Ridiculous History

Listen, download, subscribe

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

The Spiritualism Movement Was Utterly Ridiculous, Part One: A Prank Goes Viral

It's a pickle for the ages: What happens when you die? The Spiritualism movement may seem obscure today -- but back in the mid-19th century, this religious and social phenomenon absolutely rocked the modern world. In the first part of this special two-part episode, Ben, Noel and Max welcome back Jonathan Strickland (aka the Quizster) to explore the rise of this movement... and Jonathan promises to behave. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

• 

  IQ Tests are (Kind of) Dumb

• 

  Did Lead Lead to the Fall of the Roman Empire?

• 

  CLASSIC: California Schoolchildren and the Great Squirrel War

• 

  Don’t Be a Schmo Yo, Try a Yoyo!

• 

  The Ridiculous Secret of "Supreme" Pizza

• 

  CLASSIC: When West Virginia Begged the USSR for Foreign Aid

• 

  Knitting as Espionage, Part Two: Legendary Spies -- and One Traitor

• 

  Knitting as Espionage, Part One: Secrets in the Stitch

• 

  CLASSIC: Idiomatic for the People II, Part II

• 

  Inventors Who Died Due To Their Own Inventions: The Irrational Death of Hi…

• 

  The Spiritualism Movement Was Utterly Ridiculous, Part Two: Con Artists, S…

• 

  CLASSIC: Idiomatic for the People II, Part I: What's in a word?

• 

  History's Weirdest National Anthems

• 

  CLASSIC: The Statue of Liberty Almost Lived in Egypt

• 

  Vacuum Cleaners are Ridiculous!