

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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Mar 27, 2025 • 1h 15min
Gaston Bullock Means: The Lie Is The High
This week Johnboy brings the tale of the man J. Edgar Hoover called "the most amazing figure in contemporary criminal history!" Gaston Bullock means falls in love with the thrill of deception as a youth and it takes him from blackmailing criminals while a government agent to grafting and murdering an heiress and finally, exploiting the kidnapping and death of the Lindbergh baby!

Mar 20, 2025 • 55min
From The Vault: Michael Malloy: Rasputin Of The Bronx
We had to take this week off, but we'll be back next week with some grand foolishness. Until then: This episode John shares the tale of the man who would not die, unwittingly surviving as many as five separate attempts on his life by a collective of five of his friends. Matt tells the story of a man who weaned himself off of a self love practice involving nutting super hard and often. Plus, Aaron tells of the meth fueled couple that threw a death and sex "parde" ending in one fatality! This episode brought to you by Claritin and Glass, in theaters now.

Mar 13, 2025 • 1h 47min
Civil War Cinema Part 2: Kim Jong-Il, Choi Eun-Hee, Shin Sang-Ok
This week Matt brings the lads the thrilling conclusion of an impossibly obscure cinema saga! Kim Jong-il holds the stars of South Korea film royalty in captivity in a bid to boost the silver screen output of the most sinister regime on earth, while our estranged stars dream of an escape! What happens next?? Be forewarned: harsh descriptions of prison torture contained herein!

Mar 6, 2025 • 1h 20min
Civil War Cinema: Kim Jong-Il, Choi Eun-Hee and Shin Sang-Ok
This week Matt brings the first part of the history of film on BOTH sides of the demilitarized zone in Korea! We hear the struggle of South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee and her oddball producer husband Shin Sang-ok and how their meteoric rise in cinema success led them to catch the eye of a secret cinephile - Kim Jong-il??

Feb 27, 2025 • 1h 7min
From The Vault: Hollywood's Underground Sex Network: The Scotty Bowers Story
We're off this week, but are rereleasing one of our favorite old ones. This episode John takes the lads into the world of the WW2 veteran turned Hollywood matchmaker for secretly gay, straight, and bisexual encounters between celebrities and prostitutes - while accepting, "no money?" From the Royal family to Katherine Hepburn, from Iwo Jima to a threesome with Lana Turner and Ava Gardner, there is no life like that of Scotty Bowers. FORE MORE SCOTTY STORIES: Look up our "Patreon Preview: Ooze It Or Gooze It" which we put out Oct 09, 2019.

Feb 20, 2025 • 1h 25min
The Fraudi Arabian Prince: Anthony Gignac
This week Johnboy tells the lads of the Colombian street kid who was adopted by American parents and then himself adopted a very royal persona! Anthony Gignac never works a job but always works his hustle of pretending to be a Saudi Prince and along the way he dupes Johnny Cochran, American Express and multiple investors out of millions of dollars! What will stop him??

Feb 13, 2025 • 1h 4min
The Real Captain America: Audie Murphy
This week Aaron treats the lads to the impossibly unlikely tale of the rural scrappy lad that enlisted in the military after Pearl Harbor and became America's most decorated soldier through accomplishing unfathomable feats of bravery against the fascists before taking on fame, Hollywood and the addictions and afflictions of post-war life!

Feb 6, 2025 • 1h 23min
Pinhead Potluck: Stupid F*cking Idiots
This week the boys return with three tales of morons! A-A-Ron brings the miserable miser who hid his wealth in literal feces and ate tainted meat! Matt has the cult who embraced castration via scriptural misinterpretation! John has Russia's empire-ending, catastrophic naval expedition!

Jan 30, 2025 • 1h 12min
Totalitarian Tolerated: Saparmuruat "Turkmenbashi" Niyazov

Jan 23, 2025 • 1h 21min
Vlad The Impaler: Stuck In The Middle Dracul
This week Aaron explores the life, legend and legacy of Vlad Dracula III and the boys explore to what extent the 15th century ruler of Wallachia influenced Bram Stoker's novel! Vlad cuts an equally chilling figure as a daring, sadistic, brutal ruler and military leader - with a flare for unfathomably macabre spectacle!


