Weird History

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About Weird History

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, hoaxes, and the most shocking coincidences ever recorded — each episode reveals the hidden, unusual side of human history. If you’re fascinated by weird facts, strange historical events, unexplained my

Language: English
Type: podcast

Episodes(50)

1
The Great Emu War, The Pope Who Dug Up His Predecessor, and The Man Who Survived Two Atomic Bombs
15 Jul20m
2
The War Over a Bucket, The Corpse Synod, and The City That Put Animals on Trial
15 Jul21m
3
The Dancing Plague, Window Taxes, and Chocolate Medicine
15 Jul18m
4
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
15 Jul22m
5
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
15 Jul23m
6
The Lighthouse That Disappeared Overnight, The Pope Who Had a Pet Elephant Named Hanno, and The Victorian ‘Cure’ That Involved Sitting on Radioactive Sand
15 Jul21m
7
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
15 Jul22m
8
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
15 Jul23m

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About Weird History

Language: English
Type: podcast

Episodes(50)

The Great Emu War, The Pope Who Dug Up His Predecessor, and The Man Who Survived Two Atomic Bombs

15 Jul20m

The War Over a Bucket, The Corpse Synod, and The City That Put Animals on Trial

15 Jul21m

The Dancing Plague, Window Taxes, and Chocolate Medicine

15 Jul18m

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

15 Jul22m

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

15 Jul23m

The Lighthouse That Disappeared Overnight, The Pope Who Had a Pet Elephant Named Hanno, and The Victorian ‘Cure’ That Involved Sitting on Radioactive Sand

15 Jul21m

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

15 Jul22m

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

15 Jul23m

+42 more — listen on the platforms above