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Hosted by John Hinson · history · EN-US
Each week, host John Hinson takes a look at weird, crazy, and forgotten stories from the history of humankind. He covers true crime, paranormal, and other strange stories and tries to put some humor into it, or maybe he's just an apathetic dick - that's up to you to decide.
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Signup to Generate a PitchEach week, host John Hinson takes a look at weird, crazy, and forgotten stories from the history of humankind. He covers true crime, paranormal, and other strange stories and tries to put some humor into it, or maybe he's just an apathetic dick - that's up to you to decide.
Our Weird World is hosted by John Hinson. The show has published 346 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "345 - Haunted Families" (26 October 2026, 34 minutes), "344 - Haunted Houses, Part 2!" (19 October 2026, 46 minutes), and "343 - Monsters! Part 6!" (12 October 2026, 40 minutes).
Our Weird World publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 33 minutes across 346 episodes.
Booking probability for Our Weird World is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Our Weird World requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Our Weird World's contact route on record: public web form.
John Hinson hosts Our Weird World, a history podcast with 346 episodes published.
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Send us Fan Mail This week we're wrapping up our spooky-themed month with the haunted Lemp, Lutz, Tallman, and LaChance families! Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John on...
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Send us Fan Mail This week we continue our spooky-themed episodes with more haunted houses! Learn about the Winchester Mystery House, the Congelier Mansion, the Treasurer’s House, the Blood House, and the Borley...
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Send us Fan Mail So many monsters to cover this week! We're looking at Batsquatch, the Flathead Lake Monster, the Van Meter Visitor, the White River Monster, the Dover Demon, the Toronto Tunnel Monster, and the...
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Send us Fan Mail We're into October, so we're spending the entire month celebrating Halloween and covering spooky-themed stories that I poke holes in. Sorry. This week we're covering some paranormal stories from my home...
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Send us Fan Mail Serial Killer September wraps up with the best sampler yet, covering the lives of Ronald Dominique, Zdzisław Marchwicki, and Gerald Gallego. Like the show on Facebook...
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Send us Fan Mail Serial Killer September gets crazier with the 14th sampler covering the lives of Christopher Wilder, John Wayne Glover, Henry Louis Wallace. Like the show on Facebook...
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Send us Fan Mail Serial Killer September continue with the 13th sampler covering the lives of Maurizio Minghella, Joseph Christopher, and Randall Woodfield. Like the show on Facebook...
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Send us Fan Mail It's Serial Killer September! All this month, we're doing some serial killer samplers with 3 stories from history. This week, we're covering Febronio Indio do Brasil, Paul Ogorzow, and Edward Edwards...
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Send us Fan Mail This week we're covering the strange criminal behavior of Kenneth Parks, Gags the Clown, and the Garanhuns Cannibals. Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow John...
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Send us Fan Mail This week we're talking about some more curses from history and one that might actually be legit. Check out Part 1 on Episode 318. Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/...
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Send us Fan Mail This week's story is fun. It's all about the story of Kevin Curtis and the underground world of Elvis impersonators, possible black market organ trading, and a ricin attack on President Obama. Like the...
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Send us Fan Mail If you thought Jeffrey Epstein was bad (and didn't kill himself), then you should learn about this week's subject whose trial also happened around the same time and was also equally as bad (and maybe...
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Send us Fan Mail New Month. New Fun Bag. The 29th edition covers the Spaghetti Tree and the lives of a couple of Dicks—Richard Speck and Richard Shaver. Like the show on Facebook...
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Send us Fan Mail We're wrapping up our mini series of some paranormal with the Belmez Faces, the Ackley House, and the Northfleet Horror. Like the show on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/OurWeirdWorldPod/ Follow...
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Send us Fan Mail We're looking at three different (allegedly true) paranormal stories this week. Learn about the Moberley-Jourdain Incident, the Skirvin Hotel, and the life of Antônio Vilas–Boas. Like the show on...
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Send us Fan Mail It's the 28th Weird Fun Bag and we're looking at the Phantom Barber of Pascagoula, as well as the WEIRD lives of Albert Stevens and Ior Bock. Like the show on Facebook...
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Send us Fan Mail Buckle up for this wild ride. We're looking at the cult/scam/fraud/sovereign nation of the Dominion of Melchizedek and it's leader, Branch Vinedresser. Like the show on Facebook...
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Send us Fan Mail The SUMMER OF CULTS returns! (just for this week though.) We're covering the stories of Michael Ryan, Sachiko Eto, and the Good News International Ministries. Check out Part 1 back on Episode #162 Like...
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Send us Fan Mail This week we're looking at some more massacres from history. Learn about the Parsley Massacre, as well as the stories of Mustuo Toi, Bruce Pardo, and Woo Bum-Kon. Check out Part 1 back on Episode #108...
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<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>This week it's more stories from a time when work actually sucked! Learn about the Banana Massacre, the Thibodaux Massacre, and the Harriet-Henderson strike.</p><p>Like the show on Facebook...
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