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 iHeartRadio.
Colorado's Ridiculous, Disturbingly Corrupt 1904 Election, Part Two: Everyone Resigns
36 mins; June 15, 2023
Colorado's Ridiculous, Disturbingly Corrupt 1904 Election, Part One: Let's Jump Off The Train
37 mins; June 13, 2023
How Horrible Chocolate Helped Win World War II
30 mins; June 08, 2023
Micronations: How a Guy Got Ran Out of Town and Created San Marino
43 mins; June 06, 2023
The Library of Congress is Full of Super Weird Stuff
36 mins; June 01, 2023
That Time A Guy Literally Bought The London Bridge
40 mins; May 30, 2023
We Got Super Into Toy Cars, Part Two: Rivalry and Nostalgia
29 mins; May 25, 2023
We Got Super Into Toy Cars, Part One: Matchbox versus Hot Wheels
43 mins; May 23, 2023
Why The Creator of Mother's Day Got So Mad About Mothers' Day
31 mins; May 18, 2023
Micronations: Monaco is More than a Casino!
55 mins; May 16, 2023
Fonts They Love to Hate, Part Two: Papyrus, Times New Roman and Beyond
47 mins; May 11, 2023
Fonts They Love to Hate, Part One: Origins of Comic Sans
34 mins; May 09, 2023
Even More Ridiculous Royal Deaths
42 mins; May 04, 2023
A (Completely Different) History of Sampling: Free Stuff
45 mins; May 02, 2023
A History of Sampling, Part Two: Creativity in Court
56 mins; April 27, 2023
A History of Sampling, Part One: An Origin Story
52 mins; April 25, 2023
How Did Monster Trucks Become a Thing?
52 mins; April 20, 2023
The Ridiculous, Scrumptious Desserts of Mardi Gras
50 mins; April 18, 2023
The Amazing History of Japanese Toys, Part Two: The World Takeover
33 mins; April 13, 2023
The Amazing History of Japanese Toys, Part One: A Serious Business
32 mins; April 11, 2023
The Weird Journey of the $2 Bill
32 mins; April 06, 2023
The Fascinating History of Ice Cream Trucks
47 mins; April 04, 2023
The Strange Tale of Charles Entertainment Cheese, Part Two: Betrayal and Nostalgia
59 mins; March 30, 2023
The Strange Tale of Charles Entertainment Cheese, Part One: Atari and Pizza
37 mins; March 28, 2023
CLASSIC: What's the Deal with Smashing Cake at Weddings?
29 mins; March 23, 2023
THE LAST SOVIET - EP 5: Three Hot Days in August
28 mins; March 22, 2023
CLASSIC: Conquest via Bird Poop: One Island at a Time
32 mins; March 21, 2023
The Architecture of Spite, Part One: Lovers, Loiterers and Murderers
43 mins; March 16, 2023
Turn, Turn, Turn: A History of Turn Signals
31 mins; March 14, 2023
A Legally Haunted House
41 mins; March 08, 2023
The Oddly Dark History of Crash Test Dummies (Not The Band)
50 mins; March 07, 2023
The Deeply Weird Stories of Patron Saints
40 mins; March 02, 2023
Svetlana! Svetlana! The Strange Life of Josef Stalin's Daughter, with Dan Kitrosser
38 mins; February 28, 2023
Let's Start a Coup! Ep 1 – A Basket Full of Fascists
40 mins; February 27, 2023
Weird Epidemics, Part One: From Sweating to Pokemon
49 mins; February 23, 2023
CLASSIC: When Scientists Hid Under Beds To Spy On Kids
37 mins; February 21, 2023
Surprising Former Careers, Part III: Goldberg, Trudeau and Buscemi
31 mins; February 16, 2023
Introducing: The Last Soviet
3 mins; February 14, 2023
It Turns Out Blue Laws Aren't Entirely Terrible
47 mins; February 14, 2023
The Origin of Moby Dick, Part Two: Horrors At Sea
45 mins; February 09, 2023
The Origin of Moby Dick, Part One: Mocha Dick
28 mins; February 07, 2023
The (Weirdly Crooked) History of the Food Pyramid
46 mins; February 02, 2023
That Time Europeans Went Nuts For Dancing
37 mins; January 31, 2023
Star Trek Almost Never Happened, Part Two: In Which We Boldly Go
44 mins; January 26, 2023
Star Trek Almost Never Happened, Part One: Pilots and Peril
39 mins; January 24, 2023
“It’s Edible!” The Origin of Breakfast Cereal, Part Two
54 mins; January 19, 2023
“It’s Edible!” The Origin of Breakfast Cereal, Part One
37 mins; January 17, 2023
Would-be Presidents, Part One: If At First You Don't Succeed...
51 mins; January 12, 2023
The Leaf Blower Episode
44 mins; January 10, 2023
The US Navy Teamed Up With Mobsters, Part Two: The Mob Goes to War
42 mins; January 05, 2023
The US Navy Teamed Up With Mobsters, Part One: Luciano Gets Lucky
55 mins; January 03, 2023
CLASSIC: When People Thought They Were Made of Glass
29 mins; December 29, 2022
CLASSIC: Nazis, Churchill and Chocolate
27 mins; December 27, 2022
Ridiculous Royal Deaths, Part Two: Don't Drink Mercury
44 mins; December 22, 2022
Ridiculous Royal Deaths, Part One: Revenge of the Buck-Toothed
38 mins; December 20, 2022
CLASSIC: When Dentist Sold Dentures Made with Corpse Teeth
32 mins; December 15, 2022
From Mesopotamia to Hot Dogs: A History of Mustard
49 mins; December 13, 2022
Coca-Cola, Dr. King, and the Civil Rights
37 mins; December 08, 2022
William Mitchell Was Basically a Real-life Willy Wonka
40 mins; December 05, 2022
The Olympics Used to Have an... Extraordinarily Weird Art Competition
40 mins; December 01, 2022
A Circus, or a Cult? The Strange Story of Shen Yun
36 mins; November 29, 2022
How A Massive Turkey Screw-up Created TV Dinners
53 mins; November 24, 2022
J. Paul Getty, Part Two: A Kidnapping Discount
33 mins; November 22, 2022
J. Paul Getty, Part One: Money Doesn't Make You Happy
35 mins; November 17, 2022
Have you heard of Andorra?
31 mins; November 15, 2022
How Smart Was Alex the Grey Parrot?
40 mins; November 10, 2022
Surprising Former Careers, Part 2: Truman Can't Sell Hats
40 mins; November 08, 2022
The Ancient -- and Surprisingly Divisive! -- Story of Ketchup
56 mins; November 03, 2022
The Bizarrely Xenophobic Origins of Scotch Tape
49 mins; November 01, 2022
Lost Media, Part Two: We Didn't Start The Fire
30 mins; October 27, 2022
Lost Media, Part One: What Happened to All Those Silent Films?
38 mins; October 26, 2022
A Ridiculous History of Hot Tubs
45 mins; October 20, 2022
Eugene V Debs, Part Two: A Prisoner Runs For President
63 hours 23 mins; October 18, 2022
Eugene V Debs, Part One: Railroad Workers Fight The Power
34 mins; October 13, 2022
The Michelin Man was an Unhinged Lunatic
52 mins; October 11, 2022
The Yukio Mishima Story, Part Two: Mishima's End
50 mins; October 06, 2022
The Yukio Mishima Story, Part One: Confessions of a Mask
46 mins; October 05, 2022
Wait, How Do I Know It's Funny? A Rollicking History of Laugh Tracks
47 mins; September 29, 2022
Who, exactly, were the Luddites?
42 mins; September 27, 2022
Instant Noodles Changed The World, Part Two: Going Global
33 mins; September 22, 2022
Instant Noodles Changed The World, Part One: An Origin Story
31 mins; September 20, 2022
The Accidental Invention of Holding Music
31 mins; September 15, 2022
Inventors Killed By Their Own Inventions: Flyin' or Dyin', Part Two
39 mins; September 13, 2022
Inventors Killed By Their Own Inventions: Flyin' or Dyin', Part One
31 mins; September 08, 2022
Wilhelm Reich and Orgone, Part 2: Willy vs. The Feds
50 mins; September 06, 2022
Wilhelm Reich and Orgone, Part 1: Sexy Psychoanalysis
47 mins; September 01, 2022
The History of Pringles: Once You Pop...
55 mins; August 30, 2022
Lincoln Loved Cats, and Other Presidential Pets
45 mins; August 25, 2022
CLASSIC - Presidents Love Their Ridiculous Pets
32 mins; August 23, 2022
What Happened to Ronald McDonald? Part Two: Supersizing A Mystery
59 mins; August 18, 2022
What Happened to Ronald McDonald? Part One: Everybody Loves A Clown
55 mins; August 16, 2022
The 1904 St. Louis Marathon Was Absolutely Bonkers
59 mins; August 11, 2022
Andrew Jackson Beat the Snot Out of His Would-be Assassin
57 mins; August 09, 2022
CLASSIC: When (and why) did the US start calling its citizens consumers?
42 mins; August 04, 2022
A Ridiculous History of Reality TV, Part Two: Reality Goes Global
40 mins; August 02, 2022
A Ridiculous History of Reality TV, Part One: An Origin Story
41 mins; July 28, 2022
Surprising Former Careers of the Famous
48 mins; July 26, 2022
A Humorous History of Genetics
49 mins; July 21, 2022
Tsutomu Yamaguchi: The World's Only (Recognized) Double Atomic Bomb Victim
36 mins; July 19, 2022
Gods of Deception, Part II: Art, History, Fiction and War
