{"podcast":{"title":"Weird History","slug":"weird-history-7381598","podcast_index_feed_id":7381598,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10ea79db0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://weirdhistorypodcast.podbean.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45308332/45308332-1780017216087-a95cb96ec549d.jpg","author":"Forbidden Knowledge Network","episode_count":53,"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","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T08:21:52.217601+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598"},"episode":{"title":"Strange Impostors, Impossible Survivals, and the Most Brazen Con in History","slug":"strange-impostors-impossible-survivals-and-the-most-brazen-con-in-history","published_at":"2026-02-05T15:34:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/strange-impostors-impossible-survivals-and-the-most-brazen-con-in-history","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandonbates619-us3/episodes/Strange-Impostors--Impossible-Survivals--and-the-Most-Brazen-Con-in-History-e3emal6","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO8784879332.mp3","summary":"https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com History is filled with unsettling discoveries that refuse to stay buried. In this episode of Weird History Podcast, we uncover three of the strangest and most disturbing mysteries ever recorded. The journey begins in London, where a human skeleton was found seated upright inside an ancient wall, raising chilling questions about punishment, ritual, and forgotten justice. We then travel further back in time to examine the hidden history of the world’s first known serial killer, whose crimes were recorded centuries before modern criminology existed. Who was this individual, and why did their story nearly vanish from historical memory? Finally, we enter the classified world of Cold War intelligence to explore the Central Intelligence Agency’s controversial L.S.D. mind control experiments. Marketed as a path to higher consciousness and even immortality, these secret programs blurred the line between science, obsession, and human experimentation. Three mysteries. One episode. And a disturbing reminder that history is often stranger, darker, and more unsettling than fiction. 🔒 Subscribe on Patreon: Get complete video episodes, exclusive bonus content, and full access to everything on The Forbidden Knowledge Network. 👉 https://www.patreon.com/theforbiddenknowledgenetwork #WeirdHistoryPodcast, #DarkHistory, #UnexplainedMysteries, #SecretExperiments, #HiddenHistory","meta_description":"https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com History is filled with unsettling discoveries that refuse to stay buried. In this episode of Weird History Po…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1609,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/weird-history-7381598/episodes/strange-impostors-impossible-survivals-and-the-most-brazen-con-in-history/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-history-7381598/strange-impostors-impossible-survivals-and-the-most-brazen-con-in-history.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}