Ridiculous History
A podcast by iHeartPodcasts
908 Episodes
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The Nature of Ephemera, with Alex Williams
Published: 28/05/2019 -
The Return of Listener Mail
Published: 23/05/2019 -
That Time Ohio and Michigan Almost Went To War
Published: 21/05/2019 -
The Rise and Fall of Local Scrip: Alternative Currencies of the Great Depression
Published: 16/05/2019 -
The Attack of the Japanese Balloon Bombs
Published: 14/05/2019 -
Marie Antoinette and the Diamond Necklace Hoax
Published: 09/05/2019 -
Nosy Boraha: The Pirate's Paradise (And Cemetery)
Published: 07/05/2019 -
How the Black Death Came To Norway On A Ghost Ship
Published: 02/05/2019 -
Susanna Caroline Matilda: The Colonial Grifter Princess
Published: 30/04/2019 -
History's Weirdest Flexes, Part 2
Published: 25/04/2019 -
History's Weirdest Flexes, Part 1
Published: 23/04/2019 -
How Robert 'The Fastest Knife in the West End' Liston Conducted a Surgery With a 300% Mortality Rate
Published: 18/04/2019 -
How Oliver Cromwell Got Executed Several Years After His Death
Published: 16/04/2019 -
Hong Xiuquan: The Younger Brother of Jesus Christ Who Led a Bloody Rebellion in China
Published: 11/04/2019 -
How Big Bill Speakman Fought Off North Korea With Beer Bottles
Published: 09/04/2019 -
Teddy Roosevelt May Just Have Saved Modern (American) Football
Published: 04/04/2019 -
Prohibition, Prescriptions and the Rise of 'Medicinal' Booze
Published: 02/04/2019 -
Did Robert E. Lee hate Confederate Memorials?
Published: 28/03/2019 -
California Schoolchildren and the Great Squirrel War
Published: 26/03/2019 -
When West Virginia Begged the USSR for Foreign Aid
Published: 21/03/2019
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.