Jimmy Akin tackles one of Christianity’s most controversial questions: Can we talk to spirits? From scripture and Church teaching to scientific inquiry and parapsychology, this in-depth talk exposes the truth behind common misconceptions. Discover the difference between forbidden mediumship and permitted spirit contact—and how love, reason, and discernment shape the Christian approach. Link to more: https://mysterious.fm/388 Further Resources: • Churches Fellowship for Psychical and Spiritual Studies: https://www.churchesfellowship.co.uk/ #SpiritCommunication #Parapsychology #JimmyAkin #CatholicPodcast #FaithAndReason

Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli investigate the mystery of the Nephilim—were they fallen angels, giants, or alien myths? Drawing on Genesis 6, the Book of Enoch, Mesopotamian lore, and New Testament evidence, this episode uncovers the truth behind one of the Bible’s strangest passages. https://mysterious.fm/386 Further Resources: • Michael Heiser’s book The Anunnaki Gods According to Ancient Mesopotamian Sources: https://amzn.to/2TTDmNt • Michael Heiser’s book Reversing Hermon: https://amzn.to/2RRgTiz • Michael Heiser’s book The Unseen Realm: https://amzn.to/393eozA • Richard Bauckham’s commentary on Jude: https://amzn.to/46fVG8o • Zecharia Sitchin’s book The 12th Planet: https://amzn.to/36ZxBkS • Zecharia Sitchin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zecharia_Sitchin • Anunnaki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anunnaki • Michael Heiser on Sitchin’s “Shumu” rocket claims: https://tinyurl.com/tryw34e • Episode 43 on UFOs in Medieval Art: https://tinyurl.com/trcwmwk #Nephilim #BiblicalMystery #JimmyAkin

A poor farmer named John Hendrix claimed God gave him visions of the future—giant machines, chaos, and a coming war. They called him crazy. Years later, his words would come true in terrifying detail. Who was John Hendricks… and what did he see? We re-visit this mystery from our early days with revealing new details. Show link: https://mysterious.fm/387 Further Resources: Dennis Aslinger’s book The Prophet of Oak Ridge Revealed (includes Grace Crawford’s book Back of Oak Ridge): https://amzn.to/4oh2Zm5 Myra Mansfield’s book, The Story of John Hendrix: https://amzn.to/42GatqH James Mahaffey’s book Atomic Accidents: https://amzn.to/4nTOHbu George Robinson’s 1950 book The Oak Ridge Story (online): https://archive.org/details/oakridgestorysag00robirich John Hendrix Memorial Prayer Walk Site: https://www.johnhendrixmemorial.org/index.html D. Ray Smith’s web site: http://smithdray.tripod.com/or/backofoakridgejohnhendrix.htm 1944 Article on John Hendrix (part 1): http://www.smithdray1.net/historicallyspeaking/2006/5-30-13%20Joe%20Oakes%20article%20on%20John%20Hendrix.pdf 1944 Article on John Hendrix (part 2): http://smithdray1.net/historicallyspeaking/2006/6-6-13%20Joe%20Oakes%20article%20on%20John%20Hendrix%20part%202.pdf Eyewitness Account of Hendrix’s Death (part 1): http://smithdray1.net/historicallyspeaking/2006/4-24-06%20John%20Hendrix%20-%20Clay%20Seals%20by%20Ed%20Westcott%20part%201%20published%205-2-06.pdf Eyewitness Account of Hendrix’s Death (part 2): http://smithdray1.net/historicallyspeaking/2006/5-9-06%20John%20Hendrix%20death%20-%20Clay%20Seals%20by%20Ed%20Westcott%20part%202.pdf 2006 Article by D. Ray Smith (part 1): http://smithdray1.net/historicallyspeaking/2006/3-15-06%20John%20Hendrix%20Oak%20Ridge%20Prophet%20part%201.pdf 2006 Article by D. Ray Smith (part 2): http://smithdray1.net/historicallyspeaking/2006/6-6-13%20Joe%20Oakes%20article%20on%20John%20Hendrix%20part%202.pdf Video of Harry Truman announcing the atomic bomb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN_UJJ9ObDs Wikipedia on Oak Ridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Ridge%2C_Tennessee DDF Norms for Discerning Alleged Supernatural Phenomena: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20240517_norme-fenomeni-soprannaturali_en.html Secret City: The Oak Ridge Story (documentary): https://www.pbs.org/video/east-tennessee-public-television-secret-city-oak-ridge-story-war-years/ Fedor Jeftichew or Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedor_Jeftichew #Prophecy #MysteriousWorld #HistoryMystery #FaithAndReason

The 1947 Kenneth Arnold sighting launched the modern UFO era and gave us the term “flying saucer.” Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli revisit the case with fresh analysis: Was Arnold seeing birds, reflections, secret military tech, or something truly extraordinary? Discover the evidence, theories, and lasting mystery of the sighting that changed UFO history. #UFO #FlyingSaucers #KennethArnold Link to show notes: https://mysterious.fm/385 Further Resources: • Bruce Maccabee’s book Three Minutes in June: The UFO Sighting That Changed the World: https://amzn.to/2IMZ7Y4 • Kenneth Arnold’s book The Coming of the Saucers: https://amzn.to/2Roz5hz • Jerome Clark’s UFO Encyclopedia: https://amzn.to/48p6Fxw • Picture of Arnold holding illustration of lead object: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DDEZtmlVoAAvki7.jpg • Arnold’s diagram of other objects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arnold_AAF_drawing.jpg • Wikipedia on Kenneth Arnold: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Arnold • Wikipedia on the Sighting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Arnold_UFO_sighting • 1950 Arnold interview with Edward R. Murrow: https://www.project1947.com/fig/kamurrow.htm • Article on mountain climbing hallucinations: https://www.businessinsider.com/high-altitude-climbers-psychosis-hallucinations-2018-1 • Wikipedia on Fata Morgana mirages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fata_Morgana_(mirage) • Wikipedia on the Horten Ho 229: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_Ho_229 • Dallas Weekly Herald article: https://www.newspapers.com/image/168110823/

Are demons just metaphors for evil—or real fallen angels? Jimmy Akin answers Catholic questions about their existence, powers, and limits. Learn why angels fell, how demons tempt, and how holiness protects us. Possession vs. oppression vs. obsession—what’s the difference? Link for more: https://mysterious.fm/384 #Demons #FaithAndReason #Catholic

Recorded during the Mysterious World pilgrimage in Italy, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer patron questions on faith, death, and mystery. From the Capuchin Bone Church to relics of video game consoles, cremation, terminal lucidity, simulation theory, and how to tell real gelato from fake ice cream—this episode blends faith and reason with humor and wonder. ⏱ Topics include: • Why the Church allows bone art but forbids scattering ashes • Carlo Acutis & relics of gaming consoles • Simulation theory & philosophy of mind • Saints, relics, and surprising devotions • Spotting real gelato in Italy 🙏 Support the show: https://sqpn.com/give 📖 Episode notes: https://mysterious.fm/381 #MysteriousWorld #FaithAndReason #CatholicMysteries

It's a fifth Friday, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like what we will be doing after the Resurrection; the morality of Catholics colonizing Mars; why Lucifer rebelled; and more. https://mysterious.fm/380

Could a layperson on a desert island take on the role of a priest? It's time for more listener weird questions with Jimmy Akin and Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live, including topics like aerial toll booths in the afterlife, whether Balaam's donkey had a rational soul, whether God could have become incarnate as multiple races in Middle Earth, and more. https://mysterious.fm/379 👍 Like, comment, share, and subscribe for more faith & reason mysteries. 🔔 Hit the bell so you never miss an episode.

In 2000, the Humphreys family of Honobia, Oklahoma endured nights of terror—stolen food, rock attacks, window pounding, and glowing eyes in the dark. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli investigate eyewitness claims, Bigfoot researchers' role, the bear vs. Bigfoot debate, and unsettling signs of intelligence and strategy. Was this a rare glimpse into Bigfoot aggression, or something more ordinary misread in fear? https://mysterious.fm/378 Further Resources: • Susan Monso’s book Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death: https://amzn.to/3JcSSzI • Bigfoot Field Researchs Organization article: https://www.bfro.net/avevid/ouachita/siege-at-honobia.asp • Sasquatch Chronicles episode 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnibdVPv4vE • Honobia, Oklahoma: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honobia,_Oklahoma • Tulsa World article (p. 1): https://www.newspapers.com/image/895383237/?match=1&terms=Bigfoot%20honobia • Tulsa World article (p. 2): https://www.newspapers.com/image/895383256/?match=1&terms=Bigfoot%20honobia • Daily Oklahoman article: https://www.newspapers.com/image/454056220/?match=1&terms=Bigfoot%20honobia • Little Dixie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Dixie_(Oklahoma) #Bigfoot #Cryptid #MysteriousWorld

In 2011, Cornell psychologist Daryl Bem claimed something outrageous: that people can sense future events before they happen. His paper, “Feeling the Future,” published in a top psychology journal, produced statistically undeniable evidence—far beyond chance. The backlash was immediate and intense. In this episode, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli unpack what Bem did, how his 9 experiments worked, why his results passed replication, and why skeptics still couldn’t accept the findings. Is science broken—or just unwilling to face the data? https://mysterious.fm/377 Further Resources: • Daryl Bem (Psi Encyclopedia): https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/daryl-bem • Feeling the Future Experiments (Psi Encyclopedia): https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/feeling-future-precognition-experiments • Daryl Bem’s 2011 “Feeling the Future” article: https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/features/psp-a0021524.pdf • 2011 critique of “Feeling the Future”: https://www.ejwagenmakers.com/2011/Bem6.pdf • Bem et al. 2011 follow-up on analyzing data: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qvgyjfrcsg9rd0bvfiatf/Bem2011.pdf?rlkey=nmnk52ojuc2gf4f2xnrhtwn2u&e=1&dl=0 • 2016 Replication article: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4706048/pdf/f1000research-4-8494.pdf • Slate’s “Science Is Broken” article: https://slate.com/health-and-science/2017/06/daryl-bem-proved-esp-is-real-showed-science-is-broken.html • Larry Dossey’s “Why Are Scientists Afraid of Daryl Bem?” article: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319186439_Why_Are_Scientists_Afraid_of_Daryl_Bem • Kate Nussenbaum’s Bem and “Broken Science” article: https://medium.com/@katenuss/discovery-without-theory-thoughts-on-daryl-bem-and-broken-science-9fdc0ab9d6d7 • Rational Wiki article: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Feeling_the_Future #Precognition #FeelingTheFuture #JimmyAkin #ESP #PsychologyCrisis #ScienceAndFaith

What caused fireballs to appear inside a 1980s California home? Was it paranormal… or something more sinister? Join Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli as they investigate the chilling case of the “Hellhouse of Martinez.” Featuring expert insights from parapsychologist Loyd Auerbach, this episode breaks down the forces at work that created ghostly phenomena. This is one mystery where science saved the day. 📌 Subscribe for more true mysteries explained with faith & reaso: https://mysterious.fm/376 👍 Like, comment, and share if you love real investigations. #HauntedHouse #ParanormalInvestigation #JimmyAkin #MysteriousWorld #Hellhouse #ScienceVsSuperstition

Is Bigfoot more than myth? In this episode of Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World, Jimmy breaks down the biology of Bigfoot using real data and scientific reasoning. Drawing on thousands of reports, statistical studies, and expert insights, this episode examines what kind of creature Bigfoot might be—if it exists. Could it be a fifth genus of great ape? What do the footprints, vocalizations, and reported behaviors tell us? 🔍 Featuring insights from researchers Ken Gerhard and Dr. Jeffrey Meldrum 👣 Includes analysis of track patterns, anatomy, vocalizations, and more 📚 Resources and links in show notes: https://mysterious.fm/375 Further Resources: • Ken Gerhard’s book The Essential Guide to Bigfoot: https://amzn.to/4eO4VPO • Jeff Meldrum’s book Sasquatch: https://amzn.to/3IkDO2A • Ron Morehead’s Bigfoot Recordings (download): https://ronmorehead.com/product-category/bigfoot-sounds/ • A remastered version of the Patterson-Gimlin Film (1967): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DyakcJB7Q8 • Fahrenbach article (full): https://www.bfro.net/REF/THEORIES/WHF/FahrenbachArticle.htm • Fahrenbach article (condensed): https://www.sasquatchcanada.com/uploads/9/4/5/1/945132/sasquatch_statistics_-_fahrenbach_findings.pdf • Ohio Howl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5UQ0uCj2XM • Sierra Sounds part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGfIIjN-P7o • Sierra Sounds part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blC6b5Mf408 • Sierra Sounds part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cWYeiH-UX8 • Bigfoot Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ync0vjaYQyk #Bigfoot #Cryptozoology #MysteriousWorld #Sasquatch

In 1994, the quiet town of Oakville, Washington, experienced something terrifying: rain mixed with gelatinous blobs that made people and animals sick. Where did the blobs come from? What were they made of? And why did key lab samples mysteriously vanish? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli investigate this unsolved mystery—diving into theories that range from exploded jellyfish to covert government biowarfare tests. Discover the facts, the science, and the ethical implications behind one of the strangest events in modern American history. Further Resources: • Steve Martin’s Bowfinger: https://amzn.to/3GD12Al • Ed Wood’s Plan 9 from Outer Space: https://amzn.to/3U2f9lL • Netflix episode of The Unexplained on the blobs: https://www.netflix.com/watch/81661138 • 2009 Unsolved Mysteries episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQCNnghasp0 • Oakville, Washington: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakville,_Washington • Thomas Jefferson on meteorites: https://www.monticello.org/exhibits-events/blog/who-is-the-liar-now/ • Rains of animals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_of_animals • Skyfalls: http://anomalyinfo.com/Topics/strange-showers-rainfalls-animals-and-objects • Blue Ice (Aviation): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_ice_(aviation) • Star Jelly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_jelly • Waterlock (Sodium Polyacrylate): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_polyacrylate • Dorset blue balls mystery: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/feb/03/blue-balls-mystery-solved-scientists • Pseudomonas Fluorescens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudomonas_fluorescens • Enterobacter Cloacae: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterobacter_cloacae • Operation Sea-Spray: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sea-Spray • Unethical human experimentation in the United States: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethical_human_experimentation_in_the_United_States 👉 See full show notes at https://mysterious.fm/374 🎙️ Subscribe for more mysteries every week. #OakvilleBlobs #Biowarfare #JimmyAkin #MysteriousWorld #TrueMystery #UnexplainedFiles

The 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy has been investigated time and again, but in 2025, te US Congress held new hearings on the latest release of government files. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss whatwas revealed including new testimony from 6 witnesses. https://mysterious.fm/373 Further Resources: • Jacqueline Kennedy’s interviews in William Manchester’s The Death of a President: https://amzn.to/3GwTq2l • Abraham Bolden’s book The Echo from Dealy Plaza: https://amzn.to/40JCxZ0 • Full coverage of the hearings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW1enHcYgWU • Abraham Bolden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Bolden • Douglas Horne’s written testimony including additional facts: https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Horne-Written-Testimony.pdf • Fair Play for Cuba Committee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Play_for_Cuba_Committee • The Death of a President: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_a_President

Could there be 50 million alien civilizations out there? Jimmy Akin breaks down the famous Drake Equation, its history, modern updates, and what faith and reason say about extraterrestrial life. Dive into SETI, technosignatures, and why this formula still guides scientific curiosity today. Featuring insights on Project Ozma, Frank Drake, and new data on star formation and exoplanets. Watch, like, and subscribe for more Mysterious World episodes! #SETI #AlienLife https://mysterious.fm/372 Further Resources: • Frank Drake’s book Is Anyone Out There?: https://amzn.to/3SRq3Kv • Drake Equation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation • SETI Institute: https://www.seti.org/ • Frank Drake explains the origin of the equation: https://web.archive.org/web/20210225062139/http://www.astrobio.net/alien-life/the-drake-equation-revisited-part-i/ • 2023 findings on star formation: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/milky-way-star-formation-astronomy • Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haRanlw9eSg • Johnny B. Goode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-9Y4CCIWnM • Dinosaur intelligence (focusing on # of neurons): https://www.science.org/content/article/some-dinos-may-have-been-brainy-modern-primates-controversial-study-argues • Biosignatures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosignature • Technosignatures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technosignature • Possible biosignatures detected: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/k2-18b-dimethyl-sulfide • Original paper on the technosignatures: https://seti.berkeley.edu/ml_gbt/MLSETI_NatAstron_arxiv3.pdf

Can non-speaking autistic children really communicate telepathically? Are claims of psychic healing, clairvoyance, and precognition credible? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the hit podcast The Telepathy Tapes, analyzing its bold claims through the lenses of faith and reason. From spelling boards to mind-melding, we examine the credibility of the phenomena. https://mysterious.fm/371 Further Resources: • Diane Hennacy Powell’s book The ESP Enigma: https://amzn.to/3Sg2I59 • Telepathy Tapes website: https://thetelepathytapes.com/ • Ky Dickens website: https://www.kydickens.com/ • Diane Hennacy Powell biography: https://www.parapsych.org/users/dianepowell/profile.aspx • Powell’s telepathy projects: https://drdianehennacy.com/telepathy/ • New Yorker story: https://www.thecut.com/article/telepathy-tapes-families-autism-ky-dickens.html • Stuart Vyse in the Skeptical Enquirer: https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/the-telepathy-tapes-a-dangerous-cornucopia-of-pseudoscience/ • Edgar Mitchell’s ESP Experiments: https://brucewatson4.medium.com/what-the-moon-taught-one-astronaut-about-esp-d04a947c6f93 • Interview with Mitchell: https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/5/backstrom_mitchell.php

For some people who have profound difficulties speaking, alternative communications systems known as Facilitated Communication and Spelling to Communicate have been developed and the results appear miraculous. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the methods, the claimed results, and the controversy surrounding them. https://mysterious.fm/370 For some people who have profound difficulties speaking, alternative communications systems known as Facilitated Communication and Spelling to Communicate have been developed and the results appear miraculous. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the methods, the claimed results, and the controversy surrounding them.

Could a 12th-century saint really predict every pope until the end of time? Or was his prophecy a 16th-century invention? In this episode, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli analyze the Prophecy of the Popes using the tools of both faith and reason. From its historical origins and dramatic shift in accuracy post-1590, to modern dangers of interpretation, we unpack every angle—including the latest from the Church on evaluating private revelations. Further Resources: • Fr. M.J. O’Brien’s book An Historical And Critical Account Of The So-Called Prophecy Of St. Malachy: Regarding The Succession Of Popes: https://amzn.to/3GqvP2T • St. Bernard of Clairvaux’s Life of St. Malachy of Armagh: https://amzn.to/4jThASN • Jimmy’s 2016 overview of the prophecy: https://www.ncregister.com/blog/9-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-prophecy-of-st-malachy • Jimmy’s 2013 analysis of the prophecy: https://jimmyakin.com/2013/02/how-reliable-is-the-st-malachy-prophecy.html • Jimmy’s 2013 table of hits and misses for the prophecy: https://jimmyakin.com/st-malachy-prophecy-analysis • St. Malachy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Malachy • Original Latin version of the prophecy in Lignum Vitae: https://books.google.com/books?id=AhkR3M8Q3AUC&pg=307 • DDF document Norms for Proceeding in the Discernment of Alleged Supernatural Phenomena: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20240517_norme-fenomeni-soprannaturali_en.html https://mysterious.fm/369 Subscribe for more mysteries of faith, science, and history. #ProphecyOfThePopes #JimmyAkin #CatholicTruth #StMalachy #MysteriousWorld #SQPN #ChurchMysteries #ApocalypticPredictions

In this patron Q&A bonus episode of Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World, Jimmy and Dom Bettinelli take on some of the most thought-provoking (and hilarious) questions from kids and adults alike. Topics include: • How ghosts could move physical objects • Whether demons actually hate each other • Do babies grow up in heaven? • Can an alien become a Catholic priest? • Did Mary feel pain in childbirth? • What’s the deal with tomato juice on planes? • The truth behind buried treasure myths • And much more! Enjoy this special peek into the minds of our listeners—and Jimmy’s mind-blowing answers. https://mysterious.fm/369 📺 Watch more at youtube.com/JimmyAkin 🎧 Audio version available wherever you get your podcasts 💬 Support us at sqpn.com/give #JimmyAkin #CatholicMystery #MysteriousWorld #Theology #QandA

It's a fifth Friday, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like whether AI is a demonic illusion; Jewish Nazarene Christians; Alfred E. Newman; time travel and the natural law; and more. https://mysterious.fm/367

While scientists for years have been studying unusual experiences that happen to people as they approach death, they've only just begun studying whether animals have End-of-Life Experiences. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss whether they do, what kinds of experiences they have, and how they compare to human experiences. https://mysterious.fm/366 Further Resources: • Sheldrake, Smart, & Nahm’s paper “Experiences of Dying Animals: Parallels With End-Of-Life Experiences in Humans”: https://www.sheldrake.org/files/pdfs/papers/Experiences-of-Dying-Animals_Parallels-With-End-of-Life-Experiences-in-Humans.pdf • Case Collection (Excel spreadsheet) accompanying the article: https://sheldrake.org/files/docs/Case-collection_Supplementary.xlsx • Alexander Batthyany’s book Threshold: Terminal Lucidity and the Border of Life and Death: https://amzn.to/42TbSKN • Susana Monso’s book Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death: https://amzn.to/42S1naC • Wesley Smith’s book A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy: The Human Cost of the Animal Rights Movement: https://amzn.to/4inR1DV • Patricia Pearson’s article Phenomena Relating to Danger, Death, Bereavement: https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/phenomena-relating-danger-death-bereavement

What is a year, and how did we learn to track it? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli chart the evolution of calendars, from lunar to Gregorian, and even ponder timekeeping on Mars, with insights from history, religion, and science. https://mysterious.fm/365 Further Resources: • Jack Finegan’s book Handbook of Biblical Chronology: https://amzn.to/43uc6bz • Andrew Steinmann’s book From Abraham to Paul: https://amzn.to/4mizyQA • Sacha Stern’s book Calendar and Community: https://amzn.to/42Zz2iW • The Mishnah: https://amzn.to/3F1UdYp • Introduction to Calendars: https://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/calendars • Lunar Calendars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_calendar • Lunisolar Calendars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunisolar_calendar • Solar Calendars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_calendar • Islamic Calendar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_calendar • Hebrew Calendar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_calendar • Chinese Calendar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calendar • Indian National Calendar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_national_calendar • Roman Calendar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_calendar • Julian Calendar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar • Gregorian Calendar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar • Calendar Converter Tool: https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/calendar/ • 2016 Ig Nobel Prizes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Vp41OPLdo • Mystery Science Theater 3000’s Santa Claus Conquers the Martians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgcclbBmdEY

How could a “lost scripture” one day be recognized by Catholics? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli unpack 1 Esdras—its dramatic tale, canonical debates, and what it reveals about faith, history, and unity.. https://mysterious.fm/364 Further Resources: • New Oxford Annotated Bible (NRSV): With Apocrypha: https://amzn.to/4lybSan • Eerdmans Commentary on 1 & 2 Esdras: https://amzn.to/3G8Dx1w • Anchor Bible Commentary on 1 & 2 Esdras: https://amzn.to/3Ywa3AU

Jack the Ripper killed 5 women in 1888 and was never caught and became the most famous serial killer of all time. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the potential suspects and then Jimmy reveals who he thinks the evidence most strongly points toward. https://mysterious.fm/362

Are near-death experiences compatible with Christianity? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli break down key data, dispel myths about reincarnation and universalism, and highlight Jesus’ unique role in NDEs. https://mysterious.fm/363 Further Resources: • J. Steve Miller’s book Is Christianity Compatible with Deathbed and Near-Death Experiences?: https://amzn.to/3VjiMoU • Raymond Moody’s book Life After Life: https://amzn.to/3R4RVKr • Gregory Shushan’s book Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions: https://amzn.to/4bH7yk4 • Bruce Greyson’s paper “Near-Death Experiences and Attempted Suicide”: https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/106319675/Greyson_-NDE-and-Attempted-Suicide-1981_nde4-libre.pdf • Bruce Greyson’s original 1983 paper introducing the Greyson scale: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/16345325_The_near-death_experience_scale_Construction_reliability_and_validity • Charlotte Martial et al.’s paper “The Near-Death Experience Content (NDE-C) scale: Development and psychometric validation”: https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/360/2020/11/Nov-2020-NDE-C-CC.pdf • Pew research on Hinduism: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/10/26/7-facts-about-hindus-around-the-world/

Jack the Ripper’s brief reign of terror gripped 1888 London. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli dissect the five canonical murders, chilling letters, and psychological clues, setting the stage to reveal who the killer might be. https://mysterious.fm/361 Further Resources: • John Douglas’s book The Cases that Haunt Us: https://amzn.to/4jxO4S6 • Russell Edwards’s book Naming Jack the Ripper: https://amzn.to/3RooWBv • Daily Mail on new inquest request: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14234461/Descendants-Jack-Rippers-victims-DNA-breakthrough.html • https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14234507/Aaron-Kosminski-Polish-barber-Jack-Ripper.html • https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13930185/Jack-Ripper-unmasked-Astonishing-new-DNA-evidence-read-identity-covered-shadowy-group-decades.html • Whitechapel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitechapel • John Pizer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pizer • Hopping Down in Kent: https://www.efdss.org/calendar-events/2996-hopping-down-in-kent# • Hopping Down in Kent (narrated video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8Yf4b5DnKQ • Hopping Down in Kent (complete song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS9Ner8GKBc • Dear Boss letter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Boss_letter • Grand Lodge of British Columbia and the Yukon on the Three Ruffians: https://freemasonry.bcy.ca/ritual/three_ruffians.html

What is parapsychology? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli unravel this misunderstood science—from ESP and PK to life after death—while Jimmy shares the 9 foundational principles that summarize this field of research. https://mysterious.fm/360 Further Resources: • Rhine Education Center: RhineEdu.org • Irwin and Watt’s book An Introduction to Parapsychology (5th ed.): https://amzn.to/3G2ZuiA • Cardena et al.’s book Parapsychology: A Handbook for the 21st Century: https://amzn.to/4csPYBh • Alois Wiesinger’s book Occult Phenomena in Light of Theology: https://amzn.to/4llql9w • Raymond Moody’s book Life After Life: https://amzn.to/3RblPwM

A terrifying 1971 encounter in Fouke, Arkansas left two families rattled and a local legend born. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli break down the facts, theories, and shifting views on Bigfoot in this kickoff to a new look at Sasquatch sightings. https://mysterious.fm/359 Further Resources: • Lyle Blackburn’s book The Beast of Boggy Creek: https://amzn.to/4l0MYQp • Lyle Blackburn’s book Boggy Creek Casebook: https://amzn.to/4hoA77R • Lyle Blackburn’s book Beyond Boggy Creek: https://amzn.to/4hCsUkN • 1972 movie The Legend of Boggy Creek (streaming): https://www.amazon.com/Legend-Boggy-Creek-Vern-Stierman/dp/B0867BG13Z/ • Original 1971 article on the Fouke Monster: https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2019/jun/14/hairy-monster-hunted-fouke-sector/ • Encyclopedia of Arkansas on Fouke: https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/fouke-miller-county-6115/ • Encyclopedia of Arkansas on the Fouke Monster: https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/fouke-monster-2212/ • Fouke Monster Festival: http://www.foukemonster.net/festival/ • Florida Black Bear Sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwjpMOcYZxw

What really happened at the infamous house on Ocean Avenue? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli unfold the unsettling tale as they analyze the chilling events behind the Amityville Horror through the lenses of faith and reason. Get a compelling look at one of America’s most talked-about supernatural cases. https://mysterious.fm/358 What really happened at the infamous house on Ocean Avenue? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli unfold the unsettling tale as they analyze the chilling events behind the Amityville Horror through the lenses of faith and reason. Get a compelling look at one of America’s most talked-about supernatural cases.

Many Christians believe in the Rapture, a mysterious event in which all sincere believers will suddenly vanish. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the concept of the Rapture, why it is controversial, and what the Bible has to say about it. https://mysterious.fm/357 Further Resources: • The roundtable book Three View of the Rapture: https://amzn.to/4iJGB2D • Hal Lindsay’s movie The Late Great Planet Earth (1976): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_16-FGPp9A • This Is the End (2013) movie clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQM7FXmevks • Rapture in Church video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI1r2XJJWqQ • Jimmy’s short book 20 Answers: Bible Prophecy: https://amzn.to/4hvTOKT • Jimmy’s short book 20 Answers: The Book of Revelation: https://amzn.to/4hQSq5Q • Jimmy’s short book 20 Answers: The End Times: https://amzn.to/41VwOiS

The true body count of the Zodiac Killer of the 1960s and 70s may be far higher than previously believed. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli analyze hidden victims, early crimes, and chilling patterns that suggest a longer reign of terror. https://mysterious.fm/356 The true body count of the Zodiac Killer of the 1960s and 70s may be far higher than previously believed. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli analyze hidden victims, early crimes, and chilling patterns that suggest a longer reign of terror.

In this second part of our look at the USS Hornet, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli welcome paranormal expert Loyd Auerbach to discuss his investigation of the reports of apparitions and ghost-like phenomena and what he discovered. https://mysterious.fm/353 In this second part of our look at the USS Hornet, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli welcome paranormal expert Loyd Auerbach to discuss his investigation of the reports of apparitions and ghost-like phenomena and what he discovered.

The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet played an important role in WWII, the Cold War, and the Space Race, but there's much more to its story. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the history of this fascinating ship and the mysteries connected with it. https://mysterious.fm/352 Further Resources: • Loyd Auerbach’s book A Paranormal Casebook: https://amzn.to/4i64ele • USS Hornet website: https://uss-hornet.org/ • USS Hornet (CV-8) info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hornet_(CV-8) • USS Hornet (CV-12) info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hornet_(CV-12) • USS Hornet (CV-8) sunk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr1-BesW1eQ • Hornet Museum YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/@HornetMuseum • 1944 emergency landing on the Hornet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VDtRPUVIOA • Admiral J.J. Clark: https://www.oklahomahof.com/hof/inductees/clark-joseph-j-1952 • Apollo 11 splashdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t9BugArW88 • Apollo 12 documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncM-vOQ66Aw

In November 2024, Congress held more UFO hearings, which revealed a secret government program called Immaculate Constellation. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli dscuss what this program is, what it does, and what it all reveals is really happening with UAPs. https://mysterious.fm/351 In November 2024, Congress held more UFO hearings, which revealed a secret government program called Immaculate Constellation. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli dscuss what this program is, what it does, and what it all reveals is really happening with UAPs.

To celebrate their 350th regular episode, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at more of listener's mysterious experiences. What have listeners reported, what could explain them, and what does Jimmy make of them? https://mysterious.fm/350

It's a fifth Friday, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like whether AI is a demonic illusion; Jewish Nazarene Christians; Alfred E. Newman; time travel and the natural law; and more. https://mysterious.fm/349 Questions Covered: • 3:20 - Is A.I. a demonic illusion? • 10:41 - What do we know about Jewish Nazarene Christians? • 16:44 - What kind of angel was the devil? • 23:21 - Who was Alfred E. Newman? • 29:26 - What does “begotten not made” mean? • 35:05 - Would time travel violate natural law? • 43:46 - Can God change his mind?

Humanity has come a way in the last few thousand years, but we still have a long way to go. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask, as we continue to progress, is there a way of classifying our civilization and making reasonable predictions? Some scientists have come up with a scale to do just that. https://mysterious.fm/348 Further Resources: • Michio Kaku’s book The Physics of the Impossible: https://amzn.to/41kGxAo • John Horgan’s book The End of Science: https://amzn.to/3ZImASX • Kardashev’s 1964 paper (English): https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1964SvA.....8..217K • Kaku’s article “The Physics of Extraterrestrial Civilization”: https://mkaku.org/home/articles/the-physics-of-extraterrestrial-civilizations/ • Kaku’s article “The Physics of Interstellar Travel”: https://mkaku.org/home/articles/the-physics-of-interstellar-travel/ • The Great Filter Hypothesis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter • Silurian Hypothesis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silurian_hypothesis • John Horgan’s new doubts about his book The End of Science: https://johnhorgan.org/cross-check/my-doubts-about-the-end-of-science • Sabine Hossenfelder video on the end of science debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW4yBSV4U38 • Philip Metzer’s paper “Nature’s Way of Making Audacious Space Projects Viable”: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20110016183/downloads/20110016183.pdf • Nicholas Loris on “Drilling our way out of the problem”: https://www.heritage.org/energy-economics/commentary/obama-was-wrong-oil-we-did-drill-our-way-out-the-problem • Average U.S. gas prices (not adjusted for inflation): https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=emm_epm0_pte_nus_dpg&f=m • U.S. inflation calculator: https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm

The ancient book The Life of Adam and Eve was popular in ancient times and tells a compelling story. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the second part of the work which tells the story of how Adam and Eve died and what happened after. https://mysterious.fm/347 The ancient book The Life of Adam and Eve was popular in ancient times and tells a compelling story. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the second part of the work which tells the story of how Adam and Eve died and what happened after.

While Genesis gives a short description of the life of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss another "lost scripture" that tells of their life after the Fall and the hidden secrets of their lives together. https://mysterious.fm/346 Further Resources: • James Charlesworth’s book The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, vol. 2: https://amzn.to/3Zv5Ezf • Egyptian Opening of the Mouth ceremony: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/religion/wpr.html

For New Year's week, Jimmy Akin is answering more weird questions posed by Cy Kellett, including whether Just War doctrine applies to a zombie apocalypse; does a transplanted organ transfer baptismal graces; do Time Lords go to heaven; and more! https://mysterious.fm/345

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. https://mysterious.fm/344 List of Questions (approximate time codes): • 01:56 - Does Time Travel exist? • 05:39 - Granting that I time travel back to the past to Jesus’ crucifixion, I take videos of Jesus to prove he exists, and I join Mary and John in approaching him. Is there a possibility that I will be recorded in the Bible? And will the videos and photos that I have taken will be erased if I come back from the past? • 09:31 - Did Adam and Eve have belly buttons? • 17:37 - Where are all the cryptid sightings coming from, especially in national parks? • 28:05 - Archeologists have discovered that there was a small Christian community in the city of Pompeii before the Vesuvius eruption. What if, by some miracle, a scroll somehow survived in the city, with the text of something that claimed to be a “Letter of Paul to the Pompeians”? It follows the format of the universally accepted Pauline epistles, it doesn’t contradict anything Paul wrote previously, and it ultimately seems to be genuinely from Paul. How do you think the Church would respond to the situation? • 40:18 - What are the top three (or any other arbitrary number) lost books you would love to have? Tell us about them, and tell us why you would love to have them. I’d like to read the Gospel of the Hebrews, for example, in its entirety (instead of the fragments left behind in writings by the early Church Fathers). • 49:14 - Does the Highlander have a soul since he is immortal? Would an immortal being need a soul? • 50:46 - Does baptism apply to a person’s entire body? For example, if technology were such that my body died but one cell remained alive and I was regrown immediately from that cell, is my baptism still valid or does the regrown body need to be baptized? Similarly, if a baptized person’s heart (or other organ) is transplanted into another non-baptized person does the organ from the baptized body transmit its baptismal graces to the new body?

In Japan, 1954, a man arrives at airport customs with a passport from country that doesn't exist. He's arrested, but then vanishes. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask who was the man from Taured and could have come from a parallel world as some claim? https://mysterious.fm/343 Further Resources: • YouTube video on story from 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aal5VbLXfIU • Reddit Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/llbmuh/the_man_from_tauredsolved/ • Snopes summary: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/man-from-taured-parallel-universe/ • August 15, 1960 The Province newspaper story: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province/33905529/ • July 29, 1960 House of Commons speech: https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1960/jul/29/frontier-formalities-simplification • Japanese newspaper Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/jwv0qv/i_am_japanese_i_researched_an_old_newspaper_about/ • 1961 CIA radio summary: https://media.snopes.com/2021/03/frb.png • 1960 CIA radio summary: https://books.google.com.br/books?hl=pt-BR&id=iSMjAQAAMAAJ&dq=Allen+Zegrus&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Zegrus

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. https://mysterious.fm/342 Further Resources: • Adam Blai’s The History of Exorcism: https://amzn.to/41ux7Cp • John Thavis’s book The Vatican Prophecies: https://amzn.to/3DaWWgQ • Prayers Against the Powers of Darkness: https://amzn.to/4iz5sGO • 1985 CDF norms: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19850924_exorcism_en.html • USCCB Q & A on Exorcism: https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/sacraments-and-sacramentals/sacramentals-blessings/exorcism • Exorcism (Catholic Encyclopedia): https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05709a.htm • Exorcist: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05711a.htm • Demonical Possession: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12315a.htm • Demoniacs: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12315a.htm • Demonology: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04713a.htm • Web archive of older Roman Ritual, including exorcism: https://web.archive.org/web/20190705231637/http://www.ewtn.com:80/library/prayer/roman2.txt • 1975 CDF expert opinion piece on demonology: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19750626_fede-cristiana-demonologia_en.html

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. https://mysterious.fm/341 Links mention in the show: • https://mysterious.fm/159 • https://mysterious.fm/160 • https://mysterious.fm/90 • https://mysterious.fm/36 • https://mysterious.fm/202 • https://mysterious.fm/79 • https://mysterious.fm/319 • https://mysterious.fm/323 • https://mysterious.fm/324

The Vatican has said that nothing obstructs the faithful from having a devotion to Medjugorje, but hasn’t specified whether the phenomenon is of supernatural or natural origin. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the arguments for and against and come to their own conclusions. https://mysterious.fm/339 Further Resources: • Wayne Weible’s book Medjugorje: The Last Apparition: https://amzn.to/3BLhN9T • Mark Miravalle and Wayne Weible’s book Are the Medjugorje Apparitions Authentic?: https://amzn.to/4h24PVh • John Thavis’s book The Vatican Prophecies: https://amzn.to/4h24PVh • Sr. Lucia’s book Fatima in Lucia’s Own Words: https://amzn.to/3UlimO2 • 2024 Vatican document on Medjugorje: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20240919_nota-esperienza-medjugorje_en.html • Press conference announcing the Medjugorje decision: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2024/09/19/240919i.html • Estimating the Impact of The Hajj: Religion and Tolerance in Islam’s Global Gathering: https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/124/3/1133/1905120 • James Paul Pandarakalam’s article “Are the Apparitions of Medjugorje Real?”: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/251164965_Are_the_Apparitions_of_Medjugorje_Real • Learning Styles Debunked: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/learning-styles-debunked-there-is-no-evidence-supporting-auditory-and-visual-learning-psychologists-say.html • Condemnation of the Frances Klug apparitions: https://www.miraclehunter.com/marian_apparitions/statements/stjosephshillofhope19810315.pdf • Rosaries “Turning to Gold”: https://medjugorje.com/rosaries-turning-gold • Info and videos about Jean-Louis Martin’s test of Vicka: https://www.marcocorvaglia.com/en/medjugorje/una-prova-pratica • Dr. Giorgio Gagliardi on the ecstasies: https://www.marcocorvaglia.com/risorse-utili/sulle-estasi-sincronizzate-mentivan • Catherine of Genoa’s Treatise on Purgatory: https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/treatise-on-purgatory-9820 • Tomislav Vlasic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomislav_Vla%C5%A1i%C4%87 • Bishop Ratko Peric’s document on Medjugorje: https://md-tm.biskupija-mostar.ba/clanci/medugorje-secrets-messages-vocations-prayers-confessions-commissions

In 1981, six young people in Medjugorje reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary. In the following 43 years, the Church at all levels has looked at whether they are authentic. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the Vatican's ultimate decision on the apparitions. https://mysterious.fm/338 Further Resources: • Wayne Weible’s book Medjugorje: The Last Apparition: https://amzn.to/3USxgvw • Mark Miravalle and Wayne Weible’s book Are the Medjugorje Apparitions Authentic?: https://amzn.to/3CrJgOd • John Thavis’s book The Vatican Prophecies: https://amzn.to/4hMccjR • 2024 Vatican document on Medjugorje: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20240919_nota-esperienza-medjugorje_en.html • Press conference announcing the Vatican document: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2024/09/19/240919i.html • 1978 Norms for evaluating apparitions: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19780225_norme-apparizioni_en.html • 2024 Norms for evaluating apparitions: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20240517_norme-fenomeni-soprannaturali_en.html • Bishop Peric’s statement: https://md-tm.biskupija-mostar.ba/clanci/medugorje-secrets-messages-vocations-prayers-confessions-commissions • Pope Francis’s November 14, 2013 homily: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/cotidie/2013/documents/papa-francesco-cotidie_20131114_spirit-wisdom.html • Pope Francis’s June 6, 2015 press conference: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2015/june/documents/papa-francesco_20150606_sarajevo-conferenza-stampa.html • Pope Francis’s June 9, 2015 homily: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/cotidie/2015/documents/papa-francesco-cotidie_20150609_the-last-word.html • Pope Francis’s May 13, 2017 press conference: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2017/may/documents/papa-francesco_20170513_voloritorno-fatima.html • Cardinal Fernandez’s remarks on Medjugorje when the new norms were announced: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2024-05/fernandez-norms-supernatural-phenomena-medjugorje.html

The Virgin Mary has reportedly been appearing to 6 young people in Medjugorgje in Bosnia-Herzegovina since 1981. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli begin a 3-part look at what is happening, the Vatican's long-awaited decision on the phenomena, and whether the apparitions are genuinely supernatural. https://mysterious.fm/337 Further Resources: • Wayne Weible’s book Medjugorje: The Last Apparition: https://amzn.to/40xEHM3 • Mark Miravalle and Wayne Weible’s book Are the Medjugorje Apparitions Authentic?: https://amzn.to/4ezqfXz • John Thavis’s book The Vatican Prophecies: https://amzn.to/3UJ6J3x • DDF document approving Nihil Obstat on Medjugorje: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20240919_nota-esperienza-medjugorje_en.html • Press conference for DDF document: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2024/09/19/240919i.html • Medjugorje.com account of the early days: https://medjugorje.com/beginning-days-of-the-apparitions/ • Medjugorje.org account of early days and messages: https://www.medjugorje.org/messagesall.htm • Medjugorje.com on what the seers have said about the secrets: https://medjugorje.com/what-the-visionaries-say-about-the-secrets/ • Medjugorje.com on what the seers have said about the 3rd secret: https://medjugorje.com/the-lasting-sign/ • Medjugorje.com on what Mirjana has said about the parchment: https://medjugorje.com/the-parchment/

We're back with more Halloween-related weird questions as Cy Kellet of Catholic Answers Live asks Jimmy Akin about topics like baptizing Frankenstein's monster, poltergeist phenomena, children seeing ghosts, soul-sucking pumpkins, and more! https://mysterious.fm/336

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/335

Pontius Pilate may be the most famous Roman governor because of his role in Jesus' death. But who was he? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look into who Pilate was and competing claims as to whether he was a villain or a saint. https://mysterious.fm/334 Further Resources: • Works of Josephus (Whiston translation): https://amzn.to/3SSO2cF • Philo’s Embassy to Gaius: https://amzn.to/3WOAsIA • Cassius Dio’s Roman History (books 56-60): https://amzn.to/3M9Vvk4 • Jack Finegan’s Handbook of Biblical Chronology (2nd ed.): https://amzn.to/4cvoObw • Andrew Steinmann’s From Abraham to Paul: https://amzn.to/3AD2wHi • Pontius Pilate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontius_Pilate • Sejanus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sejanus • Jimmy’s article on the Herods: https://jimmyakin.com/2023/05/death-dynasty-who-were-the-herods-and-what-do-we-know-about-them.html • Dorothy Sayers’s The Man Born to Be King (video playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5G9ewWdRF8_zwMVl9-Q-cAyjqYYODrM8 • Samaritan Passover (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx-0NRsfILQ • The Catholic Talk Show (audio): https://catholictalkshow.com/episodes/ • The Catholic Talk Show (video): https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCatholicTalkShow

In this "lost scripture" called the Ascension of Isaiah, the prophet gets a tour of the heavens. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what Isaiah sees, including what sees concerning Jesus, and what it means for us today. https://mysterious.fm/333 Further Resources: • James Charlesworth’s book Old Testament Pseudepigrapha vol. 2: https://amzn.to/3StJdGv • Jonathan Knight’s book The Ascension of Isaiah: https://amzn.to/3yevBZ7 • Jan Bremmer et al.’s book The Ascension of Isaiah: https://amzn.to/4d85Ad9 • Richard Bauckham’s book The Climax of Prophecy: https://amzn.to/3A90pLn • Online translation of the Ascension of Isaiah: https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/ascension.html

This "lost scripture" focuses on the bibllical prophet Isaiah and contains traditions about Jesus not recorded in the Gospels. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the Ascension of Isaiah, when it was written, what it says, and its relationship to the Bible. https://mysterious.fm/332 Further Resources: • James Charlesworth’s book Old Testament Pseudepigrapha vol. 2: https://amzn.to/3StJdGv • Jonathan Knight’s book The Ascension of Isaiah: https://amzn.to/3yevBZ7 • Jan Bremmer et al.’s book The Ascension of Isaiah: https://amzn.to/4d85Ad9 • Richard Bauckham’s book The Climax of Prophecy: https://amzn.to/3A90pLn • Online translation of the Ascension of Isaiah: https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/ascension.html

Over the course of years and in dozens of cities across the world, strange tiles with bizarre messages began showing up affixed to streets. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinellil discuss the Toynbee Tiles, the bizarre ideas they convey, and who is behind them. https://mysterious.fm/331 Further Resources: • Documentary “Resurrect Dead” (2011): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYTK6QicICo • Resurrect Dead FAQs: http://www.resurrectdead.com/faqsredo/ • “Theories: Wanna Run That By Me Again?” by Clark DeLeon: https://books.google.com/books?id=KYqKzKVGboUC&pg=PA31&lpg=PA31&dq=%22theories+wanna+run+that+by+me+again%22&source=bl&ots=GZupl73S64&sig=ACfU3U2PKFZcII-jmOtS6yxA-c28D3OVxg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwja5Iuanr6HAxUA5ckDHciLB-MQ6AF6BAgFEAM#v=onepage&q=%22theories%20wanna%20run%20that%20by%20me%20again%22&f=false • http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascitystar/living/special_packages/starmagazine/6702715.htm • Toynbee Tiles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toynbee_tiles • Arnold Toynbee This I Believe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTwfFpJxStY • Arnold Toynbee interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp0twnI2gxk • David Mamet’s 4 A.M. (unofficial performance): https://vimeo.com/36123463 • Minority Association Documents: http://steveweinik.com/Minority_Association_Documents.pdf • Toynbee’s book Experiences (pp. 140-141): https://archive.org/details/experiences0000toyn/page/140/mode/2up

We continue our examination of the Zodiac killer who terrorized California in the late 60s. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli looks at this extensive correspondence with newspapers and his bizarre claims ask why he wanted so much attention. https://mysterious.fm/330 Further Resources: • Michael Cole’s book Zodiac Revisited, vol. 1: https://amzn.to/3qJeWUp • Michael Cole’s book Zodiac Revisited, vol. 2: https://amzn.to/3bvjTde • Michael Cole’s book Zodiac Revisited, vol. 3: https://amzn.to/37DInQc • Robert Graysmith’s book Zodiac: https://amzn.to/2LCarvn • Robert Graysmith’s book Zodiac Unmasked: https://amzn.to/3a2HWB4 • Drew Beeson’s book Sighting in on the Zodiac Killer: https://amzn.to/3qSMvUl • Zodiac (2007 film): https://amzn.to/2K1AnQr • Documentary “This Is the Zodiac Speaking”: https://youtu.be/HI0jnsbZwys • Zodiac: https://tinyurl.com/y2rgjjo5 • ZodiacKiller.com: https://tinyurl.com/y4ddjtbv • History.com Timeline: https://tinyurl.com/y6elcqds • Video on Cracking the 340 Cipher: https://youtu.be/-1oQLPRE21o • Mikado libretto (lyrics): https://tinyurl.com/yjped58x • Really Authentic Gilbert and Sullivan Performance Trust version of The Mikado: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEBg46L6yV4 • Stratford Festival Mikado, Act 1: https://youtu.be/jbpUzCFCy_8 • Stratford Festival Mikado, Act 2: https://youtu.be/MK6y6n98O00 • Radians: https://tinyurl.com/ye4qyosj • ZodiacCiphers solution to the Z32 cipher: https://tinyurl.com/yfd2drvf • Donna Lass Identified by DNA: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/skull-found-california-mountains-idd-woman-vanished-1970-rcna131395 • Tarasoff Duty: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4085&context=jssw

The Zodiac Killer struck fear into the heart of San Francisco in the late ‘60s, leaving a trail of cryptic letters, chilling ciphers, and unsolved murders. Who was this self-named killer, and what drove him to taunt the police and the public with his gruesome game? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli delve into the mind of Zodiac to piece together clues that could finally reveal his identity. https://mysterious.fm/329 Further Resources: • Michael Cole’s book Zodiac Revisited, vol. 1: https://amzn.to/3qJeWUp • Michael Cole’s book Zodiac Revisited, vol. 2: https://amzn.to/3bvjTde • Michael Cole’s book Zodiac Revisited, vol. 3: https://amzn.to/37DInQc • Robert Graysmith’s book Zodiac: https://amzn.to/2LCarvn • Robert Graysmith’s book Zodiac Unmasked: https://amzn.to/3a2HWB4 • Drew Beeson’s book Sighting in on the Zodiac Killer: https://amzn.to/3qSMvUl • Zodiac (2007 film): https://amzn.to/2K1AnQr • Documentary “This Is the Zodiac Speaking”: https://youtu.be/HI0jnsbZwys • Zodiac: https://tinyurl.com/y2rgjjo5 • ZodiacKiller.com: https://tinyurl.com/y4ddjtbv • History.com Timeline: https://tinyurl.com/y6elcqds • Video on Cracking the 340 Cipher: https://youtu.be/-1oQLPRE21o

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 George Washington's reported vision of the Virgin Mary; whether demons can reveal your confessed sins; the Taotaomo'na spirits from Guam; and more. https://mysterious.fm/328 Further Resources: • YouTube - Taotaomona Tales - Guam's stories of the supernatural: https://youtu.be/P9BPna9CaPs • Wikipedia - Taotao Mona: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taotao_Mona • Guampedia - Taotaomona: https://www.guampedia.com/taotaomona-taotaomona/ • Vatican - Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20020513_vers-direttorio_en.html • NPR - How Pirates of the Caribbean Hijacked America's Metric System: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/28/574044232/how-pirates-of-the-caribbean-hijacked-americas-metric-system • CBS News - Identical Twin Sisters Accused of Cheating Win $1.5 Million Test Scores: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/identical-twin-sisters-accused-of-cheating-win-1-5-million-test-scores/ • Reddit - Check Out the Sea Bat: https://www.reddit.com/r/MilitaryStories/comments/fqxyqs/check_out_the_sea_bat/ • IFL Science - World's Only Cold-Blooded Mammal Lived on an Island and Aged Like a Crocodile: https://www.iflscience.com/worlds-only-cold-blooded-mammal-lived-on-an-island-and-aged-like-a-crocodile-71033

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?

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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/

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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