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Three Ridiculous Histories of "Bloody Mary"
A frightening children's game. An intensely divisive, boozy drink. A real-life Royal. As Ben and Noel discover in today's episode, "Bloody Mary" allu…
11 months, 1 week ago
CLASSIC: The Ridiculous Story of the World’s First (Documented) Serial Killer
Locusta of Gaul, also known as Locusta The Poisoner, was one of the most infamous criminals of ancient times. Alternately sponsored and betrayed by t…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
A Ridiculous History of "Fad Diets"
Everyone in the developed world knows someone who's tried a 'fad diet' -- these are the so-called miracle practices that promise to help people lose …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
A Titanic Disaster: That Time An Entire Production Crew Tripped Off Bad Chowder
James Cameron's Titanic was, by all accounts, a blockbuster success. And, like so many other masterpieces, the story of its creation is a tale all it…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
CLASSIC: Back When the Rich Ate Corpses
Nowadays it's safe to say that cannibalism isn't a widely-accepted practice, but not so long ago it was considered the bleeding edge (get it?) in med…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Introducing: United States of Kennedy
Hello, Ridiculous History Fans! We want to share a new show you might like, United States of Kennedy,
About the show: United States of Kennedy is a p…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
A Ridiculous History of Sex, with Ross Benes
Heads-up, folks: this is a PG-13 episode. Ben and the legendary guest producer, also Ben, welcome author and journalist Ross Benes for a wide-ranging…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
CLASSIC: The Mummies of Guanajuato
When the city of Guanajuato instituted a grave tax, they included some harsh penalties for those who couldn't pay -- if you went more than three year…
1 year ago
A Ridiculous History of Brain Science, with Jorge Cham
Today, we all generally understand that the brain is responsible for what we call personality and thought -- yet this wasn't always the case. Once hu…
1 year ago
Jorge Cham Teaches Us The Universe: Big Bangs and Quantum Hangs
What is the universe? Where did it come from, and what happens to it in the future? Humanity has wrestled with these questions since the dawn of civi…
1 year ago