Our Weird World Podcast

08/04/2024

This week, we’re covering two giant piles of human trash who unalived a lot of people. Tune in and learn about the lives of Tamara Samsanova and Marcus Wesson!⁠
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This week, we’re covering two giant piles of human trash who killed a lot of people. Tune in and learn about the lives of Tamara Samsanova and Marcus Wesson!

01/04/2024

This week, we’re looking at the incredibly strange story of Terry Rasmussen, AKA Bob Evans. What does this serial killer have in connection to a massive restaurant chain? Tune in to find out!⁠
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This week, we’re looking at the incredibly strange story of Terry Rasmussen, AKA Bob Evans. What does this serial killer have in connection to a massive restaurant chain? Tune in to find out!

25/03/2024

This week is all about people who got what was coming to them! We’re covering the stories of Ken McIlroy, Grace Olive Wiley, Kay Grayson, Peter Reyn-Bardt, and William Burke.⁠
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This week is all about people who got what was coming to them! We’re covering the stories of Ken McIlroy, Grace Olive Wiley, Kay Grayson, Peter Reyn-Bardt, and William Burke.

18/03/2024

It’s the start of year 5 of this dumb little show! Today, we’re looking at the stories of three weirdos from history with the lives of John Birges, Richard Snell, and Terry Thompson.⁠
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It’s the start of year 5 of this dumb little show! Today, we’re looking at the stories of three weirdos from history with the lives of John Birges, Richard Snell, and Terry Thompson.

11/03/2024

This week's episode is all about politics…as if you weren’t going to get enough of it this year. We’re looking at the stories of the Battle of Athens, the Congressional Brawl, Kisimba Ngoy, and Jack Fellure.⁠
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https://johnhinsonwrites.com/2024/03/11/208-pathetic-politics/

This week is all about politics…as if you weren’t going to get enough of it this year. We’re looking at the stories of the Battle of Athens, the Congressional Brawl, Kisimba Ngoy,…

04/03/2024

This week we’re looking at two gigantic piles of human dumpster juice with the stories of Joseph Duncan and Westley Allan Dodd. If you have kids, this might be a tough episode to listen to.⁠
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This week we’re looking at two gigantic piles of human dumpster juice with the stories of Joseph Duncan and Westley Allan Dodd. If you have kids, this might be a tough episode to listen to.

26/02/2024

As the great Peter Pablo once said, “This one’s for North Carolina. Come on and raise up. Take your shirt off, twist it round your head, spin it like a helicopter.”⁠
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We’re covering the stories of 4 lesser known figures from North Carolina’s history this week!⁠
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https://johnhinsonwrites.com/2024/02/26/206-north-carolina/

12/02/2024

Got flight anxiety? Then maybe skip this episode! We’ve got the stories of Albert Guay, Jack Gilbert Graham, British Airways Flight 5390, and the Miracle of the Andes to give you all kinds of nightmares!⁠
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https://johnhinsonwrites.com/2024/02/12/204-an-assortment-of-airplane-stories/

05/02/2024

We’re back with another edition of some lesser known stories from World War II. This week, we’re looking at the lives of Alistair Urquhart, Saburo Sakai, Calvin Graham, Franz von Werra, and Lyudmila Pavlichenko.⁠
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We’re back with another edition of some lesser known stories from World War II. This week, we’re looking at the lives of Alistair Urquhart, Saburo Sakai, Calvin Graham, Franz von Werra,…

15/01/2024

200 episodes, can you believe it?!?⁠
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I’m sorry for the next 45 minutes. It’s a mess.⁠
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https://johnhinsonwrites.com/2024/01/15/200-florida-the-sequel-and-the-big-200th-episode-celebration/

08/01/2024

Can you actually get hit on your noggin so hard that you completely forget everything about your life? Well, it happened to the people on today’s episode! We’re covering the stories of Benjaman Kyle and Lawrence Joseph Bader.⁠
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https://johnhinsonwrites.com/2024/01/08/199-amnesia/

01/01/2024

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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https://johnhinsonwrites.com/2024/01/01/198-faking-your-own-death/

25/12/2023

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 on the pod, 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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https://johnhinsonwrites.com/2023/12/25/197-urban-legends/

11/12/2023

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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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 stor…

04/12/2023

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.⁠
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https://johnhinsonwrites.com/2023/12/04/194-the-voices-in-my-head/

30/11/2023

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27/11/2023

Tired of Thanksgiving leftovers yet? 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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https://johnhinsonwrites.com/2023/11/27/193-more-cannibals/

20/11/2023

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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https://johnhinsonwrites.com/2023/11/20/192-serial-killer-sampler-7-robinson-sobhraj-sutcliffe/

14/11/2023

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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https://johnhinsonwrites.com/2023/11/14/191-funny-fails/

06/11/2023

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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https://johnhinsonwrites.com/2023/11/06/190-lesser-known-war-stories/

30/10/2023

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.⁠
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https://johnhinsonwrites.com/2023/10/30/189-demons-part-2/

23/10/2023

We’re continuing our spooky month with another set of stories about aliens, this time with people who claimed to have been contacted by them. We’re covering the stories of Elizabeth Klarer, George van Tassel, and Gloria Lee.⁠
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https://johnhinsonwrites.com/2023/10/23/188-aliens-part-5-contactees/

16/10/2023

Who’s ready for more stories about cryptids that probably aren’t actually real? Then this week’s episode is for you. We’re looking at the Bear Lake Monster, the Loveland Frog, the Mogollon Monster, the Enfield Monster, and the Fouke Monster.⁠
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https://johnhinsonwrites.com/2023/10/16/187-monsters-part-4/

09/10/2023

Spooky month continues with a follow up to episode #83 with three more stories about ghosts! We’re looking at the stories of Bill Sketoe, Alexander Campbell, and Desmond Arthur.⁠
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https://johnhinsonwrites.com/2023/10/09/186-ghosts-part-2/

02/10/2023

We’re on to October, which means a month full of spooky and paranormal topics! This week, we’re back with our 4th installment of alien topics. (Apologies beforehand because I don’t take these people seriously at all.)⁠
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https://johnhinsonwrites.com/2023/10/02/185-aliens-part-4-more-alien-encounters/

25/09/2023

Does Jacksonville, Florida, produce more serial killers per capita than anywhere else in the country? I have no idea, but to wrap up Serial Killer September, we’re looking at four serial killers who spent time in the city at some point. Learn about Paul John Knowles, Gary Ray Bowles, Paul Durousseau, and James Latham today.⁠
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18/09/2023

Week 3 of Serial Killer September continues with the story of Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris, AKA the Tool Box Killers.⁠
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https://johnhinsonwrites.com/2023/09/18/183-the-tool-box-killers/

11/09/2023

Serial Killer September continues with NYC’s most famous serial killer, Son of Sam. Also this was totally on accident and definitely not purposely chosen because today is 9/11.⁠
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04/09/2023

Serial Killer September is back (and this time with a BABY)! This week we're looking at the lives and crimes of Earle Nelson, Joseph Vacher, and Jeanne Weber.⁠
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02/09/2023

Serial Killer September starts this Monday, and my new cohost needed to make sure he was here to celebrate. Welcome Miles Finnegan to the show!