# Weird History

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Author: Forbidden Knowledge Network
Episodes: 53

## Resource

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

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## Episodes
- [The Dancing Plague, Window Taxes, and Chocolate Medicine](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/the-dancing-plague-window-taxes-and-chocolate-medicine) — 2026-07-02T19:50:05+00:00
- [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](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/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) — 2026-07-02T16:10:27+00:00
- [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](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/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) — 2026-06-29T19:30:26+00:00
- [The Lighthouse That Disappeared Overnight, The Pope Who Had a Pet Elephant Named Hanno, and The Victorian ‘Cure’ That Involved Sitting on Radioactive Sand](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/the-lighthouse-that-disappeared-overnight-the-pope-who-had-a-pet-elephant-named-hanno-and-the-victorian-cure-that-involved-sitting-on-radioactive-sand) — 2026-06-25T18:36:18+00:00
- [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](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/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) — 2026-06-18T19:45:52+00:00
- [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](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/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) — 2026-06-12T12:07:41+00:00
- [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](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/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) — 2026-06-05T05:22:01+00:00
- [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](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/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) — 2026-05-28T18:47:41+00:00
- [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](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/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) — 2026-05-22T05:21:32+00:00
- [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](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/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) — 2026-05-15T10:07:09+00:00
- [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](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/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) — 2026-05-01T07:25:34+00:00
- [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](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/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) — 2026-04-23T23:07:34+00:00
- [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](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/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) — 2026-04-17T18:00:47+00:00
- [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](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/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) — 2026-04-10T12:39:48+00:00
- [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](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/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) — 2026-04-03T03:18:04+00:00
- [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](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/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) — 2026-03-30T01:55:41+00:00
- [When Sparrows Were Hunted, Napoleon Was Exiled, and a River Died](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/when-sparrows-were-hunted-napoleon-was-exiled-and-a-river-died) — 2026-03-20T06:22:14+00:00
- [Exploding Pants, the Great Moon Hoax, and the First Serial Killer Hotel in History](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/exploding-pants-the-great-moon-hoax-and-the-first-serial-killer-hotel-in-history) — 2026-03-06T11:08:00+00:00
- [Funeral Rivers, Buried Palaces, and the Man Who Preserved His Wife](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/funeral-rivers-buried-palaces-and-the-man-who-preserved-his-wife) — 2026-03-01T09:23:31+00:00
- [The King Who Fought the Ocean, the Typo That Almost Started a War, and the Medieval Beaver Myth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/the-king-who-fought-the-ocean-the-typo-that-almost-started-a-war-and-the-medieval-beaver-myth) — 2026-03-01T09:21:13+00:00
- [Self-Testing Inventors, Explosive Plots, and the Prison with a Royal Butler](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/self-testing-inventors-explosive-plots-and-the-prison-with-a-royal-butler) — 2026-02-12T18:33:20+00:00
- [Strange Impostors, Impossible Survivals, and the Most Brazen Con in History](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/strange-impostors-impossible-survivals-and-the-most-brazen-con-in-history) — 2026-02-05T15:34:19+00:00
- [Strange Claims, Unlikely Laws, and Forgotten Scandals of the Past](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/strange-claims-unlikely-laws-and-forgotten-scandals-of-the-past) — 2026-01-30T04:53:49+00:00
- [Renounced Power, Forbidden Beliefs, and the Day the Sun Defied History](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/renounced-power-forbidden-beliefs-and-the-day-the-sun-defied-history) — 2026-01-23T06:27:32+00:00
- [Impossible Appetites, Absurd Wars, and Dangerous Victorian Cures](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/impossible-appetites-absurd-wars-and-dangerous-victorian-cures) — 2026-01-15T22:42:01+00:00
- [A Skeleton in the Wall, History’s First Serial Killer, and Secret Mind Control Experiments](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/a-skeleton-in-the-wall-history-s-first-serial-killer-and-secret-mind-control-experiments) — 2025-12-20T23:18:20+00:00
- [Preserved Bodies, Secret Experiments, and Royals Who Vanished from History](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/preserved-bodies-secret-experiments-and-royals-who-vanished-from-history) — 2025-11-07T17:17:11+00:00
- [Pirate Nations, Imperial Vampire Hunts, and the Ghost Army of War](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/pirate-nations-imperial-vampire-hunts-and-the-ghost-army-of-war) — 2025-10-29T19:08:31+00:00

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