ghostface mask off when they revealed that they had been behind the killing sprees throughout the first three Scream movies. In this episode, Cash & Joel dive into the story of the first three movies and then rank the Ghosface killers from best to worst. Let us know how you'd rank Billy Loomis, Stu Macher, Mickey Altieri, Debbie Loomis, and R...

Movies, drive-thru trauma, and a gamer puts way too much effort into being a loser.

Why did Ben Affleck's son have to return his XBox in "The Company Men"? Have you ever had a Tom Green dream? What's the dumbest war ever warred? If these are the questions you're seeking answers for, we've got you covered in this episode! We also figure out the answer to the very dumb question, "wHy IsNt ThErE a sTrAiGhT PrIdE mOnTh!?"

We debate the hottest political issue in our nation's history... electrified water or shark?

On Mother's Day 1985, the bodies of Katie, Kara, and Erin Eastburn were found brutally murdered in their Fayetteville, NC home. A man named Tim Hennis was quickly identified as a suspect and subsequently charged with the murders. However, even with all of the evidence pointing directly at Tim, the case would not be wrapped up until 25 grueling years later. This is part one of the story of The...

Just a quick episode to catch up on what the Joel & Cole Express has been up to. Cash & Joel talk about Cash's return to professional wrestling, upcoming Middle-Aged and Mediocre projects, and the Whiff Whaff series on the Ray Gun Radio/Middle-Aged and Mediocre YouTube page (Episode 1 is available now!)

The Joel & Cole Express is back with another episode and this time it's just two dudes talking about the solar eclipse, the worst ways to die, the most fun ways to die, and the most likely way they'll each die. Cash & Joel also delve into some true crime and discuss the horrific and awful acts carried out during the eclipse by Danielle Johnson, aka, "astrology influencer"...

Cash and Joel review both nights of this weekend's WrestleMania 40 event and place their bets on each match. We also review the prop bets for the show, including how much interference there will be in Roman vs Cody, how many chops Gunther will deliver to Sami Zayn, if Stone Cold will get in the ring, and more! There's another big wrestling announcement at the end of the show that you won&#...

The main story begins at 15:39 for those who want to skip the opening banter Natalia Grace Barnett is a Ukrainian-born American with dwarfism, who, in 2010, was adopted by an American family but abandoned by them two years later. Barnett's adoptive parents claimed that Barnett was a legal adult, and, in 2012, they successfully sought a court order legally changing her birth year from 2003 to 1...

Chase Massner was an Iraq War veteran who returned home and faced difficulties adjusting back into civilian life while battling PTSD and bipolar disorder. His marriage issues caused him to turn to a friend named Brad Clement for support but then he mysteriously vanished. For three years, no one knew what had happened to Chase. No one except for one person that is. Join us to hear about the disappe...

It's the biggest event of the year and we've got you covered on all the information you could ever need before the big game! We've got stats, betting props, parlays, and our picks. There's also a lot of Home Improvement talk in this episode because Joel dreams of JTT. If you're betting on the game or want to sound smart by throwing out some stats at your Super Bowl party, this...

Cash & Joel take a look at the case that currently making national headlines everywhere. The bodies of three men were found dead and frozen in the backyard of their friend's home two days after joining their friend to watch the Kansas City Chiefs play the Los Angeles Chargers. The surviving friend states that he had no idea his friends were dead in his backyard. A fifth man has now come fo...

Cash & Joel are back to preview the NFL's Divisional Round of Playoff games. The Texans take on the Ravens, the Packers face off against the 49ers, the Bucs travel to Detroit to battle the Lions, and the Kansas City Chiefs go into Buffalo to square off once again with the Bills. It's going to be a big NFL weekend and we've got the full preview for you. Plus our game picks, Cash&#39...

The NFL Playoffs are here and we've got you covered on this weekend's SUPER Wild Card Weekend slate of games. We make our picks for each of these games, check out what the public is betting their money on, and check out the favorites for the NFL's year-end awards as well as pick who we each think will be winning the Super Bowl this year. If you're a football fan, you don't want...

Susan Monica had a pig farm and a lot of property in the middle of nowhere that could hide many secrets. Her secrets stayed hidden until a drifter's family came looking after not hearing from him for months. A missing person's report and fraudulent EBT card transactions would eventually lead to a search warrant for the property and the discovery of human remains. During the interrogation,...

In part one, Mark Twitchell attempted to kill his first victim but ultimately failed. Now, with a second chance, Mark once again uses a fake dating profile to lure a man into his deadly garage where he lies in wait to become the serial killer he fantasizes about himself being. Will this second attempt be more successful than the first? Check out part two of our Mark Twitchell story now to find out...