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From Hog Hair to Nylon — The Hidden History of Toothbrushes and Trench Mouth
February 24 looks like an ordinary date on the calendar — but it quietly changed the human mouth forever.
In this episode of The Strange History Podca…
4 months ago
The Giant Wheel That Terrified Victorians and Changed Entertainment Forever
February 23 marks the moment one of the strangest engineering ideas in history was officially approved — and nothing about entertainment was ever the…
4 months ago
Election Fraud: Cooping, Political Gangs, What It Had To Do With The Death of Edgar Allan Poe|The Strange History Podcast
Long before modern debates about election fraud, American democracy had a darker, far more violent secret. In this episode of The Strange History Pod…
4 months ago
The Most Awkward Six Seconds in Oscars History, John Travolta, a Meme, and 43 Million Witnesses
February 22, 2014 was supposed to be just another polished Oscars moment — until it wasn’t.
In this episode of The Strange History Podcast, host Amy r…
4 months ago
Changelings Explained: How Medieval Monks Tried to Understand Them — and Villagers Tried to Destroy Them
Changelings weren’t just fairy tales — they were a crisis.
In this episode of The Strange History Podcast, host Amy explores the chilling difference b…
4 months, 1 week ago
Florida’s Bizarre Laws Still on the Books: The Legal Chaos That Refuses to Die
Florida has sunshine, beaches, alligators… and a law book that looks like it was written during a collective nervous breakdown. In this mega-episode …
4 months, 1 week ago
The Wild Hunt — When Medieval Europe Believed the Dead Rode the Sky
In this episode of The Strange History Podcast, host Amy explores the terrifying folklore of the Wild Hunt — a ghostly procession of dead riders beli…
4 months, 1 week ago
The Golden Serpent of Benevento and the Saint Who Erased a God| The Strange History Podcast
In this episode of The Strange History Podcast, host Amy explores the bizarre and little-known story of a pagan serpent cult in Benevento, Italy, and…
4 months, 1 week ago
The Lead Masks Case (1966): Brazil’s Strangest Unsolved Deaths | Unsolved-ish A Strange History Podcast
In 1966, two Brazilian electronics technicians were found dead on a remote hill near Rio de Janeiro — lying side by side, wearing crude lead masks, a…
4 months, 1 week ago
When Medieval Europe Swore the Sky Was Full of Dragons| Feb 18th The Strange History Podcast
In this episode of The Strange History Podcast, host Amy explores the forgotten medieval belief that dragons filled the winter skies. Drawing from mo…
4 months, 1 week ago