Hosted by Unknown Host · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 122 episodes
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Welcome friends to The Absurd. A podcast about things absurd. News, histories, mysteries, and strange goings-on. Our stories are freaky, funny, and sometimes frightening. So sit back, get comfy, and get ready for The Absurd.
Unknown Host hosts The Absurd, a comedy show with 122 episodes published.
Starting off this week with a truly brutal bit of history from the Vietnam War, where a US army unit committed the most barbaric war crimes in US history. Then we’ll look at a woman in Brazil who gave birth to twins … fr
Starting off this week with the harrowing tale of Ricky Magee, a man who was waylaid in the Australian outback and faced a truly terrifying ordeal. Next we’ll learn of a truly astounding case in which magic mushrooms wer
Starting off today with a truly absurd legal case brought by a British man against Virgin Airlines after he claims was so badly burned by a hot drink, that he can no longer help conceive a child. Next, we’ll learn about
Starting off this week with a man who gets drunk without having consumed any alcohol. Next, we’ll look at the bizarre story of Benjamin Kyle, a man found naked and unconscious behind a Burger King. Then we’re off to Port
We’re starting out today’s episode with a bit of Canadian history. Denis Lortie stormed the Quebec legislature, killing and wounding a number of government officers. Next, we’re off to Belgium where we will learn about a
Mel is back! And she’s starting off with a strange one. The body of an MI6 employee was found naked and locked inside a large luggage bag. Why, and how? Next we’ll learn about a public awareness campaign in Nigeria to di
Something a little different this episode, it’s Rod doing a solo show while Mel is on “special assignment”. Rod will tell us about the Norwegian Black Metal bank Mayhem, who had a very tumultuous time early in their care
First, a preventable environmental tragedy which took place in Niagara Falls, New York in which hundreds of families were evacuated, and their houses boarded up as a result of an irresponsible chemical company. A man in
Starting off this week with a truly fascinating story about a 19-year-old French woman who had triplets while in a coma. But not in the way you think. Next we’ll look at the growing conspiracy theory in which a number of
Rod was very happy to do this story on internet streamer and general pain in the keester, Johnny Somali, who last week was sentenced in South Korea. Mel will then tell us about a bizarre story in which a hickey proved de
A Texas woman has received the Guinness World Record for being the woman with the widest tongue in the world.Next, we’ll talk about the horrific case of Madame LaLaurie who, at her New Orleans home in early 19th century
It’s our 100th episode! We’re starting off this landmark episode with a trip to Uganda, where we will learn that humans are not the only species to engage in civil war. Next, Mel will tell us a shocking tale of a woman w
We’re starting off this week with a bizarre story of La Pascualita, a famous, highly realistic mannequin displayed since 1930 in the window of a bridal shop in Chihuahua, Mexico, known as "La Casa de Moda Bridal" Next, s
We start this week’s episode with the heartbreaking story of Noelia Castillo. A 25-year-old Spanish woman who finally got her wish last week to be euthanized. Next, we’re off to Dijon, France, where a recent discovery of
We’re starting off this week with a bizarre tale of what a convicted murderer did to try to get out of his prison sentence. Next we’ll look at the perilous voyage of the Newfoundland based Neptune II, in which the ship w
First and foremost, that ultra-annoying background hiss is gone! Now, this week we’re starting off with a story out of Kenya where a Chinese man was arrested trying to smuggle 2,000 ants in his luggage. Then Mel will tak
No one likes a colonoscopy, but they are an important procedure in the early detection of cancer. Sometimes though, other things are found. Next, we’ll learn about the deadliest blizzard in known history, in which 4,000
Michael Phillips is looking to secure a title that most me would eschew as he seeks to prove that he does in fact have the smallest penis on earth. We’ll then learn about Felix Gretarsson who suffered a terrible accident
Starting off this episode with the harrowing tale of 4-year-old Karina Chikitova who was lost in the Siberian wilderness with her dog Naida. Then we’ll learn about a family in Australia who received a $6,258 (AUD) fine f
This week, we’ll start off in Indonesia, where a rather macabre holiday to celebrate the local people’s ancestors. Next, we’ll learn about a Welsh woman tho took a rather … gassy revenge. There are many types of mushroom
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The Absurd is hosted by Unknown Host. The show is categorised under Comedy (culture) and has published 122 episodes.
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