Ridiculous History

894 Episodes

1. Science and Spiritualism: Why were ghost stories so popular in the 1800s?

   Published: 11/5/2019
2. John of Bohemia, the Blind King Who Charged Into Battle

   Published: 11/1/2019
3. Kakigōri: The Story of Japan's Famous Shaved Ice

   Published: 10/30/2019
4. John Edmonstone: The Man Who Trained Darwin

   Published: 10/25/2019
5. The Death of Luxury Air Travel

   Published: 10/22/2019
6. The Bizarre Capitulation of Stettin

   Published: 10/17/2019
7. John Wilkes Booth's Brother Saved Abraham Lincoln's Son

   Published: 10/16/2019
8. John Clem: The 12-year Old Civil War Hero

   Published: 10/10/2019
9. Christopher Columbus Was Such A Jerk That Even Spain Turned Against Him

   Published: 10/8/2019
10. The Kaiser’s Plan to Invade the United States

    Published: 10/3/2019
11. How Uncle Tom's Cabin Became One of the Most Popular Books in China

    Published: 10/1/2019
12. Tom Watson Gordy: How One Uncle’s Adventures Inspired Jimmy Carter to Join the Navy

    Published: 9/27/2019
13. Teddy Bears, Rhinos, Safari and Everywhere Else: A Conversation with Daniel Scheffler

    Published: 9/24/2019
14. The Gaspee Affair: Rhode Island’s Revolutionary “Tea Party”

    Published: 9/19/2019
15. Otto Rahn, The Nazi Occultist Who Hated Nazis and Inspired Indiana Jones

    Published: 9/17/2019
16. 4 Times Women in the US Were Actually Arrested for Wearing Pants

    Published: 9/13/2019
17. Sir Francis Drake and the Great Iowa Swindle

    Published: 9/10/2019
18. Around the World in a Model T: The Story of Aloha Wanderwell

    Published: 9/5/2019
19. Why George Washington is Huge in Barbados

    Published: 9/3/2019
20. John Willis Menard: The First African American Elected To US Congress

    Published: 8/30/2019