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Did you know that Henry Ford had a massive impact on square dancing in America? Or that the act of recycling traces back to 500 B.C. in Athens?

Take an astonishing, amusing, and charmingly unconventional tour through the curious everyday lives of humans past. No need to spend the day at an archaeological dig when you can simply make a cup of tea, clamber into your comfiest chair, and settle in with The Encyclopedia of the Weird and...

Bizarre phenomena, places, rituals, crimes, events, accidents, customs, creatures, hobbies, behaviors and more! Hosted by K-Town of Mysterious Radio. Subscribe or follow so you never miss an episode! Hosted by K-Town.

Everyone has heard of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. But what about close encounters of the fatal kind? The field of UFOs is rife with unsettling examples of suspicious deaths. Accounts of accidents that might not have been accidents after all, abound. Researchers and witnesses have vanished, never to be seen again. Conveniently timed heart attacks are reported. Out-of-the-blue suicides that, upon investigation, bear the distinct hallmarks of murder, are all too common.

The recent arrest in New Orleans and the HBO documentary The Jinx have put Robert Durst back in the headlines. Here, from the first reporter to access Durst’s NYPD files, is the authoritative account of a decades-long criminal odyssey—the very book found in Durst’s own apartment when it...

On November 29, 1909, police were called to a ramshackle home in East Orange, New Jersey, where they found the emaciated body of 24-year-old Oceana "Ocey" Snead facedown in the bathtub - dead of an apparent suicide by drowning. There was even a note left behind. But it would not take authorities long to discover that Ocey's death was no suicide. And Ocey's own mother and two aunts were far from the sorrowful caretakers they appeared to be.

A louca e tragicômica história dos nossos vizinhos contada no estilo único do jornalista Ariel Palacios. Com sua verve inconfundível e seu talento notável para a reportagem que se tornaram famosos na TV e no rádio, Ariel Palacios, correspondente da GloboNews e apresentador da CBN, monta um rico e divertidíssimo mosaico dos países que compõem a América Latina, reunindo toda a gama de absurdos, abusos, loucuras e atos nonsense protagonizados por monarcas, ditadores, presidentes e até mesmo líderes religiosos com alguns (ou muitos) parafusos a menos.

There has never been a show business book quite like The Show Won't Go On, the first comprehensive study of a bizarre phenomenon: performers who died onstage. From the comedy magician who dropped dead on live television to the amateur thespian who expired during a play called The Art of Murder, the book is a celebration of lives both famous and obscure, as well as a dramatic and accurate recounting of events leading to the moments they died "doing what they loved."

Forget what you think you know about our planet. We're plunging into the bizarre and unbelievable world. Prepare for landscapes so alien, so impossible, they'll leave you questioning the very fabric of existence. Brace yourself to be utterly astonished

Embark on a journey where culinary boundaries are pushed, and taste buds are tantalized with the extraordinary. Welcome to "Bizarre Bites: Culinary Wonders Across Continents," a series that delves into the adventurous world of unusual foods, where each bite tells a unique story of cultural richness, daring creativity, and the human spirit's unwavering quest for culinary exploration. In this series, we'll traverse the globe to uncover the most peculiar and surprising delicacies that grace the tables of diverse cultures. From Asia to Africa, Europe to the Americas, prepare to be amazed as we ...

Dying is bizarre delivers true stories each episode, with endings that can only be described as unbelievable. Death comes for everyone eventually, I’m just here to tell the tale.

Each week, husband and wife hosts Marissa and Matthew are exploring a historical true crime, a dark part of history, or a more personal morbid experience. Explore the dark and the bizarre while they hang out in their basement and add to their encyclopedia of the macabre.

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"Bizarre to Brutal" features true crimes and scandals from the Victorian era of history. The reports are taken directly from a popular tabloid newspaper of the time. You’ll be surprised, amazed and sometimes horrified at the way Victorian journalists tackled stories of crime and scandal without flinching. Travel back through time to the era of Jack The Ripper and Sherlock Holmes.

A podcast yarning on about the strange and mysterious happenings within the Australian continent. From cryptids, unexplainable phenomena, hauntings, to urban legends—you name it, we’ve got it!

Le Beau Bizarre, se veut un espace sonore libre et hybride. Où quelques questions de l'époque seront posées. Où des formes non ordinaires seront traversées. Où la parole sera donnée aux artist.e.s, aux auteur.ice.s, aux chercheur.e.s...; En avançant souvent entre l'intersection et la marge. Le Beau Bizarre, est une tentative, une expérimentation, un geste réflexif. Le Beau Bizarre, sera très loin de Christophe et très loin de Baudelaire, mais il ne les oublie pas !

strange, paranormal, and bizarre content all in one podcast. Every month we'll have a new episode. Some content is not suitable for audiences under 18.

Join your host Monty Lord as he trawls through the history books and picks apart some of the most bizarre laws ever passed in the UK. Have you ever heard a bizarre law and thought that can’t possibly be true? Is it genuine? Was it ever in existence or just an urban myth that’s become so embellished over time? For example… Is it illegal to own a pet whale but not a tiger? Is it illegal to cause a nuclear explosion? Is it illegal to be drunk in a pub? Is Granny Farming illegal? Until recently, it was illegal for a woman to encourage a man to marry her by wearing false hair, high heels or ...

Bizarre Legends is a gripping podcast that delves deep into the realms of true crime, horror, folklore, and the unexplained, taking listeners on a thrilling journey through the weirdest and most mysterious corners of the human experience.

Tony Thaxton explores the weirder side of music, celebrating and telling the story behind those strange albums that make you wonder how and why they exist. Doing deep dives on albums released by pro athletes, actors, fictional characters, and more. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bizarrealbums/support