Weird History

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History is stranger than fiction — and the past is filled with bizarre, unexplained, and unbelievable true stories that still defy logic today. Hosted by Ben...

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Fake Trees, Dazzle Ships, and Exploding Rats contributed by Lukas · 5 days ago
A WWII Soldier With a Sword and Bow, Operation Paul Bunyan, and Castle Itter contributed by Lukas · 13 days ago
Telegraph Sparks, Halley’s Comet Fear, and Europe’s Volcanic Fog contributed by Lukas · 19 days ago
The Great Moon Hoax, The Cardiff Giant, and The Fairy Photographs That Fooled Sir Arthur Conan Doyle contributed by Lukas · 26 days ago
The Blood Rain Panic, The Man Who Sold Fake Moon Land, and The Queen Who Kept a Human Zoo contributed by Lukas · Aug 14
Ghost Ship Court, 21 Grams, and the Town That Banned Kissing contributed by Lukas · Aug 7
The Great Animal Trial, The File Hidden in a Cake, and The Cemetery That Charged Rent contributed by Lukas · Jul 31
A Corpse Trial, a Royal Toilet, and a Ghost Marriage contributed by Lukas · Jul 24
The Great Stink of London, the Man Who Sold the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Coffins With Safety Bells contributed by Lukas · Jul 17
The Great Emu War, The Pope Who Dug Up His Predecessor, and The Man Who Survived Two Atomic Bombs contributed by Lukas · Jul 9
The War Over a Bucket, The Corpse Synod, and The City That Put Animals on Trial contributed by Lukas · Jul 7
The Dancing Plague, Window Taxes, and Chocolate Medicine contributed by Lukas · Jul 2
How Ketchup Was Once Sold as Medicine, The Forgotten Art of Tattooing Mummies, and The Highwayman Who Became a Folk Hero—and Then a Member of Parliament contributed by Lukas · Jul 2
The Great Molasses Flood of 1919, The Time a Meteor Was Declared a Religious Relic, and The Town That Tried to Build a Giant Dome to Block Out the Sky contributed by Lukas · Jun 29
The Lighthouse That Disappeared Overnight, The Pope Who Had a Pet Elephant Named Hanno, and The Victorian ‘Cure’ That Involved Sitting on Radioactive Sand contributed by Lukas · Jun 25
How Stalin Tried to Breed Half-Man, Half-Ape Soldiers, The Grave Robbers Who Invented Modern Surgery, and The Island That Declared War on Germany—and Won contributed by Lukas · Jun 18
The Time a Zoo Mistook a Human for an Ape—And Put Him on Display, How Ketchup Was Once Sold as Medicine, and How the CIA Tried to Use Psychic Spies contributed by Lukas · Jun 12
The Medieval Laws That Outlawed Time Travel (Sort Of), How a Fake Country Joined the Olympics, and The Pope Who Resigned by Dressing as a Monk contributed by Lukas · Jun 5
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 contributed by Lukas · May 28
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 contributed by Lukas · May 22
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History is stranger than fiction — and the past is filled with bizarre, unexplained, and unbelievable true stories that still defy logic today. Hosted by Ben Carter, Weird History Podcast explores the strangest moments in history, uncovering real events that sound too unbelievable to be true. From bizarre inventions and forgotten traditions to mysterious deaths, historical conspiracies, cults, ...

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First charted2025-08-22
Best ever#181 on Apple Podcasts (Philippines) · 2026-05-26
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