Weird History

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~28 min episodes

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(47)

1
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
5 Jun21m
2
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 May22m
3
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 May21m
4
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 May22m
5
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
1 May22m
6
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 Apr23m
7
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 Apr22m
8
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 Apr24m

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About Weird History

Language: English
Type: podcast

Episodes(47)

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

5 Jun21m

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 May22m

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 May21m

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 May22m

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

1 May22m

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 Apr23m

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 Apr22m

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 Apr24m

+39 more — listen on the platforms above