
Podcast about history's most unbelievable true stories. From wars against birds to dancing plagues, discover the absurd events your teacher never mentioned. authordanielpdouglas.substack.com
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 12 | Founded | 3 months ago |
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| Categories | HistorySociety & CultureDocumentary | ||||

In the 1920s, hundreds of young American women were hired to paint watch dials with radium paint that made them glow in the dark. Their employers told them it was completely safe, even encouraged them to lick their brushes to create fine points, whil... more
In this episode of “Wait, That Actually Happened?” we explore Tulip Mania, the world’s first recorded financial bubble that gripped Holland from 1633 to 1637. During the Dutch Golden Age, tulip bulbs became so valuable that single bulbs sold for ten ... more
This Party Was Fire!
On January 28, 1393, King Charles VI of France and five nobles dressed as “wild men” for a masquerade, covering themselves in pitch (tar) and flax to look hairy and savage, then chaining themselves together for a group dance. Wh... more
On January 30th, 1962, three girls at a mission school in Tanganyika (now Tanzania) started giggling and couldn’t stop, triggering one of history’s strangest epidemics that would last 18 months and affect over 1,000 people. The uncontrollable laughte... more
When the Olympics Decided Water Was Bad and Poison Was Good
The 1904 Olympic Marathon in St. Louis remains the most catastrophic Olympic event ever held, when organizer James E. Sullivan deliberately withheld water from runners in 90-degree heat as ... more
When Ladies Fought in the Mud for Plants
In the 1850s, Victorian Britain experienced “Pteridomania” or Fern Fever, when the entire nation became obsessed with collecting ferns to the point of ecological disaster. Wealthy women abandoned society even... more
When San Francisco Crowned Its Own King
In 1859, a broke businessman named Joshua Norton declared himself Emperor of the United States, and amazingly, the entire city of San Francisco just went with it. For 21 years, Norton I issued decrees (like or... more
On March 3, 1876, chunks of fresh red meat fell from a clear Kentucky sky for several minutes, covering an area the size of a football field around Mrs. Allen Crouch's farm in Bath County. The meat appeared fresh enough that two men tasted it raw (de... more
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