History For Weirdos

By Andrew & Stephanie

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A deep dive into the strange obscure and relentlessly entertaining portions of human history. Married couple and armchair historians, Stephanie & Andrew, discuss the often overlooked parts of humanity. Whether the subject is an obscure event that has confused historians for centuries or a historical figure that doesn't get enough credit, we have you covered. New episodes available every Monday!

Episode Date
Episode 147: Was Grace Marks Innocent?
Oct 28, 2024
Episode 146: South America's Greatest Liberator - Simon Bolivar
Oct 14, 2024
Episode 145: The Fantastic Life of Dolores Del Rio
Oct 07, 2024
Episode 144: Interview with Dr Helen Fry - Spies in the World Wars
Sep 30, 2024
[Video] Episode 143: Interview with Norman Ohler - LSD, Nazis and the CIA
Sep 25, 2024
Episode 143: Interview with Norman Ohler - LSD, Nazis and the CIA
Sep 23, 2024
Episode 142: The Spanish Inquisition
Sep 16, 2024
Episode 141: There's Treasure Inside! Interview with Jon Collins-Black
Sep 09, 2024
(Remastered) Strike It Down!
Sep 02, 2024
Episode 140: The First Cleopatra - Cleopatra Syra
Aug 26, 2024
Episode 139: The Heretic Pharoah - Akhenaten
Aug 19, 2024
Episode 138: Jim Thorpe - the Greatest Athlete of All Time?
Aug 12, 2024
(Remastered) Zenobia - the Rebel Queen
Aug 05, 2024
Episode 137: The Mysterious Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa
Jul 29, 2024
Episode 136: The Twisted Mystery of Richard III's Missing Remains
Jul 22, 2024
Episode 135: The Mystery of Oak Island
Jul 15, 2024
Minisode 1: The Olympic Torch and its Shocking Origins
Jul 12, 2024
Episode 134: Did Anastasia Romanov Survive?
Jul 08, 2024
Episode 133: The Mystery of Alexander the Great's Tomb
Jul 01, 2024
(Remastered) Powerful Priestesses of Rome, the Vestal Virgins
Jun 24, 2024
(Remastered) The Mysterious Underground City of Derinkuyu
Jun 17, 2024
(Remastered) The Witches Who Tried to Stop Hitler
Jun 10, 2024
(Remastered) The Legendary Lawrence of Arabia
Jun 03, 2024
Episode 132: Historical Mass Hysteria
May 27, 2024
Episode 131: Marcus Agrippa - The Roman Empire's MVP
May 13, 2024
Episode 130: The Mysterious Mary Celeste
May 06, 2024
Episode 129: Cannabis History with David Bienenstock
Apr 20, 2024
Episode 128: The Roswell Incident
Apr 15, 2024
Episode 127: America's Most Haunted Sanitorium - Waverly Hills
Apr 08, 2024
Episode 126: The Woman Who Would Be King - Pharaoh Hatshepsut
Apr 01, 2024
Episode 125: Joan of Arc, Teen General and Saint
Mar 18, 2024
Episode 124: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Disaster of 1911
Mar 12, 2024
Episode 123: Florence Nightingale - The Lady with the Lamp
Mar 04, 2024
Episode 122: The One-Eyed Queen vs The Roman Empire
Feb 26, 2024
Episode 121: Balto the Hero & Rin Tin Tin the Film Star
Feb 19, 2024
Episode 120: The Real Queen of Sheba
Feb 12, 2024
Episode 119: Abraham Galloway - Spy, Orator, Freedom Fighter
Feb 05, 2024
Episode 118: The Brutality of the Papin Sisters
Jan 29, 2024
Episode 117: The Assassination of William McKinley
Jan 22, 2024
Episode 116: The Shark Arm Murders
Jan 15, 2024
Episode 115: Locusta of Gaul - Ancient Roman Serial Killer?
Jan 08, 2024
Episode 114: Queen Victoria's Killer Wet Nurse
Jan 01, 2024
Episode 113: Real Life Christmas Miracles
Dec 24, 2023
Episode 112: Unraveling the Enigmatic Nostradamus
Dec 11, 2023
Episode 111: Ho Ho History - The Evolution of Santa Claus
Dec 04, 2023
Episode 110: The Tragic Reign of Lady Jane Grey
Nov 20, 2023
Episode 109: The Tuskegee Tragedy - A Dark Chapter in Medical Ethics
Nov 13, 2023
Episode 108: Walking Corpse Syndrome
Nov 06, 2023
Episode 107: The History of Halloween
Oct 30, 2023
Episode 106: The Salem Witch Trials
Oct 23, 2023
Episode 105: Vlad "the Impaler" Dracula - A Bloody Reign & Immortal Legacy
Oct 09, 2023
Episode 104: "Consumption Chic" aka the Tuberculosis Trend
Oct 02, 2023
Episode 103: The Absurd Life of Porfirio Rubirosa
Sep 25, 2023
Episode 102: The True Story of "La Malinche" and Hernán Cortés
Sep 18, 2023
Episode 101: The Great Unraveling - The Bronze Age Collapse
Sep 11, 2023
Episode 100: Part II
Aug 30, 2023
Episode 100: Part I
Aug 28, 2023
Episode 99: The Mysterious Death of Old Hollywood Star Thelma Todd
Aug 21, 2023
Episode 98: Ashoka Maurya - Warrior, Conqueror, Visionary
Aug 14, 2023
Episode 97: The Witches Who Tried to Stop Hitler
Aug 01, 2023
Episode 96: The Horrors of Willowbrook
Jul 24, 2023
Episode 95: The Missing Lighthouse Keepers of Eilean Mor
Jul 17, 2023
Episode 94: Ancient Athens' Haunted House
Jul 10, 2023
Episode 93: The Mystery of Dyatlov Pass
Jul 03, 2023
Episode 92: Julie d'Aubigny, Master Fencer &...Opera Singer?
Jun 12, 2023
Episode 91: Sappho of Lesbos
Jun 05, 2023
Episode 90: The Greek Myth Special Double-Header
May 29, 2023
Episode 89: Starvation Heights
May 22, 2023
Episode 88: Man Proposes, God Disposes
May 15, 2023
Episode 87: The Tunguska Explosion - History's Greatest Cosmic Mystery
May 08, 2023
Episode 86: Wojtek the Bear & "Unsinkable" Sam
May 01, 2023
Episode 85: Tarrare, the Hungriest Man in History
Apr 17, 2023
Episode 84: The Mysterious Underground City of Derinkuyu
Apr 10, 2023
Episode 83: Phineas Gage - The Most Famous Brain Injury Survivor
Apr 05, 2023
Episode 82: The Adventures of Alice Roosevelt
Mar 27, 2023
Episode 81: Professional Poisoner Giulia Tofana
Mar 20, 2023
Episode 80: Enheduanna, the First Known Author in History
Mar 13, 2023
Episode 79: Ada Lovelace, 19th Century Computer Programmer
Mar 06, 2023
Episode 78: The African Samurai, Yasuke
Feb 27, 2023
Episode 77: Powerful Priestesses of Rome, the Vestal Virgins
Feb 20, 2023
Episode 76: The Tragic Love Story of Peter & Ines
Feb 13, 2023
Episode 75: Bessie Coleman, Daring Aviator & Trailblazer
Feb 06, 2023
Episode 74: The Pig War of 1859
Jan 30, 2023
Episode 73: Yes, Jack Black's Mom Saved Astronauts
Jan 23, 2023
Episode 72: Hedy Lamarr, the "Mother of WiFi"
Jan 16, 2023
Episode 71: The Mysterious Murder of Jane Stanford
Jan 09, 2023
Episode 70: The 1919 Christmas Whiskey Massacre
Dec 26, 2022
Episode 69: Boudica - the Celtic Warrior Queen
Dec 19, 2022
Episode 68: Olga of Kiev - Saint or Sinner?
Dec 12, 2022
Episode 67: The Nuremberg Celestial Phenomenon
Dec 05, 2022
Episode 66: The Mystery at Roanoke Island
Nov 21, 2022
Episode 65: Ona Judge & Her Journey to Freedom
Nov 14, 2022
Episode 64: Edward the Black Prince, Hero or Villain?
Nov 07, 2022
Episode 63: The Pendle Witch Trials
Oct 31, 2022
Episode 62: The Battle of Los Angeles
Oct 24, 2022
Episode 61: The Villisca Axe Murders
Oct 17, 2022
Episode 60: The Most Haunted Island in the World
Oct 10, 2022
Episode 59: The Greystone Mansion Mysterious Deaths
Oct 03, 2022
Episode 58: The Wilmington Massacre
Sep 26, 2022
Episode 57: The Nottingham Cheese Riot
Sep 19, 2022
Episode 56: Ancient Persian Succession Gone Wrong
Sep 05, 2022
Episode 55: Erendira, the Purepecha Princess
Aug 29, 2022
Episode 54: Sonora Webster, the "Babe Ruth" of Horse Diving
Aug 22, 2022
Episode 53: Robert Lees, the Royal Spiritualist
Aug 15, 2022
Episode 52: The Gracchi Brothers of Ancient Rome
Aug 09, 2022
Episode 51: Caravaggio, Creative Genius or Criminal?
Aug 01, 2022
Episode 50: Ask Us Anything Special!
Jun 28, 2022
Episode 49: Zenobia, the Rebel Queen
Jun 21, 2022
Episode 48: The Green Children of Woolpit
Jun 16, 2022
Episode 47: The 5th Beatle
Jun 06, 2022
Episode 46: The Mysterious Zarathustra
May 23, 2022
Episode 45: The Almost Forgotten Spy, Phyllis Latour
May 16, 2022
Episode 44: The Kentucky Meat Shower
May 09, 2022
Episode 43: Did Lizzie Borden Do It?
May 02, 2022
Episode 42: The History of Mary Jane
Apr 25, 2022
Episode 41: Annette Kellerman, Women's Swimwear Pioneer
Apr 11, 2022
Episode 40: The Battle of the Eclipse
Apr 04, 2022
Episode 39: The Big Kahuna, Duke Kahanamoku
Mar 29, 2022
Episode 38: Josephine Baker - Performer, Activist & Spy!
Mar 21, 2022
Episode 37: The Great Molasses Flood
Mar 14, 2022
Episode 36: Haunted Birthday Special
Mar 07, 2022
Episode 35: The Stunning Achievements of Sidney Poitier
Feb 07, 2022
Episode 34: Mary Shelley, the OG Goth Girl
Jan 24, 2022
Episode 33 - The Disturbing Disappearance of Ambrose Bierce
Jan 17, 2022
Episode 32: Mother Shipton the Witch of Yorkshire
Jan 10, 2022
Episode 31: The Pirate Empress
Jan 03, 2022
Episode 30: Pagan Christmas Special
Dec 27, 2021
Episode 29: The First Female Tattoo Artist
Dec 20, 2021
Episode 28: Elizabeth Bathory - the Blood Countess?
Nov 29, 2021
Episode 27: The Sacred Band of Thebes
Nov 22, 2021
Episode 26: The Murderous Mary Bell
Nov 15, 2021
Episode 25: The Legendary Lawrence of Arabia
Nov 08, 2021
Episode 24: The 18th Century Trans-Atlantic Rebel
Oct 25, 2021
Episode 23: Untold Stories of Mexican Revolutionaries
Oct 18, 2021
Episode 22: The Wonderfully Weird Archimedes
Oct 11, 2021
Episode 21: Ernest Hemingway's Quarantine Crew
Oct 04, 2021
Episode 20: The Incredible Madame CJ Walker
Jun 14, 2020
Episode 19: Sally Hemings & Her Descendants
Jun 07, 2020
Episode 18: The Richest Athlete Ever
May 18, 2020
Episode 17: The Real Life Wonder Women
May 03, 2020
Episode 16: Timur's Twist
Apr 27, 2020
Episode 15: Strike It Down!
Apr 19, 2020
Episode 14: Presidents, Opossums & Bears...Oh My!
Apr 13, 2020
Episode 13: What the Heck is Greek Fire?
Apr 06, 2020
Episode 12: Unwitting Test Subjects
Apr 06, 2020
Episode 11: Let's Stop Hating on Typhoid Mary
Mar 23, 2020
Episode 10: Isaac Newton was Quarantined Too
Mar 16, 2020
Episode 9: The British Connection
Mar 09, 2020
Episode 8: The Motorcycle Queen - Bessie Stringfield
Feb 24, 2020
Episode 7: Sinister Secret Societies
Feb 17, 2020
Episode 6: The Weird Roots of Valentine's Day
Feb 09, 2020
Episode 5: Two Men Who Prevented Nuclear War
Feb 02, 2020
Episode 2: The Great Emu War
Jan 21, 2020
Episode 3: The Dancing Plague of 1518
Jan 21, 2020
Episode 4: The Case of Exploding Teeth
Jan 21, 2020
Episode 1: Khutulun the Wrestler Princess
Jan 04, 2020