
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 | Monthly | Episodes | 19 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | HistoryDocumentarySociety & Culture | |||

Podcast Summary
In 1818, a retired Army captain named John Cleves Symmes Jr. mailed 500 letters to Congress, colleges, and foreign governments announcing that the Earth was hollow, open at both poles, and ready to be explored. He even attached a doc... more
The Barrel That Wobbled
In July of 2012, a man named Michel Gauvreau climbed a stack of barrels inside a giant warehouse in Quebec, Canada. His job was simple. Count the barrels. Make sure the numbers matched the records.
The warehouse held maple s... more
A Pig Walks into a Potato Patch…
On the morning of June 15th, 1859, an American farmer named Lyman Cutlar walked out of his cabin on San Juan Island. He saw a large black pig rooting around in his potato patch. Again.
This pig had been eating his p... more
In June 1969, El Salvador and Honduras played three World Cup qualifying matches that spiraled into riots, a national martyr, and ultimately a real shooting war. The underlying causes were decades of tension over immigration, land reform, and poverty... more
In January 897, Pope Stephen VI ordered the corpse of his predecessor Pope Formosus dug up from its tomb, dressed in papal robes, and propped up on a throne to stand trial for crimes including “coveting the papacy” and illegally switching dioceses. T... more
Since the 1600s, families in Catalonia, Spain have gathered around a small wooden log with a painted smiley face and a red hat every Christmas Eve. They’ve spent the past two weeks “feeding” it scraps of food to fatten it up. Now comes the big moment... more
In 1731, Spanish coast guards boarded British Captain Robert Jenkins’ ship, tortured him, and sliced off his ear before telling him to “take it to your king.” Jenkins did something even better. He pickled the ear, carried it around for eight years, a... more
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










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