Ridiculous History
A podcast by iHeartPodcasts
901 Episodes
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Erasto Mpemba: The High School Student Who Disproved Thermodynamics
Published: 2/6/2020 -
The Straw Hat Riots of 1922
Published: 2/5/2020 -
The Legend of Tarrare, the Insatiable Glutton Who Ate a Quarter of a Cow Daily
Published: 1/31/2020 -
Why Genghis Khan's Great-Great Granddaughter Was Just as Badass
Published: 1/29/2020 -
That Time Ernest Hemingway's Younger Brother Started His Own Country
Published: 1/24/2020 -
The Ersatz Wild West Shootouts of Palisade, Nevada
Published: 1/22/2020 -
The Great Goldfish Gulping Craze That (For Some Reason) Swept America
Published: 1/16/2020 -
Pneumatic Tubes: The 'Futuristic' Transport System That's Over 150-Years-Old
Published: 1/15/2020 -
Violet Jessop, the Unsinkable Stewardess Who Survived Three Famous Shipwrecks
Published: 1/9/2020 -
Abandoned Ship: What Really Happened Aboard the "Mary Celeste"?
Published: 1/7/2020 -
That Time America Fell In Love With Competitive Walking
Published: 1/2/2020 -
The Weird Stories Behind Your Favorite Christmas Carols
Published: 12/31/2019 -
The Time Salvador Dali Partnered with Walt Disney - Part 2
Published: 12/26/2019 -
The Time Salvador Dali Partnered with Walt Disney - Part 1
Published: 12/24/2019 -
Colonel Blood and the Theft of the Crown Jewels
Published: 12/19/2019 -
The Starving Time: When Jamestown Colonists Turned Cannibal, Part 2
Published: 12/17/2019 -
The Starving Time: When Jamestown Colonists Turned Cannibal, Part 1
Published: 12/12/2019 -
The Strange Tradition that Forced Everyone in New York to Move House on the Same Day
Published: 12/10/2019 -
French Waiters Once Had to Strike for Their Right to Wear Mustaches
Published: 12/5/2019 -
The Honey Trap: Sex in Espionage Throughout History
Published: 12/3/2019
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.