Profiles In Eccentricity

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.

Everybody Hates This Guy: Charles J. Guiteau 05/16/2024

Everybody Hates This Guy: Charles J. Guiteau 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! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/31333357

Big Baby Business: Georgia Tann 05/09/2024

Big Baby Business: Georgia Tann /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/31205567

The Death Mask Murder: Andrew Crispo Part 2 05/02/2024

The Death Mask Murder: Andrew Crispo Part 2 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! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/31092808

Sketchy Socialite: Andrew Crispo Part 1 04/25/2024

Sketchy Socialite: Andrew Crispo Part 1 This week we are joined by fan favorite Joe Kaye to begin exploring the tale of the orphan who ingratiated himself into the elite world of art during a time when gay culture was burgeoning in New York City and Andrew was keeping business fast and loose! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/30988898

(Rerelease) Eccentric Media IV - Juiced 04/18/2024

(Rerelease) Eccentric Media IV - Juiced In light of recent events we revisit an old patreon media episode: Our friend Nisa Ward joins us to talk about being duped into appearing in O.J. Simpsons’s TV prank show and John fills in with background on Juiced, the strangest and trashiest television show ever created. /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/30891188

Harlem’s Crime Renaissance: Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson 04/11/2024

Harlem’s Crime Renaissance: Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson This week Johnboy shares the story of “Bumpy” Johnson’s rise to power in the world of crime, taking on established Jewish and Italian gangsters, entertaining fame, women, celebrity and prison time after starting as a small plucky kid who might just cut your face! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/30787723

Eccentric Media Sweet 16: Tony Little; Kill Yourself 04/04/2024

Eccentric Media Sweet 16: Tony Little; Kill Yourself This week the lads collide with another smorgasbord of clips from the halls of miscellany with odd ads from Jack In The Box, a far too open interview with Vincent Gallo, Orson Welles remembering his time with Churchill and so much more!! Links to all media available on Patreon. /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/30686433

The Fourth World: Jack Kirby Part 2 03/28/2024

The Fourth World: Jack Kirby Part 2 This week Aaron concludes the biography of Jack “The King” Kirby with his trading talent to Marvel and DC, creating too many iconic heroes and villains to count and playing a pivotal role in an international spy ruse that saved American lives! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/30586458

I Know A Gangster When I See It: Jack Kirby Part 1 03/21/2024

I Know A Gangster When I See It: Jack Kirby Part 1 This week Aaron enthralls the lads with the beginnings of the comic book legend who came from immigrant parents to selling millions of copies of his creation Captain America before being drafted into the Second World War and returning to comics and finding himself at the mercy of exploitative publishers once again! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/30484353

The Crime Boss Top Cop and the Rebel Thief: Jonathan Wilde and Jack Sheppard 03/14/2024

The Crime Boss Top Cop and the Rebel Thief: Jonathan Wilde and Jack Sheppard This week Johnboy treats the lads to the tale of London’s earliest policing, which was run by a stolen goods thief and fence who secretly organized theft into a scam that saw victims and thieves taxed alike to his benefit, before a rogue thief and routine prison escapee beloved by the public brought his reign to a bitter end! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/30369568

Patreon Preview: Egg Cream 03/07/2024

Patreon Preview: Egg Cream We had to take this week off, so we decided to drop an old patreon episode if anyone wanted to get a sense of what those episodes are like! This one is the introduction of some of our favorite characters... "We talk about a bad date and some Russian opera, but this one is really dominated by a couple of Southern Gentlemen." Join us at: /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/30267483

Brothers of The Claw: The Von Erich’s Reign 02/29/2024

Brothers of The Claw: The Von Erich’s Reign This week Matt tells the boys of the saga of the Von Erich family of wrestlers from their heights in international superstardom to their downfall laden with tragedy chronicled in the motion picture The Iron Claw! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/30177788

Did Ya Like That?: Fred Dibnah 02/22/2024

Did Ya Like That?: Fred Dibnah This week Matt treats the lads to the story of a chimney repairman, or steeplejack, chronicled by the BBC in Northern England who became a national celebrity for his nerve, stubbornness, ingenuity in steam technology and resonance with the public in the shifting times of Britain economically, culturally and politically as a total weirdo! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/30070873

Do Good; Have Power: Huey “The Kingfish” Long (Part 2) 02/15/2024

Do Good; Have Power: Huey “The Kingfish” Long (Part 2) This week Johnboy continues the saga of the left-wing demagogue of Louisiana first as he ascends to the US Senate and pushes FDR to go further with the New Deal by next entering the Great Depression era political fray by running as a presidential candidate while keeping an iron grip on Louisiana affairs that pushes political opponents to openly call for his assassination! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/29960613

One Man Political Machine: Huey “The Kingfish” Long (Part 1) 02/08/2024

One Man Political Machine: Huey “The Kingfish” Long (Part 1) This week Johnboy tells the lads about a poor boy from Louisiana who saw poverty and injustice as a youth and single-handedly built a political movement that would begin to rapidly transform the state the minute he became governor - but is his grip on power too tight? /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/29861883

Eccentric Media XV: A Step Too Far 02/01/2024

Eccentric Media XV: A Step Too Far This week the boys are back with a slew of clips and media miscellany once again and we’ve got the exclusive on a new Spider-Man movie that leans explicit, the skinny on the subversive art of Melrose Place, a film littered with big cats mauling the actors and so much more! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/29759963

Otto Skorzeny: The Most Dangerous Man In Europe 01/25/2024

Otto Skorzeny: The Most Dangerous Man In Europe This week Aaron enthralls the lads with the story of a bodyguard of Hitler who went on to liberate Mussolini from imprisonment and engineer Nazi commando operations before the post war era would see him conduct operations on behalf of the Israelis! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/29652228

Bat Masterson: The Best Of The Worst 01/18/2024

Bat Masterson: The Best Of The Worst This week handsome Matt brings us the tale of the legendary Wild West lawman Bat Masterson, from his beginnings in Buffalo hunting to the 20th century boxing ring with the legendary myths of his days as a man on both sides of the law leading to only more questions of right and wrong and power and freedom to befuddle us all! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/29548858

The Rocketbelt Rejects Part 2 01/11/2024

The Rocketbelt Rejects Part 2 This week Johnboy and the lads conclude the saga of the Rocketbelt 2000 or “Pretty Bird” by taking on the voices of the slimy characters involved! Hammer attacks, kidnapping, police corruption and murder all make appearances in the ruthless scramble to attain the most useless invention on earth! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/29448433

The Rocketbelt Rejects Part 1 01/04/2024

The Rocketbelt Rejects Part 1 This week Johnboy shares the story of the rocketbelt, from its fictional beginnings in science fiction in literature and film before engineers and the military brought it to life - sort of! From Nazi rocket scientists to a few guys at the back of a car stereo plaza; behold the rocketbelt rejects! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/29333963

Cheap Shots: Rick “Elvis” Parker 12/21/2023

Cheap Shots: Rick “Elvis” Parker This week Matt brings us into the seedy world of professional boxing promotion in the 80’s and 90’s with a Kenny Powersesque scumbag that corrupted the sport in every way! From bribing and poisoning his own fighters while currying favor with George Foreman and Don King, Rick Parker became so loathesome that it brought on his own murder! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/29177828

Josip “Tito” Broz Part 2: Cult Of Personality 12/14/2023

Josip “Tito” Broz Part 2: Cult Of Personality This week Johnboy concludes the saga of Yugoslavia’s long-reigning communist dictator, Tito! We see Josip Broz liberate the country from the Nazi occupation, exile the monarchy, survive multiple assassination attempts from Stalin and create a unique economic, cultural and geopolitical landscape all singularly Tito! Sources: https://www.slobodenpecat.mk/en/foto-site-zheni-koi-neuspeale-da-mu-odoleat-na-tito/ https://medium.com/@_lommol_/the-cult-of-tito-8907a0b4ff28 https://www.barrons. com/news/five-things-about-tito-thefather-of-communist-yugoslavia-01588211703 https://yugotour.com/blog/tito-leader/ https://www.kristinalang.uk/post/five-loves-of-josip-broztito-pet-ljubavi-josipa-broza-tita https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/partisan_fighters 01.shtml#: https ://www.youtube.com/watch_?v=9goS_1_n_HM_-E&t= 708s https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,868972,00.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josip_Broz_Tito https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslavia_and_the_NonAlignedMovement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav_training_ship_Galeb https://rm.coe.int/079317-queer-in-europe-during-thesecond-world-war-web-web/16808e4a53 /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/29074853

Josip “Tito” Broz Part 1: Dancer 12/07/2023

Josip “Tito” Broz Part 1: Dancer This week from the new studio Johnboy brings the tale of the future communist dictator of Yugoslavia, Tito, as he endures, eludes and deftly dances through battles, purges, revolutions, strikes, prison terms and life as a political fugitive between two world wars! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/28967803

(Rerelease) The Chinese Pirate Empress: Ching Shih 11/30/2023

(Rerelease) The Chinese Pirate Empress: Ching Shih Due to sickness we have to drop another old favorite this week. From the archives: 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 massive fleet of men and vessels at her whim. But first, Matt treats us to the absurdly sad and stupid saga of the Ketchum brothers, the doomed train robbers who idolized Jesse James. /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/28852908

Kit Cavanaugh And Lady Betty: Rogue Irish Women With A Body Count 11/23/2023

Kit Cavanaugh And Lady Betty: Rogue Irish Women With A Body Count Subbing for the fetching Aaron Pita we are joined by the gorgeous queen Laura Crawford, as Matt brings the tale of one Irish woman who braved endless war to find her husband -IN DRAG - and another who used their filicide to become a legendary executioner! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/28754508

(Rerelease) The New Coke Catastrophe and The Bank Robbing, Drug Dealing MMA Fighter 11/16/2023

(Rerelease) The New Coke Catastrophe and The Bank Robbing, Drug Dealing MMA Fighter This episode our guest Radiston Zahariev tells the story of a tough guy from London that laid out his dad, became a gang leader, drug dealer and bank robber, who terrified police in addition to being an amateur UFC fighter that infamously laid out Toto Ortiz in a bar! But first, John drops the sad, bizarre saga and legacy of the launch of New Coke by Coca-Cola. /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/28667473

(Rerelease) Jack Parsons 11/09/2023

(Rerelease) Jack Parsons Sex! Drugs! Rocketry! We flip the script this week as Aaron performs his first profile on the magickal, perverse and cameo-laden life of renegade rocket scientist Jack Parsons. /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/28562873

The Rebel Thief: Martin “The General” Cahill 11/02/2023

The Rebel Thief: Martin “The General” Cahill This week Johnboy shares the story of celebrity Irish criminal Martin Cahill and his exploits in stealing from a young age to becoming the greatest thief in Irish history and cultivating an image that showed his absolute disdain for authority from the bedroom to the courtroom before a bid with paramilitaries led to his demise! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/28456247

Top Tier Madams: Ada and Minna Everleigh 10/26/2023

Top Tier Madams: Ada and Minna Everleigh This week Matt brings us the story of Ada and Minna Everleigh and into their high class brothel, the Everleigh Club! Kick off a shoe and pour yourself some champagne and hear a story of gangsters, politicians, top tier sex service and a moral outcry that ruined everything! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/28402589

Nobody Cares, Your Highness: James A Harden-Hickey 10/19/2023

Nobody Cares, Your Highness: James A Harden-Hickey This week Johnboy treats the lads to the tale of a man who declared himself king of a tiny island in the middle of the ocean, his French aristocracy roots, his planned revenge against the British after they took his island from him and of course, his guide to suicide! /episode/index/show/535c71df-699c-448e-b74c-a41785563b0a/id/28348085

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