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The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 5 - “Boom! The Explosive Birth of Christmas Crackers”
What do you get when you mix gunpowder, paper hats, and holiday cheer? A Victorian invention that went off — literally. Amy unwraps the story of Christmas crackers, the noisy, spark-filled party favo…
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Secrets from the Past Part 1: Vintage Household Hacks, Bizarre Remedies & Lost Cleaning Tricks | The Strange History Podcast
Step back in time and discover the weird, wonderful, and surprisingly effective world of vintage household hacks. In this two-episode series, we explore the cleaning tips, DIY solutions, beauty trick…
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Secrets from the Past Part 2: Vintage Remedies & DIY Hacks: Strange Beauty Tricks, Pantry Solutions, and Forgotten Household Secrets
In Part Two of this nostalgic and entertaining series, we explore the stranger side of vintage household hacks — including beauty rituals, pantry tricks, old medical remedies, DIY fixes, and bizarre …
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The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 4 - “Season’s Grievings: When Christmas Cards Showed Dead Birds”
Before Hallmark came horror. Amy dives into the bizarre world of early Victorian Christmas cards — featuring dead robins, frogs with pipes, and insects doing chores. Discover why these creepy images …
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The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 3 - “Light It on Fire: The Explosive History of Christmas Pudding”
Brandy, flames, and third-degree burns — nothing says “Merry Christmas” like a dessert that doubles as a torch. Amy investigates the fiery ritual of Victorian plum pudding, complete with true account…
Published on 2 days, 1 hour ago
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day 2 - “The Mourning Tree: Victorians Who Decorated with the Dead”
Some Victorians hung silver baubles… others hung Aunt Mildred. Amy unpacks the unsettling custom of placing mourning ornaments — locks of hair, miniature portraits, and memento mori — on Christmas tr…
Published on 3 days, 1 hour ago
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day - Why Victorian Christmas's Resembled a Tim Burton Movie
The 25 Strangest days of Christmas Day - Why Victorian Christmas's Resembled a Tim Burton Movie
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The Hitler on Long Island: The Strange and Hidden Life of William Patrick Hitler
In this episode of The Strange History Podcast, host Amy uncovers the shocking and little-known life of William Patrick Hitler — the nephew of Adolf Hitler who fled Germany, exposed his infamous uncl…
Published on 4 days, 1 hour ago
The Strange History of Nazi Germany: Propaganda, Pseudoscience & Secret Projects Part 1
Step into the unsettling — and often unbelievably strange — world of Nazi Germany in the 1940s. This episode uncovers Hitler’s carefully crafted vegetarian-animal-lover persona, bizarre Nazi environm…
Published on 1 week ago
The Strange History of Nazi Germany: The Weird, Dark & Unbelievable Truth Part 2
In Part 2 of this series, we explore the even stranger depths of Nazi Germany’s ideology and operations — from the looting of European libraries to the bureaucratic efficiency of genocide, propaganda…
Published on 1 week ago