The Weird History Podcast

Recent Episodes

182 Atlantropa, the Plan to Drain the Mediterranean

Posted December 2, 2018 • 00:15:54

In the 1920s German architect Herman Sorgel had a plan: Solve nearly all of Europe’s social, economic, and environmental problems by partially draining...

181 Thanksgiving Mummery

Posted November 20, 2018 • 00:11:44

Thanksgiving, at least in New York City at the end of the 1800s and early 1900s, used to look a lot like Halloween. Traditional trappings like turkey...

180 Lucy Bellwood on Sailor Tattoos

Posted November 4, 2018 • 00:44:34

Lucy Bellwood is a cartoonist and author in Portland, Oregon. Last year her illustration of sailor tattoos went viral. We talked about nautical tattoos,...

179 Buried Alive!

Posted October 30, 2018 • 00:16:23

Being buried alive was one of the most common phobias of the Victorian era. Fear of premature interment in a coffin inspired the creation of the London...

178 Wendigo

Posted October 22, 2018 • 00:19:42

Cannibalism is one of the the most prevalent taboos across human societies, and people who practice cannibalism have frequently been demonized throughout...