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Podcast about history's most unbelievable true stories. From wars against birds to dancing plagues, discover the absurd events your teacher never mentioned. authordanielpdouglas.substack.com
Daniel P. Douglas hosts Wait! That Actually Happened?, a history show with 18 episodes published.
The Barrel That Wobbled In July of 2012, a man named Michel Gauvreau climbed a stack of barrels inside a giant warehouse in Quebec, Canada. His job was simple. Count the barrels. Make sure the numbers matched the records
A Pig Walks into a Potato Patch… On the morning of June 15th, 1859, an American farmer named Lyman Cutlar walked out of his cabin on San Juan Island. He saw a large black pig rooting around in his potato patch. Again. Th
In June 1969, El Salvador and Honduras played three World Cup qualifying matches that spiraled into riots, a national martyr, and ultimately a real shooting war. The underlying causes were decades of tension over immigra
In January 897, Pope Stephen VI ordered the corpse of his predecessor Pope Formosus dug up from its tomb, dressed in papal robes, and propped up on a throne to stand trial for crimes including “coveting the papacy” and i
Since the 1600s, families in Catalonia, Spain have gathered around a small wooden log with a painted smiley face and a red hat every Christmas Eve. They’ve spent the past two weeks “feeding” it scraps of food to fatten i
In 1731, Spanish coast guards boarded British Captain Robert Jenkins’ ship, tortured him, and sliced off his ear before telling him to “take it to your king.” Jenkins did something even better. He pickled the ear, carrie
In the 1920s, hundreds of young American women were hired to paint watch dials with radium paint that made them glow in the dark. Their employers told them it was completely safe, even encouraged them to lick their brush
In this episode of “Wait, That Actually Happened?” we explore Tulip Mania, the world’s first recorded financial bubble that gripped Holland from 1633 to 1637. During the Dutch Golden Age, tulip bulbs became so valuable t
This Party Was Fire! On January 28, 1393, King Charles VI of France and five nobles dressed as “wild men” for a masquerade, covering themselves in pitch (tar) and flax to look hairy and savage, then chaining themselves t
On January 30th, 1962, three girls at a mission school in Tanganyika (now Tanzania) started giggling and couldn’t stop, triggering one of history’s strangest epidemics that would last 18 months and affect over 1,000 peop
When the Olympics Decided Water Was Bad and Poison Was Good The 1904 Olympic Marathon in St. Louis remains the most catastrophic Olympic event ever held, when organizer James E. Sullivan deliberately withheld water from
When Ladies Fought in the Mud for Plants In the 1850s, Victorian Britain experienced “Pteridomania” or Fern Fever, when the entire nation became obsessed with collecting ferns to the point of ecological disaster. Wealthy
When San Francisco Crowned Its Own King In 1859, a broke businessman named Joshua Norton declared himself Emperor of the United States, and amazingly, the entire city of San Francisco just went with it. For 21 years, Nor
On March 3, 1876, chunks of fresh red meat fell from a clear Kentucky sky for several minutes, covering an area the size of a football field around Mrs. Allen Crouch's farm in Bath County. The meat appeared fresh enough
Yes, you read that correctly. In 1325, medieval Italy witnessed one of history's most ridiculous wars when Modena stole a wooden bucket from Bologna's city well. What should have been a minor prank between rival city-sta
On October 17, 1814, a 22-foot-tall vat containing 135,000 gallons of beer exploded at London's Horse Shoe Brewery, triggering a catastrophic chain reaction that released 388,000 gallons of porter into the streets. The r
In July 1518, a woman named Frau Troffea began dancing in the streets of Strasbourg and couldn't stop. Within days, dozens had joined her in this compulsive, uncontrollable dancing; within a month, up to 400 people were
In 1932, farmers faced an invasion of 20,000 emus devastating their wheat crops in Western Australia. Their solution? Call in the military with machine guns and 10,000 rounds of ammunition. What followed was one of histo
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Wait! That Actually Happened? is hosted by Daniel P. Douglas. The show is categorised under history (society) and has published 18 episodes.
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