Our Weird World

By John Hinson

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Episodes: 249

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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 humor into it, or maybe he's just an apathetic dick - that's up to you to decide.


Episode Date
249 - Real Government Projects, Part 2!
Dec 23, 2024
248 - Mysterious Murders, Part 2!
Dec 16, 2024
247 - North Carolina, Part 2!
Dec 09, 2024
246 - Weird Fun Bag #13: A Crazy Coincidence, a Canadian Police Chase, and a Brazen Bull
Dec 02, 2024
245 - Super Secret Spy Stuff!
Nov 25, 2024
244 - Weird Warriors
Nov 18, 2024
243 - Aliens! Part 8!
Nov 11, 2024
242 - Aliens! Part 7!
Nov 04, 2024
241 - Aliens! Part 6!
Oct 28, 2024
240 - Demons! Part 3!
Oct 21, 2024
239 - Monsters! Part 5!
Oct 14, 2024
238 - Ghosts! Part 3!
Oct 07, 2024
237 - Serial Killers from Around the World: Europe
Sep 30, 2024
236 - Serial Killers from Around the World: Asia
Sep 23, 2024
235 - Serial Killers from Around the World: Australia, Part 2
Sep 16, 2024
234 - Serial Killers from Around the World: Australia, Part 1
Sep 09, 2024
233 - Serial Killers from Around the World: Turkey
Sep 02, 2024
232 - Weird Weapons
Aug 26, 2024
231 - More Airplane Stories!
Aug 19, 2024
230 - Odd Organizations
Aug 12, 2024
229 - Weird Fun Bag #12: An Autistic Heist, A Weird Family, and Living the Dream
Aug 05, 2024
228 - An Assortment of American Killers, Part 2
Jul 29, 2024
227 - An Assortment of American Killers, Part 1
Jul 22, 2024
226 - Insurance Fraud!
Jul 15, 2024
225 - Totally Real Heroes
Jul 08, 2024
224 - Weird Fun Bag #11: Lazy Hitmen, Creative Unaliving, and Relentless Terrorists
Jul 01, 2024
223 - Strikes!
Jun 24, 2024
222 - Thug Life!
Jun 17, 2024
221 - Bad Scientists
Jun 10, 2024
220 - Weird Fun Bag #10: The Miracle Child, the Best Prostitute, and a Big Treasure Hunt
Jun 03, 2024
219 - School Shenanigans
May 27, 2024
218 - Florida, the Trilogy
May 20, 2024
217 - The Abductions of Patty Hearst and Brian Wells
May 13, 2024
216 - Demented Doctors Part 2
May 06, 2024
215 - Amazing Tales of Survival Part 3
Apr 29, 2024
214 - Prison Escapes!
Apr 22, 2024
213 - Mysterious Deaths
Apr 15, 2024
212 - Tamara Samsanova and Marcus Wesson
Apr 08, 2024
211 - Terry Rasmussen
Apr 01, 2024
210 - Karma!
Mar 25, 2024
209 - An Assortment of Weirdos
Mar 18, 2024
208 - Pathetic Politics!
Mar 11, 2024
207 - Joseph Duncan and Westley Allan Dodd
Mar 04, 2024
206 - North Carolina!
Feb 26, 2024
205 - Race Riots, Part 2
Feb 19, 2024
204 - An Assortment of Airplane Stories
Feb 12, 2024
203 - Lesser Known Stories from World War II, Part 3
Feb 05, 2024
202 - Con Artists
Jan 29, 2024
201 - Native American Stories
Jan 22, 2024
200 - Florida, the Sequel! (And the BIG 200th Episode Celebration!)
Jan 15, 2024
199 - Amnesia!
Jan 08, 2024
198 - Faking Your Own Death
Jan 01, 2024
197 - Urban Legends
Dec 25, 2023
196 - Weird Crimes
Dec 18, 2023
195 - Awful Women in History, Part 2
Dec 11, 2023
194 - The Voices in My Head!
Dec 04, 2023
193 - More Cannibals!
Nov 27, 2023
192 - Serial Killer Sampler #7: Robinson, Sobhraj & Sutcliffe
Nov 20, 2023
191 - Funny Fails
Nov 13, 2023
190 - Lesser Known War Stories
Nov 06, 2023
189 - Demons! Part 2!
Oct 30, 2023
188 - Aliens! Part 5! (Contactees!)
Oct 23, 2023
187 - Monsters! Part 4!
Oct 16, 2023
186 - Ghosts! Part 2!
Oct 09, 2023
185 - Aliens! Part 4! (More Alien Encounters!)
Oct 02, 2023
184 - Jacksonville, FL Serial Killers
Sep 25, 2023
183 - The Tool Box Killers
Sep 18, 2023
182 - Son of Sam
Sep 11, 2023
181 - Serial Killer Sampler, #6: Nelson, Vacher & Weber
Sep 04, 2023
180 - Mormons, Part 2!
Aug 28, 2023
179 - Mormons, Part 1!
Aug 21, 2023
178 - Showbiz!
Aug 14, 2023
177 - Weird Fun Bag #9: Gold Scams, Drunk Pilots, and a Freemason
Aug 07, 2023
176 - Fun with Food
Jul 31, 2023
175 - Definitely Not Jack the Ripper
Jul 24, 2023
174 - Amazing Adventurers
Jul 17, 2023
173 - Candace Newmaker & Joseph Hall
Jul 10, 2023
172 - Weird Fun Bag #8: A Big Boom, the Citizens Commission, and Hoarders
Jul 03, 2023
171 - California Killers
Jun 26, 2023
170 - An Assortment of Awful People
Jun 19, 2023
169 - Rasputin
Jun 12, 2023
168 - Weird Fun Bag #7- Hollow earth, Atomic Wedgies, and Verry Idham Henyansyah
Jun 05, 2023
167 - Hijacker Hijinks
May 29, 2023
166 - Awful Ways to Die
May 22, 2023
165 - True Heroes
May 15, 2023
164 - Strange Things in the Sky
May 08, 2023
163 - Weird Fun Bag #6: Forced Love, Horse Butts, and a Bad Spiderman
May 01, 2023
162 - Cults!
Apr 24, 2023
161 - Phillip Garrido & the Abduction of Jaycee Dugard
Apr 17, 2023
160 - (Un)Lucky Lottery Winners
Apr 10, 2023
159 - Weird Fun Bag #5: A Tree, a Coked Out Bear, and a Bad Superhero
Apr 03, 2023
158 - Terrible Teenagers
Mar 27, 2023
157 - Serial Killer Sampler #5: Ridgway, Gaskins & Brudos
Mar 20, 2023
156 - Liquid Lunacy
Mar 13, 2023
155 - Weird Fun Bag #4: Satan, Meth, and a Frozen Dead Guy
Mar 06, 2023
154 - Serial Killer Sampler #4: Haigh, Nilsen & Albright
Feb 27, 2023
153 - The Wild West Part 2!
Feb 20, 2023
152 - Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple
Feb 13, 2023
151 - Weird Fun Bag #3: A Lobster, a Rainbow, and an Indestructible Man
Feb 06, 2023
150 - Serial Killer Sampler #3: Jesperson, Sells & Panzram
Jan 30, 2023
149 - Aliens! Part 3! (Encounters and Abductions)
Jan 23, 2023
148 - Charles Whitman and Randy Weaver
Jan 16, 2023
147 - Lesser Known School Disasters
Jan 09, 2023
146 - Weird Fun Bag #2- A Circus Act, A Meat Shower, and a Pair of Exploding Pants
Jan 02, 2023
145 - Ted Bundy
Dec 26, 2022
144 - Race Riots
Dec 19, 2022
143 - The Donner Party
Dec 12, 2022
142 - Weird Fun Bag #1: The LP, a Mystery Man, and a Long Fight
Dec 05, 2022
141 - Unusual Uprisings
Nov 28, 2022
140 - Whacky Wars Part 3! (More Dumb Wars)
Nov 21, 2022
139 - More German Killers
Nov 14, 2022
138 - Lesser Known Stories from World War II Part 2
Nov 07, 2022
137 - Haunted Houses
Oct 31, 2022
136 - Aliens! Part 2 - Alien Abductions
Oct 24, 2022
135 - Aliens! Part 1 - Famous UFO Sightings
Oct 17, 2022
134 - Even More Monsters!
Oct 10, 2022
133 - More Monsters!
Oct 03, 2022
132 - Robert Berdella
Sep 26, 2022
131 - Randy Kraft
Sep 19, 2022
130 - Robert Hansen
Sep 12, 2022
129 - Serial Killer Sampler #2 - Dyer, Lucas, and Shawcross
Sep 05, 2022
128 - Peculiar Pranks
Aug 29, 2022
127 - Asinine Assassins Part 2: Assassining All Over the World
Aug 22, 2022
126 - Asinine Assassins Part 1: Presidential Assassins
Aug 15, 2022
125 - Amazing Tales of Survival Part 2
Aug 08, 2022
124 - Amazing Tales of Survival Part 1
Aug 01, 2022
123 - Cannibals!
Jul 25, 2022
122 - The Alamo Christian Foundation
Jul 18, 2022
121 - Tales from Texas
Jul 11, 2022
120 - Mysterious Murders!
Jul 04, 2022
119 - Angry People
Jun 27, 2022
118 - Failed Utopias
Jun 20, 2022
117 - Richard Ramirez
Jun 13, 2022
116 - Strange Ships
Jun 06, 2022
115 - The Murder of James Bulger
May 30, 2022
114 - Norman Baker
May 23, 2022
113 - Early German Killers
May 16, 2022
112 - Ted Kaczynski
May 09, 2022
111 - Killer Women
May 02, 2022
110 - Weird War Stories
Apr 25, 2022
109 - Serial Killer Sampler Part 1: Godino, Kiss, and Villegas
Apr 18, 2022
108 - Morbid Massacres
Apr 11, 2022
107 - Early Christian Martyrs Part 3
Apr 04, 2022
106 - Awful Women in History
Mar 28, 2022
105 - Great Women in History
Mar 21, 2022
104 - Bestiality!
Mar 14, 2022
103 - Creepy Kids
Mar 07, 2022
102 - Incredible Feats of Human Stupidity
Feb 28, 2022
101 - Johann Unterweger & Robert Pickton
Feb 21, 2022
100 - Yahweh ben Yahweh and the Drunk 100th Episode Celebration!
Feb 14, 2022
099 - Sports!
Feb 07, 2022
098 - Weird Ways to Die
Jan 31, 2022
097 - Spontaneous Human Combustion
Jan 24, 2022
096 - Insane Soldiers
Jan 17, 2022
095 - Animal Problems
Jan 10, 2022
094 - Nannie Doss
Jan 03, 2022
093 - Barney and Betty Hill
Dec 27, 2021
092 - Peter Kürten
Dec 20, 2021
091 - South American Killers
Dec 13, 2021
090 - Belle Gunness
Dec 06, 2021
089 - Twins!
Nov 29, 2021
088 - Mary Toft and Patrick Kearney
Nov 22, 2021
087 - Those Times America Almost Nuked Itself
Nov 15, 2021
086 - World War II Heroes
Nov 08, 2021
085 - Unlucky People
Nov 01, 2021
084 - Demons!
Oct 25, 2021
083 - Ghosts!
Oct 18, 2021
082 - Monsters!
Oct 11, 2021
081 - Vampires!
Oct 04, 2021
080 - Nikolai Dzhumagaliev
Sep 27, 2021
079 - Alexander Pichushkin
Sep 20, 2021
078 - Jeffrey Dahmer
Sep 13, 2021
077 - Gilles de Rais
Sep 06, 2021
076 - Dumb Political Decisions
Aug 30, 2021
075 - Terrible Terrorists!
Aug 23, 2021
074 - Philadelphia!
Aug 16, 2021
073 - Real Government Projects
Aug 09, 2021
072 - Abraham Lincoln
Aug 02, 2021
071 - Elephants!
Jul 26, 2021
070 - Strange Epidemics
Jul 19, 2021
069 - Our Sexiest Episode Ever!
Jul 12, 2021
068 - Vietnam Heroes Robert L. Howard and Roy Benavidez
Jul 05, 2021
067 - Radovan Karadzic
Jun 28, 2021
066 - Florida!
Jun 21, 2021
065 - Budd Dwyer and Danny Casolaro (and More Conspiracies)
Jun 14, 2021
064 - Floyd Collins and Peter Woodcock (and Conspiracies)
Jun 07, 2021
063 - The Lesser Known Side of the Revolutionary War
May 31, 2021
062 - Dave Sanders
May 24, 2021
061 - Josef Fritzl
May 17, 2021
060 - Joe Exotic
May 10, 2021
059 - Horrible Moms
May 03, 2021
058 - Back from the Dead
Apr 26, 2021
057 - For Science!
Apr 19, 2021
056 - The Ant Hill Kids & Heaven's Gate
Apr 12, 2021
055 - Demented Doctors
Apr 05, 2021
054 - Early Christian Martyrs, Part 2
Mar 29, 2021
053 - Early Christian Martyrs, Part 1
Mar 22, 2021
052 - Animal Heroes
Mar 15, 2021
051 - Whacky Wars, Part 2 - International Wars
Mar 08, 2021
050 - Whacky Wars, Part 1 - American Wars
Mar 01, 2021
049 - Nathaniel Bar-Jonah
Feb 22, 2021
048 - Fred West
Feb 15, 2021
047 - Richard Kuklinski
Feb 08, 2021
046 - Celebrating Black History Month
Feb 01, 2021
045 - Silly Stunts
Jan 25, 2021
044 - Ridiculous Riots
Jan 18, 2021
043 - The Sodder Family
Jan 11, 2021
042 - Stories from the Crusades
Jan 04, 2021
041 - The Dole Air Race
Dec 28, 2020
040 - Carl Tanzler
Dec 21, 2020
039 - Rodney Alcala
Dec 14, 2020
038 - Lesser Known Stories from World War II
Dec 07, 2020
037 - Sinkable Ships
Nov 30, 2020
036 - Early Popes
Nov 23, 2020
035 - Gertrude Baniszewski
Nov 16, 2020
034 - Ed Kemper
Nov 09, 2020
033 - Ralph Lael
Nov 02, 2020
032 - David Parker Ray
Oct 26, 2020
031 - Mummies!
Oct 19, 2020
030 - Werewolves!
Oct 12, 2020
029 - Witches!
Oct 05, 2020
028 - BTK (Dennis Rader)
Sep 28, 2020
027- Andrei Chikatilo
Sep 21, 2020
026 - John Wayne Gacy
Sep 14, 2020
025 - Dean Corll
Sep 07, 2020
024 - The Dyatlov Pass Incident
Aug 31, 2020
023 - Ed Gein
Aug 24, 2020
022 - Huey Long
Aug 17, 2020
021 - Henry Berry Lowrie
Aug 10, 2020
020 - Martin Guerre
Aug 03, 2020
019 - The Nanking Massacre
Jul 27, 2020
018 - Tsutomu Miyazaki
Jul 20, 2020
017 - Junko Furuta
Jul 13, 2020
016 - Unit 731
Jul 06, 2020
015 - Robert the Doll
Jun 29, 2020
014 - H.H. Holmes
Jun 22, 2020
013 - Forgotten US States
Jun 15, 2020
012 - Catalina de Erauso
Jun 08, 2020
011 - BC Bonanza!
Jun 01, 2020
010 - Gypsy Rose Blanchard
May 25, 2020
009 - John Brennan Crutchley
May 18, 2020
008 - David Koresh
May 11, 2020
007 - The Wild West!
May 04, 2020
006 - Albert Fish
Apr 27, 2020
005 - Katherine Knight
Apr 20, 2020
004 - Bob Berchtold
Apr 13, 2020
003 - David Berg
Apr 06, 2020
002 - Carroll Cole
Mar 30, 2020
001 - Rene Rondolier
Mar 23, 2020