Profiles In Eccentricity Podcast
1) The Eccentric's Eccentric: John Huston
This week the lads are joined by Craig Hammill of Secret Movie Club Podcast to discuss the life and work of the maverick film director John Huston! We discuss the banned WW2 documentaries, Huston's ma...Show More
2) From The Vault: Manufacturing Cadavers: The Burke And Hare Murders
Johnboy tells the lads about the tawdry, tasteless, tacky saga of the men who killed lodgers and drifters in 19th century Edinburgh to gain measly sums selling the bodies to anatomical scientists all ...Show More
3) Decadence and Desperation in Storyville: Tom Anderson, Emma Johnson and Lulu White
This week Matt walks us through the history of New Orleans madams and sex workers and the men who enhanced, empowered and enabled their trade in the illegal sex trade with all of the brutality and hyp...Show More
Decadence and Desperation in Storyville: Tom Anderson, Emma Johnson and Lulu White
1:52:12 | Dec 11th, 2025
4) The Wandering Wonder of Johnny Appleseed
This week Aaron chronicles the mythic American folk hero's life and practices of piety, generosity and peaceful westward expansion of the United States all while barefoot and wearing a tin pot hat, bu...Show More
5) From The Vault: Everybody Hates This Guy: Charles J. Guiteau
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 tryin...Show More
6) The Misfit Maestro: Ed Wood
This week Johnboy unravels the myth and tragic history of the "worst director" and finds a dreamer who unites a motley crew of oddballs and creates a legacy of B-movie legend amidst the backdrop of Ho...Show More
7) Movement, Momentum, Mystery: Louis Le Prince Part Two
This week Matt concludes the saga of film pioneer Louis LePrince! As the 20th century draws near, several inventors are on the cusp of making motion pictures a reality. Louis has patents in place that...Show More
8) Louis Le Prince: Pioneer of Film Part One
This week Matt begins the life of an artist who found inspiration from his family friend Louis Daguerre, an early pioneer of photography, before war in France led him to work in England where he incre...Show More
9) Gilles de Rais: The Faithful Sadist
This week Aaron details the life of a famed French knight, a comrade of Joan of Arc, a practitioner of black magic and a big time murderer, Gilles de Rais! We follow his poor upbringing, lavish banque...Show More
10) Canadian Biker Wars Part Two: Maurice "Mom" Boucher
This week Johnboy returns to the Rock Machine/Hells Angels conflict known as The Quebec Biker War with a focus on the Montreal leader whose cunning, ruthlessness and daring made him the most famous cr...Show More