Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

MYS329: The Zodiac Killer struck fear into the heart of San Francisco in the late ‘60s, leaving a trail of cryptic letters, chilling ciphers, and unsolved murders. Who was this self-named killer, and what drove him to taunt the police and the public with his gruesome game? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli delve into the mind of Zodiac to piece together clues that could finally reveal his identity.Get all new episodes automatically and for free:Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today?Links for this episode:* Michael Cole’s book Zodiac Revisited, vol. 1: https://amzn.to/3qJeWUp * Michael Cole’s book Zodiac Revisited, vol. 2: https://amzn.to/3bvjTde * Michael Cole’s book Zodiac Revisited, vol. 3: https://amzn.to/37DInQc * Robert Graysmith’s book Zodiac: https://amzn.to/2LCarvn * Robert Graysmith’s book Zodiac Unmasked: https://amzn.to/3a2HWB4 * Drew Beeson’s book Sighting in on the Zodiac Killer: https://amzn.to/3qSMvUl * Zodiac (2007 film): https://amzn.to/2K1AnQr * Documentary “This Is the Zodiac Speaking”: https://youtu.be/HI0jnsbZwys * Zodiac: https://tinyurl.com/y2rgjjo5 * ZodiacKiller.com: https://tinyurl.com/y4ddjtbv * History.com Timeline: https://tinyurl.com/y6elcqds * Video on Cracking the 340 Cipher: https://youtu.be/-1oQLPRE21o* Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515This Episode is Brought to You By:Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at 

MYS328: We regularly give Patrons the opportunity to ask Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli their mysterious questions and make them available exclusively to Patrons first and then later to the whole audience. This time the questions cover George Washington’s reported vision of the Virgin Mary; whether demons can reveal your confessed sins; the Taotaomo’na spirits from Guam; and more.Get all new episodes automatically and for free:Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube

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* Wikipedia – Taotao Mona

* Guampedia – Taotaomona

* Vatican – Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism

* NPR – How Pirates of the Caribbean Hijacked America’s Metric System

* CBS News – Identical Twin Sisters Accused of Cheating Win $1.5 Million Test Scores

* Reddit – Check Out the Sea Bat

* IFL Science – World’s Only Cold-Blooded Mammal Lived on an Island and Aged Like a Crocodile* Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!

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MYS327: It’s a fifth Friday, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like mechanical telepathy; Neanderthals in Genesis; aliens in the afterlife; convert popes; and more weird questions.Get all new episodes automatically and for free:Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today?Links for this episode:* 04:55 – Imagine a technology developed that gives two people the ability to share feelings, emotions, physical sensations, etc., with each other as if they were truly experiencing the other person in the exact state that they are in at that moment in time. I’m thinking of a situation where John is trying to explain how he feels about something important, but he just can’t put it into words for Jane to understand. To solve the problem, they both connect their minds with the technology and for a brief moment, Jane knows exactly the how’s and why’s of John’s emotions, even his physical sensations or pain or pleasure. She is now able to understand him on a level that is too complex for words, resulting in greater intimacy and love between them. If we apply this to Church teaching on marriage, would a husband and wife be obligated to participate in this activity as a means of total giving of oneself to the other? If not, could you think of some variation of this technology or scenario that the Church would promote or even require? For the purpose of this thought experiment, assume that you wouldn’t be able to abuse this technology or generally use it in a negative way. * 14:55 – Is there competition in heaven? It seems to be part of human nature. * 18:14 – Assuming that there is life on other planets and that they have been given the same immortal souls as we have, and assuming that they are susceptible to death as we are, does that mean that Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory are currently comprised of human souls and the souls of what we would consider aliens, too? * 22:08 – Has a convert ever been Pope? * 23:49 – Are the proposed alien sightings aliens or angels and/or demons? * 32:30 – My understanding is that the soul is the life principle. When stem cells are removed from a body and cultured, do they receive a new sensitive soul but not rational soul? * 38:56 – Some writers through history have depicted multiple “levels” of hell and heaven (e.g. Dante). Is there any biblical support for distinct experiences of heaven and hell? * 48:06 – Could the other people mentioned in Genesis be the Neanderthals? (See Genesis 4 and the reference to the people who might kill Cain) * 52:03 – What happens to your soul if you get assimilated by the Borg?* Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to 

MYS326: We’ve talked about remote viewing, but now Jimmy Akin has taken part in a remote viewing experiment and discusses his experience with Dom Bettinelli. What was his role? What did the study do? And what were the results?Get all new episodes automatically and for free:Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube

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* Paul Smith’s book The Essentials of Remote Viewing

* Paul Smith’s book Reading the Enemy’s Mind

* Terra Studios

* Targ Scale

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MYS325: People have lots of questions about guardian angels and they often get posed to Jimmy Akin, so in this episode Jimmy and Dom Bettinelli discuss what the Bible and other ancient Jewish and Christian literature and Church teaching say about guardian angels.Get all new episodes automatically and for free:Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube

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* Catholic Encyclopedia on Guardian Angels

* Jewish Encyclopedia on Angelology* Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!

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MYS324: Some believe the ancient Book of Enoch is a book of Scripture and so Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli continue their discussion of the book, focusing on the first known as the Book of the Watchers, which focuses on angels, fallen angels and demons.Get all new episodes automatically and for free:Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube

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* 1 Enoch (Hermeneia translation)

* Michael Heiser’s book A Companion to the Book of Enoch, vol. 1

* Michael Heiser’s book A Companion to the Book of Enoch, vol. 2

* Philip Long’s book The Book of Enoch for Beginners

* Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible

* Hermeneia Commentary on Enoch, vol. 1

* Hermeneia Commentary on Enoch, vol. 2

* Bruk Ayele Asale’s book 1 Enoch as Christian Scripture: A Study in the Reception and Appropriation of 1 Enoch and Jude and the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo (“teh-WAH-hed-do”) Canon* Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!

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MYS323: Who was Enoch, what is his book, and why is it a “lost scripture”? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the mysterious Enoch, the references to him in the New Testament, and what makes his book so fascinating and mysterious.Get all new episodes automatically and for free:Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube

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* Michael Heiser’s book A Companion to the Book of Enoch, vol. 1

* Michael Heiser’s book A Companion to the Book of Enoch, vol. 2

* Philip Long’s book The Book of Enoch for Beginners

* Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible

* Hermeneia Commentary on Enoch, vol. 1

* Hermeneia Commentary on Enoch, vol. 2

* Bruk Ayele Asale’s book 1 Enoch as Christian Scripture: A Study in the Reception and Appropriation of 1 Enoch and Jude and the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Canon* Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!

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MYS322: The Vatican has released new rules for evaluating reports of supernatural phenomena. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli conclude their two-part discussion by looking at the rules themselves; the possible categories; and how the investigations are to be carried out.Get all new episodes automatically and for free:Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube

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* 2024 Vatican Norms

* 1978 Vatican Norms

* Mysterious World 84: Visions, Prophecies, Revelations?

* Miracle Hunter on Our Lady of All Nations

* Pope Francis confirms rejection of “Co-redemptrix” (news story)

* Pope Francis official text

* Pope Francis 2017 statement on Medjugorje

* Cardinal Fernandez story on Medjugorje

* Kevin Symonds’s web site* Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!

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MYS321: In May 2024, the Vatican issued new norms for how to evaluate reports of supernatural phenomena. In the first of a two-part discussion, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine how the new rules radically change the way these phenomena are classified.Get all new episodes automatically and for free:Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube
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* 2024 Vatican Norms: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20240517_norme-fenomeni-soprannaturali_en.html

* 1978 Vatican Norms: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19780225_norme-apparizioni_en.html

* Mysterious World 84: Visions, Prophecies, Revelations?: https://Mysterious.fm/84

* Miracle Hunter on Our Lady of All Nations: https://www.miraclehunter.com/marian_apparitions/approved_apparitions/amsterdam/

* Pope Francis confirms rejection of “Co-redemptrix” (news story): https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2019/12/pope-calls-idea-of-declaring-mary-co-redemptrix-foolishness

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MYS320: Whitley Strieber’s 1987 book Communion told his story of alien abductions and became a bestselling book and movie. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine Strieber’s claims about the Visitors he describes and ask what really happened.Get all new episodes automatically and for free:Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today?Links for this episode:* Whitley Strieber’s book Communion * Whitley Strieber * Budd Hopkins * Donald Klein * Screen memories * “Sometimes a Cigar Is Just a Cigar” (Quote) * 17.1-second lightning flash * Sleep paralysis * Sleep paralysis (WebMD)* Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515This Episode is Brought to You By:Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Ascenion Press. Never leave home without a trusted Catholic translation of the Bible! Download the Ascension App today and you’ll have the full texts of the Great Adventure Bible, the Catechism, and answers to more than a thousand frequently asked questions about the Bible available at your fingertips.  The Ascension App is the best place to listen to “Bible in a Year” with Fr. Mike Schmitz and watch video reflections on the daily Mass readings from hundreds of top Catholic evangelists. Download the Ascension App today at www.ascensionpress.com/jimmyakin Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform.

MYS319: Throughout history, there have been books some people considered scripture and others didn’t. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss one of those books, Jubilees. What was does it say? Could any of it be true? What should Christians today think of it?
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* James VanderKam’s translation of Jubilees
* James Charlesworth’s Old Testament Pseudepigrapha (2 vol.s)
* James VanderKam’s large (2 vol.) commentary on Jubilees
* James VanderKam’s small commentary on Jubilees
* James VanderKam’s book The Dead Sea Scrolls Today


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MYS318: A deathbed vision is a vision that someone has just before they die and they’ve been reported throughout history. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss how they’re just being scientifically studied only recently, what they are, what happens in them, and what they might tell us about the afterlife.
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* Sir William Barrett’s book Deathbed Visions
* Frances Power Cobb’s essay Peak in Darien: The Riddle of Death
* Society for Psychical Research
* Sir William Barrett (Psi Encyclopedia)
* Sir William Barrett
* Frances Power Cobbe
* John Keats’s poem
* Darien Gap
* Hymn “Oh Come, Angel Band” by YouTuber Heather Berry-Mabe


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MYS317: After reviewing the history of unicorns from pre-history to today, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the reality that unicorns have existed and still exist; the basis for the historical accounts; and what the future holds for them.
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* Chris Lavers’s book The Natural History of Unicorns
* St. Albert the Great’s book On Animals (vol. 1)
* St. Albert the Great’s book On Animals (vol. 2)
* St. Hildegard of Bingen’s book Physica
* Jimmy’s original video on Unicorns
* David Livingstone
* Henry Stanley
* Harry Johnston
* AnimalLogic video on Okapis
* HistoryOfYesterday.com’s piece on Oberon Zell
* Oberon Zell’s patent for making unicorns
* The Unicorn Keepers’ video Real Unicorns
* Discover Wildlife’s article on Back-Bred Neo-Aurochs
* Toronto Zoo’s video on Rhino Vocalizations
* Unicorn Horn (Alicorn)
* Narwhals
* Sci-Show on Unicorns (and How to Make Them)
* Discovery News (2008) video on the discovery of a Deer-icorn
* Guardian story on Unicorno
* NBC News story on Unicorno
* Irish Rovers’ Unicorn Song


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MYS316: Pop culture imagines unicorns as horses with a single horn in their forehead and associates them with cartoons and rainbows and social movements. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore their deep roots in history and long association with the Christian faith and whether there could be real unicorns. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Chris Lavers’s book The Natural History of Unicorns * St. Albert the Great’s book On Animals (vol. 1) * St. Albert the Great’s book On Animals (vol. 2) * St. Hildegard of Bingen’s book Physica * Jimmy’s original video on Unicorns * David Livingstone * Henry Stanley * Harry Johnston * AnimalLogic video on Okapis * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com The Grady Group, a Catholic company bringing financial clarity to their clients across the United States. Using safe money options to produce reasonable rates of return for their clients. Learn more by visiting GradyGroupInc.com. Great Lakes Customs Law, helping importers and individuals with seizures, penalties, and compliance with U.

MYS315: We regularly give Patrons the opportunity to ask Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli their mysterious questions and make them available exclusively to Patrons first and then later to the whole audience. This time the questions cover Frankenstein’s monster; the Piedmont UFO flap; pyramids and floods; and more.
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MYS314: It’s a fifth Friday, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like getting married after civilization collapses; what is Sh’ol; can Padre Pio still absolve living penitents; and more weird questions.
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* 03:21 – Can St. Padre Pio still give absolution?
* 06:48 – If a faithful Catholic couple who are not yet married (but want to be) were able to find each other, or happened to already be spending time together, during a cyberattack or catastrophic natural disaster that ended modern society as we know it, how would they go about getting married? If they had no way to find a priest, would they just have to wander around the wasteland until they found one? Or could they make their vows in the presence of whatever witnesses they could find?
* 10:20 – In Psalm 139 in the New American Bible, it says ‘If I ascend to the heavens, you are there; if I lie down in Sheol, you are there too.’ [Psalms 139:8] So, what exactly is Sheol?
* 21:00 – I heard a priest created a machine allowing him to see the events of the Crucifixion as they happened. Then the Vatican excommunicated him. Is this a true-ish story?
* 22:23 – Speaking in tongues and resting in the spirit—are they always legit or are they sometimes psychological?
* 29:24 – Mystics who claim to live without food for years. There are a few in the Catholic tradition but there are also claims of Prahlad Jani, an Indian Hindu. Is it demonic or a hoax?
* 36:48 – What is your opinion on the concept of Limbo as the eternal home of the souls of unbaptized babies?
* 42:29 – If they were still around, which human relatives (homo neanderthalensis, homo erectus, homo floresiensis, homo denisova, etc) would we likely be able to baptize if they were so inclined to be received by Christ and His Church?


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MYS313: Some skeptics say that if God were real, then we’d see miracles of amputated limbs regrown and we don’t. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine a reported of just that, where a young manin 17th-century Spain regrew his leg.
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* Caleb Jackson’s book Undead: A Historical Investigation into the Most Famous Miracle in History (i.e., the Resurrection of Jesus)
* Caleb Jackson’s book Searching for a Solution to Suffering: A Christian Response to the Problem of Evil
* Cameron Bertuzzi’s Capturing Christianity channel
* Virgin Birth debate
* Benedict XIV (Prospero Lambertini)
* 1946 song The Old Lamp-Lighter
* Vittorio Messori interview about the miracle
* Salamander Limb Regeneration
* Why Can We Regrow a Liver?
* Children Regrowing Fingertips
* Can You Regrow Severed Limbs Like a Salamander?
* Regrowing Human Body Parts—Is It Possible?
* Mandy Sellars: Shrinking My 17 Stone Legs


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MYS312: Sometimes, near death, a person with dementia will suddenly regain clarity and lucidity and give loved ones a chance to say goodbye. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the phenomenon called terminal lucidity, what could cause it, and whether it tells us anything new about the brain, soul, and consciousness.
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* Alexander Batthyany’s book Threshold: Terminal Lucidity and the Border of Life and Death
* Michael Nahm’s article Terminal Lucidity (Psi-Encyclopedia)
* Michael Nahm’s paper Terminal Lucidity in People with Mental Illness and Other Mental Disability
* Phineas Gage
* German hymn Wo Findet Die Seele Die Heimat, Die Ruh (recording)
* German text
* English text
* Jesse Bearing’s article “One Last Goodbye: The Strange Case of Terminal Lucidity”


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MYS311: Last time, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discussed Joe Fisher’s mid-1980s experiences with spirit guides, and they continue to look at what he learned as he researched the guides and their claims and come to their own conclusions about what had entered Joe’s life. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Joe Fisher’s book The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts * Joe Fisher (Psi-Encyclopedia) * Loren Coleman’s obituary for Joe Fisher * Louis Proud’s article on Fisher’s Death * Asian Hungry Ghosts * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com The Grady Group, a Catholic company bringing financial clarity to their clients across the United States. Using safe money options to produce reasonable rates of return for their clients. Learn more by visiting GradyGroupInc.com. Great Lakes Customs Law, helping importers and individuals with seizures, penalties, and compliance with U.S. Customs matters throughout the United States. Visit GreatLakesCustomsLaw.com Want to Sponsor A Show? Support StarQuest’s mission to explore the intersection of faith and p...

MYS310: Joe Fisher’s research into spirit guides led him to past life revelations and even a spirit romance. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss how Joe was encouraged to investigate these paranormal claims, the evidence he found, and what he eventually concluded.
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MYS309: It’s the fifth episode of the month, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like how Adam and Eve relate to other early human ancestors; could dark matter and energy be angelic or demonic; can you pray for souls in hell; and more weird questions. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Jimmy’s course Introduction to Parapsychology * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com Tim Shevlin’s Personal Fitness training for Catholics. Providing spiritual and physical wellness programs and daily accountability check-ins. Strengthen yourself to help further God’s kingdom. Work out for the right reason with the right mindset. Learn more by visiting fitcatholics.com. The Grady Group, a Catholic company bringing financial clarity to their clients across the United States. Using safe money options to produce reasonable rates of return for their clients. Learn more by visiting GradyGroupInc.com. Great Lakes Customs Law, helping importers and individuals with seizures, penalties, and compliance with U.S. Customs matters throughout the United States. Visit GreatLakesCustomsLaw.com Want to Sponsor A Show? Support StarQuest’s mission to explore the intersection of faith and pop culture by becoming a named sponsor of the show of your choice on the StarQuest...

MYS308: Some are convinced that an ancient clay pot found in Iraq is an electric battery made 2,000 years ago. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the claim and whether it might be advanced, ancient technology or even evidence of extraterrestrial contact. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Jimmy’s course Introduction to Parapsychology * Brad Hafford’s Artifactually Speaking on the Baghdad Battery * Chariots of the Gods (1970) * Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World (Episode 3, “Ancient Wisdom”) * SciShow’s How to Make a Lemon Battery (video) * BBC News on electroplating theory * Curse Tablets * Reactions video on Gravity Batteries * Gravity Batteries * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com Tim Shevlin’s Personal Fitness training for Catholics. Providing spiritual and physical wellness programs and daily accountability check-ins. Strengthen yourself to help further God’s kingdom. Work out for the right reason with the right mindset. Learn more by visiting

MYS307: After hearing many stories of people reporting After Death Communications from deceased loved ones, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the reports from the faith and reason perspectives. Are they just imagination? Is it the grief talking? Could it be demons? Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Jimmy’s course Introduction to Parapsychology * The Guggenheims’ book Hello From Heaven! * Erlendur Haraldsson’s book The Departed Among the Living * After-Death.com * After Death Communication Research Foundation * Jenny Streit-Horn’s dissertation A Systematic Review of Research on After-Death Communications * Elsaesser et al.’s booklet on ADCs * Elsaesser et al.’s 2021 paper The Phenomenology and Impact of Hallucinations Concerning the Deceased * Supplemental Material * Wollacott et al.’s 2022 paper Perceptual Phenomena Associated with Spontaneous Experiences of After-Death Communication (paywall) * Richard Kelly’s paper Post-Mortem Contact by Fatal Injury Victims with Emergency Service Workers at the Scenes of Their Death * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com.

MYS306: Millions of people report spontaneous experiences of contact with departed loved ones, hearing their voices, seeing their faces again. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what After Death Communications are, what they are like, and whether they really could be forms of contacted with our lost loved ones. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Jimmy’s course Introduction to Parapsychology * The Guggenheims’ book Hello From Heaven! * Erlendur Haraldsson’s book The Departed Among the Living * The Guggenheims’ website After-Death.com * After Death Communication Research Foundation * Jenny Streit-Horn’s dissertation A Systematic Review of Research on After-Death Communications * Elsaesser et al.’s booklet on ADCs * Elsaesser et al.’s 2021 paper The Phenomenology and Impact of Hallucinations Concerning the Deceased * Supplemental Material * Wollacott et al.’s 2022 paper Perceptual Phenomena Associated with Spontaneous Experiences of After-Death Communication (paywall) * Richard Kelly’s paper Post-Mortem Contact by Fatal Injury Victims with Emergency Service Workers at the Scenes of Their Death * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at

MYS305: In 1909, G.E. Kinkaid found a cave in the Grand Canyon containing Egyptian and Asian artifacts. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the excavations that began at the time and then how the story vanished from the media. What is the truth of Kinkaid’s cave and what did it really contain?
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* Text of the 1909 Gazette Stories
* Childress’s article Archaeological Coverups?
* Smithsonian video of mythologically named Grand Canyon site
* Coconino Sun article “Looks Like a Mulhattan Story”
* Museum of Hoaxes on Joseph Mulhattan
* Don Largo piece for the Grand Canyon Historical Society
* Kook Science page on Joseph Mulhattan
* Why Files
* Astonishing Legends
* Grand Canyon Historical Society article
* Leak Project
* Leak Project on Google


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MYS304: It’s time for another set of weird questions posed by Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers to Jimmy Akin, including this time: should Elrond have killed Isildur?; reported time travelers; teleportation clones and confession; Klingon baptisms; Gulf War syndrome; and more. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * 03:40 – Would it have been morally just for Elrond to have thrown Isildur into the fires of Mt Doom when he refused to destroy the One Ring, as a way to ensure its destruction? * 11:36 – I have one question about The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy. I do not understand the words Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world. Father and Son are One Divinity, right? So… how can I offer God to God when there is One God? * 15:08 – Have there been any documentaries, or at minimum, speculations of people who have claimed to come back in time from the distant future (with perhaps a story to tell —and what is heading our way)? * 17:57 – If you were involved in a teleportation accident that created a duplicate of you, would that person have to confess your sins? * 21:27 – If Christ died to Redeem all, would alien scriptures reference an alien Redeemer, or are all aliens Unfallen, thus not needing Revelation and Salvation? Related to this, if Satan knew that the Incarnation would occur on Earth, did he then ignore aliens, thus leaving them Unfallen? Therefore, if and when Humanity travels to the stars, might we be the cause of their Fall? Continuing on this theme, since working with tools was a punishment due to Original Sin, it could be argued that technology is a sign of a Fallen species. Since we haven’t seen any evidence of ETs, might that be proof that aliens are Unfallen? * 28:53 – What are your thoughts on Gulf War Syndrome? * 34:25 – If a family wanted their child baptized in Klingon or a pre-Christian Babylonian language. Assuming an accurate but not Vatican-approved translation, would it be valid? This is obviously theoretical but speaks to the point of whether a translation or interpretation is assumed to be valid or not before any Vatican intervention on the text. * 39:35 – Would it have been possible to hold a spelling bee in ancient Egypt? * 43:34 – Did Adam and Eve have belly buttons? * 46:26 – Is it possible for a species (such as an alien, or an understudied cephalopod) to have a powerful brain comparable to or even greater than our own, but not an immortal soul? Links for this episode * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the

MYS303: In 1972, a book purported to tell the tale of a Communist infiltrator at the Vatican dedicated to bringing down the Church. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss who this mysterious agent was, where he came from, and whether he really did what the books says. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Marie Carre’s book AA-1025: The Memoirs of an Anti-Apostle * Sandra Miesel’s article “Swinging at Windmills” * Alice von Hildebrand and Sandra Miesel’s exchange * Marie Carre (French biography) * Marie Carre (problematic biography) * The Touch of Death * Stylometry * Nikolai Yezhov * Venona Project * Chire’s page on AA-1025 * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com Tim Shevlin’s Personal Fitness training for Catholics. Providing spiritual and physical wellness programs and daily accountability check-ins. Strengthen yourself to help further God’s kingd...

MYS302: When a Satanist recently asked Jimmy Akin for help with whether he might be possessed, Jimmy offered his best advice. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss that advice and explore how one could approach a similar situation with empathy, charity, and reason, while taking this kind of situation seriously. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * John Paul II’s Prayer for Deliverance from Evil * USCCB on Exorcism * Church of Satan * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com Tim Shevlin’s Personal Fitness training for Catholics. Providing spiritual and physical wellness programs and daily accountability check-ins. Strengthen yourself to help further God’s kingdom. Work out for the right reason with the right mindset. Learn more by visiting fitcatholics.com. The Grady Group, a Catholic company bringing financial clarity to their clients across the United States. Using safe money options to produce reasonable rates of return for their clients. Learn more by visiting GradyGroupInc.com. Great Lakes Customs Law, helping importers and individuals with seizure...

MYS301: We regularly give Patrons the opportunity to ask Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli their mysterious questions and make them available exclusively to Patrons first and then later to the whole audience. This time the questions cover why God created dinosaurs; Dom & Jimmy’s own mysterious experiences; foo fighters; and more.
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* #22 Bob Lazar and Area 51
* Sea Peoples
* Three Books of Known Space, by Larry Niven
* Protector, by Larry Niven
* Fleet of Worlds, by Larry Niven and Edward Lerner
* The Mote in God’s Eye, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
* The Gripping Hand, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
* King David’s Spaceship, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
* Last Call, by Tim Powers
* Expiration Date, by Tim Powers
* Iuvenescit Ecclesia, Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith


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MYS300: We’re celebrating our 300th numbered episode and so Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli are discussing more of our listeners’ and viewers’ mysterious experiences and what Jimmy makes of what you’ve shared with them. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * SPR’s book Phantasms of the Living, vol. 1 * SPR’s book Phantasms of the Living, vol. 2 * Mary Rose Barrington’s book JOTT: When Things Disappear, and Come Back or Relocate, and Why It Really Happens * Tony Jinks’s book Disappearing Object Phenomenon * Jung’s story of the Scarab * John Paul II’s motu proprio on St. Bridget of Sweden * Holy Office warning about the “Promises” of St. Bridget of Sweden * Cloud Busting (psychic) * Did I See a Meteor or a Reentry? * UNESCO video on the Makishi Masquerade * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at

MYS299: In 1972, an Italian newspaper published a photo it said was the face of Christ as shown by a machine that could view any point in history. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask whether the photo and the machine, the Chronovisor, was real; who was the priest who claimed to create it; and who has it now. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Massimo Colangelo’s book On the Tracks of Ettore Majorana and of the Chronovisor * Fortean Times article (pp. 30-36) * Skeptical Inquirer article * Pellegrino Ernetti (Wikipedia) * Francois Brune * Amorth article from 30 Days * Article on St. Faustina’s unhappiness with Divine Mercy images * How fast is the Earth moving? * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com Tim Shevlin’s Personal Fitness training for Catholics. Providing spiritual and physical wellness programs and daily accounta...

MYS298: Some pet owners feel a special bond with their pets and at times they even seem to know what their owners are thinking. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine whether people really can have a telepathic connection to their pets and look at what the scientific evidence says.
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* Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home (2nd ed.)
* Rupert Sheldrake
* Jaytee/Pet Telepathy article from the Psi-Encyclopedia
* 1998 paper on Jaytee from the Journal of the SPR
* 2000 paper on Jaytee from the Journal of Scientific Exploration
* 2000 paper on Kane from Anthrozoos
* 2003 paper on N’Kisi from the Journal of Scientific Exploration
* Austrian Television Test of Jaytee
* Richard Wiseman’s Failed Debunking of Animal Telepathy
* 1996 Telepathy in Dogs BBC segment
* Sheldrake speaks on the N’Kisi Experiment


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MYS297: France, 1764. A terrifying and unknown beast roams the countryside killing more than 100 men, women, and children, and injuring 200 more. A royal reward is even issued for its capture or death. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask what made the beast so ferocious, why it attacked so many people, and what kind of beast it actually was. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Romero and Schwalb’s book Beast: Werewolves, Serial Killers, and Man-Eaters: The Mystery of the Monsters of Gevaudan * Karl-Hans Taake’s book The Gevaudan Tragedy: The Disastrous Campaign of a Deported “Beast” * Linnell et al.’s paper The Fear of Wolves: A Review of Wolf Attacks on Humans * Tsavo Man-Eaters * Man-Eater of Mfuwe * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com Tim Shevlin’s Personal Fitness training for Catholics. Providing spiritual and physical wellness programs and daily accountability check-ins. Strengthen yourself to help further God’s kingdom. Work out for the right reason with the right mindset. Learn more by visiting fitcatholics.com. The Grady Group, a Catholic company bringing financial clarity to thei...

MYS296: The 2012 announcement of a papyrus fragment called the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife caused a huge media sensation over the claim that Jesus did have a wife. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine what this fragment is, what it says, and whether it is an authentic, early Christian document. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Jimmy’s ebook Was Jesus Married? * Ariel Sabar’s book Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man, and the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife * Mark Goodacre’s author page * Mark Goodacre’s book Thomas and the Gospels * Karen L. King’s author page * Ariel Sabar’s article The Unbelievable Tale of Jesus’s Wife * Ariel Sabar’s article Karen King Responds to “The Unbelievable Tale of Jesus’s Wife” * 2014 Atlantic article: The Curious Case of Jesus’s Wife * The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife * Karen King * Mark Goodacre’s coverage of the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife * Mark Goodacre’s podcast NT Pod * Karen King 2014 interview * 2016 Boston Globe article * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at

MYS295: One of the most pivotal poltergeist cases involved a Catholic family in New York in 1958. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the strange events, including popping bottle caps, and explore why this poltergeist case was so pivotal and what may have been responsible.
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* The original Pratt and Roll article on this case is not presently accessible to the public online
* Nandor Fodor’s book On the Trail of the Poltergeist
* Fodor and Carrington’s book Haunted People: The Story of Poltergeists Down the Centuries
* The movie Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
* William Roll’s 2003 article Poltergeists, Electromagnetism, and Consciousness
* Psi-Encyclopedia article on the Seaford Poltergeist
* Psi-Encyclopedia article on Poltergeists (Overview)
* March 17, 1958 Life Magazine article on the case
* Mysteries at the Museum (video)


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MYS294: In 1982, 7 people suddenly died in Chicago, having taken Extra Strength Tylenol just before, and police learned the pills had been tampered with. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what happened, who was responsible, and how these events changed American permanently. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Scott Bartz’s book Tymurs * Scott Bartz’s book Tylenol Man * Scott Bartz’s book Tymurs NYC * Amazon/Netflix documentary Painkiller: The Tylenol Murders * Chicago Magazine’s timeline of events * Chicago Tribune’s timeline of the first day of the events * Tylenol Murders * Cyanide * Cyanide Poisoning * Michael Solomon article on the murders * Photo of man in store * Chicago Reader biography of James Lewis * James Lewis interview * James Lewis’s drawings * Lewis death announcement (video) * Lewis death announcement (article) * SciShow video Does Tylenol Actually Do Anything? * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By:

MYS293: Each Holy Saturday, the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem emerges from the tomb of Christ with the Holy Fire that goes out around the world. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask if the fire is lit by God or does it have a natural source and what we can learn about this historic rite. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Haris Skarlakidis’s book Holy Fire: The Miracle of the Light of the Resurrection at the Tomb of Jesus (Seventy Historical Accounts) * Skarlakidis’s book online * Holy fire (Wikipedia) * HolyFire.org (English) * Why Catholics and Orthodox Might Once Again Celebrate Easter on the Same Date * Church of the Holy Sepulcher * Garden Tomb * Paschal Candle * Easter Fire * Jesus Academy’s My Protestant Experience of the Holy Fire 2017 * Jesus Academy’s interview with the patriarch * Book of James on holy fire * Russian critique of the holy fire (English subtitles available) * Israeli news video with Frs. Marcos and Samuel * Telegraph article on the holy fire (paywall) * Text of the prayer in the tomb (Russian, but you can machine translate) * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4...

MYS292: Many reports of near-death experiences sound positive and uplifting and blissful. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss those that are reported as distinctly negative and distressing. What happens in them, what do they mean, and what are their implications?
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* Raymond Moody’s book Life After Life
* Nancy Evans Bush’s book Dancing Past the Dark
* Bruce Greyson et al.’s book The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences: Thirty Years of Investigation
* Barbara Rommer’s book Blessing in Disguise: Another Side of the Near-Death Experience
* The Life of St. Teresa of Avila by Herself
* Nancy Bush’s Psi-Encyclopedia article on Distressing Near-Death Experiences
* Bruce Greyson and Nancy Bush’s 1993 article Distressing Near-Death Experiences
* International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) page on Distressing Near-Death Experiences
* Benedict XVI’s encyclical Spe Salvi
* Avery Dulles’s article The Population of Hell


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MYS291: It’s almost New Years, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like can you marry an alien; baptizing faeries or unborn babies; what the Soul Gem or the Borg do to your soul; time travel and alternate universes; and more weird questions. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Questions covered: * Baptizing faeries * What does Marvel’s Soul Gem do to the eternal fate of a soul? * What happens to your soul if the Borg assimilate you? * Did Adam and Eve poop? * Can you baptize an unborn baby? * Is it possible to marry an alien? * Would time travel cause an alternate universe? * What implications do Deathbed Visions have? * Are there an infinite number of past timelines? * And more! * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com Tim Shevlin’s Personal Fitness training for Catholics. Providing spiritual and physical wellness programs and daily accountability check-ins. Strengthen yourself to help further God’s kingdom. Work out for the right reason with the right mindset. Learn more by visiting fitcatholics.com. The Grady Group, a Catholic company bringing financial clarity to their clients across the United States. Using safe money options to produce reasonable rates of return for their clients. Learn more by visiting GradyGroupInc.com. Great Lakes Customs Law, helping importers and individuals with seizures, penalties,

MYS290b: One of Jimmy Akin‘s favorite Old Time Radio shows is Lum and Abner, featuring the general store owner in Pine Ridge, Arkansas, and his employee. Every Christmas they did a special episode that gets at the true meaning of Christmas and so Jimmy wanted to share it with the listeners in a bonus episode.
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MYS290a: In what has become an annual tradition, Jimmy Akin spends a few hours on Christmas in a livestream, hanging out and answering questions, in particular for those who don’t have anyone to be with for the holiday.
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MYS290: In a Christmas special episode, Jimmy Akin and Cy Kellett discuss the mystery of the very first Christmas, what we really know about Jesus’ birth, and how we know it. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * How the Accounts of Jesus’ Childhood Fit Together – Jimmy Akin * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com Tim Shevlin’s Personal Fitness training for Catholics. Providing spiritual and physical wellness programs and daily accountability check-ins. Strengthen yourself to help further God’s kingdom. Work out for the right reason with the right mindset. Learn more by visiting fitcatholics.com. The Grady Group, a Catholic company bringing financial clarity to their clients across the United States. Using safe money options to produce reasonable rates of return for their clients. Learn more by visiting GradyGroupInc.com. Great Lakes Customs Law, helping importers and individuals with seizures, penalties, and compliance with U.S. Customs matters throughout the United States. Visit GreatLakesCustomsLaw.com Want to Sponsor A Show? Support StarQuest’s mission to explore the intersection of faith and pop culture by becoming a named sponsor of the show of your choice on the StarQuest network. Click to get started...

MYS289a: In this bonus episode, Jimmy Akin is a guest on the Pints with Jack podcast hosted by David Bates, where they discuss C.S. Lewis’ scientific mistakes and the consequences for Christianity of finding intelligent life on other planets.
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MYS289: Jesus of Nazareth is the most pivotal figure in world history and after his crucifixion he was buried for 3 days and rose from the dead. But where was he buried? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the various claims, look at the evidence, and identify the most likely place. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * How God Became Jesus (by Craig Evans and others) * Bart Ehrman’s book How Jesus Became God * Joachim Jeremias’s book Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus * Richard Bauckham’s book Jesus and the Eyewitnesses * John McRay’s book Archaeology & the New Testament * Religion for Breakfast’s video Where Is the Tomb of Jesus? * Eusebius’s Life of Constantine, Book 3 * Tomb of Jesus (Wikipedia) * Shingo, Japan (Wikipedia) * Daily Star article on Japanese Tomb * Roza Bal (Wikipedia) * Mirza Ghulam Ahmad * Jehohanan Crucifixion (Wikipedia) * Talpiot tomb (Wikipedia) * Bible Archaeology Report on 3 tombs * Michael Heiser’s article Thinking Clearly About the Jesus Family Tomb * James Ossuary (Wikipedia) * Charles Gordon * The Modern Major-General Song (Wikipedia) – From The Pirates of Penzance—and yes, I can sing the entire song * The Modern Major-General Song (video) * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to

MYS288: When you see a written word, do you also see colors in your mind? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the mystery of synesthesia where colors, sounds, letters, and numbers can all mix together in perception. What is synesthesia? Who has it? And what is responsible for it?
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* Richard Cytowic’s book Synesthesia
* Sean Day’s book Synesthesia and Synesthetes
* Sean Day’s Synesthesia website
* Synesthesia Battery
* Synesthesia
* History of Synesthesia
* Types of Synesthesia
* Ideasthesia
* Color organs
* Francis Galton’s 1880 article Visualized Numerals
* Jimmy’s synesthetic alphabet and numbers
* Kuwana Suigo Fireworks Festival (2017)
* Ray Lynch’s song Celestial Sodapop
* Bouba-Kiki Effect
* Tom Scott on Kiki and Bouba (video)
* MindfulThinks on Kiki and Bouba (video)
* Auras


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MYS287: We regularly give Patrons the opportunity to ask Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli their mysterious questions and make them available exclusively to Patrons first and then later to the whole audience. This time the questions cover Jesus’ suffering; demons protecting us; Adam’s wife, Lilith; and more.
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MYS286: It’s time for another set of weird questions posed by Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers to Jimmy Akin, including this time: what if mankind fell after Adam and Eve; did Jesus know how to build an airplane; what happened with Balaam’s donkey; Ed and Lorraine Warren; and more.
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MYS285: In 1964, the US Air Force was conducting tests of nuclear weapons off the coast of Big Sur, California. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the claim that a UFO shot down one of those missiles designed to carry nuclear devices, whether aliens were responsible, and whether it was meant as a warning to humanity. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Robert Hastings’s book UFOs & Nukes: Extraordinary Encounters at Nuclear Weapons Sites * Edwin Ruppelt’s book The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects * Bob Jacobs’s article “Deliberate Deception: The Big Sur UFO Filming” * Kingston George’s article “The Big Sur ‘UFO’: An Identified Flying Object” * Robert Hastings’s article “A Shot Across the Bow” * NICAP’s resources on the Big Sur incident * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Tim Shevlin’s Personal Fitness training for Catholics. Providing spiritual and physical wellness programs and daily accountability check-ins. Strengthen yourself to help further God’s kingdom. Work out for the right reason with the right mindset. Learn more by visiting fitcatholics.com.

MYS284: The tales of King Arthur are filled with mysterious creatures, including one called the Questing Beast. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss this strange and mysterious cryptid, whether it was just a creature of Medieval imagination or if it could have a basis in the real world. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Gerald Davis’s book Le Morte d’Arthur: The New Retelling * Samuel Wilson’s book The Emperor’s Giraffe: And Other Stories of Cultures in Contact * Dorsey Armstrong’s course Medieval Myths & Mysteries * Thomas Malory (Encyclopedia Britannica) * Wars of the Roses * Pelicans in Christian History * Giraffes * Questing Beast * Helmut Nickel’s article What Kind of Animal Was the Questing Beast? * Camelopardis constellation * Camelopardis etymology * Giraffe Sounds (article) * Giraffe Sounds (video) * Knights of the Round Table Song (Video) * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com

MYS283: Christianity has a long and fruitful history in Egypt, and when witnesses reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary at a Coptic church in Cairo suburb of Zeitoun in 1968, thousands of people came to see. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what happened there and whether the apparitions were genuine. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Our Lady of Zeitoun (Wikipedia) * Zeitoun Memorial Foundation * Coptic Orthodox Church * Oriental Orthodox Churches * Common Declaration of Paul VI and Shenouda III * Coptic calendar * Short Zeitoun documentary * Cynthia Nelson’s article The Virgin of Zeitoun (paywall) * Earthquake lights * Derr and Persinger’s article on the geophysical interpretation of Zeitoun (paywall) * Skeptoid podcast * Parasociology posts, part 1 * Parasociology posts, part 2 * Mary in Islam * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them,

MYS282: Some mothers and fathers report having dreams before the birth or even conception of their baby in which they are told about the child or even talk to the baby himself. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the phenomena and what could be causing them.
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* Elisabeth Hallett’s book Soul Trek: Meeting Our Children on the Way to Birth
* Elisabeth Hallett’s book Stories of the Unborn Soul: The Mystery and Delight of Pre-Birth Communication
* Louisa Rhine’s book Hidden Channels of the Mind
* Announcing Dreams (Psi-Encyclopedia)
* Does Ovulation Change Women’s Desire, After All?
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* Luteinizing hormone
* Maternal Intuition of Fetal Gender (paper)


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MYS281: Some claim that UFOs and extraterrestrials are always manifestations of demonic activity. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the prominent hypotheses supporting this view and consider the question of whether it’s always alien-demons. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Ross, Samples, and Clark’s book Lights in the Sky & Little Green Men * Luke Barnes’s Critique of Hugh Ross’s Design Arguments * Extraterrestrial Hypothesis * Interdimensional Hypothesis * NASA Discovers Possible Signs of Alien Life on Saturn’s Moon * Sabine Hossenfelder’s video I Think Faster Than Light Travel Is Possible. Here’s Why * Sabine Hossenfelder’s video Are Warp Drives Science Now? * Matt O’Dowd’s video The NEW Warp Drive Possibilities * DARPA’s Mach 20 Hypersonic Aircraft * EmDrive (Wikipedia) * Magnetic Levitation (Wikipedia) * Ziroth’s video Metamorphic Wings: The Flight of the Future Is Here * Programmable Matter (Wikipedia) * Programmable matter video * Metamaterial Cloaking (Wikipedia) * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of

MYS280: In 1896 and 1897, Mystery Airships were reported from California to the Mississippi, which some believed were alien ships. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli eliminated many theories about the airships, and now address the final mystery: what were the airships, who made them, and was the government involved? Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Michael Busby’s book Solving the 1897 Airship Mystery * J. Allan Danelek’s book The Great Airship of 1897 * Carlos Allende’s book Close Encounters of the Phantom Kind: The Ghost Airship Wave of 1896-1897 in the News * “Just Tell Them That You Saw Me” (video) * Dolbear’s Law * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Tim Shevlin’s Personal Fitness training for Catholics. Providing spiritual and physical wellness programs and daily accountability check-ins. Strengthen yourself to help further God’s kingdom. Work out for the right reason with the right mindset. Learn more by visiting fitcatholics.com. The Grady Group, a Catholic company bringing financial clarity to their clients across the United States. Using safe money options to produce reasonable rates of return for their clients. Learn more by visiting

MYS279: In the late 1890s, there was a wave of sightings over the US of mysterious airships displaying unusual flight characteristics. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss these unusual airships and the theories that they were aliens, hoaxes, or maybe something else. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Michael Busby’s book Solving the 1897 Airship Mystery * J. Allan Danelek’s book The Great Airship of 1897 * Carlos Allende’s book Close Encounters of the Phantom Kind: The Ghost Airship Wave of 1896-1897 in the News * UFO Sightings in 1897 Arkansas (historical lecture video) * Jules Verne’s novel Robur the Conqueror * Judge Albert L. Love * Appointment of Judge Love * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Tim Shevlin’s Personal Fitness training for Catholics. Providing spiritual and physical wellness programs and daily accountability check-ins. Strengthen yourself to help further God’s ...

MYS278a: In this bonus episode, Tyler McNabb of Furthering Christendom welcomes Jimmy Akin on his show to discuss the topic of alien life and its implications for Christianity.
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MYS278: It’s time for another set of weird questions posed by Cy Kellet of Catholic Answers to Jimmy Akin, including this time: Could an alien be pope; the Omicron variant; could Bigfoot be an alien; conjoined twins and marriage; evolution and morality; ball lightning; and more.
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MYS277a: In this bonus episode, Jimmy Akin is a guest of Jay Aruga and Unboxing Catholicism to discuss the Book of Revelation, the anti-Christ, the number of the Beast, and more.
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MYS277: The kidnapping of Victim F was like something out of a movie. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the bizarre details of the case and how it riveted the nation; the police investigation; and the ultimate, confounding truth behind what happened.
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* Don’t Talk to Police debate video
* FBI document
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* 2022 judgment against Muller
* Kenny Park leaves Vallejo Police
* Mat Mustard under investigation
* Aaron Quinn calls for Vallejo Police to be disbanded and re-founded


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MYS276: Last time, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli looked at what parapyschologists have found in studying reincarnation and this time they examine the question of reincarnation. Do we truly live again or is there another explanation?
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* Ian Stevenson’s book Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation
* Ian Stevenson’s book Children Who Remember Past Lives
* James Matlock’s book Signs of Reincarnation
* Erlendur Haraldsson and James Matlock’s book I Saw a Light and Came Here
* Jim Tucker’s book Life Before Life
* Jim Tucker’s book Return to Life
* Paul Edwards’s book Reincarnation: A Critical Examination
* Alois Wiesinger’s book Occult Phenomena in the Light of Theology
* Ian Stevenson
* Patterns in Reincarnation Cases
* Famous Past Life Claims
* Replacement Reincarnation
* Jasbir Lal Jat


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MYS275a: In this bonus episode, Dr. Ben Carson has Jimmy Akin on his show to discuss UFOs and recent claims by retired Air Force officer David Grusch about a secret gov’t UFO recovery program, as well as Jimmy’s perpsective on the existence of extraterrestrial life and its compatibility with religious beliefs.
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MYS275: Belief in reincarnation is found in multiple world religions, but it is also studied from a scientific perspective today as well. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what parapsychologists have found about cases of the reincarnation type and ask what could explain their findings. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Ian Stevenson’s book Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation * Ian Stevenson’s book Children Who Remember Past Lives * James Matlock’s book Signs of Reincarnation * Erlendur Haraldsson and James Matlock’s book I Saw a Light and Came Here * Jim Tucker’s book Life Before Life * Jim Tucker’s book Return to Life * Paul Edwards’s book Reincarnation: A Critical Examination * Ian Stevenson * Patterns in Reincarnation Cases * Famous Past Life Claims * Replacement Reincarnation * Jasbir Lal Jat * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.

MYS274a: In this bonus episode, we bring you this discussion between Emerson Green and Jimmy Akin about ten common objections to UFO phenomena and alien visitations. Thank you to Emerson for letting us share this show with our audience.
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MYS274: We regularly give Patrons the opportunity to ask Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli their mysterious questions and make them available exclusively to Patrons first and then later to the whole audience. This time the questions cover the blood of St. Januarius, ultraterrestrials, Mary Suratt, RPGs, the Beloved Disciple, and more.
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* John Keel
* AA-1025: The Memoirs of an Anti-Apostle
* Heaven Is for Real
* The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven
* Andrew Jackson Davis
* Ben Witherington article
* Mary Surratt
* Januarius


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MYS273a: In this bonus episode, we bring you this discussion between Michael Lofton of Reason & Theology and Jimmy Akin about the idea of the three days of darkness, where it comes from, and whether it is a legitimate prophecy. Thank you to Michael for letting us share this show with our audience.
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MYS273: Some ancient sources report snakes that had wings and could fly, including Herodotus and even the Bible. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the ancient Greek historian’s reports, what Isaiah had to say, and whether there really could have been ancient flying snakes.
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* Herodotus’s book The Histories
* Adrienne Mayor’s book Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws
* Adrienne Mayor’s book The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times
* Karen Radner’s paper “The Wing Snakes of Arabia”
* Herodotus (Wikipedia)
* Horned Vipers
* Ibises (Wikipedia)
* Bald Ibis video
* Glossy Ibis video
* Frankincense (Wikipedia)
* Hares Become Pregnant While Pregnant
* David Falk’s video Exploring the Spirit World: Seraphim
* Egyptian Tomb Bat (Wikipedia)
* Draco Volans (Wikipedia)
* World Video Bible School on Flying Snakes
* Cape Cobra Spreading Its Hood (video)


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MYS272: In 1885, when Leo Taxil, a former Freemason, reverted to the Catholic Church, he made some startling revelations about Freemasonry. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine who Taxil was, what he revealed, and how he was embraced by Church leaders, including Pope Leo XIII. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * John Dickie’s book The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World * Leo XIII’s 1884 encyclical Humanum Genus * Leo Taxil’s confession of the hoax * Leo Taxil * Leo Taxil (Encyclopedia.com) * The Taxil Hoax (Wikipedia) * Jimmy’s post Meet Jack Chick * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com Fiorvento Law, PLLC, specializing in adult guardianships and conservatorships, probate and estate planning matters. Accepting clients throughout Michigan. Taking into account your individual, healthcare, financial and religious needs. Visit FiorventoLaw.com Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Tim Shevlin’s Personal Fitness training fo...

MYS271: It’s our 5th anniversary and to celebrate this milestone, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli have collected amazing mysterious experiences from our listeners to share some of them and then discuss them from the faith and reason perspectives.
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* Phantasms of the Living, vol. 1
* Phantasms of the Living, vol. 2
* Louisa Rhine’s book Hidden Channels of the Mind
* Sally Rhine Feather’s book The Gift: ESP, the Extraordinary Experiences of Ordinary People
* Lyrebird Cries Like a Baby (video)
* Bobcat Cries Like a Baby (video)
* Porcupine Cries Like a Baby (video)
* Tapetum Lucidum
* Eyeshine by Color


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MYS270: Can we speak with the dead? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at the question of speaking with departed human souls; whether it is permitted by Church teaching; and what cautions we must consider; and they ask if Fr. Nathan Castle’s unique ministry to “stuck souls” is permissible.
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* Fr. Nathan Castle’s book Afterlife Interrupted (vol. 1)
* Fr. Nathan Castle’s book Afterlife Interrupted (vol. 2)
* St. Thomas Aquinas’s book Quodlibetal Questions
* Fr. Herbert Thurston’s book The Church and Spiritualism
* Michael Heiser’s ebook The Old Testament Response to Pagan Divination
* CDF document Iuvenescit Ecclesia
* 1912 Catholic Encyclopedia article on Spiritism


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MYS269a: Here’s more of Jimmy Akin‘s conversation with Fr. Nathan Castle that didn’t fit in our previous episode, but which Jimmy thought was interesting enough to offer as a bonus to our audience.
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MYS269: Suppose you had a dream of a stranger who died and is calling out to you for help from the afterlife? This is the situation that confronted Fr. Nathan Castle. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli talk to Fr. Castle about how he began receiving these dreams and what he has done about them. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Fr. Castle’s book Afterlife Interrupted: Book 1 * Fr. Castle’s book Afterlife Interrupted: Book 2 * Fr. Castle’s website * Fr. Castle’s podcast * Fr. Castle’s YouTube channel * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com Fiorvento Law, PLLC, specializing in adult guardianships and conservatorships, probate and estate planning matters. Accepting clients throughout Michigan. Taking into account your individual, healthcare, financial and religious needs. Visit FiorventoLaw.com Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Tim Shevlin’s Personal Fitness training for Catholics. Providing spiritual and physical wellness through personalized nutrition, workout, and prayer programs and daily accountability check-ins. Learn more by visiting fitcatholics.com. Want to Sponsor A Show? Support StarQuest’s mission to explore the intersection of faith and pop culture by becoming a named sponsor...

MYS268: A woman in London began hearing mysterious voices and what they told her changed her life. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the story of Annabelle and the mysterious voices in her head that probably saved her life.
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* Dr. Azuonye’s article Diagnosis Made by Hallucinatory Voices (pp. 1685-1686)
* Dr. Azuonye’s profile page (1)
* Dr. Azuonye’s profile page (2)
* Robert Bobrow’s paper Paranormal Phenomena in the Medical Literature Sufficient Smoke to Warrant a Search for Fire
* Great Ormond Street Hospital
* Jon Ronson’s interview with Dr. Azuonye


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MYS267: Two popular books held Lakota medicine man Black Elk as an icon of native American spirituality. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the truths those books suppressed about Nicholas Black Elk, especially his conversion and devout Catholic faith. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Michael Steltenkamp’s book Nicholas Black Elk: Medicine Man, Missionary, Mystic * Michael Steltenkamp’s book Black Elk: Holy Man of the Oglala * Clyde Holler’s book The Black Elk Reader * John Neihardt’s book Black Elk Speaks * Joseph Epes Brown’s book The Sacred Pipe * Hilda Neihardt’s book Black Elk and Flaming Rainbow * Walking the Good Red Road (documentary) * Black Elk canonization web site * Black Elk (Wikipedia) * Death song custom * Ghost Dance * Wovoka * Ghost Dance War * Black Elk Speaks (Wikipedia) * Iron Eyes Cody * Chinese Rites controversy * Article on Fr. Vincent Capodanno’s canonization * Article on Black Elk’s canonization process and reported miracles * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts,

MYS266: Black Elk was a Native American medicine man who had paranormal visions and participated in some of the pivotal events in 19th-century US history. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss his remarkable life and the hidden truths about him.
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* Michael Steltenkamp’s book Nicholas Black Elk Medicine Man, Missionary, Mystic
* Michael Steltenkamp’s book Black Elk Holy Man of the Oglala
* Clyde Holler’s book The Black Elk Reader
* John Neihardt’s book Black Elk Speaks
* Joseph Epes Brown’s book The Sacred Pipe
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* Death song custom
* Ghost Dance
* Wovoka
* Ghost Dance War
* Black Elk Speaks (Wikipedia)
* Iron Eyes Cody


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MYS265: It’s time for another set of weird questions posed by Cy Kellet of Catholic Answers to Jimmy Akin, including this time: The Nephilim and Og; asking obscure saints for intercession; Padre Pio and time travel prayer; Captain Kirk, transporters, and the sacraments; Agents of Shield, AI, and the soul; and more.
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MYS264b: Cameron Bertuzzi invited Jimmy Akin on his show recently to discuss the latest UAP whistleblower, David Grusch, and all things related to Christianity and UAPs. Now Cameron has graciously allowed us to bring this video to you.
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MYS264a: Mysterious feedback! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer your mysterious feedback on recent episodes, including patron questions, Rudolph Hess, Guadalupe tilma, Thylacines, theistic evolution, Emperor Norton, and more.
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MYS264: The DC Beltway Snipers case in 2002 resulted in the capture of the perpetrators, but there was another side to the case that the public didn’t know. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli talk to Pam Coronado, the psychic detective who helped police solve the crime.
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* Pam Coronado’s TV series Sensing Murder
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MYS263: A year after the 9/11 attacks, the Washington DC area was rocked by a series of random sniper attacks that left 10 people dead. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the shootings, the men behind them, how police caught them, and why they went on their murder spree
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* Angie Cannon’s book 23 Days of Terror
* D.C. Sniper Attacks (Wikipedia)
* Beltway Snipers (FBI)
* 2013 BBC Deranged Killers documentary
* British Final Report documentary
* Guardian Angels (Wikipedia)
* LA Times “Duck in a Noose” Fable Explained
* Unreliable Statistica article
* Malvo repentant (video)
* Malvo to be resentenced (video)


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MYS262a: Mysterious feedback! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer your mysterious feedback on recent episodes, including fan art, private revelations, the Versailles Time-Slip, the Big Bang, dowsing, and more.
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* Why We Should Be Cautious Using the Big Bang Argument
* Scrying – Wikipedia
* PSI Encyclopedia
* Dowsing – PSI Encyclopedia
* Parapsychology: A Handbook for the 21st Century



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MYS262: The Rosenhan Experiment rocked the psychology profession 50 years ago. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the study’s look into how mental health patients were treated, why the study was so important, and what it revealed about the human mind.
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* Susannah Cahalan’s book The Great Pretender
* Rosenhan’s paper “On Being Sane in Insane Places”
* Rosenhan experiment (Wikipedia)
* David Rosenhan (Wikipedia)
* Cahalan article on Rosenhan
* Bethlehem Royal Hospital (Wikipedia)
* Nelly Bly (Wikipedia)
* Ten Days in a Mad-House (Wikipedia)
* Ten Days in a Mad-House (book)
* Insulin Coma Therapy (Wikipedia)
* Lobotomy (Wikipedia)
* Electroshock Therapy (Wikipedia)
* Rosenhan Interview (video)
* American Psychiatric Association on Schizophrenia
* Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
* Cahalan C-SPAN interview


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MYS261: We regularly give Patrons the opportunity to ask Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli their mysterious questions and make them available exclusively to Patrons first and then later to the whole audience. This time the questions cover Angelic possession, Hollow Moon, Genesis flood, Younger Dryas, Philadelphia experiment, Ouija boards, King Arthur, Nation of islam, and more.
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* Hollow Moon Theory
* Lifeforms evolved for lunar cycles
* Mary the Tower
* Philadelphia experiment
* King Arthur
* Historicity of King Arthur
* History of the Nation of Islam
* Wallace Fard Muhammad


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MYS260: In 2013, an 11-year-old by was having an inexplicable effect on electronic devices around him, including poltergeist activity. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli interview John G. Kruth who was called in to investigate and dubbed the case the “21st century poltergeist.”
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* John Kruth’s article Taming the Ghost Within (paywall!)
* Pauli Effect
* Rhine Research Center


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MYS259a: Mysterious feedback! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer your mysterious feedback on recent episodes, including fan art, the lost planet Vulcan, weight loss, Dyatlov Pass, lie detectors, Egyptian afterlife and mummies, rainmaker Charles Hatfield, giants and more.
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* Henut Taui
* Donating One’s Body to Science
* First Sight: ESP and Parapsychology in Everyday Life
* Crunching the Numbers on Rainmaker Charles Hatfield
* Giant 2.3 Metre Long Dakoken Sword Among Unprecedented Discoveries in Burial Mound




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MYS259: Could the human soul ever be scientifically detected? Could it even be weighed? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss a series of experiments that claimed to detect the departure of the soul at death, whether that’s possible, and what other researchers have found. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Len Fisher’s book Weighing the Soul: Scientific Discovery from the Brilliant to the Bizarre * Jason Fung’s book The Diabetes Code * Jason Fung’s book The Obesity Code * Jason Fung’s book The Complete Guide to Fasting * Jimmy’s term paper on weighing the soul * 21 Grams Experiment (Wikipedia) * MacDougall’s original paper * MacDougall’s paper with original correspondence * Ishida’s refutation of refutations * How balance scales work (video) * LA Herald on Twining’s replication * Hollander’s attempted replication * Ishida’s critique of Hollander’s results * Rhine Research Center * Jason Fung videos * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Catechism Class, a dynamic weekly podcast journey through the Catechism of the Catholic Church by Greg and Jennifer Willits.

MYS258: In early 1933, a group of men dubbed the “Murder Trust” conspired to kill Irishman Mike Malloy, who proved very difficult to kill. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the aftermath when they were finally able to kill Mike after 9 attempts, including whether they were ever brought to justice for the murder of Iron Mike. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube The video will be available at noon Eastern on the day of release. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Simon Read’s book On the House: The Bizarre Killing of Michael Malloy * Debra Blum’s book The Poisoner’s Handbook * Michael Malloy * Today I Found Out on “That Time the U.S. Government Intentionally Poisoned and Killed Over 10,000 of Its Citizens” * Earliest Confirmed Alcoholic Beverages * Prohibition * Prohibition in the United States * 18th Amendment * 21st Amendment * Great Depression * Double Indemnity * Johnny Green’s recording of “Cocktails for Two” * Spike Jones’s recording of “Cocktails for Two” * Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar “The Indestructible Mike Matter” (from Johannes F.) * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Catechism Class, a dynamic weekly podcast journey through the Catechism of the Catholic Church by Greg and Jennifer Willits.

MYS257: Michael Malloy was an Irishman living in NYC in the 1930s who left a mysterious legacy. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss his unbelievable death-defying story that earned him the nickname “Iron Mike” and “Mike the Durable.”
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* Debra Blum’s book The Poisoner’s Handbook
* Michael Malloy
* Today I Found Out on “That Time the U.S. Government Intentionally Poisoned and Killed Over 10,000 of Its Citizens”
* Earliest Confirmed Alcoholic Beverages
* Prohibition
* Prohibition in the United States
* 18th Amendment
* Great Depression
* Double Indemnity


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MYS256: St. Toribio Romo was born to a poor family in Mexico and became a priest in a time when the Church was being persecuted. He was eventually martyred. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the saint’s life and death and the strange mystery that surrounds him today. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * James Murphy’s book The Martyrdom of Saint Toribio Romo * Toribio Romo (Wikipedia) * David Romo’s article “My Tio, the Saint” * Alfredo Mirandé’s paper “Toribio Romo, el Padre Pollero” * Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical Rerum Novarum * Summary of Rerum Novarum (Wikipedia) * St. Toribio Romo Fund * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to mysterious@sqpn.com or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Catechism Class, a dynamic weekly podcast journey through the Catechism of the Catholic Church by Greg and Jennifer Willits. It’s the best book club, coffee talk, and faith study group, all rolled into one. Find it in any podcast directory. Fiorvento Law, PLLC, specializing in adult guardianships and conservatorships, probate and estate planning matters. Accepting clients throughout Michigan. Taking into account your individual, healthcare, financial and religious needs. Visit FiorventoLaw.com Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Tim Shevlin’s Personal Fitness training for Catholics. Providing spiritual and physical wellness through personalized nutri...

MYS255: In the 19th century, secret societies were all the rage and the Knights of the Golden Circle were among the most famous. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss their origin and aims, their role in the Civil War, and the mysteries surrounding them.
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* David Keehn’s book Knights of the Golden Circle: Secret Empire, Southern Secession, Civil War
* Mark Lause’s book A Secret Society History of the Civil War
* An Authentic Exposition of the K.G.C. “Knights of the Golden Circle”: Or, A History Secession from 1834 to 1961, Illustrated
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* George W. L. Bickley
* Texas State Historical Association on the KGC
* Review of Keehn’s book


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MYS254: In 1980, two women and a boy had a frightening encounter with a UFO blazing light and fire. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the event, the health effects it had, the women’s battle with the US gov’t over it, and what could be responsible for it all. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email Due to copyright issues on YouTube, we have posted this week’s video on an alternative site. You can watch the video below. Thank you. Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * John Schuessler’s book The Cash Landrum Incident * George Dudding’s book The Cash-Landrum UFO Encounter * Jerome Clark’s book The UFO Encyclopedia (3rd ed.) * Kevin Randle’s book Project Moon Dust: Beyond Roswell * James Mahaffey’s book Atomic Accidents * CUFOS file on Cash-Landrum * Kevin Randle on Cash-Landrum * Kevin Randle interview * Unsolved Mysteries segment * UFO Hunters episode * Another early interview with the witnesses * Early audio interview with Vickie and Colby * Cash-Landrum Incident * Skeptical Inquirer article * Skeptoid Podcast episode * Alopecia Areata * Bergstrom AFB Interview, part 1 * Bergstrom AFB Interview, part 2 * Cash-Landrum legal documents * Brad Sparks’s Ionizing Radiation Critique * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to mysterious@sqpn.com or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515

MYS253: It’s time for another set of weird questions posed by Cy Kellet of Catholic Answers to Jimmy Akin, including this time: whether time travel interferes with God’s plans; could an alien 2,000 light years away see Jesus on Earth; the origin of coal and the Great Flood; ghost hunting TV shows; and whether vampires could commit suicide to protect others. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Questions covered: * 02:31 – If a human is a rational animal (that’s to say that it has the natural tendency to grow, eat, feel, see, will, and reason) then would the consecrated Eucharist have these innate tendencies as well? Are there any conditions under which the Eucharist can do even one of those things mentioned, let alone all of them? * 05:24 – By time traveling are you interfering with God’s plan? Even if we think we are stopping an evil act, God has his reasons. * 07:26 – If you were to save someone in the past would that person in the new timeline have a different soul? They lived a longer lifetime and committed other acts either righteous or sinful. To me that would logically mean it’s not the same soul since we are judged by our one life. One version of the person could have gone to hell and other to heaven. * 10:00 – Given the speed of light, is it possible that a person, right now, on a planet 2000 light years away and with a telescope so powerful that he could see onto the surface of the earth in great detail, could watch Jesus walking and teaching. * 12:49 – Will every curiosity or question that I have in this life have an answer in heaven, or will the experience of sanctification or purgatory simply remove that curious or questioning spirit from me? * 14:48 – What is your take on the floating log mat model for the origin of coal beds and biogeography? As both a coal miner and a Catholic, I am interested in the theory that the great flood caused a mass (or masses) of fallen logs to float about the world, but I have a hard time making the leap that this proves a young earth and our previous theories for the formation of coal seams taken millions of years are no longer valid. On a related note, is the story of the great flood required to be taken literally, or could it have been a regional flood that wiped out the human population but maybe did not cover the entire earth? * 18:40 – I became Catholic, I enjoyed those shows on Travel Channel like Ghost Adventures, where these paranormal investigators would lock themselves in a “haunted” place and try to capture evidence of the paranormal through EVP [that is, Electronic Voice Phenomena] sessions and whatnot. I don’t necessarily believe it was all real (or all fake for that matter either) and I’m a fairly educated individual and understand the behavioral psychology of “hearing voices” through EVP and, as such, am highly skeptical. HOWEVER, these shows are very entertaining, and I have to admit, I enjoy them, for entertainment. As a Catholic, is it a sin to watch these shows for entertainment? I would never even think of doing it myself or even put any stock in what they do. I know we are forbidden from attempting to contact the dead, but is watching these shows for entertainment, per se, sinful? I can’t find anything definitive about it. * 32:40 – Let’s say, in an alternate timeline, the Left Behind fictional series, centered around the end of the world and the 2nd coming of Christ,

MYS252: Joshua Abraham Norton had an amazing life and was a titan among men. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the story of Norton’s life in the 1800s, with his rise from humble circumstances to wealth and power to humility and back again, and learn what made him so amazing.
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* Robert Cowan’s pamphlet Norton I: Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico
* Emperor Norton
* Bummer and Lazarus
* The Emperor’s bridge proclamations
* E Clampus Vitus
* Emperor Norton’s Fantastic San Francisco Time Machine
* Name It the Emperor Norton Bridge


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MYS251a: Can Catholics believe theistic evolution? Michael Lofton welcomes Jimmy Akin onto his show to discuss this topic, as well as old vs. young earth and monogenism vs. polygenism, all from a Catholic perspective.
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MYS251: The Thylacine or Tasmanian tiger lived in Australia for thousands of years, but went extinct in 1936. Or so they thought. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the reports that there are still thylacines in the wild as well as efforts to bring them back through DNA technology. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Richard Freeman’s book In Search of Real Monsters (Adventures in Cryptozoology, vol. 2) * Thylacines (Wikipedia) * Thylacine Research Unit * Thylacine Research Unit YouTube channel * Thylacine Research Unit video on paw prints * Thylacine Awareness Group YouTube channel * Announcement of new possible last captive Thylacine * Article on Henry Nix’s computer study * Thylacine Audio? * 2021 Thylacine Sighting Report * 1973 Thylacine Footage? * Scientific paper Extinction of the Thylacine (bioRxiv.org) * Summary of scientific paper * Article on Numbat genome sequencing * University of Melbourne news release * University of Melbourne Thylacine Integrated Genomic Restoration Research (TIGRR) Lab * Colossal Bioscience’s Thylacine De-Extinction Project * Argument Against Bringing Thylacines Back * Current information about Somerton Man/Carl “Charles” Webb * Pints With Aquinas * The Catholics of Oz * Let’s Science! * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious Wor...

MYS250a: Mysterious feedback! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer your mysterious feedback on recent episodes, including a sestina; AI songs; spherification; Loch Ness; Tobit; Santa Claus; the tilma of Guadalupe; hurting God; Captain America; and evolution, plus more.
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MYS250: After World War II, Nazi leader Rudolph Hess was imprisoned in Germany’s Spandau prison. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss whether the man in Spandau was Hess or an impostor and whether he died by suicide or was murdered and who would have done it. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Richard J. Evans’s book The Hitler Conspiracies * Lord James Douglas-Hamilton’s book The Truth About Rudolf Hess * Nesbit and van Acker’s book The Flight of Rudolf Hess: Myths and Realities * Norman Goda’s book Tales from Spandau: Nazi Criminals and the Cold War * Eric Kurlander’s book Hitler’s Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich * Albert Speer’s book Inside the Third Reich * Wolf Hess’s essay The Life and Death of My Father, Rudolf Hess * British Foreign Office statement on Hess * “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” * Fall of the Berlin Wall * New Scientist article on Hess’s DNA * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to mysterious@sqpn.com or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Catechism Class, a dynamic weekly podcast journey through the Catechism of the Catholic Church by Greg and Jennifer Willits. It’s the best book club, coffee talk, and faith study group, all rolled into one. Find it in any podcast directory. Fiorvento Law, PLLC, specializing in adult guardianships and conservatorships, probate and estate planning matters. Accepting clients throughout Michigan. Taking into account your individual, healthcare, financial and religious needs. Visit FiorventoLaw.com