885 Episodes

  1. Juana Maria: The Real-life Story Behind "Island of the Blue Dolphins"

    Published: 5/10/2022
  2. Introducing: Wheel Woman

    Published: 5/5/2022
  3. Curling: The Most Ridiculous Sport?

    Published: 5/5/2022
  4. Nobuo Fujita Bombed Brookings, Oregon -- and Then Became a Town Hero

    Published: 5/3/2022
  5. A Teetotaling Preacher Basically Invented Modern Tourism

    Published: 4/28/2022
  6. Ira Aldridge: Actor, Activist and Record-breaker

    Published: 4/26/2022
  7. Lithuanian Book Smugglers Vs. The Russian Empire

    Published: 4/21/2022
  8. The Yule Lads Terrified Children Across Iceland

    Published: 4/19/2022
  9. The Infamous Aurora UFO Incident of 1897

    Published: 4/14/2022
  10. How The Evil May Day of 1517 Became the Perfect Propaganda Opportunity

    Published: 4/12/2022
  11. Day Drinkers (Sort of) Helped Stop Cholera in London

    Published: 4/7/2022
  12. The Much-Maligned Reign of Swedish Queen Maria Eleonora

    Published: 4/5/2022
  13. Weird Ways People Used to Communicate, Part II: Smoke Signals and Bottled Messages

    Published: 3/31/2022
  14. Weird Ways People Used to Communicate, Part I: Only a Pigeon Away

    Published: 3/29/2022
  15. That Time A Dead Guy Won an Olympic Medal

    Published: 3/24/2022
  16. Julia Barnett Rice Waged an Elitist War on Noise

    Published: 3/23/2022
  17. Ridiculous History Presents: A History of "Adult" Toys, Part 2

    Published: 3/17/2022
  18. Ridiculous History Presents: A History of "Adult" Toys, Part 2

    Published: 3/17/2022
  19. Introducing: Ridiculous News

    Published: 3/16/2022
  20. Ridiculous History Presents: A History of "Adult" Toys, Part 1

    Published: 3/15/2022

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History is beautiful, brutal and, often, ridiculous. Join Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown as they dive into some of the weirdest stories from across the span of human civilization in Ridiculous History, a podcast by iHeartRadio.