The Weird History Podcast

Recent Episodes

130 Human Mail

Posted June 5, 2017 • 00:18:20

Sending human beings through the mail is not generally allowed, but plenty of people have tried it. The most notable person in US history to mail themselves...

129 Phantom Time, the Dumbest Conspiracy Theory Ever

Posted May 30, 2017 • 00:19:17

One of the most dramatic (and dumbest) conspiracy theories of all time is the Phantom Time Hypothesis, put forward by the conspiracy theorist Heriber...

128 Quest For Thundercows

Posted May 22, 2017 • 00:17:37

In 1910 the United States almost imported hippos as a meat animal. Had it done so, the US would have imported the single most dangerous large land animal...

127 Bummer and Lazarus, the San Francisco Superdogs

Posted May 15, 2017 • 00:18:14

Bummer and Lazarus were a pair of stray dogs beloved of San Francisco in the 1860s. The two dogs were known for their exceptional rat-catching ability,...

126 Jenni L. Walsh on Becoming Bonnie

Posted May 8, 2017 • 00:30:39

Jenni L. Walsh is the author of Becoming Bonnie, a historical fiction novel about how Bonnie met Clyde, and what happened afterward. We talked about...