Popper the Poltergeist (Seaford, Catholic Family Poltergeist, RSPK, Jimmy Herrmann)

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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A Wizard Clip (Early American Catholic Ghost Story; Early Skinwalker Ranch?)

In 1794, a Virginia family began experiencing supernatural manifestations that did not cease until they summoned Catholic priests to help. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask whether it really happened, what could explain the manifestations, whether it was ghosts or demons or both or neither.

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CW245: Catholic Foodie’s New Book, Beer, and Ghost Stories

https://media.blubrry.com/jimmy_akins_mysterious_world/traffic.libsyn.com/sqpn01/CW245.mp3Podcast: DownloadIn this episode: Maria Johnson, Steve Nelson, Jeff Nielsen, Fr. Cory Sticha, Sarah Vabulas, Jeff Young All Saints’ Day; Catholic Foodie’s new book and Catholic Drinkie’s special homebrewed beer; SQPN’s Giving Campaign begins today! Holy Land trip recap; Eating in the Holy Land; All Hallows’ Eve, Halloween, and ghosts; Panelists’ ghost stories; National Vocations […]

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Our Podcasts

SQPN Shows Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World An exploration of the weird, the strange, and the unusual. Join Jimmy Akin and co-host Domenico Bettinelli for a fascinating look at ancient mysteries, folk tales, urban legends, crimes, conspiracies, and the supernatural from the twin perspectives of faith and reason. The Mysterious World Bookstore Follow: RSS | Apple […]

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CW276: Post-CNMC Blues and Steve Robichaud’s Story

In this episode: Post-CNMC blues; Tiffany, Jon-Marc, and Maria on Allison Gingras’ radio show; Unpacking the 2015 Atlanta Eucharistic Congress and CNMC; Steve Robichaud’s story; Thanking Fr. Dave Dwyer; Sarah and the priests; Catholic Weekend train whistle aftermath. Panellists in this episode were Maria Johnson, Steve Nelson, Jeff Nielsen, Steve Robichaud, Fr. Cory Sticha, and Sarah Vabulas.

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Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World – Bookstore – Page 3

Go to Page 1 – Newer Episodes Go to Page 2 Episodes 122 & 123: The Warning or the Illumination of Conscience and Fr. Michel Rodrigue Episodes 119, 120, & 121: Young Earth Episodes 117 & 118: Remote Viewing Aliens on the Moon Episode 116: Mysterious Feedback Episode 114: Ruby Ridge Episode 113: Desperate Coup […]

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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 find the most likely culprit, and there’s one part they still can’t fully explain.

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Secrets of Television

Television is the defining storytelling medium of our time. More than movies, more than books, the long-form serial story has become the place where our culture works out its questions about identity, morality, family, suffering, redemption, and what it means to be human. The shows we watch shape how we see the world — and […]

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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 truly strange in the Kelly–Hopkinsville UFO encounter.

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Inserting Yourself Into the Bible (Weird Questions)

During Christmas week, we’re bringing you another round of weird questions for Jimmy Akin posed by Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live, including time travel and inserting yourself into the Bible, Adam and Eve and belly buttons, lost letters of St. Paul, Jimmy’s most wanted lost books of history, and more.

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Exorcism (the Old and New Rites of Exorcism)

For hundreds of years, the Catholic Church has had a variety rites to expel evil spirits from people who are possessed by them. But in 1614 and again in 1998, the Church published official rites for the procedure, and in this episode Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what the rites actually say.

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A Special Advent Message

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The God of LEGO Men! (And More Patrons 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. This time the questions cover LEGO minifigs; cryptids; tulpas; D.D. Home; AI; language acquisition, and more.

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