894 Episodes

  1. Pneumatic Tubes: The 'Futuristic' Transport System That's Over 150-Years-Old

    Published: 1/15/2020
  2. Violet Jessop, the Unsinkable Stewardess Who Survived Three Famous Shipwrecks

    Published: 1/9/2020
  3. Abandoned Ship: What Really Happened Aboard the "Mary Celeste"?

    Published: 1/7/2020
  4. That Time America Fell In Love With Competitive Walking

    Published: 1/2/2020
  5. The Weird Stories Behind Your Favorite Christmas Carols

    Published: 12/31/2019
  6. The Time Salvador Dali Partnered with Walt Disney - Part 2

    Published: 12/26/2019
  7. The Time Salvador Dali Partnered with Walt Disney - Part 1

    Published: 12/24/2019
  8. Colonel Blood and the Theft of the Crown Jewels

    Published: 12/19/2019
  9. The Starving Time: When Jamestown Colonists Turned Cannibal, Part 2

    Published: 12/17/2019
  10. The Starving Time: When Jamestown Colonists Turned Cannibal, Part 1

    Published: 12/12/2019
  11. The Strange Tradition that Forced Everyone in New York to Move House on the Same Day

    Published: 12/10/2019
  12. French Waiters Once Had to Strike for Their Right to Wear Mustaches

    Published: 12/5/2019
  13. The Honey Trap: Sex in Espionage Throughout History

    Published: 12/3/2019
  14. The Weird, Weird History of Shipping: Part 2

    Published: 11/28/2019
  15. The Weird, Weird History of Shipping: Part 1

    Published: 11/26/2019
  16. Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Who Called Out the Hypocrisy of Slavery, Part 2

    Published: 11/21/2019
  17. Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Who Called Out the Hypocrisy of Slavery, Part 1

    Published: 11/19/2019
  18. How Bertha Heyman Conned Her Way Into Show Business

    Published: 11/14/2019
  19. That Time Germany Got Obsessed With Polar Bear Photos

    Published: 11/12/2019
  20. Rose Mackenberg: Houdini's Ghostbuster

    Published: 11/7/2019

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History is beautiful, brutal and, often, ridiculous. Join Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown as they dive into some of the weirdest stories from across the span of human civilization in Ridiculous History, a podcast by iHeartRadio.