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The Age of the Crakow, Part 2: A Fashion Arms Race, But For Your Feet
The Age of the Crakow, Part 1: Medieval Europe Went Nuts For Pointy Shoes
How Pie in the Face Became a Comedy Classic, Part 2: The Fall (of the Pie)
How Pie in the Face Became a Comedy Classic, Part 1: Rise of the Pie
The Great Panjandrum: A Hilariously Terrible Idea
Dr. T. W. Stallings: One Man's Corvid-Hating Quest to Make Oklahoma Literally Eat Crow
Pineapples In Europe, Part 2: People Literally Rented Pineapples to Impress their Friends
Pineapples In Europe, Part 1: A Weird, Cartoonishly Expensive Flex
The Mysterious Dark Day That Terrified New England
The Windham Frog Fight of 1754
Ancient Mesopotamian Societies Sacrificed Substitute Kings to Eclipses
The Mad Gasser of Mattoon, Part 2
The Mad Gasser of Mattoon, Part 1
A Currency for Colonies: The Strange Story of "Leprosy Money"
Wyoming Tales, Part 2: Absaroka, the State That Almost Was
Wyoming Tales, Part 1: Walking in the Shoes of Big Nose George
The Rise and Fall of the Flea Circus, Part 2
The Rise and Fall of the Flea Circus, Part 1
History's Most Ridiculous (and Deadly) Beauty Trends
Billy Cottrell, the Tyrant Mayor of Cedar Key, Florida
The US and the UK Almost Went to War over a Pig
The 1973 Michigan Pizza Funeral
Elagabalus The Raunchy, Racy High Priest Who Became a Roman Emperor
John Wilkins Started a 17th-century Astronaut Program, Part 2: Wilkins (Tries to) Start a Space Program
John Wilkins Started a 17th-century Astronaut Program, Part 1: Why not aim for the Moon?
Turtle Soup, Part 2: Rise of the Mock Turtle
Turtle Soup, Part 1: A Delicacy of Yesteryear
Stab Yourself to Health and Happiness: The Bizarre Rise of the Lebensweker
The Hatpin Peril
It's a Cat's World, Part 2: The Rise of the Cat Show
It's a Cat's World, Part 1: The Sacred and the Suspicious
Dan Sickles, American Scoundrel, Part 2: The Civil War
Dan Sickles, American Scoundrel, Part 1: How to Get Away with Murder
That Time New York Banned Spitting
Admiral Byrd and the Polar Dairy
Weird 21st Century Predictions from Ages Past, Part 2: Your Personal Plane, A World Without Disaster and Retiring on the Moon
Weird 21st Century Predictions from Ages Past, Part 1: Tesla, Square Tomatoes and Pseudosteak
The Old Rituals of New Years, Part 2: Neuroscience, Resolutions and the Rick Steves Fan Club
Holiday Classic: When the Puritans Canceled Christmas
Holiday Classic: The Strange History of Antarctic Fruitcake
Goodyear and the Mystery of the Ghost Blimp
Benito Mussolini was Super into Wearable Milk
Snowmen as Protest: The Miracle of 1511
Why are Chimney Sweeps good luck at weddings?
People Have Been Convinced Robots Will Take Their Jobs For Centuries
That Time the US was Terrified of Tomatoes
How the Pandemic Helped (and Hurt) the Struggle for Women's Rights
How a German Prince Built his own Artificial Volcano
The Weird Origin of Pink Lemonade, Part 2: The Rise of Clown Pants
The Weird Origin of Pink Lemonade, Part 1: A Humble Citrus
An Elephant in the Vatican, Part 2: An Elephant in the Reformation
An Elephant in the Vatican, Part 1: The Discovery of Hanno
S T O V E G O B L I N
The US Didn't Always Have Secret Ballots
The Case of the Greenbrier Ghost, Part 2: The Court
Ridiculous History Presents: Criminalia
The Case of the Greenbrier Ghost, Part 1: An 'Everlasting Faint'
The Hand of Glory, Part 2: Recipes, Necropants and Toes
The Hand of Glory, Part 1: A Thief's Theme
Brooms and Witchcraft, Part 2: Inquisitions and Iniquity
Brooms and Witchcraft, Part 1: A Killer in the Rye?
The Beast of Gévaudan, Part 2: The Birth of a Grisly Legend
The Beast of Gévaudan, Part 1: Murders In France
The BBC Convinced People Spaghetti Grows on Trees
The US Waged War on Pinball for Decades
The Misadventures of Wade Boggs, Part 2
The Misadventures of Wade Boggs, Part 1
The Tragic Tale of the 'Turnspit Dog'
Knocker-Uppers: The Human Alarm Clocks of the Industrial Age
That Time New York City Rioted Over Shakespeare
Babies in Incubators were Once a Sideshow Attraction
The Rise of the US Camel Corps
The United Kingdom Has A Weird Thing With Swans
The Nazi Super Horse Program, Part 2: A Horse-filled Heist
The Nazi Super Horse Program, Part 1: Equine Eugenics
Railroad Tycoons Decided What Time It Is Now
Why do people 'christen' ships with champagne?
The Hidden History of Jewish Pirates, Part 2: Famous Privateers
The Hidden History of Jewish Pirates, Part 1: Escaping Europe
Ridiculous "Remedies" of the Spanish Flu: The Rise of the Lemon
That Time Rebellious Freemasons Starting Kissing Porcelain Pug Butts
Clever Hans, Part 2: The Rise and Fall of Hans
Clever Hans, Part 1: The Equine Mathematician
Henry VIII and That English Sweat, Part 2: A Disease and a King
Henry VIII and That English Sweat, Part 1: A Pandemic
The Hobo King: Leon Ray Livingston, Chapter Two
The Hobo King: Leon Ray Livingston, Chapter One
The Vikings Made a Fortune in the 'Unicorn' Trade
Did People Really Throw Tar And Feathers On Each Other?
Kate Warne, the Pinkerton Detective Who Saved Abe Lincoln, Part 2: To Rescue A President
Kate Warne, the Pinkerton Detective Who Saved Abe Lincoln, Part 1: The Origin Story
What is Fudge, Part 2: The Rebellion
What is Fudge, Part 1: The Science, The Curious Name
The North Pole, Part 2: The Chase To The North
The North Pole, Part 1: Maps and Legends
The Mysterious Origin of (and Disturbing Problems with) the "Wolf Whistle"
World War I and the Rise of the Peat Moss Bandage
Flashback: Unforeseen Consequences Throughout History: Part 2
Flashback: Unforeseen Consequences Throughout History: Part 1
Louis Wain, the Godfather of Cat Memes: Part 2