Episodes

  • Catholic Insomniac: Tales to Fall Asleep | Ep.1

    Catholic Insomniac: Tales to Fall Asleep | Ep.1
    Aug 8 2025
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    Please consider thanking my VFX artist friend in the comment section for his mesmerizing illustrations.


    In “The Phantom Island,” Washington Irving tells the legend of Don Fernando de Ulmo, a young Portuguese nobleman who is consumed by the mythical Island of the Seven Cities—a legendary land founded by Christian bishops fleeing the Muslim conquest of Spain.
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    30 mins
  • "They Fired Rifles at Her!" Our Lady's Apparition in China

    "They Fired Rifles at Her!" Our Lady's Apparition in China
    Aug 2 2025
    This is the story of a fanatical rebellion in China and how a group of faithful Catholics defended a Cathedral in Peking during a two month siege. It is the historical account of how a heavenly army defended Beitang cathedral in 1900 and is one of the few documented apparitions of Our Lady in China.

    Watch the video: https://youtu.be/giuMpSKPtic

    Bibliography:
    1. Favier, Alphonse, Edited by Joseph Freri. The Heart of Pekin: Bishop A. Favier‘s Diary of the Siege, May-August 1900. Boston: Marlier, 1901. Page 9 & 10.
    2. Mazeau, Henry The Heroine Of Pe-Tang; Helen De Jaurias, Sister Of Charity 1824-1900. Sr. Helen de Jaurias died on August 20, 1900.
    Note from the book: “In China the power of the devil is manifested visibly by the number of persons who are possessed of evil spirits. We often hear Satan speaking by the mouths of possessed people. A holy Missionary, who has been here for 22 years, told me that he heard him declaring through a woman who was possessed that China was his chosen Empire, and that there was not a single spot of this country where he was not worshiped!” They were told (also by the devil) not to build any buildings higher than 99 feet high.
    3. http://www.jesuit.org/wp-content/uploads/Studies_Autumn_09.pdf
    4. J-M Planchet C. M., Documents sur les martyrs de Pekin pendant la persecution des Boxeurs, Peking, Imprimerie des Lazaristes, 1920, p. 101.
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    8 mins
  • LIVE! Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    LIVE! Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
    Jul 26 2025
    Watch the live stream: https://youtube.com/live/gJziFfNAD1o

    In this LIVE episode of the Catholic Men's Podcast we'll go over the Ten Commandments of Chivalry and how it applies to the chilling tale of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" which is told in the Arthurian Legends. I think the tale upholds a beautiful standard of conduct which values honor over life and is a fitting read for any Catholic gentleman who wants to learn how to be a true knight of Christ in these modern times.

    Here's a playlist about real medieval warriors of the Crusades: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1a68IKIffqamCCC1AWajGqnHipE0zjP7


    00:00 Intro
    01:55 Stream Starts
    06:27 Modern Knights in 1915
    07:39 Code of Chivalry
    09:22 Arthurian Legends Show Decline
    10:37 Why This Story is Important
    11:21 Continuing the Story of Sir Gawain
    23:23 Griffin is Fast Asleep
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    22 mins
  • Couldn’t Get This Story Out of My Head

    Couldn’t Get This Story Out of My Head
    Jul 20 2025
    "I Walked with Tolishus" by Ambrose Flack.

    Watch the video: https://youtu.be/PnzU43Y0wK4
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    9 mins
  • "I Am Condemned!" The Most Shocking Funeral in the History of Paris

    "I Am Condemned!" The Most Shocking Funeral in the History of Paris
    Jul 12 2025
    THE CONVERSION OF ST. BRUNO taken from the book, “Hell: If There Is One, What is It, and How to Avoid It” by Monsignor Louis-Gaston de Ségur in 1876.

    "In the life of St. Bruno, founder of the Carthusians, there’s a story which has been studied very thoroughly by the very doctors of the Church, and which presents itself to the most formal criticism of all the historical characters of authenticity; an event that occurred in Paris in the middle of the day, in the presence of many thousands of witnesses, whose details have been collected by its contemporaries, and which has given rise to a great religious Order.

    A famous doctor from the University of Paris named Raymond Diocres had just died, leaving universal admiration among all his students. The year was 1082.

    One of the wisest doctors of that time, known throughout Europe for his science, his talent and his virtues, named Bruno, was then in Paris with four companions, and it became a duty to attend the funeral of the illustrious deceased.
    The body had been laid in the great hall of the Chancellery near the Church of Our Lady, and an immense crowd respectfully surrounded the bed, in which, as is the custom of that time, was exposed the deceased covered with a full face veil..."
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    5 mins
  • Why Protestant Exorcisms Don't Work

    Why Protestant Exorcisms Don't Work
    Jul 5 2025
    THE EXORCISM OF NICOLA AUBREY - Taken from the book The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass by Fr. Michael Muller (Imprimatur: Archbishop McClosky, New York 1884).

    It is indeed a remarkable fact that, as the devil made use of Luther, an apostate monk, to abolish the Mass and deny the Real Presence; in like manner, God made use of His arch-enemy, the devil, to prove the Real Presence. He repeatedly forced him publicly to profess his firm belief in it, to confound the heretics for their disbelief, and acknowledge himself vanquished by Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. For this purpose, God allowed a certain Mme. Nicola Aubrey, an innocent person, to become possessed by Beelzebub and twenty-nine other evil spirits. The possession took place on the eighth of November, 1565, and lasted until the eighth of February, 1566...
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    25 mins
  • This Book Sparked a Worldwide Treasure Hunt in 1979

    This Book Sparked a Worldwide Treasure Hunt in 1979
    Jun 28 2025
    Watch the video to see how to crack the code:
    https://youtu.be/kIbatXw31pM

    British artist Kit Williams published Masquerade, a children's book which combined fantasy storytelling with a real-world treasure hunt. The 1979 book tells a whimsical story about the moon sending a golden hare sculpture as a gift to the sun, with a rabbit named Jack Hare acting as the messenger. However, Jack loses the gift on his journey, and readers are challenged to find it themselves, in real life—prompting a national treasure hunt across Britain. The treasure was real: an 18-karat gold hare adorned with jewels, hidden somewhere in the countryside.
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    7 mins
  • A Story So Good Any Title Would Spoil It

    A Story So Good Any Title Would Spoil It
    Jun 19 2025
    I've been under the weather recently and tonight I just started felling better, so I thought I'd tell you about a listener submitted story which I haven't been able to get out of my head. It's taken from a book called "The Finest Legends of the Rhine" by Wilhelm Ruland. I don't want to spoil the tale by needless explanation so I'll just jump right in to it.

    Watch the video: https://youtu.be/M5CBFbESOXk
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    8 mins