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 a

(Rerelease) Eccentric Media IV - Juiced

8 days ago 54m 5s

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

Harlem’s Crime Renaissance: Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson

15 days ago 1h 14m

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

Eccentric Media Sweet 16: Tony Little; Kill Yourself

22 days ago 2h 28m

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

The Fourth World: Jack Kirby Part 2

29 days ago 2h 20m

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!

I Know A Gangster When I See It: Jack Kirby Part 1

Mar 21st, 2024 2h 6m

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

The Crime Boss Top Cop and the Rebel Thief: Jonathan Wilde and Jack Sheppard

Mar 14th, 2024 1h 34m

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

Patreon Preview: Egg Cream

Mar 7th, 2024 1h 30m

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 Ru

Brothers of The Claw: The Von Erich’s Reign

Feb 29th, 2024 2h 3m

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!

Did Ya Like That?: Fred Dibnah

Feb 22nd, 2024 2h 20m

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 pub

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

Feb 15th, 2024 1h 47m

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 presidenti

One Man Political Machine: Huey “The Kingfish” Long (Part 1)

Feb 8th, 2024 1h 22m

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

Eccentric Media XV: A Step Too Far

Feb 1st, 2024 2h 7m

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

Otto Skorzeny: The Most Dangerous Man In Europe

Jan 25th, 2024 1h 52m

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 Israe

Bat Masterson: The Best Of The Worst

Jan 18th, 2024 2h 34m

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

The Rocketbelt Rejects Part 2

Jan 11th, 2024 1h 56m

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 scr

The Rocketbelt Rejects Part 1

Jan 4th, 2024 1h 58m

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

Cheap Shots: Rick “Elvis” Parker

Dec 21st, 2023 2h 29m

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 Ge

Josip “Tito” Broz Part 2: Cult Of Personality

Dec 14th, 2023 1h 48m

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 u

Josip “Tito” Broz Part 1: Dancer

Dec 7th, 2023 1h 10m

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 bet

(Rerelease) The Chinese Pirate Empress: Ching Shih

Nov 30th, 2023 1h 23m

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

Kit Cavanaugh And Lady Betty: Rogue Irish Women With A Body Count

Nov 23rd, 2023 1h 20m

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 e

(Rerelease) The New Coke Catastrophe and The Bank Robbing, Drug Dealing MMA Fighter

Nov 16th, 2023 1h 21m

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

(Rerelease) Jack Parsons

Nov 9th, 2023 1h 2m

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.

The Rebel Thief: Martin “The General” Cahill

Nov 2nd, 2023 1h 17m

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 f