Our Weird World

By John HinsonComedy True Crime History

Our Weird World episodes

April 06 316 - Weird Fun Bag #25: A Giant, a Pass, and a Coffin
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This week it's the 25th fun bag! We're looking at the stories of Fredonyer Pass, the Cardiff Giant, and Emma Crawford.
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28 min
March 30 315 - Wilbur Voliva and the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church
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This week we're talking about the cult city of Zion, Illinois, and it's Flat Earth-loving leader, Wilbur Glenn Voliva.
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34 min
March 23 314 - Kidnapped!
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This week we're looking at four girls who got kidnapped! Did they make it out? We'll see! It's the stories of Peggy Ann Bradnick, Colleen Stan, Natascha Kampusch, and Elizabeth Shoaf.
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31 min
March 16 313 - Colin Batley
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This week we're wrapping up season 6 with the story of Colin Batley and "The Church" cult. This one is not fun.
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41 min
March 09 312 - Glenn Helzer and the Children of Thunder
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This week is the fun story of Mormon sociopath Glenn Helzer and his tiny Children of Thunder cult!
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46 min
March 02 311 - Weird Fun Bag #24: German Royalty, London Beer, and a Mysterious Box
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New month. New fun bag. This week we're looking at the stories of Baron George von Bothmer, The London beer flood, and the Southcottians.
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33 min
February 23 310 - North Carolina, Part 4!
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We're wrapping up our 2-week series on stories from North Carolina where we cover Topsy the Elephant (a different one!), Gerald Hege, Richard McCoy, Jr., Jacklyn Lucas, and Dwight Watson.
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41 min
February 16 309 - North Carolina, Part 3!
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This week we're kicking off a 2-part series on our home state, North Carolina! Learn about Munchkinland, the Coal Glen disaster, Little Rascals preschool, and the Loray Mill Strike.
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36 min
February 09 308 - Josef Mengele
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This week we're going back to World War II and covering the life of one of the worst people not named Hitler—Josef Mengele.
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40 min
February 02 307 - Weird Fun Bag #23- A Bad Riot, a Bad Accident, and a Bad Murderer
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New month. New Weird Fun Bag. This week we're covering the Khamar Daban Incident, the New Mexico Penitentiary Riot, and the story of Thomas Maimoni.
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34 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…