Our Weird World

Send us Fan Mail Our 2-part series on the Mormons wraps up this week with the stories of Arnold Potter, Joyce McKinney, and Mark Hofmann. 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 Want more John? Everyone wants more John. Visit www.johnhinsonwrites.com...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're starting a 2-part series on the Mormons and all the whackadoodles they've produced. In part 1, we're covering the stories of the Church of the First Born of the Lamb of God, the Morrisite War, and Addam Swapp. Listen on Podurama! Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we're taking a look at some (sad) lesser known stories from the entertainment industry. We're covering the lives of Dominick Elwes, Gram Parsons, and Jozsef Barsi. 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 Want mor...

Send us Fan Mail The 9th edition of our Weird Fun Bag series is here with the stories of Colin Howell, Thomas Fitzpatrick, and William Morgan. 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 Want more John? Everyone wants more John. Visit www.johnhinsonwrite...

Send us Fan Mail This week is all about food! We're looking at the stories of Tarrare, the Great Tomato Trial, the Great Peanut Butter Panic, and the Swiss Cheese Pervert. 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 Want more John? Everyone wants mo...

Send us Fan Mail Jack the Ripper is one of the most famous serial killers in history because...reasons. These three stories we're looking at today—Whipping Tom, the London Monster, and Thomas Neill Cream—were definitely not Jack the Ripper, but resembled him in some way. Listen on Podurama! Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Insta...

Send us Fan Mail This week is definitely more uplifting. We're looking at some incredible people from history who went on amazing (albeit somewhat poorly thought out) adventures and lived to tell about them. We're looking at the stories of Alexander Selkirk, Douglas Mawson, Ernest Shackleton, and the Robertson Family. Listen on Podurama! Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.c...

Send us Fan Mail Buckle up, weirdos. This week is a little depressing. We're looking at the stories of two kids who had pretty awful childhoods—Candace Newmaker and Joseph Hall. 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...

Send us Fan Mail New month, new fun bag of assorted weird tales. This week we're looking at the stories of the Sultana , the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI, and the Collyer Brothers. 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...

Send us Fan Mail Does California produce more serial killers, or were their serial killers just more memorable? This week we're look at three of California's most famous murderers: Joseph James Deangelo, Leonard Lake, and William Bonin. 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 show has been full of awful people already—serial killers, corrupt politicians, ruthless dictators. Here are some more people who were awful in their own special way. We're looking at the lives of Alexander Keith, James Jameson, and Marie-Élisabeth Cons-Boutboul. Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're covering one of Russia's most famous historical characters: Grigori Rasputin! Why is he so infamous? How did he die? We take a deep dive into his life this week! 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...

Send us Fan Mail It's the 7th edition of our Weird Fun Bag! This week we're looking at the Atomic Wedgie, Hollow Earth theory, and Verry Idham Henyansyah. 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.johnhinsonwri...

Send us Fan Mail 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. 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....

Send us Fan Mail 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. 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 and the Chowchilla incident. Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Follow the show on Instagram @OurWeir...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Nuremberg, Germany, and Basel, Switzerland; and we're talking about the Chimney Rock Apparitions in North Carolina and the Miracle in the Sky in Portugal. Like the show on Facebook - h...

Send us Fan Mail 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. 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. Vis...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Movement of the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, and Chen Tao—all of which have their own insane tales. We also look to see if you or someone you know is part of a cult.  Like the sh...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Dugard. 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 Jo...

Send us Fan Mail 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 stories of Bud Post, Jack Whittaker, and Anthony Amato. Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Follow the show o...

Send us Fan Mail 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. 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 al...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we're looking at four teenagers who caused a lot of problems—Charlie Brandt, Brenda Spencer, Daniel LaPlante, and Josh Phillips.  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.johnhinsonwrite...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Henry Gaskins, and Jerry Brudos. Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on Twitter and Instagram @TheJohnHinson Follow the show on Instagra...

Send us Fan Mail 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. 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. Visi...