Profiles In Eccentricity

This week Godfather of Profiles, Joe Lachut, guests to tell the story of two brothers in the '20s who hoarded literally tons of garbage in their Harlem home. Also, John shares the tales of two men who terrorized Long Island during his childhood: a kidnapper and a sniper!

This episode John shares the story of Superhead, the hip hop music video star who became famous for her oral skills and later shook up the industry by telling her tell-all story. Also, Matt shares some shockingly pervy songs from the dirty 1930's.

This episode Matt drops the shockingly insane history of humans putting animals and insects on trial and John talks about a WWII hero that also happens to be a bear!

This week John giddily tells the story of an underground right wing Japanese activist who starred in porn filmes and attempted to assassinate a Yakuza boss in a kamikaze plane attack! Matt gives the bow wow bio of a famous lofty pup!

This week Aaron drops the tale of the strangest, brainiest man in professional baseball: mediocre ballplayer and secret wartime spy Moe Berg! Don't touch his fucking newspaper!

This episode Matt tells our first listener-suggested subject about Yukio Mishima, a nationally prized Japanese novelist and descendant of a samurai dynasty, who, after the second world war, tried to take Japan to the far right, overthrow the government, and loved figuratively shredded dudes getting literally shredded by arrows.

John brings the bizarre lonely saga of a fed up newscaster that shocked home audiences by abruptly shooting herself in the head on live television. Aaron talks about cool eels that do blow.

Matt hits us with the inspiriational tale of Mildred Burke, a woman who trailblazed for female wrestlers and defeated all challengers in REAL and staged fights whie simultaneously enduring the abuse of her lowlife manager!

Laura Crawford tells the boys about Sputnik Monroe, a pimp-themed wrestler who sought black fans and deliberately forced integration at his shows.

This week our guest David Sharp shares the unbelievable life story of gambling legend Amarillo Slim. This was recorded immediately after our last episode for our Patreon, but we decided to share so the regular fans could see the sort of thing we have cooking on our Patreon account!  Support the show.

The Boys run a train on this episode with a 3-way of mini weirdses! First Aaron gives us some background on Alfred Hubbard, the "Johnny Appleseed of LSD," then John gives poses a question about straight edge pedophiles in the hardcore punk scene, before Matt closes us out with bizarre fads through time! Have yourself a nice piss and try it out! Support the show.

This week Matt delivers a history of chopped up baseball with the saga of the Pittsburgh Pirates 80s coke addiction!!

This week John shares the tale of the most offensive band in history.

This week the boys play the clips they've been mumbling and stuttering about for a while from eccentric films, songs and of course, porn.

This week our guest Chris Crittenden shares the story of Steve Rocco, who built the culture of modern skateboarding simply because he was told he could not.

This episode John profiles the combative art of Chris Burden, who willfully had himself shot to be taken seriously. Satirical and disturbing commercials, crucifixion to a Volkswagen and a habit of creating terrifying and visceral live performances and inventions were all a part of Burden's vision.

Matt delivers a maniacal portrait of a woman who left the Catholic church in Spain in the 16th century only to become a marauding menace to colonial South America, all while dressed as a man. She escapes death, incredibly meets family members a world away, and achieves glory and worldwide fame before death! Holy shit!

Special guest Adam Tod Brown talks about Vladimir Putin's secretly disturbing rise to power and the insane and sometimes (uncomfortably) hilarious things he does to expand that power.

John McAfee gets the profile treatment from Aaron in this episode and it is a wild, scary, fascinating and dirty ride! This is a hell of a story, folks, so get tucked in!

John tells the story of a 21 year old woman that fought Nazis in Germany at the height of the Second World War. Plus! Matt gives a history of piss in music!

John weaves a tale of Sex Pistols manager, artist, impresario and provocateur Malcolm McLaren and his loftiest aspirations to destroy pop music with a prank centered around the fetishization of children! Matt shares a funny porn clip! We announce the Patreon!

This episode live at the Hollywood Hotel has Matt delving into John Lennon and Harry Nilsson getting super chopped and bombed in L.A., Aaron reveals more about the dealers behind the Pablo Escobear fiasco, and John tells of the ongoing saga of the ex-con who posed as a genius to sell tons of nut to a sperm bank!! The gang's all here! Try it out!

This episode has Matt drop the tale of obscure musician, member of Jefferson Airplane and avid psychedelic drug abuser Alexander Skip Spence!

John tells the lads about the Irish Republican Army's dysfunctional, bratty, petty, infighting, bomb-engineering, snitch-torturing, drug-dealing, hunger-striking, terrorist little step-brother, the Irish National Liberation Army.

This episode has John sharing some of his favorite final words from the famous, the infamous and the fameless! Try It Out!