James O'Brien's Mystery Hour

If you've ever wondered "why", then this is the hour for you. Sometimes simple, sometimes intelligent, but almost always entertaining, probably the best hour of radio you could ever download!

Cats, dogs and... ferrets?
Apr 24, 2025 – 49:14
Where do the rocket boosters end up?
Apr 17, 2025 – 49:36
Why don't you get savoury drinks?
Apr 10, 2025 – 48:02
What does my phone know about me?
Apr 3, 2025 – 47:49
Red sky at night, shepherd's delight
Mar 27, 2025 – 47:09
Cinnamon sneezes and soggy biscuits
Mar 20, 2025 – 48:33
A lot of horsing around
Mar 13, 2025 – 47:54
How we know the colours of dinosaurs
Mar 6, 2025 – 49:15
I haven't got the physics
Feb 27, 2025 – 47:57
Mountains and molehills
Feb 20, 2025 – 46:02
Eating the same breakfast over and over again
Feb 13, 2025 – 47:41
Some smells are better than others
Jan 30, 2025 – 47:15
The greater and lesser spotted
Jan 23, 2025 – 47:35
You end up with a fish at the end
Jan 16, 2025 – 48:47
Isn't that a motoring question?
Jan 9, 2025 – 46:51
Why is there only one human species?
Dec 19, 2024 – 48:58
Sandwiches are for WIMPS
Dec 12, 2024 – 50:35
Where do those babies come from?
Dec 5, 2024 – 48:59
I can see a rainbow
Nov 28, 2024 – 46:32
What counts as 'old skool'?
Nov 21, 2024 – 51:28
Simples or haggis?
Nov 14, 2024 – 48:38
Why are so many barbers Turkish?
Nov 7, 2024 – 48:53
Slugs up mountains
Oct 31, 2024 – 48:22
Has it got windier?
Oct 24, 2024 – 42:02
Who washes planes?
Oct 17, 2024 – 49:18
Why is boarding a plane so chaotic?
Oct 10, 2024 – 48:21
Caller has lots of apologising to do
Oct 3, 2024 – 47:08
Being rubbish at physics is not funny
Sep 26, 2024 – 46:05
Can Cats and Dogs Feel Embarrassed?
Sep 19, 2024 – 46:28
Can you copyright recipes?
Sep 12, 2024 – 45:57
Queen Victoria's underwear up for auction
Sep 5, 2024 – 45:51
'Don't call me baby', a pigeon's rendition
Aug 29, 2024 – 51:01
How did humans... do yeast?
Aug 22, 2024 – 49:47
Why won't automatic doors hurry up?
Aug 15, 2024 – 47:43
Something about knots and shoelaces?
Aug 8, 2024 – 49:04
Can we hear the sun?
Jul 18, 2024 – 50:22
Strong opinions on tennis balls
Jul 11, 2024 – 50:12
Gangsters and their toothpicks
Jul 4, 2024 – 47:55
So what exactly is Beagling?
Jun 20, 2024 – 47:18
Politicians and their gestures
Jun 6, 2024 – 49:47
Mould in my maple syrup
May 23, 2024 – 48:27
Why aren't surgeons Drs?
May 16, 2024 – 47:16
Nobody has ever asked this
May 9, 2024 – 47:15
Hay scattering across the motorway
May 2, 2024 – 46:25
What makes stuff sticky?
Apr 25, 2024 – 49:24
Do lawyers everywhere wear wigs?
Apr 18, 2024 – 46:30
Why are pheasants so stupid?
Apr 11, 2024 – 50:42
Is my phone listening to me?
Apr 4, 2024 – 50:27
They smuggled through some nonsense!
Mar 28, 2024 – 44:57
How can a celibate monk teach sex ed?
Mar 21, 2024 – 46:57

Recent Reviews

wfhvjhdbkuf

Great show!

Wonderfully entertaining, brilliant mate!
Going

Wonderful.

A brilliant, empathetic host. I admire everything he does. This show is pure joy.
Takeoutblonde

Amazing

An amazing show with an amazing host. ❤️❤️❤️
Sean O'Skea

Excellent

I came across JOB on YouTube talking about Brexit and got hooked to his political talk. Went to the LBC website looking for more and discovered the Mystery Hour archive and fell in love! I was devistaed when a week or two later they disapeared off LBC but was overjoyed to see the entire archive apear here on I-Tunes! Delightful, funny informative, adictive. You get to know the regular callers like reccuring characters on a sit-com. Love it when James make a pun that goes right over the caller's head. Total antidote for the news of the day.
Greg BIS1

You will no more

Guaranteed
Mummy.the.girl

James is genuine, hilarious and quite smart

Such a weekly treat, listen on the LBC app live and you can listen all over the world live and even contribute!
Idelest

One day I’ll wake up early to listen to this in America.

wish we had people like JOB here. This podcast is awesome I went back and listened to all of them every single one. I’m much smarter and have laughed out loud many a time.
Leah8675309

Highlight of my week

Always lightens my mood ❤️
Hive tender

Brilliant!

Totally bril! Wish there were more back episodes. Getting current with my British insults....prune....cabbage....prat. Osmosis!
MattKC_1

How can I possibly be only 2nd review for this amazing show?

I live in Kansas City and am not able to listen to the show live. James, you are the man! I have listened to the entire archive. If I could ask you a Mystery Hour question it would be “James, why on God’s green earth do you only have two iTunes reviews for this masterpiece of programming?”. Get in people! Matt Johnson - P.S. Thank you for all of the giggles.
Ryan O'Byrne

Hilarious

I listen live via the LBC app. Being in Texas, it's at 6am, but it's perfect for my commute to work. The show is very funny: I love how James interacts with the callers.
Mean Luke Green

I'm infatuated.

I think this show is just brilliant. It's like bull sh**ting with the multitude. Everyone has a theory on anything. I just wish I could get it on the radio on New York so I could spread my own unique tidbits. It's as equal a joy to hear other people voice the wandering questions I've had myself as it is to hear the other musings that cross the minds of my fellow humans. Cross their minds, double back, stand there hopelessly and finally ask for directions. I'll listen to this show to gain new information, but also to hear what people actually consider information. It is history in the most directly sociological way.