Profiles In Eccentricity
Episodes
Chief Black Eagle: Dwight York and the United Nation of Nuwaubian Moors
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Aaron shows us the cult that united black nationalism with Egyptian mythology, Islam and extraterrestrials and their maniacal leader who fac...
The Obscure Genius of Geoffrey Pyke
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 Worl...
Mixed Martial Maniac: Count Dante
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week John treats the lads to the bizarre saga of John Keehan aka Count Juan Raphael Dante, the man who started mixing martial art forms while inv...
Surrealist Prank Caller: Longmont Potion Castle
02 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week John takes a look at the anonymous person behind the Longmont Potion Castle recordings of prank "phone work" dating back to 1986, spanning a...
We Love You Norm Macdonald
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode the boys reflect on the singular, fearless, comedian everyone loved and discuss his career, ethics and astonishingly subversive humor. Go...
Nazi Titanic: Night And Ice
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week John tells the boys about Joseph Goebbels and the Third Reich's film "Titanic," a movie that led to the director's execution and more deaths...
A Better Story Than The Bible: Oscar Kiss Maerth
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Matt treats the boys to the alternate history of mankind through the eyes of the author who believes we descended from cannibalistic apes wh...
Deadly Duality: The Haunting Saga Of Stewart and Cyril Marcus
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week John tells the boys about the twin brothers who revolutionized fertility medicine and rose to celebrity before drug addiction codependency a...
No Prison Can Hold Him: Richard Lee McNair
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Johnboy tells the tale of America's most accomplished prison escapee and fugitive from justice - but before that, hear the lurid tales of an...
Ned Buntline: Don't Believe Everything That You Read
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Matt regales the boys with the story of an upstart prolific writer who crafted stories of heroes and seduced the public and ultimately tried...
CIA Black Sorcerer: Sidney Gottlieb, LSD and MK Ultra
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Aaron treats the lads to the tale of the Jewish chemist who tried to create a mind control program for the CIA, along the way dosing his unw...
Eccentric Media X: Ice T Mantras and Maniacal Manifestos
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys return for the tenth installment of Eccentric Media with obscure leaflets Aaron's childhood commercial acting, pearls of wisdom fro...
Joseph Knowles: Nature Man
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Matt treats the boys to the story of a man who braved the wilderness and slayed creatures in order to survive as a publicity stunt...but was...
Rich And Dangerously Insane: Harry Kendall Thaw
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, John tells the boys about the rivalry between two mega-rich scumbags and their obsession with the same model which culminated in a mu...
Queen Of The Desert: Lady Hester Stanhope
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Johnboy treats the lads to the saga of a woman who escaped British aristocrat life to become an adventurer in the middle east! Before wallin...
Caligula: Incest, Torture and All Types Of Ill Shit
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Johnboy treats the lads to the saga of Caligula, the most murderous, perverted, maniacal Roman emporer of all! Throwing people to their deat...
Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Prophet
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Aaron tackles the famed turn-of-the-20th-century clairvoyant who gave sick patients miraculously accurate treatments and remedies while lock...
Rube Waddell: Baseball's Pitching Savant
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Matt brings the story of the hard drinking, hard fishing Hall of Fame pitcher, gator rassler, and brick thrower who tormented both teammates...
Jacques Mesrine: Man Of A Thousand Faces
10 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Johnboy tells the lads about a man known as the kamikaze of crime, Jacques Mesrine. International bank robbery and multiple prison escapes h...
A Raft With Its Own Stamps: Micronations
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Matt treats the lads to several examples of micronations; small, small, small, countries and the weirdos that start them. Really small count...
Shoko Asahara: Aum Supreme Truth and The Search For Armageddon
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Johnboy tells the lads about the charismatic half-blind cult leader that recruited brilliant minds in Japan and Russia to build weapons of m...
Black Samurai: The Story Of Yasuke
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 sam...
Bloodbath and Beyond: The Cruel Saga of Elizabeth Bathory
13 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 v...
Eccentric Media IX: Turn Up The Volume Pills, All Is Paul
07 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 h...
Hans Münch: The Good Man Of Auschwitz
20 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Courage and cowardice dominate the discussion during Johnboy's profile of the Nazi doctor who faked horrific experiments a la Angel of Death Josef Men...
Bears Versus Ideology: The Free Town Project
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Matt tells the lads about the New England hamlet that was flooded by libertarians seeking political refuge from government until bears showe...
Elagabalus: It's Just Like Sol
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week John tells the boys about the decadent Roman emperor that was an occasional prostitute, appointed men with huge cocks to high government pos...
The Vagrant Photographer: Miroslav Tichy
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 tr...
Elizabeth Van Lew: Civil War Secret Agent
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 sympathizer...
Mike Tyson Round 2: The Distance
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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, ...
Mike Tyson Round 1
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 boxin...
Colonia Dignidad: Chilean Nazi Pedophile Cult
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 co...
Black Caesar: Frank Matthews' Narcotics Empire
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
Patreon Preview: BDSMustache
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Paul English: Willie Nelson's Pimp Drummer
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode Matt tells us about the surprisingly charming pimp turned drummer who was the enforcer, accountant and band member for the Willie Nelson ...
Jesus Christ "GG" Allin
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week John brings the lads the insane, offensive, disgusting performer GG Allin! From a childhood of terror to punk underground infamy to ending h...
The West Was Won: Sarah Winchester
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Aaron tells the boys about the fabled Winchester widow and her bizarre, expansive never-finished home in California, her motives for buildin...
Rod Serling: The Wartime Weirdo
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The Eunuch Who Killed Booth: Boston Corbett
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 Wa...
Mister Joe's Wild Ride: The Strange History Of Disney Attractions
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Iceberg Slim - Part Two
10 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the concluding episode on the pimp-turned-author, Aaron delves into Slim's prison experiences and education, his return to pimping, reconciling wit...
Iceberg Slim - Part One
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Aaron treats the boys to the first half of the brutal, head-spinning, fascinating life of Iceberg Slim, the pimp-turned-author that influenc...
Lobster Boy: Grady Stiles Jr.
26 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 killi...
Sex Cult: Franz Creffield and The Bride Of Christ Church
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Patreon Preview: "Spider-Man's Graduation"
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron unveils his (WARNING: filthy) Marvel fan fiction. Before that, John drops his favorite scene from Falling Down and Matt gives a history of illeg...
Eccentric Media 8: The Many Mottos of India
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week the lads bust out another grip of bizarre media including mysterious songs, race war novels, David Lynch weather reports, local commercials,...
George "Fighting" Fitzgerald and the Wild West of Ireland
29 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Lola Montez: The Woman Who Seduced Europe
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Albert Anastasia: Sentenced To The Barber Chair
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Last Dance: The Poignant Saga of Doc Pomus
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 whi...
Patreon Preview: Aaron Explains It All: Avengers Endgame
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 A...
Torn From The Headlines: Piss-Parched Priest Pilfers Parishioners' Poorbox!
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Bill and Ted Creator: Chris Matheson Interview!
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a departure from the usual, this week the boys get the creator of Bill and Ted on the phone and discuss the new film, Bill and Ted Face The Music, ...
Nero: Depraved, Decadent, Despised
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Johnboy takes on the reviled Roman ruler Nero! The fire and fury, the incest and intrigue, the extravagance and excess of the madman's reign...
Potsdam Giants and Toronto Clown Riots
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week the boys return with an election won by a household product, a police force undone by a brawl with clowns, and a Prussian king with a fetish...
Forest Joe And The Runaway Slave Guerrilla Campaign
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Matt tells of the rebel maroons in the early 1820s who fled to the swamps and remote countryside to wage war and free slaves from plantation...
Patreon Preview: Aaron Explains It All: T2
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're off this week, but here's Aaron breaking down Terminator 2. If you like this sort of thing, check out the patreon. $5 a month and an extra episo...
Tycho Brahe: Advanced Astronomer's Bladder Burst
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Matt opens the episode up with news on a pornographer accused of manslaughter by psychedelics, John tells of a mental disorder where people ...
The Revenge Of The 47 Ronin
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week John tells the boys about the maniacally subversive two year plot 47 former samurai hatched to avenge their master who was forced to commit ...
Bold, Bawdy Babe Helen Worley Cromwell
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode Matt treats us to the saga of the self-made single mother who used her cunning. wits, charm and sexuality to bring her to massive financi...
Eccentric Media 7: Eat My A**, Fratboy
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Heads up: Matt almost throws up this time, so it's pretty gross! Any clips? Any clips? Eccentric Media returns with public access TV prank calls, anti...
Swift Surgeons; Petty Paleontologists
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Aaron regales the boys with the tale of the two warring scientists, Othniel Marsh and Edward Cope, who pioneered dinosaur fossil discovery b...
The Algorithm Fairy: Ada Lovelace
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Aaron treats the boys to the story of a woman far ahead of her time, the daughter of Lord Byron and first computer programmer, Ada Lovelace!
Willie Reginald Bray and A Prankster Potpourri
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode Johnboy tells the lads about "The Human Letter" who tested the limits of the postal service for his own amusement and even mailed himself...
Patreon Preview: North American Daredevils
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An extra episode this week, for all, from the vault: Matt brings the story of Canadian Ken Carter, focus of "The Devil At Your Heels." Ken offhandedly...
Franz Kafka: Neurotic Maniac
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Matt treats the boys to the life of the famously strange author of The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka. Despondent in relationships and acutely t...
Self Made Double Agent: Juan Pujol Garcia
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Aaron tells the boys about the Spaniard who faked spying on the British for the Nazis and created 27 imaginary fellow agents all reporting a...
Patreon Preview: Destroying NYC
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode from the Patreon vault: Matt runs down a list of how New York City has been destroyed through popular fiction, but then also some mome...
Fraud, Porn, Murder: The Life And Associates of Navred Reef AKA Tom Van Der Feer
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week John tells the boys about the mysterious murder of a Dutch pornographer who linked up with the mafia and ran credit card scams when he wasn'...
Patreon Preview: The Year Of The Spies and Filthy Civil War Letters
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An old patreon episode for some extra listening this week. Great friend Laura Crawford joins to tell us about The Year Of The Spies. Matt brings some ...
The Earth Is Concave: The Koreshan Unity Cult
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode Matt shares the tale of the cult that believed the world was round, but inside out! Before that, Aaron shares the story of Ignaz Semmelwe...
Patreon Preview: The Fat Man And The English Bastard: Jim Brady and Jack Churchill
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In week two of the partial shutdown, we bring you another extra episode from the vault. This old Patreon features the profiles of Jim Brady, notorious...
Knocked Out And Shipped Out: Shanghai Kelly
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Johnboy tells the lads about the maniac who sold men into involuntarily working on ships by knocking them out with drinks, opium, or just a ...
Patreon Preview: Aaron Explains It All: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In light of the virus we decided to dish up our first Patreon episode as an extra for fans stuck in their homes this week.
Freaks and Geeks: Living Skeletons and Eating Machines
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Matt treats the boys to a gallery of geeks, humans exhibited for their ability to eat anything, and the freaks known as living skeletons. Pl...
Nasal Reflex 101 with Shane Mauss
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Shane Mauss is our guest and we get into his deep dive with psychedelic drugs that temporarily drove him to lose the plot while also discuss...
Unkillable: Adrian Carton de Wiart
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron drops the story of Adrian Carton de Wiart, war-hungry maniac who served in the British army in the Boer War, 1st World War, and 2nd World War as...
Satanic Gay Nazi Wrestlers On Acid / Wild West Vendetta Cannibal: The Lives Of Chris Colt and Liver Eating Johnson
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week John shares limitless mayhem with the boys in the biographies of a mountain man who, for 25 years in the early 1800's, stalked, murdered, an...
Snakes, Gibberish, Abduction: Aimee Semple McPherson
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Matt treats the boys to the story of the pioneering preacher woman who became a massively influential religious leader in early Los Angeles ...
Patreon Preview: Bad Sex and MUFF
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're off this week, so here's a preview of our patreon: In this chill one, John has a definitional porn title, Matt brings terrible writing, and Aaro...
The Trailer: A Taste Of Profiles
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We love weird, whether it's people, places, or phenomenon. Check out this trailer for a brief rundown of some previous Profiles. We cover a lot of dif...
Queen Of The Fences: Mother "Marm" Fredericka Mandelbaum
22 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week John shares the life of Fredericka Mandelbaum, the Jewish-German immigrant who started a school for criminals in 19th century New York and c...
The Life and Love of Princess Charlotte Of Wales
15 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week John tells the tragic story of the pre-Victorian British royal family's rebellious princess who struggled for independence and ultimately br...
Boozing and Boxing: Jimmy "Slats" Slattery
08 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week Matt treats us to the life of an early 20th century boxer and booze hound from Buffalo, New York. Jimmy goes from fighting in Madison Square...
Gotham Gangs: From Bowery Boys and Dead Rabbits To Lucky Luciano and Al Capone
01 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week John tells the boys about the 19th and 20th century gangs that caused mayhem and bloodshed in the slums of New York and created the foundati...
Episode 100 Christmas Creeptacular ft. Stu Ungar and the Bear Test Pilots
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This holiday season the boys bring a feast of media clips to devour and in between they pause to give two of our favorite guests time to get into some...
"I Have Lived Many Lives" Stanley Clifford Weyman
11 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week John tells of the early 20th century con man and impersonator Stanley Weyman, who mainly used his false identities not for money, but sheer ...
Padre Pio: The Priest Who Bled The Wounds Of Christ
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week John serves up the story of the priest who self maimed or spontaneously suffered from the stigmata, a condition where devout Christians pain...
Patreon Preview: JSG Boggs
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On our Patreon we also do extra profiles. In this one Matt drops the tale of Boggs, the man who drew money to barter with. Hear a possible history of ...
The Chinese Pirate Empress: Ching Shih
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Aaron regales the boys with the epic tale of the Chinese woman who rose from prostitution to the illicit control of the Eastern seas with a ...
Cops Versus Cult: Frances Thomas and the Christ Miracle Healing Center and Church
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week John shares the story of the Miracle Valley Shootout between the local police and the black church that became a woman-led cult in the 80's ...
Hot Horses And Daring Dogs
06 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode the lads share tales of remarkable and unique animals of the 20th Century: Sgt. Stubby, a decorated veteran Boston Terrier from WWI. Mike...
Arming The Insane: Dr. Wolfgang Huber and the Socialist Patients Collective
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week John brings the tale of the terrorist organization of mentally ill patients and college students and the doctor that founded the paramilitar...
Qian Xuesen: Father Of Chinese Rocketry
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Aaron drops the tale of Jack Parsons' Chinese buddy that co-founded Jet Propulsion Labs in California before being imprisoned during the Red...
Such Is Fame: Sam Patch
16 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Do you like throwing bear cubs over waterfalls? Leaping into Niagara Falls? Perhaps becoming a folk hero suits you. This week Matt reveals the story o...
Patreon Preview: Ooze It Or Gooze It
09 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A preview of our patreon page and another of the many different types of episodes available. Matt drops a clip of a guy trolling Headline News. Aaron ...
Father Yod and the Source Cult
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Aaron shares the tale of Jim Baker, the man who killed men in and out of war, started successful L.A. restaurants, and began a cult that bro...
Public Access Pervert: Al Goldstein
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode John lays out the life of first amendment filth advocate Al Goldstein, host of public access TV show 'Midnight Blue,' a show where Al int...
John Holmes and Eddie Nash: The Wonderland Murders
18 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week John tells the saga of porn star John Holmes and his huge cock, cocaine addiction, and crime world affiliations.
Fecal Matter: Brown And Out In Paris And London
11 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Matt brings the rich history of shit in the streets of 1800s London and Paris, plus John tells the tale of Lord Timothy Dexter, the repeated...