Jimmy Akin's mysterious world

Do pets communicate after death? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine new scientific studies on animal after-death communications (ADCs), including shared sightings, warning experiences, and comfort visits. So what kind of animals appear in these ADCs? What do the experiencers report? And do these experiences offer evidence for animal life after death? Link for more: https://mysterious.fm/4014 Become a Patron: https://givemysterious.fm Further Resources: • Edward Anderson’s book Evidence of Animal Afterlife: https://amzn.to/3q844l9 • Matlock et al.’s 2024 paper After-Death Communications (ADCs) from Non-Human Animals: Parallels with Human ADCs: https://www.sheldrake.org/files/pdfs/papers/After-Death-Communications-from-Non-Human-Animals_Parallels-with-Human-ADCs.pdf • Matlock and Hilton’s 2025 paper After-Death Communications From Non-Human Animals: Suggestions of Post-Mortem Survival: https://journalofscientificexploration.org/index.php/jse/article/view/3321 • Elsaesser et al.’s 2021 paper The Phenomenology and Impact of Hallucinations Concerning the Deceased: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/1AA7D2F7BB52C491462566785D752E02/S2056472421009601a.pdf/the-phenomenology-and-impact-of-hallucinations-concerning-the-deceased.pdf Chapters: • 00:00 – MYS401 • 00:23 – Intro • 01:43 – Background • 07:48 – Recent research • 10:03 – Kinds of animals • 14:07 – Patterns in the reports • 17:32 – Grouped by physical senses • 18:27 – Vision • 25:28 – Auditory • 27:09 – Tactile • 29:48 – Olfactory • 30:53 – Presence • 31:48 – Dreams • 37:01 – Psychokinetic effects • 40:11 – Other ADC phenomena • 41:28 – Kinds of messages • 43:08 – Thank you to Patrons • 43:38 – Sponsor: Holy Terror Quickened, by John Dougherty • 44:28 – Become a Sponsor • 45:29 – The 2025 study • 46:30 – Death coincidence • 48:30 – Collective percipience • 51:08 – Animal reactions • 54:25 – Stranger sightings • 56:58 – Trailing phenomena • 58:20 – Joint appearances • 1:01:29 – Greeting phenomena • 1:04:40 – Support phenomena • 1:06:52 – Warning phenomena • 1:10:20 – The 3 linked phenomena • 1:13:58 – Negative reactions • 1:16:57 – Repeated ADCs • 1:22:34 – Faith Perspective • 1:23:00 – Reason Perspective • 1:26:24 – Bottom Line • 1:26:56 – Further Resources • 1:27:32 – The promised surprise • 1:41:47 – Mysterious Feedback from #390 St. Albert the Great & Magic • 1:48:46 – Your mysterious feedback ([email protected]) • 1:49:29 – Thank you to Oasis Studio 7 • 1:49:42 – Jimmy’s YouTube channel • 1:50:21 – Thank you to Craig Hart • 1:50:26 – Next Time: Fifth Friday • 1:51:09 – Share the show • 1:51:21 – Get your mysterious merch • 1:51:29 – Show notes • 1:51:36 – Become a Patron • 1:51:45 – Sponsor: Rosary Army and School of Mary • 1:52:08 – Sponsor: The Grady Group • 1:52:24 – Outro #AnimalAfterlife #PetAfterDeath #AfterDeathCommunication #ParanormalResearch #NearDeathExperiences #JimmyAkin

On our 400th episode, listener stories of miracles, visions, dreams, UFOs, and after-death communications take center stage in this milestone episode. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli analyze these extraordinary experiences using faith and reason. Learn more: https://mysterious.fm/400 Become a Patron: https://givemysterious.com #MysteriousWorld #CatholicPodcast #Paranormal #Miracles #NearDeathExperiences #UFOs #FaithAndReason

For New Year's week, Jimmy Akin is answering more weird questions posed by Cy Kellett, including psychopaths who feel no remorse can be saved; what happened to the saints who rose at the Resurrection; who was Peter's wife; and more! https://mysterious.fm/398

Sea Monkeys captured the imagination of generations—but the truth behind them is far more disturbing than you’d expect. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli uncover the mystery of their origins and their inventor, Harold von Braunhut, who has his own surprising background. This episode dives into the history of comic book advertising, novelty science, and moral contradictions that reveal a truly mysterious world. Link for more: https://mysterious.fm/396 Become a Patron: https://patreon.com/starquest Further Resources: • Sea Monkeys official website: Sea-Monkeys.com • Picocosmos channel: https://www.youtube.com/@pico-cosmos • Brine shrimp: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brine_shrimp • Sea Monkeys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea-Monkeys • Harold von Braunhut: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_von_Braunhut • Amazing Live Sea Monkeys (TV show); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Live_Sea_Monkeys • Amazing Live Sea Monkeys (videos): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7yF-F1IVWw&list=PLztTBkQEVdyBno6paHnD9tU7psjwJvQXD&index=1 • 1988 Washington Post article: https://web.archive.org/web/20181013093321/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1988/04/25/contrasts-of-a-private-persona/de3976fc-c0b0-4448-8e22-3c6d2edf593e/?utm_term=.82c4cf1da51b #SeaMonkeys #HaroldVonBraunhut #ComicBookHistory #JimmyAkin #MysteriousWorld #ToyHistory #FaithAndReason #Conspiracy

In 1990, two men in Scotland captured what’s been called the clearest UFO photo ever taken. Then the UK government buried it for 30 years. Was it secret technology? Or something from beyond Earth? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli investigate the Calvine UFO incident, MoD secrecy, and what the image really shows. Link for more: https://mysterious.fm/395 Become a Patron: https://patreon.com/starquest Further Resources: • David Clarke Case Files: Calvine UFO Photograph series: https://drdavidclarke.co.uk/secret-files/the-calvine-ufo-photographs/ • Nick Pope interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQfg7UE0P4w • Nick Pope speaks on Calvine sighting (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14JHX_K12sc • David Clarke reveals photo in The Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11106737/Most-spectacular-UFO-photo-captured-glimpse-secret-Aurora-spy-plane-program.html • Falkirk Herald article on the search for Kevin Russell: https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/people/hunt-is-on-for-falkirk-photographer-who-snapped-world-famous-1990-ufo-picture-4003793 • The Guardian story about the discovery of the photograph: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/11/what-really-happened-in-calvine-the-mystery-behind-the-best-ufo-picture-ever-seen • Daily Record article on the story: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-hotel-porter-could-hold-29380068 • Andrew Robinson’s photographic evaluation: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/34877/1/Robinson-PhotographicAnalysisVersion5%28VoR%29.pdf • Aurora aircraft (Grokipedia): https://grokipedia.com/page/Aurora_(aircraft) • 1990 Los Angeles Times article on stealth blimps: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-27-fi-1420-story.html #UFO #Calvine #NickPope #BlackProjects #JimmyAkin #MysteriousWorld #Disclosure #UAP #MinistryOfDefense #StealthBlimp #AlienTechnology #UFOphoto

What does the Eye of Providence mean? Why would God create Satan knowing he’d rebel? In this special Q&A recorded on pilgrimage in San Giovanni Rotondo in Italy, Jimmy Akin answers profound questions on purgatory, indulgences, lying, transhumanism, AI ethics, JFK, and more. Learn the Catholic perspective on complex mysteries of faith, history, and science. ⏱ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:30 - Are indulgences unfair? 6:45 - Pope Leo and his American roots 12:56 - History of the Salus Populi Romani icon 18:03 - What is the Blood of the New Covenant? 22:36 - Who killed JFK and why? 28:49 - Can lying ever be moral? 38:10 - The ethics of AI decision-making 44:58 - Why did God create dinosaurs? 50:30 - Transhumanism and the soul 55:34 - Salvation history and the Gentiles 57:48 - Why God created Satan 1:03:43 - Are modern civilizations really better? 1:12:36 - The Eye of Providence: Christian or Illuminati? #JimmyAkin #CatholicPodcast #CatholicAnswers #MysteriousWorld #Theology #CatholicQnA #FaithAndReason #Transhumanism #AIethics #WhyGodCreatedSatan #CatholicTeaching

Angels giving Communion? The Holy Spirit creating DNA? Bigfoot and the Catholic Church?! In this Thanksgiving edition of Weird Questions, Jimmy answers listener questions on time travel, sacraments, aliens, Zoroastrianism, and more. What does physics say about moving backward in time? Can an angel hear your confession? What’s the Church’s stance on veils and relics? Subscribe for more episodes tackling faith, reason, science, and the truly strange! Find more at https://mysterious.fm/393 #JimmyAkin #CatholicPodcast #Angels #TimeTravel #Bigfoot #Aliens #Sacraments #MysteriousWorld #WeirdQuestions #CatholicAnswers #Apologetics

Did the CIA assassinate President John F. Kennedy? In this episode, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli analyze stunning courtroom testimony from CIA-linked witness Marita Lorenz. She claims she was in Dallas on Nov. 21, 1963, with E. Howard Hunt, Frank Sturgis, and Jack Ruby—transporting weapons for an unknown CIA operation. Her testimony helped sway a jury to believe the CIA was behind the JFK assassination. 🔍 What really happened in Dallas? 🕵️‍♀️ Was Marita Lorenz telling the truth? ⚖️ Why the jury ruled against Hunt 📜 Faith and reason perspectives on the case Watch now for a deep dive into one of the most compelling conspiracy theories in American history. Link for more info: https://mysterious.fm/392 Further Resources: • Mark Lane’s book Plausible Denial: https://amzn.to/3JQk33Y • Marita Lorenz’s book Marita: The Spy Who Loved Castro: https://amzn.to/43otb6C • Saint John Hunt’s book Bond of Secrecy: https://amzn.to/3WOtsvT • Woodward & Bernstein’s book All the President’s Men: https://www.amazon.com/All-Presidents-Men-Bob-Woodward/dp/1476770514 • Mark Lane on Firing Line (1966): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUA7-Z9dRbs • Jack Anderson’s Who Murdered JFK? special (1988): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVrL0WuONEY • New York Times “splinter the CIA” article: https://www.nytimes.com/1966/04/25/archives/cia-maker-of-policy-or-tool-survey-finds-widely-feared-agency-is.html • 1964 document on Frank Sturgis: https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/104-10221-10189.pdf #JFKAssassination #CIA #ConspiracyTheories #JimmyAkin #TrueCrime

What did St. Albert the Great—Doctor of the Church and teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas—really believe about magic, alchemy, and the occult? Jimmy Akin and Dr. Justin Sledge reveal the surprising truth behind the saint who shaped both science and mysticism. Link to learn more: https://mysterious.fm/390 Further Resources: • Justin’s Esoterica channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheEsotericaChannel • Justin’s original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW7obfLcW9U • David Collins’s book Disenchanting Albert the Great: https://amzn.to/4nX8bM0 • Albert and Thomas: Selected Writings - https://amzn.to/464V9ES • Women's Secrets: A Translation of Pseudo-Albertus Magnus' De Secretis Mulierum with Commentaries - https://amzn.to/45LS3Xr • Albertus Magnus and the World of Nature - https://amzn.to/41woF4X • Libellus de Alchimia: Ascribed to Albertus Magnus - https://amzn.to/4gbNgCi • Diui Alberti Magni ... Naturalia ac supranaturalia opera - http://google.com/books/edition/Diui_Alberti_Magni_Naturalia_ac_supranat/R4grYtk5OY4C?hl=en&gbpv=1 • ALBERTUS MAGNUS The Book Of Minerals - https://archive.org/details/308059821ALBERTUSMAGNUSTheBookOfMinerals • St. Albertus Magnus (Catholic Encyclopedia): https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01264a.htm #catholicmystery #FaithAndReason

It's a fifth Friday, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like whether Jesus said he had extraterrestrial sheep, could dogs be guardian angels; whether Jesus had opinions; and more. Expect quirky theology, sci-fi ethics, historical speculation, and plenty of Catholic insight. Find more at https://mysterious.fm/389 ⛪🐬🔥🛸 #JimmyAkin #CatholicPodcast #WeirdTheology #FaithAndReason #CatholicMystery #MysteriousWorld