Ridiculous History
A podcast by iHeartPodcasts
907 Episodes
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Colonel Blood and the Theft of the Crown Jewels
Published: 19/12/2019 -
The Starving Time: When Jamestown Colonists Turned Cannibal, Part 2
Published: 17/12/2019 -
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: 10/12/2019 -
French Waiters Once Had to Strike for Their Right to Wear Mustaches
Published: 05/12/2019 -
The Honey Trap: Sex in Espionage Throughout History
Published: 03/12/2019 -
The Weird, Weird History of Shipping: Part 2
Published: 28/11/2019 -
The Weird, Weird History of Shipping: Part 1
Published: 26/11/2019 -
Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Who Called Out the Hypocrisy of Slavery, Part 2
Published: 21/11/2019 -
Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Who Called Out the Hypocrisy of Slavery, Part 1
Published: 19/11/2019 -
How Bertha Heyman Conned Her Way Into Show Business
Published: 14/11/2019 -
That Time Germany Got Obsessed With Polar Bear Photos
Published: 12/11/2019 -
Rose Mackenberg: Houdini's Ghostbuster
Published: 07/11/2019 -
Science and Spiritualism: Why were ghost stories so popular in the 1800s?
Published: 05/11/2019 -
John of Bohemia, the Blind King Who Charged Into Battle
Published: 01/11/2019 -
Kakigōri: The Story of Japan's Famous Shaved Ice
Published: 30/10/2019 -
John Edmonstone: The Man Who Trained Darwin
Published: 25/10/2019 -
The Death of Luxury Air Travel
Published: 22/10/2019 -
The Bizarre Capitulation of Stettin
Published: 17/10/2019 -
John Wilkes Booth's Brother Saved Abraham Lincoln's Son
Published: 16/10/2019
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.