Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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What Mary Knew; God’s Choices; Autism & Names in Afterlife; & More
Does a growing human population dilute demonic influence per person? Plus: the Magi's star, Mary after Pentecost, leavened Eucharist history, God's timelessness, and the serpent of Genesis 3. Jimmy…
Pre-Sputnik Transients
Thousands of star-like flashes flicker across sky-survey plates shot before any satellite existed — some clustered, some lined up, some on famous UFO nights. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli weigh five…
Zombie Marriage, Holy Roman Emperors, Jesus’s DNA, and More Weird Questions
It's a fifth Friday, so Jimmy Akin is answering weird questions from Catholic Answers listeners, about topics like alien demons, vampire ethics, Jesus's DNA, ancient tech, how much water a priest can…
Skeleton Lake
A lake in the Indian Himalayas holds hundreds of human skeletons from multiple centuries and continents. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli trace six theories, and the truth turns out to be stranger than…
Crisis Apparitions!
Something happens at the moment of death. Sometimes the living sense it from miles away. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine 140 years of research into crisis apparitions: who experiences them,…
Jesus’ Most Misunderstood Prophecy? The Olivet Discourse (Not the End of the World)
Jesus' most misunderstood prophecy has sent readers down the wrong path for centuries. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the Olivet Discourse: what did Jesus actually predict, and did it…
Scientists Confirm What the Church Always Knew: Proof of Psychic Powers & Survival After Death
Jimmy Akin is teaching Introduction to Parapsychology for the Rhine Education Center The post Scientists Confirm What the Church Always Knew: Proof of Psychic Powers & Survival After Death…
The Mattress Store Conspiracy?
There are more mattress stores in the US than McDonald's. They're almost always empty. They cluster suspiciously close together. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli investigate the internet's wildest…
Ancient Christian Ghosts
Early Christians were no exception in ancient beliefs in ghosts. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss reports of ghostly encounters in the ancient Church, what theologians thought of them, and how…
The Shocking Secret Manuscript of the Anna Ecklund Exorcism
The story of the exorcism of "Anna Ecklund" in Earling, Iowa, in 1928 as Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli recounted last time was only the beginning. Because there was an account of the exorcism…
The Earling Exorcism
In 1928, an exorcism unfolded in a tiny Iowa convent. It inspired a 2016 movie. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the public account and a never-published secret manuscript of the Earling…
George Adamski: Alien Contactee!
In 1952, a self-taught philosopher near Palomar Mountain walked into the California desert and claimed to meet a being from Venus. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli investigate the remarkable story of…
The Kentucky Meat Shower
In 1876, raw meat rained from a clear sky over a Kentucky farm, leaving the whole county and big city newspapers confounded. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli work through the proposed explanations to…
The Mystery of Radiation
From 1895 to 1900, a burst of discoveries transformed science's understanding of matter itself. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli trace the full arc of radiation's discovery — from Röntgen's X-rays to…
The Book of Revelation
The most controverial book in the Bible is also the perhaps the most mysterious. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the Book of Revelation, the prominent theories for how to interpret it, and what…
The Library of Alexandria and More Patron Questions
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.…
Exposing the MYTH of the Zodiac Killer!
Zodiac hoax—or real killer? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli test 7 “must-explain” clues: the calls, letters, cipher, costume symbol, car-door message, and Stine shirt scrap. Could a multi-person hoax…
The MYTH of the Zodiac Killer?
Did the Zodiac Killer ever exist? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli analyze the crimes, letters, and evidence behind a bold claim: the Zodiac was a hoax. Are the links real—or carefully constructed? The…
The Ghost of the Banta Inn
A historic California inn. A dead owner who never left. Are flying ashtrays, stacking coins, and an unplugged jukebox proof of survival after death? Jimmy Akin interviews investigator Lloyd Auerbach…
Kentucky Goblins! Kelly-Hopkinsville UFO Encounter
A Kentucky farmhouse, glowing figures, and bullets that didn’t work—what really happened in 1955? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli assess witness fear, skeptical explanations, and the case for something…
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