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January 27 – The Tiny Discovery That Quietly Changed Everything
4 mins; January 26, 2026
January 26 – The Night the Earth Moved and No One Knew Why
3 mins; January 25, 2026
Tripping Through Time: The Strange History of Mushrooms That Changed Civilization
7 mins; January 25, 2026
January 25 – The Day the American Revolution Almost Had a Sequel
4 mins; January 24, 2026
January 24 – The Day Gold Was Found and Everything Went Wrong
5 mins; January 23, 2026
January 23 – The Day Things Started Falling and Nobody Could Explain It
4 mins; January 22, 2026
The Vanishing Regiment of Gallipoli: The Soldiers Who Walked Into a Cloud and Disappeared
7 mins; January 22, 2026
January 22 – The Experiment That Made Reality Feel Optional
4 mins; January 21, 2026
January 21 – The Day the Ocean Started Lying
4 mins; January 20, 2026
January 20 – The Night Folklore Told You the Truth (Whether You Liked It or Not)
4 mins; January 19, 2026
January 19: Zeppelin Air Raids of 1915 — The First Civilian Bombing from the Sky
3 mins; January 18, 2026
The Siberian Stone Road: The Ancient Highway That Should Not Exist
4 mins; January 18, 2026
January 18: The Day Someone “Discovered” People
3 mins; January 17, 2026
January 17 – The Rocket That Exploded Immediately and Spectacularly
4 mins; January 16, 2026
January 17 – The Day Humans Crossed an Invisible Line and Panicked Anyway - Bonus
3 mins; January 16, 2026
January 16: The World’s Least Cooperative Destination
4 mins; January 15, 2026
The Devil’s Footprints: England’s 1855 Mystery That Defied Logic
7 mins; January 15, 2026
January 15: The Pentagon — The Building That Invented Its Own Myths
5 mins; January 14, 2026
January 14 – The Planet That Refused to Behave - Strange History
4 mins; January 13, 2026
January 13 – The Day Everyone Thought It Was Over - Strange History
4 mins; January 12, 2026
January 12 – The Man Who Refused to Stay Dead - Strange History
5 mins; January 11, 2026
The Green Children of Woolpit: Medieval England’s Unexplained Visitors
6 mins; January 11, 2026
January 11 – The Day a Miracle Drug Was Tried on a Dying Child - Strange History
4 mins; January 10, 2026
January 10 – The Day Humans Willingly Went Underground - Strange History
4 mins; January 09, 2026
January 9 – The Balloon Flight That Stunned George Washington
4 mins; January 08, 2026
Bodie California Ghost Town: True History, Ranger Encounters, Curses & America’s Most Haunted Boomtown
10 mins; January 08, 2026
January 8 – The Man Who Stayed in Space for 437 Days
4 mins; January 07, 2026
January 7 – The UFO Chase That Ended in Tragedy
5 mins; January 06, 2026
January 7, 1901: The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Mystery and the Three Men Who Vanished
8 mins; January 06, 2026
January 6 – The Royal Marriage That Lasted Six Months and a Portrait
5 mins; January 05, 2026
January 5, 1914: When Henry Ford Doubled Wages and Accidentally Created the Modern Workday
6 mins; January 05, 2026
January 5 – The Day Pluto’s Fate Was Sealed
5 mins; January 04, 2026
The Strange True History of DoppelgÀngers: Real Encounters, Death Omens, and Historical Sightings
8 mins; January 04, 2026
January 4 – The Day Computers Ran Out of Time
5 mins; January 03, 2026
January 3 – The Nuclear Accident That Jumped: America’s Weirdest Reactor Disaster
6 mins; January 02, 2026
Finland’s Accidental Super Soldier: The Wild True Story of Aimo Koivunen and the Meth-Fueled Ski Escape
9 mins; January 01, 2026
January 2 – The Moon Miss: When Luna 1 Blew Past Its Target and Kept Going
6 mins; January 01, 2026
January 1 – The Birth of Frankenstein: How a New Year’s Novel Changed Everything
7 mins; December 31, 2025
The New Year America Opened the Door — Ellis Island, January 1, 1892
6 mins; December 30, 2025
The New Year Everyone Thought the World Would End — January 1, 1000
4 mins; December 29, 2025
Latvia’s Hidden Man: The Astonishing 50-Year Forest Survival of Jānis Pīnups
8 mins; December 28, 2025
The Day Miami Froze — The Orange Bowl Blizzard of 1961
6 mins; December 27, 2025
The New Year London Froze Solid (1962–63)
7 mins; December 26, 2025
Norway’s One-Legged Escape Hero: The Astonishing True Story of Jan Baalsrud’s WWII Survival
9 mins; December 25, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 25 - The Night of the Radishes: Mexico’s Strangest Christmas Art Festival
2 mins; December 24, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 24 - Silent Night, Haunted Night: Norway’s Christmas Ghost Beliefs
2 mins; December 23, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 23 - Light It Up: The Fiery History of Britain’s Christmas Pudding
1 min; December 22, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 22 - Fire, Faith, and Oak Branches: Serbia’s Fiery Christmas Ritual
1 min; December 21, 2025
The Epic of Calum’s Road: How One Stubborn Scotsman Built a Road With a Shovel and Petty Determination
9 mins; December 21, 2025
Christmas 1945: The First Peace After War – Emotional Stories, Homecomings & Holiday History
13 mins; December 21, 2025
Christmas 1945 Around the World: Hope, Ruins, Liberation & Global Holiday Rebirth
12 mins; December 21, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 21 - Santa’s Real Address: How Canada Became Christmas HQ
1 min; December 20, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 20 - They Sang Carols that Sounded Like Funeral Hymns
1 min; December 19, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 19 - Snow Was Part of the Ideal Christmas—Because of Dickens
1 min; December 18, 2025
Silent Nights, Violent Crimes: The Darkest Christmas Murders in History (Part I)
12 mins; December 18, 2025
Blood on the Tinsel: More Christmas Murders You Never Heard About (Part II)
11 mins; December 18, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 18 - Boars Head, No Not The Lunch Meat
1 min; December 17, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 17 - The Chains of Christmas
1 min; December 16, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 16 - Carolers That Could Have Used an Uber App
1 min; December 15, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 15 - Hidden Coins in Pudding
1 min; December 14, 2025
“The Twelve Crimes of Christmas: History’s Strangest Holiday Criminals, Riots & Festive Fiascos”
18 mins; December 14, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 14 - Meat in my Pie?
1 min; December 13, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 13 -Children Performed Elaborate Christmas Tableaux
1 min; December 12, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 12 - Christmas Trees Often Featured Taxidermy
1 min; December 11, 2025
“12 Strangest Toys Ever Made: Radioactive Kits, Killer Dolls & Banned Childhood Nightmares”
14 mins; December 11, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 11 - “The Christmas Parlour Games That Could Get You Arrested”
1 min; December 10, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 10 - Holiday Hair Art: The Sentimental (and Slightly Creepy) Victorian Gift
1 min; December 09, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 9 - Duck Duck Goose?
1 min; December 08, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 8 - A Very Victorian Yule Log: Good Luck, Bad Omens, and Fireplace Superstition
1 min; December 07, 2025
Lavish Lunacy: The Strangest True Stories of the Gilded Age Elite Part 1
10 mins; December 07, 2025
“Butter Busts, Breakfast Champagne & The Great Turtle Takeover: Gilded Age Oddities” Part 2
7 mins; December 07, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 7 - “Drunk caroling + street parades + people demanding food from wealthy homeowners."
1 min; December 06, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 6 - “Toxic Tinsel: The Victorian Christmas Tree That Tried to Kill You”
2 mins; December 05, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 5 - “Boom! The Explosive Birth of Christmas Crackers”
1 min; December 04, 2025
Secrets from the Past Part 1: Vintage Household Hacks, Bizarre Remedies & Lost Cleaning Tricks | The Strange History Podcast
13 mins; December 04, 2025
Secrets from the Past Part 2: Vintage Remedies & DIY Hacks: Strange Beauty Tricks, Pantry Solutions, and Forgotten Household Secrets
13 mins; December 04, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 4 - “Season’s Grievings: When Christmas Cards Showed Dead Birds”
1 min; December 03, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 3 - “Light It on Fire: The Explosive History of Christmas Pudding”
1 min; December 02, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 2 - “The Mourning Tree: Victorians Who Decorated with the Dead”
1 min; December 01, 2025
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day - Why Victorian Christmas's Resembled a Tim Burton Movie
2 mins; November 30, 2025
The Hitler on Long Island: The Strange and Hidden Life of William Patrick Hitler
8 mins; November 30, 2025
The Strange History of Nazi Germany: Propaganda, Pseudoscience & Secret Projects Part 1
9 mins; November 27, 2025
The Strange History of Nazi Germany: The Weird, Dark & Unbelievable Truth Part 2
9 mins; November 27, 2025
The Curious Case of Medieval Bestiaries: Lions, Unicorns, and Badly Behaved Beasts| The Strange History Podcast
9 mins; November 25, 2025
Back to 1920: 25 Strange Things From History You’d Never See Today (Flappers, Iceboxes, Radium & More!)
13 mins; November 23, 2025
The Unseen History of Board Games: From Senet & Go to Catan, Monopoly, Mahjong, and D&D | Strange History Podcast
15 mins; November 21, 2025
The Strange History Podcast “Ghosts of the Speakeasy Tunnels: The Haunted Side of New York’s Underground” Part 2
9 mins; November 20, 2025
Unearthing New York’s Secret Speakeasy Tunnels: True Stories of Mobsters, Booze, & Hidden Jazz Bars Beneath the City| Strange History Part 1
9 mins; November 20, 2025
Frozen Secrets: The Darkest Conspiracies of Antarctica - Nazis, UFOs, Hollow Earth & The Mysteries in the Ice|The Strange History Podcast
22 mins; November 16, 2025
Old Sayings and Where They Came From: The Bizarre Origins of Everyday Phrases Part 1 | The Strange History Podcast
10 mins; November 13, 2025
Old Sayings Explained: From Spilled Milk to Flying Pigs Part 2 | The Strange History Podcast
10 mins; November 13, 2025
Bizarre Old Superstitions: Umbrellas, Chimney Sweeps & Deadly Omens | The Strange History Podcast
9 mins; November 09, 2025
Old Superstitions and Where They Came From: Salt, Cats, Mirrors & 1,000 Years of Strange Beliefs | The Strange History Podcast
11 mins; November 09, 2025
20 Strangest Facts from World War I | Pigeons, Ghost Armies, Beer Pipelines & the Red Baron
12 mins; November 06, 2025
20 Strangest Facts from World War II | Ghost Armies, Mad Jack, Wojtek the Bear & Exploding Chocolate
12 mins; November 06, 2025
Achilles: The Mortal with Immortal Rage | The Strange History Podcast
6 mins; November 02, 2025
The Lore and Myths of Witches Chapter 6: Decline, Survival & Modern Rebirth
6 mins; October 28, 2025
The Lore and Myths of Witches Chapter 5: Witch Worlds Beyond Europe
6 mins; October 28, 2025
The Lore and Myths of Witches Chapter 4: The Witch-Hunts — Fire, Fear, and Folklore
6 mins; October 28, 2025
The Lore and Myths of Witches Chapter 3: Parchments, Pilgrims, and the Birth of the Witch
5 mins; October 28, 2025
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