Profiles In Eccentricity

This week Matt profiles a time and place! The Mississippi River in the early 1800s takes in crime, geological aberrations, natural disasters and local politics in fascinating ways and identifies river folk as their own unique breed!

Explore the scandalous life of Porfirio Rubirosa Ariza, a charismatic Latin lover with a reputation for his legendary anatomy and extravagant lifestyle. Delve into his forbidden love affairs, diplomatic adventures, and scandalous relationships with wealthy women, offering a glimpse into a bygone era of glamour and mystery.

This week Matt shares the story of three Polish American boys- Butch, Pops and Peanuts -who grew up poor in Chicago, stealing food to survive and later went on to be responsible for some of the largest robberies in American history with endless arrests, schemes, bribes, chases, prison terms, bullet wounds, and heists in between!

This week Johnboy shares the story of the chain-smoking combative talk show host that courted controversy and violence in the brief time his show soared in popularity before burning out abruptly!

We're off this week, but here's a little extra episode from our patreon. We talk wild nature, porn blocking, bee facts, SBF, and more. Only $5 per month. Find us at https://www.patreon.com/profilesineccentricity

This week Aaron treats the lads to the far out ideas of John Kellogg, from his progressive ideas about diet, cleanliness and exercise to his problematic notions about sex, genetics and masturbation prevention through genital mutilation! 

This week Johnboy assembles a team of vengeance-driven eccentric characters from the recent past, including a 60s femme fatale film star, an abused-child-turned-abuser-hunter and a man with a chip on his shoulder, meth in his system, and the know-how to wage a one man war on the town that let him down! 

This week Matt tells the lads about the delusional, lazy, universally-loathed narcissist who failed his way through several industries before landing in Republican politics - failing at that as well - and trying to finally attain success as the assassin of President Garfield!

This week Johnboy shares the terrifying story of a woman whose disregard of the poor and greed led her to build a criminal empire in the world of adoption, leading to abuse, death and displacement for thousands of families - including a few notable famed individuals!

In the finale of Matt’s Crispo saga, we see drug paranoia mixed with the heights of access, sycophantic sadists and power play into cruel sexual fantasies that lead to a dark crime that bears little justice and darker implications for society as a whole. Plus Joe Kaye!