Profiles In Eccentricity

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Pacifist Prison Punk: Donny The Punk Jan 28, 2022

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This one is rough, heads up! This week John shares the harrowing yet fascinating story of Donny The Punk, who started as a gay activist before being jailed as a conscientious objector, repeatedly raped in jail and became a zen prison bottom!

Self-Made Monarch: Emperor Joshua Abraham Norton Jan 21, 2022

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This week Aaron brings us the heartwarming tale of a man who went from riches to ruin in a day before being reborn as the city of San Francisco's chosen oddball king.

Classy Criminal: Willie Sutton Jan 14, 2022

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This week Johnboy tells the lads about the gentlemanly bank robber Willie Sutton, famed for his 3 maximum security prison escapes, numerous bank robberies totalling millions of dollars and a quote he never actually said! Plus, major league sports teams with players that never existed!

Castro's Butcher: Herman Marks Dec 16, 2021

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This week Matt shares the fascinating saga of the ruddy midwest vagrant who later joined Fidel Castro's guerrilla forces and served in the regime as a famed public executioner before his undoing and mysterious end!

Eccentric Media XII: Actually, It's A Man Dec 02, 2021

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This week the lads have another buffet of media miscellany to pore over! The boys unveil diabolically insane songs, show off their favorite news failures and reveal the tastelessly surreal excesses of porn and public access television.

Patreon Preview: The Pounding Fathers Nov 25, 2021

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We're off this week, but bringing you another peak at the Patreon. In this one we talk Devo and Ireland, bring in some listener comments and suggestions, and bring up the a man going to the Sybian in the sky. Then George Brett asks who's pitching today.

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Manufacturing Cadavers: The Burke And Hare Murders Nov 18, 2021

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This week Johnboy tells the lads about the tawdry, tasteless, tacky saga of the men who killed lodgers and drifters in 19th century Edinburgh to gain measly sums selling the bodies to anatomical scientists all while everyone is absolutely shitfaced on whiskey!

The Most Formidable Spy In History: Richard Sorge Nov 05, 2021

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This week Johnboy shares the story of "Stalin's James Bond" the heavy drinking, womanizing Soviet spy who's intelligence work may have changed the outcome of the second world war and is considered by many the greatest spy who ever lived! Plus a 1980s strip club owner is murdered in the OC!

Chief Black Eagle: Dwight York and the United Nation of Nuwaubian Moors Oct 28, 2021

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This week Aaron shows us the cult that united black nationalism with Egyptian mythology, Islam and extraterrestrials and their maniacal leader who faced the most counts of sexual abuse in history and of course, performed on and produced R&B records!

The Obscure Genius of Geoffrey Pyke Oct 21, 2021

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This week Matt treats the lads to the story of a man who escaped prison during World War One, designed ice ships for the allies during the Second World War and in between was a real oddball, inventor and journalist!

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