Weird History

The Hidden History of the World's Oldest Vending Machine Scam, Why People in the Middle Ages Thought Beavers Bit Off Their Own Testicles, and The Town That Turned a Bear Into a Police Officer

28 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comExplore the bizarre intersections of belief, deception, and institutional absurdity throughout history in ...

The Hidden Graveyard Beneath New York’s Washington Square Park, The Hidden History of the World’s First Recorded Serial Killer, and The Mystery of the Skeleton Found Sitting in a London Wall

22 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comUncover the eerie remnants lurking beneath the surface of everyday life in this captivating episode of Wei...

The Weaponized Plague Letters of the 1600s, The Emperor Who Declared Himself God—Then Married His Horse, and The Mystery of the Skeleton Found Sitting in a London Wall

15 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comIn this episode of Weird History, we dive into the absurd extremes of human behavior and belief that have ...

The Scottish Cannibal Family That Lived in a Cave for 25 Years, The Forgotten Border War Between the U.S. and Canada, and The Inventor Who Died Testing His Own Bulletproof Cloth

01 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comPrepare to journey through the strange and macabre corridors of history in this episode of Weird History. ...

The Town That Accidentally Celebrated the End of the Wrong War, The 1800s Hoax That Claimed the Moon Was Inhabited, and The Forgotten Cult That Worshipped Electricity

23 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com🔒 Want the full experience? Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and access to everyth...

Why People in the Middle Ages Thought Beavers Bit Off Their Own Testicles, How the French Tried to Measure the Earth With a Giant Stick, and The Time People Feared Tomatoes Were Poisonous

17 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.combeyond the realm of science. They served as a reminder of the tenacity required to push the boundaries of ...

Emperor Norton: San Francisco’s Self-Proclaimed Emperor, The Time the U.S. Tried to Train Dolphins for War, and The French Soldier Who Could Eat Anything—Literally

10 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Forgotten Utopia Where Everything Was Free, How a Con Man Built a Pyramid Scheme Around a Real Pyramid, and The Ghost Army of World War II

03 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comIn this episode of Weird History, we delve into the fascinating and absurd corners of human ambition and d...

The Forgotten Egyptian Who May Have Discovered Electricity, The Mystery of the People Who Disappeared Into the Sky, and The Surgeon Who Performed a Self-Amputation With No Anesthesia

30 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comVenture into the shadows of history where bizarre tales challenge our understanding of human ingenuity, su...

When Sparrows Were Hunted, Napoleon Was Exiled, and a River Died

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comHistory is filled with unsettling discoveries that refuse to stay buried. In this episode of Weird History...

Exploding Pants, the Great Moon Hoax, and the First Serial Killer Hotel in History

06 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

⁠https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com⁠History is filled with unsettling discoveries that refuse to stay buried. In this episode of Weird H...

Funeral Rivers, Buried Palaces, and the Man Who Preserved His Wife

01 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comHistory is filled with unsettling discoveries that refuse to stay buried. In this episode of Weird History...

The King Who Fought the Ocean, the Typo That Almost Started a War, and the Medieval Beaver Myth

01 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comHistory is filled with unsettling discoveries that refuse to stay buried. In this episode of Weird History...

Funeral Rivers, Buried Palaces, and the Man Who Preserved His Wife

01 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com History is filled with unsettling discoveries that refuse to stay buried. In this episode of Weird Histor...

The King Who Fought the Ocean, the Typo That Almost Started a War, and the Medieval Beaver Myth

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com History is filled with unsettling discoveries that refuse to stay buried. In this episode of Weird Histor...

Self-Testing Inventors, Explosive Plots, and the Prison with a Royal Butler

12 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comHistory is filled with unsettling discoveries that refuse to stay buried. In this episode of Weird History...

Self-Testing Inventors, Explosive Plots, and the Prison with a Royal Butler

12 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com History is filled with unsettling discoveries that refuse to stay buried. In this episode of Weird Histor...

Strange Impostors, Impossible Survivals, and the Most Brazen Con in History

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.comHistory is filled with unsettling discoveries that refuse to stay buried. In this episode of Weird History...

The Monastery That Claimed to Have a Dragon Skull, The Medieval Tax on Beards—and the Riots It Caused, & How Ancient Olympic Athletes Cheated—And Got Away With It

30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com History is filled with unsettling discoveries that refuse to stay buried. In this episode of Weird Histor...

The Pope Who Resigned by Dressing as a Monk, The Forgotten Cult That Worshipped Electricity, and The Day the Sun Rose Twice

23 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com History is filled with unsettling discoveries that refuse to stay buried. In this episode of Weird Histor...

The French Soldier Who Could Eat Anything—Literally, The Island That Declared War on Germany—and Won, and The Victorian ‘Cure’ That Involved Sitting on Radioactive Sand

15 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com History is filled with unsettling discoveries that refuse to stay buried. In this episode of Weird Histor...

The Secret Society That Tried to Create a Nation of Pirates, The Emperor Who Ordered His Guards to Hunt Vampires, and The Ghost Army of World War II

03 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

The Mystery of the Skeleton Found Sitting in a London Wall, The Hidden History of the World’s First Recorded Serial Killer and The CIA's LSD Mind Control Experiments

20 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com History is filled with unsettling discoveries that refuse to stay buried. In this episode of Weird Histor...

The 400-Year-Old Corpse That Looks Alive, How the CIA Tried to Use Psychic Spies, and The Royal Who Faked Her Own Death Twice

07 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

The Secret Society That Tried to Create a Nation of Pirates, The Emperor Who Ordered His Guards to Hunt Vampires, and The Ghost Army of World War II

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

The Failed Invention That Cooked People Alive,The Time a Meteor Was Declared a Religious Relic, and The Bridge That Was Built Entirely by Women in Secret

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

The Secret Rituals of the Hellfire Club, How Victorian Seances Led to the Invention of the Lie Detector, and How Ancient Romans Used Urine as Mouthwash

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

The Failed Invention That Cooked People Alive,The Time a Meteor Was Declared a Religious Relic, and The Bridge That Was Built Entirely by Women in Secret

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

The Secret Rituals of the Hellfire Club, How Victorian Seances Led to the Invention of the Lie Detector, and How Ancient Romans Used Urine as Mouthwash

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

Why Napoleon Buried Soldiers in Honey, The 1800s Fad of Collecting Celebrity Hair, and That Time a Chicken Lived Without Its Head for 18 Months

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

Why Napoleon Buried Soldiers in Honey, The 1800s Fad of Collecting Celebrity Hair, and That Time a Chicken Lived Without Its Head for 18 Months

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

The Pyramid Built in a Paris Apartment, The Medieval Practice of Cursing Your Enemies With Wax Dolls, and The Royal Who Tried to Ban the Color Green

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

How the Tower of London Became a Zoo,How a Misprinted Map Started a War, and The Real History of the Banana Wars

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

The Island That Disappears and Reappears Every Century, The Cult That Worshipped a Spaceship Hiding Behind a Comet, and That Time a Meteor Killed a Cow and...

28 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

Why a King Was Buried in a Parking Lot, The Church That Worshipped a Decomposing Corpse, and The Town That Turned a Bear Into a Police Officer

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

How a Fake Country Joined the Olympics, The Forgotten Egyptian Who May Have Discovered Electricity , and The City That Burned Itself Down to Avoid Taxes

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits, The Time a Woman Defeated the British Navy With a Broom and How a Poison Dress Sparked a National Panic

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

The Great Clown Panic of 2016, The Real Story Behind the Plague Doctor Masks and When People Believed Eating Mummies Could Cure Illness

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

The Time the U.S. Sent a Battleship to Fight a Hurricane, The Medieval Recipe That Actually Cured Infections, and The Town That Banned Mirrors for 100 Years

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

The Belief That Cheese Could Predict the Future,The Border War Between the U.S. and Canada, and the Architect Who Tried to Build a Stairway to Heaven

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

The Time the U.S. Accidentally Gave Away an Island, How a Goose Became a Legal Witness, and The Battle That Was Fought Entirely by Animals

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

The Town That Tried to Tax the Moon, Dead Body Became a National Landmark and The Court Jester Who Saved a Kingdom

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

The Town That Paid Its Taxes in Eels, Scientist Who Tried to Raise a Human-Ape Hybrid, and The Time an Army Was Defeated by Bees

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true stories from the past. From forgotten disasters and bizarre inventions...

The Town That Accidentally Celebrated the End of the Wrong War, The Train That Vanished—And Reappeared 50 Years Later and That Time a Pope Declared Wa...

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0UObG2gIa6Pz4bWKO12Nbo, The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true ...

When New York City Had a Pirate Mayor, The Strange History of the Pope’s Astronomer, The Strange Tale of the Great Cheese Duel, and The Great Emu War ...

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0UObG2gIa6Pz4bWKO12Nbo, The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true ...

The First Vending Machine, When the US Invaded Canada, and The Viking Who Discovered America Before Columbus

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0UObG2gIa6Pz4bWKO12Nbo, The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true ...

Competitive Beard Growing, How the Eiffel Tower Was Sold—Twice & Fake Emperors

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0UObG2gIa6Pz4bWKO12Nbo, The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true ...

The Airship Panic of 1896, the War Over a Pig and That Time the CIA Tried to Use Cats as Spies

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0UObG2gIa6Pz4bWKO12Nbo, The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true ...

Escaping Islands, Exploding Volcanoes, and How a Typo Nearly Caused World War III

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0UObG2gIa6Pz4bWKO12Nbo, The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true...

Witch Hunters, Meat Storms, and the Summer That Never Came

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0UObG2gIa6Pz4bWKO12Nbo, The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true...

Soviets Nuke Their Own City, Exploding Whales, and Lincoln’s Almost-Stolen Corpse

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0UObG2gIa6Pz4bWKO12Nbo, The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true...

The Dancing Plague of 1518, How a Man Survived Two Atomic Bombs, and Why George Washington Grew Hemp

10 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0UObG2gIa6Pz4bWKO12Nbo, The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true ...

Welcome to The Weird History Podcast

10 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0UObG2gIa6Pz4bWKO12Nbo, The Weird History Podcast dives deep into the strangest, most unbelievable true ...