Ridiculous History

898 Episodes

1. Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Who Called Out the Hypocrisy of Slavery, Part 1

   Published: 11/19/2019
2. How Bertha Heyman Conned Her Way Into Show Business

   Published: 11/14/2019
3. That Time Germany Got Obsessed With Polar Bear Photos

   Published: 11/12/2019
4. Rose Mackenberg: Houdini's Ghostbuster

   Published: 11/7/2019
5. Science and Spiritualism: Why were ghost stories so popular in the 1800s?

   Published: 11/5/2019
6. John of Bohemia, the Blind King Who Charged Into Battle

   Published: 11/1/2019
7. Kakigōri: The Story of Japan's Famous Shaved Ice

   Published: 10/30/2019
8. John Edmonstone: The Man Who Trained Darwin

   Published: 10/25/2019
9. The Death of Luxury Air Travel

   Published: 10/22/2019
10. The Bizarre Capitulation of Stettin

    Published: 10/17/2019
11. John Wilkes Booth's Brother Saved Abraham Lincoln's Son

    Published: 10/16/2019
12. John Clem: The 12-year Old Civil War Hero

    Published: 10/10/2019
13. Christopher Columbus Was Such A Jerk That Even Spain Turned Against Him

    Published: 10/8/2019
14. The Kaiser’s Plan to Invade the United States

    Published: 10/3/2019
15. How Uncle Tom's Cabin Became One of the Most Popular Books in China

    Published: 10/1/2019
16. Tom Watson Gordy: How One Uncle’s Adventures Inspired Jimmy Carter to Join the Navy

    Published: 9/27/2019
17. Teddy Bears, Rhinos, Safari and Everywhere Else: A Conversation with Daniel Scheffler

    Published: 9/24/2019
18. The Gaspee Affair: Rhode Island’s Revolutionary “Tea Party”

    Published: 9/19/2019
19. Otto Rahn, The Nazi Occultist Who Hated Nazis and Inspired Indiana Jones

    Published: 9/17/2019
20. 4 Times Women in the US Were Actually Arrested for Wearing Pants

    Published: 9/13/2019