Our Weird World

Our Weird World

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  • 198 - Faking Your Own Death

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    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.

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    28 min
  • 197 - Urban Legends

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    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.

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    22 min
  • 196 - Weird Crimes

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    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.

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    39 min
  • 195 - Awful Women in History, Part 2

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    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.

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    38 min
  • 194 - The Voices in My Head!

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    Every week seems to be full of crazy stories here on the pod, but this week is actually dedicated to legitimately crazy people. We're covering Richard Chase, Herbert Mullin, and Charles Ray Hatcher—three men who did a lot of REALLY terrible things because the voices in their head told them to.

    *This is an explicit episode warning...if you care about that sort of thing.*

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    43 min
  • 193 - More Cannibals!

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    This week we're following up on Episode #123 with four more stories of cannibals from history. Listen in to learn about Leonarda Cianciulli, Zhang Yongming, Stephen Griffiths, and, Issei Sagawa.

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    32 min
  • 192 - Serial Killer Sampler #7: Robinson, Sobhraj & Sutcliffe

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    This week it's the 7th edition of our Serial Killer Sampler series. We're looking at the lives and crimes of John Edward Robinson, Charles Sobhraj, and Peter Sutcliffe.

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    44 min
  • 191 - Funny Fails

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    This week, we're looking at some funny fails in history. Whether it's a hoax, a plot to overthrow a government, or to exact revenge, our subjects this week did not succeed. We're looking at the story of Operation Red Dog, as well as the lives of Louis Dethy and Billy Meier.

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    28 min
  • 190 - Lesser Known War Stories

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    On this week's episode, we're traveling through several years of history to look at a handful of lesser known stories from various wars. We're covering the Battle of Karansebes, St. Clair's Defeat, the Sandbar Fight, and the story of David Fagen.

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    35 min
  • 189 - Demons! Part 2!

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    We're wrapping up our spooky Halloween themed month with more stories about something that legitimately scares a lot of people -- Demons! This week, we're looking at the stories of Arne Cheyenne Johnson, Michael Taylor, and Elizabeth Knapp.

    Also, check out Part 1 of this series back in episode #84.

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    30 min

About Our Weird World

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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…

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