Podcast

Weird History

Author: Forbidden Knowledge Network
Feed episode count: 53
Official site: https://weirdhistorypodcast.podbean.com
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Summary

History is stranger than fiction — and the past is filled with bizarre, unexplained, and unbelievable true stories that still defy logic today. Hosted by Ben Carter, Weird History Podcast explores the strangest moments in history, uncovering real events that sound too unbelievable to be true. From bizarre inventions and forgotten traditions to mysterious deaths, historical conspiracies, cults, hoaxes, and the most shocking coincidences ever recorded — each episode reveals the hidden, unusual side of human history. If you’re fascinated by weird facts, strange historical events, unexplained my

Episodes

Jul 2, 2026 · not_requested

The Dancing Plague, Window Taxes, and Chocolate Medicine

Duration seconds: 1003
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/The-Dancing-Plague--Window-Taxes--and-Chocolate-Medicine-e3lj48i

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Jul 2, 2026 · not_requested

How Ketchup Was Once Sold as Medicine, The Forgotten Art of Tattooing Mummies, and The Highwayman Who Became a Folk Hero—and Then a Member of Parliament

Duration seconds: 1337
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/How-Ketchup-Was-Once-Sold-as-Medicine--The-Forgotten-Art-of-Tattooing-Mummies--and-The-Highwayman-Who-Became-a-Folk-Heroand-Then-a-Member-of-Parliament-e3lis59

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Jun 29, 2026 · not_requested

The Great Molasses Flood of 1919, The Time a Meteor Was Declared a Religious Relic, and The Town That Tried to Build a Giant Dome to Block Out the Sky

Duration seconds: 1363
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/The-Great-Molasses-Flood-of-1919--The-Time-a-Meteor-Was-Declared-a-Religious-Relic--and-The-Town-That-Tried-to-Build-a-Giant-Dome-to-Block-Out-the-Sky-e3leiu4

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Jun 25, 2026 · not_requested

The Lighthouse That Disappeared Overnight, The Pope Who Had a Pet Elephant Named Hanno, and The Victorian ‘Cure’ That Involved Sitting on Radioactive Sand

Duration seconds: 1259
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/The-Lighthouse-That-Disappeared-Overnight--The-Pope-Who-Had-a-Pet-Elephant-Named-Hanno--and-The-Victorian-Cure-That-Involved-Sitting-on-Radioactive-Sand-e3l9fbs

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Jun 18, 2026 · not_requested

How Stalin Tried to Breed Half-Man, Half-Ape Soldiers, The Grave Robbers Who Invented Modern Surgery, and The Island That Declared War on Germany—and Won

Duration seconds: 1348
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/How-Stalin-Tried-to-Breed-Half-Man--Half-Ape-Soldiers--The-Grave-Robbers-Who-Invented-Modern-Surgery--and-The-Island-That-Declared-War-on-Germanyand-Won-e3kvrg6

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Jun 12, 2026 · not_requested

The Time a Zoo Mistook a Human for an Ape—And Put Him on Display, How Ketchup Was Once Sold as Medicine, and How the CIA Tried to Use Psychic Spies

Duration seconds: 1380
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/The-Time-a-Zoo-Mistook-a-Human-for-an-ApeAnd-Put-Him-on-Display--How-Ketchup-Was-Once-Sold-as-Medicine--and-How-the-CIA-Tried-to-Use-Psychic-Spies-e3kmqkl

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Jun 5, 2026 · not_requested

The Medieval Laws That Outlawed Time Travel (Sort Of), How a Fake Country Joined the Olympics, and The Pope Who Resigned by Dressing as a Monk

Duration seconds: 1272
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/The-Medieval-Laws-That-Outlawed-Time-Travel-Sort-Of--How-a-Fake-Country-Joined-the-Olympics--and-The-Pope-Who-Resigned-by-Dressing-as-a-Monk-e3kc7r9

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May 28, 2026 · not_requested

The Hidden History of the World's Oldest Vending Machine Scam, Why People in the Middle Ages Thought Beavers Bit Off Their Own Testicles, and The Town That Turned a Bear Into a Police Officer

Duration seconds: 1320
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/The-Hidden-History-of-the-Worlds-Oldest-Vending-Machine-Scam--Why-People-in-the-Middle-Ages-Thought-Beavers-Bit-Off-Their-Own-Testicles--and-The-Town-That-Turned-a-Bear-Into-a-Police-Officer-e3k1frf

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May 22, 2026 · not_requested

The Hidden Graveyard Beneath New York’s Washington Square Park, The Hidden History of the World’s First Recorded Serial Killer, and The Mystery of the Skeleton Found Sitting in a London Wall

Duration seconds: 1251
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/The-Hidden-Graveyard-Beneath-New-Yorks-Washington-Square-Park--The-Hidden-History-of-the-Worlds-First-Recorded-Serial-Killer--and-The-Mystery-of-the-Skeleton-Found-Sitting-in-a-London-Wall-e3jntq4

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May 15, 2026 · not_requested

The Weaponized Plague Letters of the 1600s, The Emperor Who Declared Himself God—Then Married His Horse, and The Mystery of the Skeleton Found Sitting in a London Wall

Duration seconds: 1321
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/The-Weaponized-Plague-Letters-of-the-1600s--The-Emperor-Who-Declared-Himself-GodThen-Married-His-Horse--and-The-Mystery-of-the-Skeleton-Found-Sitting-in-a-London-Wall-e3jdgqq

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May 1, 2026 · not_requested

The Scottish Cannibal Family That Lived in a Cave for 25 Years, The Forgotten Border War Between the U.S. and Canada, and The Inventor Who Died Testing His Own Bulletproof Cloth

Duration seconds: 1318
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/The-Scottish-Cannibal-Family-That-Lived-in-a-Cave-for-25-Years--The-Forgotten-Border-War-Between-the-U-S--and-Canada--and-The-Inventor-Who-Died-Testing-His-Own-Bulletproof-Cloth-e3io2qp

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Apr 23, 2026 · not_requested

The Town That Accidentally Celebrated the End of the Wrong War, The 1800s Hoax That Claimed the Moon Was Inhabited, and The Forgotten Cult That Worshipped Electricity

Duration seconds: 1378
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/The-Town-That-Accidentally-Celebrated-the-End-of-the-Wrong-War--The-1800s-Hoax-That-Claimed-the-Moon-Was-Inhabited--and-The-Forgotten-Cult-That-Worshipped-Electricity-e3ickps

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Apr 17, 2026 · not_requested

Why People in the Middle Ages Thought Beavers Bit Off Their Own Testicles, How the French Tried to Measure the Earth With a Giant Stick, and The Time People Feared Tomatoes Were Poisonous

Duration seconds: 1293
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/Why-People-in-the-Middle-Ages-Thought-Beavers-Bit-Off-Their-Own-Testicles--How-the-French-Tried-to-Measure-the-Earth-With-a-Giant-Stick--and-The-Time-People-Feared-Tomatoes-Were-Poisonous-e3i2jg3

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Apr 10, 2026 · not_requested

Emperor Norton: San Francisco’s Self-Proclaimed Emperor, The Time the U.S. Tried to Train Dolphins for War, and The French Soldier Who Could Eat Anything—Literally

Duration seconds: 1450
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/Emperor-Norton-San-Franciscos-Self-Proclaimed-Emperor--The-Time-the-U-S--Tried-to-Train-Dolphins-for-War--and-The-French-Soldier-Who-Could-Eat-AnythingLiterally-e3hn1sh

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Apr 3, 2026 · not_requested

The Forgotten Utopia Where Everything Was Free, How a Con Man Built a Pyramid Scheme Around a Real Pyramid, and The Ghost Army of World War II

Duration seconds: 1387
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/The-Forgotten-Utopia-Where-Everything-Was-Free--How-a-Con-Man-Built-a-Pyramid-Scheme-Around-a-Real-Pyramid--and-The-Ghost-Army-of-World-War-II-e3hc2mf

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Mar 30, 2026 · not_requested

The Forgotten Egyptian Who May Have Discovered Electricity, The Mystery of the People Who Disappeared Into the Sky, and The Surgeon Who Performed a Self-Amputation With No Anesthesia

Duration seconds: 1427
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/The-Forgotten-Egyptian-Who-May-Have-Discovered-Electricity--The-Mystery-of-the-People-Who-Disappeared-Into-the-Sky--and-The-Surgeon-Who-Performed-a-Self-Amputation-With-No-Anesthesia-e3h5b68

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Mar 20, 2026 · not_requested

When Sparrows Were Hunted, Napoleon Was Exiled, and a River Died

Duration seconds: 1417
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/When-Sparrows-Were-Hunted--Napoleon-Was-Exiled--and-a-River-Died-e3gnjtl

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Mar 6, 2026 · not_requested

Exploding Pants, the Great Moon Hoax, and the First Serial Killer Hotel in History

Duration seconds: 1670
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/Exploding-Pants--the-Great-Moon-Hoax--and-the-First-Serial-Killer-Hotel-in-History-e3g1ccm

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Mar 1, 2026 · not_requested

Funeral Rivers, Buried Palaces, and the Man Who Preserved His Wife

Duration seconds: 1654
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/Funeral-Rivers--Buried-Palaces--and-the-Man-Who-Preserved-His-Wife-e3fp131

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Mar 1, 2026 · not_requested

The King Who Fought the Ocean, the Typo That Almost Started a War, and the Medieval Beaver Myth

Duration seconds: 1581
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/The-King-Who-Fought-the-Ocean--the-Typo-That-Almost-Started-a-War--and-the-Medieval-Beaver-Myth-e3fotf8

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Feb 12, 2026 · not_requested

Self-Testing Inventors, Explosive Plots, and the Prison with a Royal Butler

Duration seconds: 1605
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/Self-Testing-Inventors--Explosive-Plots--and-the-Prison-with-a-Royal-Butler-e3f0qd2

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Feb 5, 2026 · not_requested

Strange Impostors, Impossible Survivals, and the Most Brazen Con in History

Duration seconds: 1609
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/Strange-Impostors--Impossible-Survivals--and-the-Most-Brazen-Con-in-History-e3emal6

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Jan 30, 2026 · not_requested

Strange Claims, Unlikely Laws, and Forgotten Scandals of the Past

Duration seconds: 1649
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/Strange-Claims--Unlikely-Laws--and-Forgotten-Scandals-of-the-Past-e3eisvu

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Jan 23, 2026 · not_requested

Renounced Power, Forbidden Beliefs, and the Day the Sun Defied History

Duration seconds: 1643
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/Renounced-Power--Forbidden-Beliefs--and-the-Day-the-Sun-Defied-History-e3eisvc

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Jan 15, 2026 · not_requested

Impossible Appetites, Absurd Wars, and Dangerous Victorian Cures

Duration seconds: 1607
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/Impossible-Appetites--Absurd-Wars--and-Dangerous-Victorian-Cures-e3eisvm

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Dec 20, 2025 · not_requested

A Skeleton in the Wall, History’s First Serial Killer, and Secret Mind Control Experiments

Duration seconds: 1671
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/A-Skeleton-in-the-Wall--Historys-First-Serial-Killer--and-Secret-Mind-Control-Experiments-e3eisvb

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Nov 7, 2025 · not_requested

Preserved Bodies, Secret Experiments, and Royals Who Vanished from History

Duration seconds: 1664
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/Preserved-Bodies--Secret-Experiments--and-Royals-Who-Vanished-from-History-e3eisv5

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Oct 29, 2025 · not_requested

Pirate Nations, Imperial Vampire Hunts, and the Ghost Army of War

Duration seconds: 1616
Source: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/Pirate-Nations--Imperial-Vampire-Hunts--and-the-Ghost-Army-of-War-e3eisvr

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