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.
Gods of Deception, Part I: Alger Hiss in the Halls of Power
31 mins; July 12, 2022
Operation LAC: That Time Uncle Sam Sprayed Poison Across St. Louis
39 mins; July 07, 2022
CLASSIC - Does the US Confederacy Still Exist in Americana, Brazil?
34 mins; July 05, 2022
Millerism, Part II: The Great Disappointment (and the Aftermath)
41 mins; June 30, 2022
CLASSIC - Did a Real-Life Rainmaker Almost Drown San Diego?
29 mins; June 28, 2022
Millerism: America’s First End Times Gospel
46 mins; June 23, 2022
Ben Franklin Faked a Rival's Death to Promote His Almanac
32 mins; June 21, 2022
Why was Phrenology a Thing? Part II: A Pseudoscience (Sort of) Informs the Modern Day
53 mins; June 16, 2022
Why was Phrenology a Thing? Part I: The Rise of Dr. Finger
45 mins; June 14, 2022
Nancy Wake, the White Mouse of the French Resistance
43 mins; June 09, 2022
The US Boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and Puerto Rican Boxers Went Anyway
41 mins; June 07, 2022
Disco Demolition Night: How Disco Died at a White Sox Game
50 mins; June 02, 2022
Bolivia Fought -- And Lost -- A War For Bird Poop
30 mins; May 31, 2022
Why You Can't Say "MacBeth" in a Theater
53 mins; May 26, 2022
Operation Mincemeat: Britain's Ghoulish Plan to Fool the Nazis
44 mins; May 24, 2022
Who the heck was Joseph Warren?
41 mins; May 19, 2022
Chocolate Syrup: From Medicine to Dessert
42 mins; May 17, 2022
Historical Hypocrisy: The Confederacy's Weird Stance on "Individual Rights"
39 mins; May 12, 2022
Juana Maria: The Real-life Story Behind "Island of the Blue Dolphins"
31 mins; May 10, 2022
Curling: The Most Ridiculous Sport?
43 mins; May 05, 2022
Nobuo Fujita Bombed Brookings, Oregon -- and Then Became a Town Hero
27 mins; May 03, 2022
A Teetotaling Preacher Basically Invented Modern Tourism
32 mins; April 28, 2022
Ira Aldridge: Actor, Activist and Record-breaker
47 mins; April 26, 2022
Lithuanian Book Smugglers Vs. The Russian Empire
43 mins; April 21, 2022
The Yule Lads Terrified Children Across Iceland
33 mins; April 19, 2022
The Infamous Aurora UFO Incident of 1897
34 mins; April 14, 2022
How The Evil May Day of 1517 Became the Perfect Propaganda Opportunity
46 mins; April 12, 2022
Day Drinkers (Sort of) Helped Stop Cholera in London
38 mins; April 07, 2022
The Much-Maligned Reign of Swedish Queen Maria Eleonora
41 mins; April 05, 2022
Weird Ways People Used to Communicate, Part II: Smoke Signals and Bottled Messages
35 mins; March 31, 2022
Weird Ways People Used to Communicate, Part I: Only a Pigeon Away
30 mins; March 29, 2022
That Time A Dead Guy Won an Olympic Medal
28 mins; March 24, 2022
Julia Barnett Rice Waged an Elitist War on Noise
42 mins; March 22, 2022
Ridiculous History Presents: A History of "Adult" Toys, Part 2
63 hours 0 mins; March 17, 2022
Ridiculous History Presents: A History of "Adult" Toys, Part 1
56 mins; March 15, 2022
The Cobra Effect, Part 2: Four Pests and a Disastrous Success
41 mins; March 10, 2022
The Cobra Effect, Part 1: Snakes, Rats, and Unintended Consequences
41 mins; March 08, 2022
British Suffragettes Knew JÅ«jitsu
52 mins; March 03, 2022
A Tale of Two Hansons: Busting Myths About the 'First' US President
39 mins; March 01, 2022
Did Soldiers in World War I Really Team Up to Fight Wolves?
43 mins; February 24, 2022
Slum Tourists: When Wealthy People Toured Chinatown ‘For Fun’
44 mins; February 22, 2022
That Time Victorians Treated Seaweed like Pokemon
51 mins; February 17, 2022
Valentine's Day Is So Much Weirder Than We Thought
76 hours 29 mins; February 15, 2022
Weirdest Celebrity Busts, Part II: Mr. David Lee Roth and a Drunken John Wayne
61 hours 21 mins; February 10, 2022
Weirdest Celebrity Busts, Part I: Nixon Smuggled Weed, Arbuckle Was Innocent
72 hours 24 mins; February 08, 2022
CLASSIC: X-Rays, Songs and Soviets: The Stilyagi Story
35 mins; February 03, 2022
Tossed Popcorn, Part 2: Chaplin was a Jerk, Brando was Insane
67 hours 29 mins; February 01, 2022
Tossed Popcorn, Part 1: The Wizard of Oz and the Titanic
59 mins; January 27, 2022
Peter Freuchen: Explorer, Raconteur, Movie Star and War Hero
49 mins; January 25, 2022
Did Honduras and El Salvador Really Go to War over Soccer?
42 mins; January 20, 2022
The US Literally Had Nazi Summer Camps
41 mins; January 18, 2022
The Emperor of the United States
51 mins; January 13, 2022
The Trans-Saharan Ostrich Expedition of 1911
50 mins; January 11, 2022
That Time Everyone Tried To Outlaw War
46 mins; January 06, 2022
CLASSIC: Who Solves Murders in Antarctica?
31 mins; January 04, 2022
The Lil Ice Age Was Way Less Cute Than It Sounds
36 mins; December 30, 2021
Nub City: Florida's Infamous Amputation Scam
44 mins; December 28, 2021
London's Tiger King, Part Two: Charles Jamrach Becomes a Problematic Hero
31 mins; December 23, 2021
London's Tiger King, Part One: When Exotic Animal's Were The Hottest Flex
33 mins; December 21, 2021
The Atlantropa Project, Part Two: What Happened to the Supercontinent?
29 mins; December 16, 2021
The Atlantropa Project, Part One: Saving Europe via Supercontinent
29 mins; December 14, 2021
People Used Bed Bugs as Medicine for Thousands of Years
34 mins; December 09, 2021
The US Literally Threw Pianos From Planes During World War II
29 mins; December 07, 2021
The Sinister Side of Little Orphan Annie, Part Two: Drink Your Ovaltine
36 mins; December 02, 2021
The Sinister Side of Little Orphan Annie, Part One: Parents Were Terrified
41 mins; November 30, 2021
CLASSIC: How White America Tried To Destroy Chinese Restaurants
36 mins; November 25, 2021
Russia’s Real-life Ice Queen, Part 2: Weird, Brutal Flexes
32 mins; November 23, 2021
Russia’s Real-life Ice Queen, Part 1: The Tsar is a Jerk
25 mins; November 18, 2021
That Time a Baboon Worked for the Railroad
33 mins; November 16, 2021
Austin and the Texas Archives War
37 mins; November 11, 2021
King for a Week: The Strange Story of Otto I
38 mins; November 09, 2021
The Bloody Tale of the Sausage War
40 mins; November 04, 2021
Modern Thanksgiving, Part Two: Sarah Josepha Hale Finally Gets Her Wish
38 mins; November 02, 2021
Modern Thanksgiving, Part One: A Culture War
33 mins; October 28, 2021
How Haunted Houses Became A Thing
46 mins; October 26, 2021
New England versus Vampires, Part Two: Desperation and Desecration
35 mins; October 21, 2021
New England versus Vampires, Part One: The Brutal, Terrifying Life of Early Colonists
37 mins; October 19, 2021
Ada Lovelace, Part Two: The Analytical Engine
39 mins; October 15, 2021
Ada Lovelace, Part One: How Lord Byron’s Daughter Became a Tech Visionary
34 mins; October 12, 2021
The King of Scotland Got Real Weird with Language Experiments
50 mins; October 07, 2021
The Rum Riot of Portland, Maine
42 mins; October 05, 2021
The Love of Candy Almost Drove a Cactus Extinct
32 mins; September 30, 2021
The Australian Prison Break of 1876, Part 2
31 mins; September 28, 2021
The Australian Prison Break of 1876 Part 1
31 mins; September 23, 2021
37 Days of Peril, with Alex Williams
57 mins; September 21, 2021
Robert Smalls Stole A Confederate Ship and Sailed to Freedom, Part Two: From Slavery to Congress
26 mins; September 16, 2021
Robert Smalls Stole A Confederate Ship and Sailed to Freedom, Part One: Planning the Heist
25 mins; September 14, 2021
Sky Pilot: The Man Who Brought Religion to Lumberjacks
