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Jimmy Akin"s Mysterious World

Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World invites you to explore the weird, strange, and unexplained with Catholic apologist Jimmy Akin and co-host Domenico Bettinelli. Each episode examines mysterious phenomena — from UFO sightings and historical oddities to supernatural claims, urban legends, conspiracies, and listener “weird questions” — through careful reasoning, evidence-based evaluation, and thoughtful Christian reflection. The show blends curiosity with clarity: unpacking mysteries with respect for

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1:43

A Special Advent Message from Jimmy Akin

Jimmy Akin"s Mysterious World ·

2022/12/12

Jimmy Akin has a special message as we approach the Christmas season. If you enjoy Mysterious World and want it to continue, it's very important that we hear from you this Advent and Christmas. The post A Special Advent Message from Jimmy Akin appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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38:47

The Loch Ness Monster! (Nessie, Scotland)

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2022/12/09

In 1933, the world turned its attention to Loch Ness, a long, thin lake in Scotland, where a monster was reported to be living. In the years since there have many more reports, photos, and even films. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at the monster sightings and the scientific surveys to see if the Loch Ness Monster really exists. The post The Loch Ness Monster! (Nessie, Scotland) appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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1:02:14

De-Extinction! (And More Patron Questions)

Jimmy Akin"s Mysterious World ·

2022/12/02

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. The post De-Extinction! (And More Patron Questions) appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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1:02:46

Mysterious Feedback, November 2022

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2022/11/30

Mysterious feedback! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer your mysterious feedback on recent episodes, including the Cuban missile crisis; Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Urim and Thummim; Robert Righi; Kabbalah; Eucharistic Miracles; and more. The post Mysterious Feedback, November 2022 appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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46:34

Death Penalty for Touching Mary? (Thanksgiving Weird...

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2022/11/25

It's the day after Thanksgiving, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin more weird questions from listeners, including lucid dreaming and morality; whether aliens would worship Jesus; would you die if you touched the Blessed Mother; time travel to the future and presumption; and more. The post Death Penalty for Touching Mary? (Thanksgiving Weird Questions) appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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1:21:21

Lee Harvey Oswald’s First Assassination? (Maj. Gen....

Jimmy Akin"s Mysterious World ·

2022/11/18

Lee Harvey Oswald is most famous for the official conclusion that he was the lone assassin of John F. Kennedy. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at the claim that Oswald may have made an earlier assassination attempt on a public figure, including who it was and why. The post Lee Harvey Oswald’s First Assassination? (Maj. Gen. Edwin Walker) appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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1:36:54

Mysterious Feedback, October 2022

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2022/11/16

Mysterious feedback! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer your mysterious feedback on recent episodes, including Art's Parts, Time Travel Prayer, Patron Questions, the Haunted House of Marin County, Harriet Tubman, Bilocation, and more. The post Mysterious Feedback, October 2022 appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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59:42

Miraculous Spiral Staircase (St. Joseph, Loretto...

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2022/11/11

A group of nuns in Santa Fe, New Mexico in the late 1800s needed a special staircase built for their chapel, so they prayed a novena and a mysterious workman came and built it. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what makes the spiral staircase special, who built it, and whether it could have been St. Joseph himself. The post Miraculous Spiral Staircase (St. Joseph, Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe, New Mexico) appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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48:43

Lonnie Zamora UFO Incident (Socorro, New Mexico;...

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2022/11/04

In 1964, when Officer Lonnie Zamora heard an explosion outside Soccoro, NM, what he found was an egg-shaped craft that took off into the sky. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore what the police officer saw that day and why this is one of the most intriguing UFO cases of the 1960s. The post Lonnie Zamora UFO Incident (Socorro, New Mexico; Aliens?) appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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1:40:05

Testing Ellen Gould White (Seventh-Day Adventist...

Jimmy Akin"s Mysterious World ·

2022/10/28

Seventh-day Adventist founder Ellen White reported receiving more than 2,000 visions from God and that her writings were divinely inspired. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask whether Ellen was a genuine prophetess and if her visions were really from God. The post Testing Ellen Gould White (Seventh-Day Adventist Prophetess) appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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1:01:22

Ellen Gould White (Seventh-Day Adventist Prophet)

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2022/10/21

Ellen G. White was co-founder and prophetess of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at the life of this woman and what her visions disclosed and then ask whether she was a genuine prophetess. The post Ellen Gould White (Seventh-Day Adventist Prophet) appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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1:23:16

The Secret Cuban Missile Crisis (Mikoyan, Castro,...

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2022/10/14

The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 is well-known, but as Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss it was followed in November by a second, secret Cuban missile crisis that the Soviets hid from the world. The post The Secret Cuban Missile Crisis (Mikoyan, Castro, Kennedy, Khrushchev, November 1962) appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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1:04:50

Spoon Bending? (Metal Bending, Psychic, PK Parties)

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2022/10/07

In the 1970s and 80s, spoon bending and metal bending using your mind became a sensation. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss how the phenomenon began and search for the truth. Is it really mind over matter or is it a hoax? The post Spoon Bending? (Metal Bending, Psychic, PK Parties) appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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39:02

Can Catholics Follow Astrology?

Jimmy Akin"s Mysterious World ·

2022/10/05

In this mysterious bonus episode, Jimmy Akin and Cy Kellett discuss the origins of astrology, what it is and isn't, and whether it's permissible for Catholics to follow astrology. The post Can Catholics Follow Astrology? appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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51:58

Human-Vampire Hybrids and More Weird Questions

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2022/09/30

It's a fifth Friday so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin more weird questions from listeners, including secret societies; binding demons; reenacting Catholic history; killing vampire-human hybrids; Neanderthals in the afterlife; and more. The post Human-Vampire Hybrids and More Weird Questions appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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37:33

Can Artificial Intelligence Have a Soul?

Jimmy Akin"s Mysterious World ·

2022/09/28

Do AI have a soul? In this mysterious bonus episode, Jimmy Akin and Cy Kellett discuss recent claims about artificial intelligence programs, including one at Google, that have a soul. The post Can Artificial Intelligence Have a Soul? appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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1:18:10

Testing Edgar Cayce’s Psychic Abilities

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2022/09/23

Continuing their discussion of Edgar Cayce, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli talk about his startling claims to have genuine psychic abilities and what the evidence says about the famed "Sleeping Prophet." The post Testing Edgar Cayce’s Psychic Abilities appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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24:42

Was God’s Wife Removed from the Bible?

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2022/09/21

God had a wife? In this mysterious bonus episode, Jimmy Akin and Cy Kellett discuss recent claims by some on social media that God originally had a wife, but that she was eventually removed from the Bible. The post Was God’s Wife Removed from the Bible? appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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1:05:31

Edgar Cayce, The Sleeping Prophet

Jimmy Akin"s Mysterious World ·

2022/09/16

In the mid-20th century, Edgar Cayce became known as the Sleeping Prophet for the psychic readings he gave while in hypnotic trances. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss Cayce, called the most famous psychic of the 20th century and father of alternative medicine and of the New Age movement. The post Edgar Cayce, The Sleeping Prophet appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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47:28

Spring-Heeled Jack (Victorian Mystery!)

Jimmy Akin"s Mysterious World ·

2022/09/09

In 19th century London, residents reported a ghostly figure in outrageous costumes would accost them, sometimes bellowing blue flame in their faces, and then vanish in the night. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask who was Spring-Heeled Jack and did he really exist. The post Spring-Heeled Jack (Victorian Mystery!) appeared first on StarQuest Media.

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