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Profiles In Eccentricity

John Fahy, Aaron Pita, Matt Brousseau

A show about weirdos. Hosted by comedians John Fahy, Aaron Pita, and Matt Brousseau, each episode tells a tale about someone who lives afoul of the rules most of us live by.

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All Episodes

02:37:25

Black Samurai: The Story Of Yasuke

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/03/19

This week Aaron tells the gripping story of the African bodyguard who served as the right hand to a Portuguese Jesuit missionary before becoming a samurai in feudal Japan! Plus we call the Tiki Adult Theater with a few questions!

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02:08:52

Bloodbath and Beyond: The Cruel Saga of Elizabeth...

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/03/13

This week John treats the boys to the legend of the noblewoman who may be the most prolific female murderer of all time. Bathing in the blood of her victims to keep her beauty or just torturing servants and eating their flesh? Either way, that's a dracala!

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02:23:43

Eccentric Media IX: Turn Up The Volume Pills, All Is...

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/03/07

Anti-drug PSAs, pro-semen drug PSAs, nightmarish public access shows, a dive bar infested with reporters, a movie that never was, and a guidebook to having sex around the globe. You know the drill, it's a media episode with the peepee boys! *Be advised hearing the first part of the Elagabalus episode is necessary for one long ass joke.

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01:46:24

Hans Münch: The Good Man Of Auschwitz

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/02/20

Courage and cowardice dominate the discussion during Johnboy's profile of the Nazi doctor who faked horrific experiments a la Angel of Death Josef Mengele in order to keep prisoners from being executed at Auschwitz concentration camp.

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02:57:03

Bears Versus Ideology: The Free Town Project

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/02/12

This week Matt tells the lads about the New England hamlet that was flooded by libertarians seeking political refuge from government until bears showed up!

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02:05:56

Elagabalus: It's Just Like Sol

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/02/04

This week John tells the boys about the decadent Roman emperor that was an occasional prostitute, appointed men with huge cocks to high government positions and went in search of a sex change! But before all of this, Aaron and John celebrate the iconic perv character played by Juliet Anderson in the Taboo series of pornographic films.

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01:34:07

The Vagrant Photographer: Miroslav Tichy

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/01/29

This week Johnboy tells the lads about the Czech artist who became a dissident outcast after the invasion of the Soviet Union and created a massive trove of voyeur photography with cameras he built from trash!

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03:07:55

Elizabeth Van Lew: Civil War Secret Agent

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/01/22

This week Matt treats us to the excellent story of a woman during the civil war who collaborated with a network of slaves, northerners and sympathizers to undermine the confederate forces in her local Virginia. She pretends to be a gator, but she's a beaver the whole time!

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03:23:23

Mike Tyson Round 2: The Distance

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/01/14

This week we return to hear Aaron wrap the story of Iron Mike thus far. We find Mike as Champion in the late 80s before descending into imprisonment, addiction, infamy and a whole lot of wild partying before completely reinventing himself once again! The shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ProfilesPodcastMerch

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03:20:37

Mike Tyson Round 1

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2020/12/24

A profile long in the making, this week Aaron takes us through the early wayward years of Kid Dynamite, his incarceration and then mentorship by boxing trainer Cus D'amato, who irrevocably changes the life of the fighter and turns him into one of the greatest boxing champions in history.

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01:28:59

Colonia Dignidad: Chilean Nazi Pedophile Cult

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2020/12/18

This week Johnboy tells the story of the Nazi preacher and pedophile who started a cult with kidnapped children and former Nazis in rural Chile and collaborated with dictator Augusto Pinochet in matters of torture, disappearance and human experimentation!

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01:31:16

Black Caesar: Frank Matthews' Narcotics Empire

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2020/12/10

This week Johnboy tells the tale of the little known drug lord that ran a massive business operating in 21 states in the 60s and 70s. The black mafia, the Italian mafia, the French drug connection are all linked to the rise of Frank Matthews, possibly the biggest gangster of all time and his fate is shrouded in mystery.

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01:01:30

Patreon Preview: BDSMustache

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2020/12/03

No regular episode this week, so we give you another from the Patreon vault. This was a classic tale recommended by one of our favorite Patrons which tells the tale of an infamous night our for one of New Zealand's greatest umpires. Stay to the end to hear the Umpire's Lament. Just $5/month for extra profiles and music shows and oddities that wouldn't fit in the regular episodes. And for just $1/month you can get the regular episodes ad free. www.Patreon.com/ProfilesInEceentricity Try it out!

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01:44:55

Paul English: Willie Nelson's Pimp Drummer

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2020/11/26

This episode Matt tells us about the surprisingly charming pimp turned drummer who was the enforcer, accountant and band member for the Willie Nelson band!

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01:21:18

Jesus Christ "GG" Allin

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2020/11/20

This week John brings the lads the insane, offensive, disgusting performer GG Allin! From a childhood of terror to punk underground infamy to ending his life after a riot, GG is a legend hard to look at or away from.

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02:38:54

The West Was Won: Sarah Winchester

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2020/11/13

This week Aaron tells the boys about the fabled Winchester widow and her bizarre, expansive never-finished home in California, her motives for building the enigmatic mansion, and the importance of the Winchester repeating rifle in American history!

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02:06:49

Rod Serling: The Wartime Weirdo

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2020/11/06

This week Johnboy delves into the life of Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling, his oddball exploits in WW2, his rise to television fame and his battles with sponsors and censors while trying to touch on the human condition. Plus a quadriplegic does some chop!

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02:25:34

The Eunuch Who Killed Booth: Boston Corbett

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2020/10/30

This week Matt tells the boys about the religious fanaticism that led a man to cut out his own testicles before fighting for the Union in the Civil War, killing John Wilkes Booth and disappearing after being imprisoned in an asylum!

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03:25:02

Mister Joe's Wild Ride: The Strange History Of Disney...

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2020/10/16

He's back, folks! Joe Kaye returns to the program to learn the boys about the fascinating history behind the rides, openings, attractions and sections of Disneyland, Disneyworld, Epcot, California Adventure and more! Eisner Lives!

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03:07:08

Iceberg Slim - Part Two

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2020/10/10

In the concluding episode on the pimp-turned-author, Aaron delves into Slim's prison experiences and education, his return to pimping, reconciling with his mother and becoming a married author, father and folk hero. WARNING: In the last 30 minutes the recorder ran out of storage and the audio was recorded on a very weak room mic with a lot of room tone. Apologies.

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