Oddball History

This week on a very special Oddball History Podcast it's the lighter side of historic murder plots, from the Roman emperor Nero resorting to Wile E. Coyote technology in an attempt to commit matricide to the CIA's...

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad kings episode this week on the Oddball History Podcast, as Scott gets to know the most bizarre and least sane royals of all time, including the Zhengde Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and his loyal...

This week on a very special Oddball History Podcast, we shamelessly attempt to capitalize on the popularity of the World Cup with our very own soccer episode, featuring the wildest stories in the history of the...

<p >The popes have gone wild this week on a highly spiritual Oddball History Podcast, from Sergius III having his two immediate predecessors strangled, to Benedict IX more or less openly selling the papacy, to Leo X and...

<p>Bird, bird, bird, bird is the word this week on a very special Oddball History Podcast, as Scott learns all about the most legendary birds in history, including the heroic war pigeons of World Wars 1 & 2, Thomas...

<p>This week on a very special Oddball History Podcast it's the Cavalcade of Rich Weirdos--three exceedingly wealthy and almost unbelievably weird men straight from the pages of history, from the barely literate...

<p>This week on a very special Oddball History, it's the Year of Five Emperors, a wild, bloody, chaotic time even by the standards of the Roman Empire--from Commodus being strangled by his personal trainer on New Year's...

<p>This week on a very special Oddball History we're lowering ourselves down into the sewer to learn all about the Great Hanoi Rat Massacre, a grisly and all too true comedy of errors set in 1902 French Indochina, as...

<p >What's beef? Beef is when you hate someone so much for so long that your hate goes down as a matter of public record, as we learn this week on a very special Oddball History Podcast. From Hollywood icon Joan...

<p>This week on a very special Oddball History we're going back to the well of weird history that is the Turn of the 20th Century, to a time when Martians were real (or seemed to be anyway). PLUS: Top Comments is back...

<p>This week on a very special Oddball History, Jimmy has retired from history podcasting, leaving Scott to ramble about hippopotamuses--specifically the brief period in 1910 when Congress considered importing hippos to...

<p>Come on in, the water's warm. Part 2 of the Oddball History Holiday Classic</p> <p>Chapters:</p> <p>(00:00) Intro</p> <p>(00:57) The Last Castrato</p> <p>(09:20) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers</p> <p>(15:31) Scott...

<p>Check out our favorite segments from the past 2 years. Happy Holidays to you and yours.</p> <p>Chapters:</p> <p>(00:00) Intro</p> <p>(01:58) Jacques Ferron and the RIghteous Donkey</p> <p>(08:46) Ken Allen the escAPE...

<p>The early 2000s were a different time. A better time? Depends who you ask. We'll be covering Boy Meets Boy, Kid Nation, and My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance.</p> <p>Chapters:</p> <p>(00:00) Intro</p> <p>(02:20) Top...

<p>The HMS Wager did everything wrong. Here is the story of the shipwreck, mutiny, and return home to merry old England. </p> <p> </p> <p>Chapters </p> <p>(00:00) Intro</p> <p>(08:40) Top Comments</p> <p>(21:55) The HMS...