Profiles In Eccentricity

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Lobster Boy: Grady Stiles Jr. Sep 26, 2020

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This week Johnboy regales the lads with the story of the freak show claw daddy known as Lobster Boy! Hear of the murder he committed and his own killing at the hands of the Human Blockhead! Plus Matt talks about satanic dinosaurs!!

Sex Cult: Franz Creffield and The Bride Of Christ Church Sep 18, 2020

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This week Matt tells the lads about a well endowed German immigrant and his followers who participated in incestuous orgies and competed to birth the new messiah! Plus, Aaron tells of the Dutch resistance fighter who seduced Nazis to their death!

Patreon Preview: "Spider-Man's Graduation" Sep 11, 2020

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Aaron unveils his (WARNING: filthy) Marvel fan fiction. Before that, John drops his favorite scene from Falling Down and Matt gives a history of illegal sodomy in colonial New England.

An extra episode every week and deeper dives into the topics of our regular episodes, along with The Chopped Up Jukeboxes:

www.patreon.com/profilesineccentricity

Eccentric Media 8: The Many Mottos of India Sep 04, 2020

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This week the lads bust out another grip of bizarre media including mysterious songs, race war novels, David Lynch weather reports, local commercials, salacious celebrity sex rumors of yesteryear, 1-900 numbers, the fashion of fury and more dumb shit!

George "Fighting" Fitzgerald and the Wild West of Ireland Aug 29, 2020

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This week Johnboy tells the lads about an 18th century society boy who upended the standards of his noble status by endlessly engaging in pistol duels, grudges, intimidation via his pet bear, gang wars and other debauchery in his native west of Ireland and elsewhere in Europe. Was it his brain injury from an early duel, boredom and affluence or innate madness that drove George Robert Fitzgerald to his bitter end?

Lola Montez: The Woman Who Seduced Europe Aug 21, 2020

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This week Johnboy brings us the story of the ultimate femme fatale, a maelstrom of anger and violence from a woman so beautiful and alluring that she caused multiple riots, closed down theaters, socialized her ways into the halls of power in Europe and toppled governments!

Albert Anastasia: Sentenced To The Barber Chair Aug 13, 2020

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This week consummate pretty boy Aaron Joseph Pita brings us the murderous saga of mafia hitman and eventual crime boss Albert Anastasia, who's rise to power was brutal, bloody and began and ended with a barber!

The Last Dance: The Poignant Saga of Doc Pomus Aug 07, 2020

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This week Matt brings us the story of the polio-sticken blues singer who would create some of the biggest hits of all time and shape popular music while undergoing immense highs and lows in his personal life and crossing paths with a litany of the most famous and bizarre characters of his era.

(Correction, the version of "Piney Brown Blues" that Doc heard was probably the 1940 version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSYRA5f3kQQ)

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"Lonely Avenue" by Alex Halberstadt

"AKA Doc Pomus" by Peter Miller and William Hechter

Patreon Preview: Aaron Explains It All: Avengers Endgame Jul 31, 2020

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This week Aaron does his magic and breaks down the themes, references, callbacks and significance of the highest grossing film of all time, Marvel's Avengers Endgame!

Torn From The Headlines: Piss-Parched Priest Pilfers Parishioners' Poorbox! Jul 24, 2020

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This week Aaron shares some yellow journalism with a few news stories relating to urine and John tells of a counterfeit conman we lost this week and a pervert priest who also passed on after being pissed on!

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