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Neanderthals in Genesis? (Weird Questions) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/327
The Questions (time codes are approx.):
• 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?
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Remote Viewing Experiment! (Outbounder Protocol) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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?
https://mysterious.fm/326
Further Resources:
● Paul Smith, Tom McNear, and Jana Rogge’s book The Foundations of Controlled Remote Viewing: https://amzn.to/3Aus3CO
● Paul Smith’s book The Essentials of Remote Viewing: https://amzn.to/4cxiBM5
● Paul Smith’s book Reading the Enemy’s Mind: https://amzn.to/4dVkx2h
● Terra Studios: https://usingart.org/
● Targ Scale: https://centerlane-rv.org/glossary/targ-scale
● Interview with Jana Rogge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE9j5LBFlro
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Guardian Angels - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/325
Further Resources:
• Peter Kreeft’s book Angels and Demons: What Do We Really Know About Them?: https://amzn.to/3W4UTR4
• Catholic Encyclopedia on Guardian Angels: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07049c.htm
• Jewish Encyclopedia on Angelology: https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1521-angelology
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Lost Scriptures: The Book of the Watchers (1 Enoch, Nephilim) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/324
Further Resources:
• The Watchers in Jewish and Christian Traditions (essay book): https://amzn.to/4dddwJZ
• 1 Enoch (Hermeneia translation): https://amzn.to/3ylhEIW
• Michael Heiser’s book A Companion to the Book of Enoch, vol. 1: https://amzn.to/4dcw5OB
• Michael Heiser’s book A Companion to the Book of Enoch, vol. 2: https://amzn.to/4cjx5PJ
• Philip Long’s book The Book of Enoch for Beginners: https://amzn.to/3AfPaAQ
• Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible: https://amzn.to/46B2zzk
• Hermeneia Commentary on Enoch, vol. 1: https://amzn.to/4dxRJfX
• Hermeneia Commentary on Enoch, vol. 2: https://amzn.to/4dpIz58
• 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: https://amzn.to/4fDrqqk
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Lost Scripture: The Book of Enoch - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/323
Further Resources:
• 1 Enoch (Hermeneia translation): https://amzn.to/3zZuBIE
• Michael Heiser’s book A Companion to the Book of Enoch, vol. 1: https://amzn.to/3WKIjYS
• Michael Heiser’s book A Companion to the Book of Enoch, vol. 2: https://amzn.to/4foQXDH
• Philip Long’s book The Book of Enoch for Beginners: https://amzn.to/3A4qmLX
• Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible: https://amzn.to/4dpvsAG
• Hermeneia Commentary on Enoch, vol. 1: https://amzn.to/4drgEBY
• Hermeneia Commentary on Enoch, vol. 2: https://amzn.to/4cUY8lr
• 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: https://amzn.to/3A7bn45
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New Rules for Evaluating Supernatural Phenomena (Catholic, Vatican) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/322
Further Resources:
• Joseph Ratzinger interview book God and the World: https://amzn.to/3QXoSbQ
• 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
• Pope Francis official text: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2019/documents/papa-francesco_20191212_omelia-guadalupe.html
• Pope Francis 2017 statement on Medjugorje: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/36030/pope-francis-i-am-suspicious-of-ongoing-medjugorje-apparitions
• Cardinal Fernandez story on Medjugorje: https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2024/05/vatican-doctrine-czar-says-medjugorje-ruling-not-ready-but-offers-insight
• Kevin Symonds’s web site: https://kevinsymonds.com
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Lost Scripture? Jubilees (Missing Book of the Bible?) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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?
https://mysterious.fm/319
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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Deathbed Visions (Afterlife Research) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/318
Further Resources:
• Sir William Barrett’s book Deathbed Visions: https://amzn.to/3RJndHm
• Frances Power Cobb’s essay Peak in Darien: The Riddle of Death: https://archive.org/details/peakindarienocta00cobbrich/page/244/mode/2up
• Society for Psychical Research: https://www.spr.ac.uk/
• Sir William Barrett (Psi Encyclopedia): https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/william-barrett
• Sir William Barrett: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Barrett
• Frances Power Cobbe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Power_Cobbe
• John Keats’s poem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_First_Looking_into_Chapman%27s_Homer
• Darien Gap: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dari%C3%A9n_Gap
• Hymn “Oh Come, Angel Band” by YouTuber Heather Berry-Mabe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY8m9L22CIM
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The Truth About Unicorns - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/317
Further Resources:
• Chris Lavers’s book The Natural History of Unicorns: https://amzn.to/3z3brRW
• St. Albert the Great’s book On Animals (vol. 1): https://amzn.to/45oeoZh
• St. Albert the Great’s book On Animals (vol. 2): https://amzn.to/4ciKWpH
• St. Hildegard of Bingen’s book Physica: https://amzn.to/45lRlhz
• Jimmy’s original video on Unicorns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_exoavjyfk
• David Livingstone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Livingstone
• Henry Stanley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morton_Stanley
• Harry Johnston: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Johnston
• AnimalLogic video on Okapis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bUULAuqy_s
• HistoryOfYesterday.com’s piece on Oberon Zell: https://historyofyesterday.com/the-man-who-surgically-brought-back-unicorns/
• Oberon Zell’s patent for making unicorns: http://colitz.com/site/4429685/4429685.htm
• The Unicorn Keepers’ video Real Unicorns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBesVO_3iQk
• Discover Wildlife’s article on Back-Bred Neo-Aurochs: https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/prehistoric-aurochs-are-back-from-extinction-and-spreading-across-europe-and-they-could-be-heading-to-the-uk
• Toronto Zoo’s video on Rhino Vocalizations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV4bSEPYuPM
• Unicorn Horn (Alicorn): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn_horn
• Narwhals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narwhal
• Sci-Show on Unicorns (and How to Make Them): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4jIoMxZopU
• Discovery News (2008) video on the discovery of a Deer-icorn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB20ttaNlAQ
• Guardian story on Unicorno: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/11/italy1
• NBC News story on Unicorno: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna25097986
• Irish Rovers’ Unicorn Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4bc9UwZsYs
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Do Unicorns Exist? - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/316
Further Resources:
• Chris Lavers’s book The Natural History of Unicorns: https://amzn.to/3z3brRW
• St. Albert the Great’s book On Animals (vol. 1): https://amzn.to/45oeoZh
• St. Albert the Great’s book On Animals (vol. 2): https://amzn.to/4ciKWpH
• St. Hildegard of Bingen’s book Physica: https://amzn.to/45lRlhz
• Jimmy’s original video on Unicorns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_exoavjyfk
• David Livingstone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Livingstone
• Henry Stanley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morton_Stanley
• Harry Johnston: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Johnston
• AnimalLogic video on Okapis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bUULAuqy_s
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The Soul of Frankenstein's Monster (& More Patron Questions) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/315
Further Resources:
• https://jimmyakin.com/2021/07/who-was-the-man-who-ran-away-naked.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loveland_frog
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The Miracle of Calanda (Regrown Limb! Amputated Leg!) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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 main 17th-century Spain regrew his leg.
https://mysterious.fm/313
Further Resources:
• Caleb Jackson’s book Undead: A Historical Investigation into the Most Famous Miracle in History (i.e., the Resurrection of Jesus): https://amzn.to/3HmzegB
• Caleb Jackson’s book Searching for a Solution to Suffering: A Christian Response to the Problem of Evil: https://amzn.to/47nIxHo
• Cameron Bertuzzi’s Capturing Christianity channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CapturingChristianity
• Virgin Birth debate: https://youtu.be/uMYqWDKtn0U
• Benedict XIV (Prospero Lambertini): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XIV
• 1946 song The Old Lamp-Lighter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG321he48j8
• Vittorio Messori interview about the miracle: https://biblicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2022/03/12/interview-with-vittorio-messori-concerning-the-miraculous-healing-of-miguel-juan-pellicer-severed-leg/
• Salamander Limb Regeneration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byLDgtSMI0w
• Why Can We Regrow a Liver?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erMCADOJcHk
• Children Regrowing Fingertips: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/06/10/190385484/chopped-how-amputated-fingertips-sometimes-grow-back
• Can You Regrow Severed Limbs Like a Salamander?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA0drQ25lu4
• Regrowing Human Body Parts—Is It Possible?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnlnBk2nJI0
• Mandy Sellars: Shrinking My 17 Stone Legs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0adrLDblgM
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Terminal Lucidity (Sudden Awakenings, Dementia, Alzheimer’s) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/312
Further Resources:
• Alexander Batthyany’s book Threshold: Terminal Lucidity and the Border of Life and Death: https://amzn.to/3wG9jOS
• Michael Nahm’s article Terminal Lucidity (Psi-Encyclopedia): https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/terminal-lucidity
• Michael Nahm’s paper Terminal Lucidity in People with Mental Illness and Other Mental Disability: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc461761/m1/1/
• Phineas Gage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage
• German hymn Wo Findet Die Seele Die Heimat, Die Ruh (recording): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz9aX---1Fs
• German text: https://www.deutschland-lese.de/streifzuege/lieder/geistliche-kirchenlieder/wo-findet-die-seele-die-heimat-die-ruh/
• English text: https://hymnary.org/text/o_where_is_the_home_for_the_soul_to_be_f
• Jesse Bearing’s article “One Last Goodbye: The Strange Case of Terminal Lucidity”: https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/bering-in-mind/one-last-goodbye-the-strange-case-of-terminal-lucidity/
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Joe Fisher’s Hungry Ghosts! (Guides, Mediumship, Channeling) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/311
Further Resources:
• Joe Fisher’s book The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts: https://amzn.to/3OuLlfj
• Joe Fisher (Psi-Encyclopedia): https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/joe-fisher
• Loren Coleman’s obituary for Joe Fisher: https://www.anomalist.com/milestones/fisher.html
• Louis Proud’s article on Fisher’s Death: https://www.scientificexploration.org/docs/edgescience/edgescience-43.pdf
• Asian Hungry Ghosts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_ghost
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The Cash-Landrum UFO Incident (Radiation? Government Experiment?) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/254
Further Resources:
• John Schuessler’s book The Cash Landrum Incident: https://amzn.to/408kBo4
• George Dudding’s book The Cash-Landrum UFO Encounter: https://amzn.to/3KP0YN8
• Jerome Clark’s book The UFO Encyclopedia (3rd ed.): https://amzn.to/3ZWxukN
• Kevin Randle’s book Project Moon Dust: Beyond Roswell: https://amzn.to/3zN91nx
• James Mahaffey’s book Atomic Accidents: https://amzn.to/3KvqPbw
• CUFOS file on Cash-Landrum: https://app.box.com/s/zvelar3gubgiee5zwgi3
• Kevin Randle on Cash-Landrum: https://kevinrandle.blogspot.com/search?q=cash-landrum
• Kevin Randle interview: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kevin-randle-interviews-curtis-collins-saucers-that/id1239484934?i=1000548515135
• Unsolved Mysteries segment: https://youtu.be/-p98aBNNhxg?t=1083
• UFO Hunters episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPkW9XBX0fU
• Another early interview with the witnesses: https://youtu.be/UJdhk3_DurE
• Early audio interview with Vickie and Colby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiYo1kdnk8I
• Cash-Landrum Incident: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash%E2%80%93Landrum_incident
• Skeptical Inquirer article: https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2014/03/p28.pdf
• Skeptoid Podcast episode: https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4652
• Alopecia Areata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopecia_areata
• Bergstrom AFB Interview, part 1: http://www.cufon.org/cufon/cashlani.htm
• Bergstrom AFB Interview, part 2: https://www.cufon.org/cufon/cashlani2.htm
• Cash-Landrum legal documents: https://www.cufon.org/cufon/cashlanL.pdf
• Brad Sparks’s Ionizing Radiation Critique: https://web.archive.org/web/20070817173738/http://www.qtm.net/~geibdan/a1999/cash3.htm
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Knights of the Golden Circle (Secret Society, Civil War, Slavery) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/255
Further Resources:
• David Keehn’s book Knights of the Golden Circle: Secret Empire, Southern Secession, Civil War: https://amzn.to/3Ac9JuD
• Mark Lause’s book A Secret Society History of the Civil War: https://amzn.to/3KTeoGU
• An Authentic Exposition of the K.G.C. “Knights of the Golden Circle”: Or, A History Secession from 1834 to 1961, Illustrated: https://archive.org/details/authenticexposi00perr/mode/2up
• Knights of the Golden Cirlce (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_the_Golden_Circle
• George W. L. Bickley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._L._Bickley
• Texas State Historical Association on the KGC: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/knights-of-the-golden-circle
• Review of Keehn’s book: http://jsr.fsu.edu/issues/vol15/wallace.html
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The Mystery of St. Toribio Romo (El Padre Pollero, El Santo Coyote) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/256
Further Resources:
• James Murphy’s book The Martyrdom of Saint Toribio Romo: https://amzn.to/3NbL80D
• Toribio Romo (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toribio_Romo_Gonz%C3%A1lez
• David Romo’s article “My Tio, the Saint”: https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/my-tio-the-saint/
• Alfredo Mirandé’s paper “Toribio Romo, el Padre Pollero”: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Toribio-Romo%2C-el-Padre-Pollero-Romo-Pollero/fd21166485ff4710869a98ab449ca85f121da662
• Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical Rerum Novarum: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html
• Summary of Rerum Novarum (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rerum_novarum
• St. Toribio Romo Fund: https://catholiccharitiesdom.org/donate-now/the-saint-toribio-romo-fund/
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21st Century Poltergeist! (Psychokinesis? Telekinesis? Ghosts?) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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."
https://mysterious.fm/260
Further Resources
• John Kruth’s article Taming the Ghost Within (paywall!): https://www.rhineonline.org/_files/ugd/82c4a8_11ce07ddfc3b4e2ea4e567821c235184.pdf
• Pauli Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauli_effect
• Rhine Research Center: Rhine.org
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How We Caught the D.C. Beltway Snipers (John Muhammad, Lee Malvo) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/263
Further Resources:
• Angie Cannon’s book 23 Days of Terror: https://amzn.to/42zry2t
• D.C. Sniper Attacks (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C._sniper_attacks
• Beltway Snipers (FBI): https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/beltway-snipers
• 2013 BBC Deranged Killers documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GznE9RyEVHs
• British Final Report documentary: https://youtu.be/C0M62mHQ1EA
• Guardian Angels (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_Angels
• LA Times “Duck in a Noose” Fable Explained: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-25-na-duck25-story.html
• Unreliable Statistica article: https://www.statista.com/statistics/476456/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-shooter-s-race/
• Malvo repentant (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEE-rfEDUxk
• Malvo to be resentenced (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vLXtwXXdKU
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Mysterious Voices! (Medical Diagnosis? Hallucination? Spirits?) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/268
Further Resources:
• Dr. Azuonye’s article Diagnosis Made by Hallucinatory Voices (pp. 1685-1686): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2128009/pdf/9448541.pdf
• Dr. Azuonye’s profile page (1): https://forensicandexpertwitness.co.uk/experts/dr-ikechukwu-azuonye/
• Dr. Azuonye’s profile page (2): https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ikechukwu-Azuonye
• Robert Bobrow’s paper Paranormal Phenomena in the Medical Literature Sufficient Smoke to Warrant a Search for Fire: https://www.happierabroad.com/Paranormalphenomena_LitMedical.pdf
• Great Ormond Street Hospital: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital
• Jon Ronson’s interview with Dr. Azuonye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJG1Qz6uMB0
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Leo Taxil’s Masonic Revelations (Freemasonry, Satanism) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/272
Further Resources:
• John Dickie’s book The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World: https://amzn.to/3QQPmNl
• Leo XIII’s 1884 encyclical Humanum Genus: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_18840420_humanum-genus.html
• Leo Taxil’s confession of the hoax: https://freemasonry.bcy.ca/texts/taxil_confessed.html
• Leo Taxil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Taxil
• Leo Taxil (Encyclopedia.com): https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/philosophy-and-religion/other-religious-beliefs-biographies/leo-taxil
• The Taxil Hoax (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxil_hoax
• Jimmy’s post Meet Jack Chick: https://jimmyakin.com/2016/10/meet-jack-chick.html
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Flying Snakes! (Herodotus, Isaiah, Bible, Fossils, Serpent, Cobra) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/273
Further Resources:
• Herodotus’s book The Histories: https://amzn.to/3P8txY0
• Adrienne Mayor’s book Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws: https://amzn.to/3P8h1aV
• Adrienne Mayor’s book The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in in Greek and Roman Times: https://amzn.to/3KROJ1Y
• Karen Radner’s paper “The Wing Snakes of Arabia”: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/19841/2/Radner_WZKM%2097%20(2007)%20Winged%20Snakes%20of%20Arabia.pdf
• Herodotus (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodotus
• Horned Vipers: https://a-z-animals.com/animals/horned-viper/
• Ibises (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibis
• Bald Ibis video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAPF3fkiUD8
• Glossy Ibis video: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Glossy_Ibis/photo-gallery/465862
• Frankincense (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankincense
• Hares Become Pregnant While Pregnant https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/hares-can-get-pregnant-while-pregnant-35542864/
• David Falk’s video Exploring the Spirit World: Seraphim: https://youtu.be/qFRThJzpZ50
• Egyptian Tomb Bat (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_tomb_bat
• Draco Volans (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_volans
• World Video Bible School on Flying Snakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDQUgxdYNFg
• Cape Cobra Spreading Its Hood (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApYQulWaH0E
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The Bizarre Case of Victim F (Denise Huskins, Aaron Quinn) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/277
Further Resources:
• Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn’s book Victim F: https://amzn.to/3Rz9ynf
• James Duane’s book You Have the Right to Remain Innocent: https://amzn.to/3ENtYkO
• Don’t Talk to Police debate video: https://youtu.be/d-7o9xYp7eE
• FBI document: https://www.sfgate.com/file/109/1/1091-Vallejo-sealed-FBI-document-071315.pdf
• Stockholm Syndrome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome
• 2022 judgment against Muller: https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/man-to-be-sentenced-for-california-kidnap-once-called-hoax-matthew-muller/103-5742d8ea-e66b-48ef-a240-2bd89fcf5fa4
• Kenny Park leaves Vallejo Police: https://johnglidden.com/2021/02/11/vallejo-police-lieutenant-who-accused-couple-of-faking-2015-kidnapping-leaves-department/
• Mat Mustard under investigation: https://www.vallejosun.com/outside-investigation-of-vallejo-detective-mat-mustard-jeopardizes-criminal-prosecutions/
• Aaron Quinn calls for Vallejo Police to be disbanded and re-founded: https://openvallejo.org/2021/12/15/disband-the-vallejo-police-department/
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Airship Mystery of 1896 and 1897 (Mystery Airships, UFOs) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/279
Further Resources:
• Michael Busby’s book Solving the 1897 Airship Mystery: https://amzn.to/46zXvKn
• J. Allan Danelek’s book The Great Airship of 1897: https://amzn.to/46Dn5hx
• Carlos Allende’s book Close Encounters of the Phantom Kind: The Ghost Airship Wave of 1896-1897 in the News: https://amzn.to/3Q2fmnL
• UFO Sightings in 1897 Arkansas (historical lecture video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFkhH7t7e0w
• Jules Verne’s novel Robur the Conqueror: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robur_the_Conqueror
• Judge Albert L. Love: https://lrl.texas.gov/legeleaders/members/memberdisplay.cfm?memberID=3546
• Appointment of Judge Love: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth18849/m1/4/zoom/
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Secret Origin of the Mystery Airships! (Phantom Airships, UFO, 1897) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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?
https://mysterious.fm/280
Further Resources:
• Michael Busby’s book Solving the 1897 Airship Mystery: https://amzn.to/46zXvKn
• J. Allan Danelek’s book The Great Airship of 1897: https://amzn.to/46Dn5hx
• Carlos Allende’s book Close Encounters of the Phantom Kind: The Ghost Airship Wave of 1896-1897 in the News: https://amzn.to/3Q2fmnL
• “Just Tell Them That You Saw Me” (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdaqUsq79J4
• Dolbear’s Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolbear%27s_law
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It’s Always Alien-Demons? (UFOs, Extraterrestrials, Demonology) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/281
Further Resources:
• Ross, Samples, and Clark’s book Lights in the Sky & Little Green Men: https://amzn.to/46PbZH7
• Luke Barnes’s Critique of Hugh Ross’s Design Arguments: https://letterstonature.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/any-claim-will-do-a-fine-tuned-critique-of-hugh-ross/
• Extraterrestrial Hypothesis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_hypothesis
• Interdimensional Hypothesis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdimensional_hypothesis
• NASA Discovers Possible Signs of Alien Life on Saturn’s Moon: https://www.dazeddigital.com/science-tech/article/53466/1/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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-jIplX6Wjw
• Sabine Hossenfelder’s video Are Warp Drives Science Now?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdVIBlyiyBA
• Matt O’Dowd’s video The NEW Warp Drive Possibilities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk5bxHetL4s
• DARPA’s Mach 20 Hypersonic Aircraft: https://www.wearethemighty.com/intel/darpa-hypersonic-aircraft-mach-20/
• EmDrive (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EmDrive
• Magnetic Levitation (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_levitation
• Ziroth’s video Metamorphic Wings: The Flight of the Future Is Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKWurIhfkhQ
• Programmable Matter (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_matter
• Programmable matter video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JP8CvIIDng
• Metamaterial Cloaking (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamaterial_cloaking
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Announcing Dreams (Unborn Children, Pre-Birth Communications) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/282
Further Resources:
• Elisabeth Hallett’s book Soul Trek: Meeting Our Children on the Way to Birth: https://amzn.to/3tMhKqb
• Elisabeth Hallett’s book Stories of the Unborn Soul: The Mystery and Delight of Pre-Birth Communication: https://amzn.to/46KR2g7
• Louisa Rhine’s book Hidden Channels of the Mind: https://amzn.to/46PSy0Q
• Announcing Dreams (Psi-Encyclopedia): https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/announcing-dreams-and-related-experiences
• Does Ovulation Change Women’s Desire, After All?: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sex-murder-and-the-meaning-life/201906/does-ovulation-change-women-s-sexual-desire-after-all
• Increased Drive During Ovulation: https://www.verywellfamily.com/in-the-mood-you-may-be-ovulating-1960259
• Luteinizing hormone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luteinizing_hormone
• Maternal Intuition of Fetal Gender (paper): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6664344/
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UFO Nuclear Missile Shootdown (Big Sur UFO Incident) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/285
Further Resources:
• Robert Hastings’s book UFOs & Nukes: Extraordinary Encounters at Nuclear Weapons Sites: https://amzn.to/3QHYVw4
• Edwin Ruppelt’s book The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects: https://amzn.to/3SGatT8
• Bob Jacobs’s article “Deliberate Deception: The Big Sur UFO Filming”: http://www.nicap.org/reports/bigsur2.htm
• Kingston George’s article “The Big Sur ‘UFO’: An Identified Flying Object”: https://cdn.centerforinquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/1993/01/22165151/p77.pdf
• Robert Hastings’s article “A Shot Across the Bow”: http://www.nicap.org/reports/6409XXShot_Across_Bow_hastings.pdf
• NICAP’s resources on the Big Sur incident: http://www.nicap.org/6409XXbigsur_dir.htm
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Popper the Poltergeist (Seaford, Catholic Family Poltergeist, RSPK) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/295
• Original Pratt and Roll article on this case: xx
• Nandor Fodor’s book On the Trail of the Poltergeist: https://amzn.to/4bbwdNx
• Fodor and Carrington’s book Haunted People: The Story of Poltergeists Down the Centuries: https://amzn.to/3tWsQcP
• The movie Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose: https://amzn.to/42huwdC
• William Roll’s 2003 article Poltergeists, Electromagnetism, and Consciousness: https://www.scientificexploration.org/docs/17/jse_17_1_roll.pdf
• Psi-Encyclopedia article on the Seaford Poltergeist: https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/seaford-poltergeist
• Psi-Encyclopedia article on Poltergeists (Overview): https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/poltergeists-overview
• March 17, 1958 Life Magazine article on the case: https://books.google.ie/books?id=SlYEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA55&ots=iCect3kjyE&dq=detective%20tozzi&pg=PA49#v=onepage&q=detective%20tozzi&f=false
• Mysteries at the Museum (video): https://vimeo.com/423044363/6bcdc61a96
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The Mystery of the Very First Christmas (What We Really Know) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/290
FURTHER RESOURCES:
• How the Accounts of Jesus’ Childhood Fit Together: http://jimmyakin.com/how-the-accounts-of-jesus-childhood-fit-together
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Back from Hell? Negative Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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?
https://mysterious.fm/292
Further Resources:
• Raymond Moody’s book Life After Life: https://amzn.to/3NPgnOJ
• Nancy Evans Bush’s book Dancing Past the Dark: https://amzn.to/3NPZFP3
• Bruce Greyson et al.’s book The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences: Thirty Years of Investigation: https://amzn.to/3tHzzHi
• Barbara Rommer’s book Blessing in Disguise: Another Side of the Near-Death Experience: https://amzn.to/3NQDloD
• The Life of St. Teresa of Avila by Herself: https://amzn.to/3TJ25D2
• Nancy Bush’s Psi-Encyclopedia article on Distressing Near-Death Experiences: https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/distressing-near-death-experience
• Bruce Greyson and Nancy Bush’s 1993 article Distressing Near-Death Experiences: https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2017/01/NDE21_distressingfNDE-Psych.pdf
• International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) page on Distressing Near-Death Experiences: https://www.iands.org/ndes/about-ndes/distressing-ndes.html
• Benedict XVI’s encyclical Spe Salvi: https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi.html
• Avery Dulles’s article The Population of Hell: https://www.firstthings.com/article/2003/05/the-population-of-hell
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The Holy Fire? (Miracle, Jerusalem, Hagion Phos) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/293
Further Resources:
• Haris Skarlakidis’s book Holy Fire: The Miracle of the Light of the Resurrection at the Tomb of Jesus (Seventy Historical Accounts): https://amzn.to/3RWiBgw
• Skarlakidis’s book online: https://web.archive.org/web/20140328142010/http://www.scarlakidis.gr/ENGLISH/19.epilogue-ENGLISH.htm
• Holy fire (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Fire
• HolyFire.org (English): http://holyfire.org/eng/index.htm
• Why Catholics and Orthodox Might Once Again Celebrate Easter on the Same Date: https://www.thecatholictelegraph.com/why-catholics-and-orthodox-might-once-again-celebrate-easter-on-the-same-date/84070
• Church of the Holy Sepulcher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre
• Garden Tomb: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Garden_Tomb
• Paschal Candle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paschal_candle
• Easter Fire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_fire
• Jesus Academy’s My Protestant Experience of the Holy Fire 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-viSnfkZUnA
• Jesus Academy’s interview with the patriarch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXG53PPbFdw
• Book of James on holy fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIPBHfonQxg
• Russian critique of the holy fire (English subtitles available): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVhp8i-hlTM
• Israeli news video with Frs. Marcos and Samuel: https://www.mako.co.il/news-israel/local-q1_2018/Article-89380baf5ee0261004.htm
• Telegraph article on the holy fire (paywall): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/1311064/Mystery-of-Jerusalems-Holy-Fire-comes-to-light.html
• Text of the prayer in the tomb (Russian, but you can machine translate): https://web.archive.org/web/20170520225206/https:/rusdm.ru/news/815
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1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/294
Further Resources:
• Scott Bartz’s book Tymurs: https://amzn.to/47Al4mG
• Scott Bartz’s book Tylenol Man: https://amzn.to/47JTfsc
• Scott Bartz’s book Tymurs NYC: https://amzn.to/3HgxdCx
• Amazon/Netflix documentary Painkiller: The Tylenol Murders: https://www.amazon.com/Its-Gotta-Be-the-Tylenol/dp/B0CKGX9Y39/
• Chicago Magazine’s timeline of events: https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/october-2012/chicago-tylenol-murders-an-oral-history/
• Chicago Tribune’s timeline of the first day of the events: https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-tylenol-murders-unsealed-first-24-hours-20220922-2mts4uwyzjgard6cawicu2myvm-htmlstory.html
• Tylenol Murders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tylenol_murders
• Cyanide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanide
• Cyanide Poisoning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanide_poisoning
• Michael Solomon article on the murders: https://medium.com/truly-adventurous/poison-pill-d98f366522a7
• Photo of man in store: http://archive.boston.com/news/nation/gallery/0206_tylenolman?pg=7
• Chicago Reader biography of James Lewis: https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/a-bitter-pill/
• James Lewis interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diylyJi7Hyw
• James Lewis’s drawings: https://www.chicagotribune.com/visuals/ct-viz-james-lewis-tylenol-murders-drawings-20221013-3fvzau6kkvfmrfxeghog5vaecu-photogallery.html
• Lewis death announcement (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycrgzakRNA0
• Lewis death announcement (article): https://www.npr.org/2023/07/10/1186906874/james-lewis-suspect-tylenol-poisonings-dies
• SciShow video Does Tylenol Actually Do Anything?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHD11DfgTt8
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The Beast of Gévaudan (Cryptid) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/297
Further Resources:
• Romero and Schwalb’s book Beast: Werewolves, Serial Killers, and Man-Eaters: The Mystery of the Monsters of Gevaudan: https://amzn.to/3UzF2Lh
• Karl-Hans Taake’s book The Gevaudan Tragedy: The Disastrous Campaign of a Deported “Beast”: https://amzn.to/3OwCSbm
• Linnell et al.’s paper The Fear of Wolves: A Review of Wolf Attacks on Humans: https://web.archive.org/web/20081209090711/http://www.nina.no/archive/nina/PppBasePdf/oppdragsmelding/2002/731.pdf
• Tsavo Man-Eaters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsavo_Man-Eaters
• Man-Eater of Mfuwe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mfuwe_man-eating_lion
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Pet Telepathy (Dogs, Cats, Parrots, Jaytee, N’Kisi, Sheldrake) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/298
Further Resources:
• Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home (2nd ed.): https://amzn.to/42BK8sk
• Rupert Sheldrake: https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/rupert-sheldrake
• Jaytee/Pet Telepathy article form the Psi-Encyclopedia: https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/jaytee-pet-telepathy
• 1998 paper on Jaytee from the Journal of the SPR: https://www.sheldrake.org/files/pdfs/papers/A-Dog-That-Seems-To-Know-When-His-Owner-is-Returning-Preliminary-Investigations.pdf
• 2000 paper on Jaytee from the Journal of Scientific Exploration: https://www.sheldrake.org/files/pdfs/papers/A-Dog-That-Seems-To-Know-When-His-Owner-is-Coming-Home_Videotaped-Experiments-and-Observations.pdf
• 2000 paper on Kane from Anthrozoos: https://www.sheldrake.org/files/pdfs/papers/Testing-a-Return-Anticipating-Dog-Kane.pdf
• 2003 paper on N’Kisi from the Journal of Scientific Exploration: https://www.sheldrake.org/files/pdfs/papers/Testing-a-Language-Using-Parrot-for-Telepathy.pdf
• Austrian Television Test of Jaytee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA5wAm2c01w
• Richard Wiseman’s Failed Debunking of Animal Telepathy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkrLJhBC3X4
• 1996 Telepathy in Dogs BBC segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkamC09-cL4
• Sheldrake speaks on the N’Kisi Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTk_gVensVk
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The Chronovisor (Vatican, Time Travel, Time Viewer)
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/299
Further Resources:
• Massimo Colangelo’s book On the Tracks of Ettore Majorana and of the Chronovisor: https://amzn.to/4bNekVR
• Fortean Times article (pp. 30-36): https://www.scribd.com/document/343879919/Fortean-Times-165-January-2003
• Skeptical Inquirer article: https://cdn.centerforinquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2003/05/22164720/p22.pdf
• Pellegrino Ernetti (Wikipedia): https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pellegrino_Ernetti
• Francois Brune: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Brune_%28priest%29
• Amorth article from 30 Days: https://www.phatmass.com/phorum/topic/70496-vatican-exorcist-amorth-speaks-on-satan39s-smoke/
• Article on St. Faustina’s unhappiness with Divine Mercy images: https://aleteia.org/2017/09/06/is-there-a-certain-divine-mercy-image-that-is-best/
• How fast is the Earth moving?: https://www.space.com/33527-how-fast-is-earth-moving.html#section-how-do-the-sun-and-galaxy-move
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Your Mysterious Experiences! (300th Episode!) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/300
Further Resources:
• SPR’s book Phantasms of the Living, vol. 1: https://amzn.to/3SZyuDq
• SPR’s book Phantasms of the Living, vol. 2: https://amzn.to/3Ij3Csq
• Mary Rose Barrington’s book JOTT: When Things Disappear, and Come Back or Relocate, and Why It Really Happens: https://amzn.to/4bRuFsv
• Tony Jinks’s book Disappearing Object Phenomenon: https://amzn.to/3OZtNbo
• Jung’s story of the Scarab: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/connecting-coincidence/202011/the-scarab-jung-created-coincidence-within-coincidence
• John Paul II’s motu proprio on St. Bridget of Sweden: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/motu_proprio/documents/hf_jp-ii_motu-proprio_01101999_co-patronesses-europe.html
• Holy Office warning about the “Promises” of St. Bridget of Sweden: https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/warning-of-the-holy-office-concerning-the-promises-of-st-bridget-2051
• Cloud Busting (psychic): https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/cloud-busting
• Did I See a Meteor or a Reentry?: https://aerospace.org/article/what-does-reentry-look-like
• UNESCO video on the Makishi Masquerade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FVSFE5pRks
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AA-1025 (Communist Infiltration in the Church) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/303
Further Resources:
• Marie Carre’s book AA-1025: The Memoirs of an Anti-Apostle: https://amzn.to/47ECiiZ
• Sandra Miesel’s article “Swinging at Windmills”: http://www.churchinhistory.org/pages/flat-earth-myth/swingingatwindmills.htm
• Alice von Hildebrand and Sandra Miesel’s exchange: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/913897/posts
• Marie Carre (French biography): https://www.chire.fr/marie-carre-19051984-p-176037
• Marie Carre (problematic biography): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Carr%C3%A9
• The Touch of Death: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_of_Death
• Stylometry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylometry
• Nikolai Yezhov: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Yezhov
• Venona Project: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venona_project
• Chire’s page on AA-1025: https://www.chire.fr/es-1025-ou-les-memoires-dun-antiapotre-p-123093
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Kinkaid’s Cave (Egypt & the Grand Canyon) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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?
https://mysterious.fm/305
Further Resources:
• Text of the 1909 Gazette Stories: https://www.jasoncolavito.com/the-1909-grand-canyon-hoax.html
• Childress’s article Archaeological Coverups?: https://newtotse.com/oldtotse/en/fringe/fringe_science/canyon.html
• Smithsonian video of mythologically named Grand Canyon site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFk6P6FxsJY&t=4s
• Coconino Sun article “Looks Like a Mulhattan Story”: https://www.newspapers.com/image/42314591/?terms=looks%20like%20a%20Mulhattan%20story&match=1
• Museum of Hoaxes on Joseph Mulhattan: http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/joseph_mulhattan/
• Don Largo piece for the Grand Canyon Historical Society: http://grandcanyonhistory.org/uploads/3/4/4/2/34422134/top_2009_2.pdf
• Kook Science page on Joseph Mulhattan: https://hatch.kookscience.com/wiki/Joseph_Mulhattan
• Why Files: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCYMAs4cqRU
• Astonishing Legends: https://audioboom.com/posts/4077839-kincaid-s-cave-of-the-grand-canyon
• Grand Canyon Historical Society article: http://grandcanyonhistory.org/uploads/3/4/4/2/34422134/top_2009_2.pdf
• Leak Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6zJMvUYbWc
• Leak Project on Google: https://www.google.com/search?q=leak+project+g+e+kincaid&oq=leak+project+g+e+kincaid&aqs=chrome..69i57.3745j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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After Death Communications (ADCs) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
https://mysterious.fm/306
Further Resources:
• Jimmy’s course Introduction to Parapsychology: https://RhineEdu.org
• The Guggenheims’ book Hello From Heaven!: https://amzn.to/48IQNmY
• Erlendur Haraldsson’s book The Departed Among the Living: https://amzn.to/4210zhy
• The Guggenheims’ website After-Death.com: http://www.after-death.com
• After Death Communication Research Foundation: https://www.adcrf.org/
• Jenny Streit-Horn’s dissertation A Systematic Review of Research on After-Death Communications: https://www.sgha.net/library/dissertation.pdf
• Elsaesser et al.’s booklet on ADCs: https://www.evelyn-elsaesser.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Booklet_Web_English_Cases.pdf
• Elsaesser et al.’s 2021 paper The Phenomenology and Impact of Hallucinations Concerning the Deceased: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8388006/pdf/S2056472421009601a.pdf
• Supplemental Material: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-open/article/phenomenology-and-impact-of-hallucinations-concerning-the-deceased/1AA7D2F7BB52C491462566785D752E02
• Wollacott et al.’s 2022 paper Perceptual Phenomena Associated with Spontaneous Experiences of After-Death Communication (paywall): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1550830721000422?via%3Dihub
• Richard Kelly’s paper Post-Mortem Contact by Fatal Injury Victims with Emergency Service Workers at the Scenes of Their Death: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc798948/m2/1/high_res_d/vol21-no1-25.pdf
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Analyzing After Death Communications - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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?
https://mysterious.fm/307
Further Resources:
• Jimmy’s course Introduction to Parapsychology: https://RhineEdu.org
• The Guggenheims’ book Hello From Heaven!: https://amzn.to/48IQNmY
• Erlendur Haraldsson’s book The Departed Among the Living: https://amzn.to/4210zhy
• After-Death.com: http://www.after-death.com
• After Death Communication Research Foundation: https://www.adcrf.org/
• Jenny Streit-Horn’s dissertation A Systematic Review of Research on After-Death Communications: https://www.sgha.net/library/dissertation.pdf
• Elsaesser et al.’s booklet on ADCs: https://www.evelyn-elsaesser.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Booklet_Web_English_Cases.pdf
• Elsaesser et al.’s 2021 paper The Phenomenology and Impact of Hallucinations Concerning the Deceased: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8388006/pdf/S2056472421009601a.pdf
• Supplemental Material: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-open/article/phenomenology-and-impact-of-hallucinations-concerning-the-deceased/1AA7D2F7BB52C491462566785D752E02
• Wollacott et al.’s 2022 paper Perceptual Phenomena Associated with Spontaneous Experiences of After-Death Communication (paywall): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1550830721000422?via%3Dihub
• Richard Kelly’s paper Post-Mortem Contact by Fatal Injury Victims with Emergency Service Workers at the Scenes of Their Death: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc798948/m2/1/high_res_d/vol21-no1-25.pdf
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The Baghdad Battery (Advanced Technology? Out of Place Artifact?) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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 its implications for advanced, ancient technology.
https://mysterious.fm/308
Further Resources:
• Jimmy’s course Introduction to Parapsychology: https://RhineEdu.org
• Brad Hafford’s Artifactually Speaking on the Baghdad Battery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZBsNGPVK2s
• Chariots of the Gods (1970): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guPG2DlhBdI
• Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World (Episode 3, “Ancient Wisdom”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR-rMOlRz9k
• SciShow’s How to Make a Lemon Battery (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhbuhT1GDpI
• BBC News on electroplating theory: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2804257.stm
• Curse Tablets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_tablet
• Reactions video on Gravity Batteries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIWIXzCwC8g
• Gravity Batteries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_battery
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The Soul of Frankenstein's Monster (& More Patron Questions) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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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.
Further Resources:
• https://jimmyakin.com/2021/07/who-was-the-man-who-ran-away-naked.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loveland_frog
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