Ridiculous History
Did San Diego fall victim to a real-life weather manipulating supervillain? What on Earth are Soviet bone records? Each week, longtime friends and veteran podcasters Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown dive into some of the weirdest stories from across the span of human civilization in Ridiculous History, a podcast by HowStuffWorks.
- Website
- https://www.ridiculoushistoryshow.com/podcasts/ridiculous-history.rss
- Description
- History is beautiful, brutal and, often, ridiculous. Join Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown as they dive into some of the weirdest stories from across the span of human civilization in Ridiculous History, a podcast by HowStuffWorks.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2025-02-22 17:06
- last episode published
- 2025-02-22 12:00
- publication frequency
- 3.11 days
- Contributors
- HowStuffWorks
- Author Owner
- applepodcast@howstuffworks.com (HowStuffWorks)
- Managing editor
- Explicit
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- Number of Episodes
- 863
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- Society & Culture Literature History Science & Medicine
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Episodes
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| 2025-02-22 |
CLASSIC: Philadelphia's Transylvanian Doomsday Cult: The Cave of Kelpius There's a nifty bit of hidden history tucked away in Philadelphia's Wissahickon Valley Park -- a cave that, legend has it, was home to a doomsday cult. In today's episode, the guys follow the strange journey of Johannes Kelpius and his followers from E... |
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| 2025-02-20 | What do a camel, a bucket and an ear all have in common? Each was, at some point, responsible for starting a war. In today's Classic episode, join Ben and Noel as they dive into true stories of weird wars fought over cartoonishly dumb things.See omnyst... |
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| 2025-02-18 | The Kingsmen's cover of "Louie, Louie" is one of the world's most famously unintelligible songs -- and this haunted the FBI. In this episode, Ben and Noel recount the evolution of "Louie, Louie", as well as Uncle Sam's insanely thorough (and hilariousl... |
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| 2025-02-15 |
CLASSIC: The Time a Soviet Premier Was Banned From Disneyland At the height of the Cold War a series of debates in a model kitchen in Moscow (true story!) led Nikita Khrushchev to visit the US on a whirlwind publicity tour. The Soviet leader hobnobbed with politicians, celebrities and business tycoons, soaking up... |
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| 2025-02-13 |
That Time Japan Absolutely Rinsed Russia, Part Two: The Togo Turn As Japan corners Russian forces in Port Arthur, the Tsar sends a new fleet of ships on a 7-month journey to break the barricade. In a stunning battle that alters the course of history, Japanese Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō executes a brilliant series of man... |
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| 2025-02-11 |
That Time Japan Absolutely Rinsed Russia, Part One: The Race For Manchuria Two Empires. One region, in tenuous balance. While often forgotten in the modern day, the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 was a pivotal turning point in early 20th century geopolitics. On one side, the vast Russian Empire: having established control ov... |
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| 2025-02-08 |
CLASSIC: Kidnapping, Binge Drinking and Costumes: Voter Fraud in the 1800s Allegations of U.S. voter fraud have made the rounds in recent years -- but, once upon a time, these were much more than allegations. Join the guys as they explore the massive voting fraud operations that riddled U.S. politics throughout the 19th centu... |
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| 2025-02-06 |
Victorians Got Super Weird With Flirting, Part Two: Courtship and Calling Cards Cast your mind back to the Victorian Era, when countless singles and would-be paramours struggled to circumvent strict social mores in the search for true love. In the second part of this two-part series, Ben, Noel and Max continue their exploration of... |
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| 2025-02-04 |
Victorians Got Super Weird With Flirting, Part One: "Fan Fiction" The Victorian Era was, on the surface, a time of almost cartoonish sexual repression. Courtship was governed by rigid sets of rules and heirarchy, and even meeting a prospective partner outside of these codified steps could be considered a breach of cu... |
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| 2025-02-01 | Nowadays most people are fans of national parks, but this wasn't always the case. Join the guys as they delve into the strange "birds vs. babies" conflict over Lake Malheur.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. |
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