Oddball History

We'll cover Gregor MacGregor, George C. Parker, and Natwarlal. Also butts and stuff.

Chapters

(00:00) Intro

(02:58) Top Comments

(20:37) Gregor MacGregor Makes Up a Country

(28:15) George C. Parker has a bridge to sell you

(33:53) Natwarlal, India's legendary conman

(39:34) Honorable Mention: Alan Conway and Stanley Kubrick

(42:45) Stand Up Shows and Dumb Thoughts

The conman so nice, he sold the Eiffel Tower twice! And more such stories. Enjoy.

Chapters

(00:00) Intro

(02:14) Top Comments

(22:24) Victor Lustig: King of the Con

(55:42) Show Dates and Chit Chat

Georgia Tech and Cumberland faced off in 1916. The Yellow Jackets won 222-0. This is that story.

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(05:05) Top Comments + Some Meandering

(26:06) 1916 Georgia Tech vs. Cumberland Beatdown

(45:58) Idle chit chat and stand up comedy dates

Two comedians/poorly researched historians dive into American folk heroes and the very real people behind the tall tales.

Chapters

(00:00) Intro

(03:05) Top Comments

(18:55) Johnny Appleseed/John Chapman

(27:31) Paul Bunyan/Fabian "Joe" Fournier

(38:43) John Henry/Much smaller John Henry

(45:07) Comedy shows and chit chat

We check out some of history's strangest performers. Enjoy!

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(03:25) Top Comments

(21:54) Le Petomane - the French Farter

(31:02) Alessandro Moreschi - The Last Castrato

(38:44) Matthias Buchinger - No hands, lotta magic

(44:11) Hadji Ali - The Greatest Regurgitator

(49:44) Charles Lauri Jr - The First Furry

(55:15) Hot Goss and Comedy Shows

This week, we take you down memory lane of some of the strangest riots on recent history

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(02:58) Top Comments

(18:08) The Straw Hat Riot of 1922

(24:30) Astor Place Shakespeare Riot of 1849

(32:43) Toronto Clown vs Firefighter Riot

(42:02) Honorable Mention: English Bread Riots

(43:40) Hot pod! Get your hot pod!

The title really does a good job at saying what this one is about.

Chapters

(00:00) Intro

(04:34) Top Comments

(13:43) Bernarr MacFadden

(47:25) Straight Up Podcast Chat - Also come see us live.

Smedley Butler - author of "War is a Racket" - did a whole lot of war himself.

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(06:05) Top Comments

(12:15) Smedley Butler, the history part of the podcast

(49:29) Podcastin'

John R. Brinkley was an all-time quack doctor, famous for transplanting goat testicles into humans to cure pretty much anything...he also was a pioneer in country music, it's a long story.

Chapters

(00:00) Intro

(05:31) Top Comments

(17:00) John R. Brinkley

(49:40) Chittin' and Chattin'

This one is about whales. The title really says what you need to know.

Chapters

(00:00) Intro

(02:30) Top Comments

(15:08) Whales! Whales! Whales!

(17:30) Porphyrios - An Old Fashioned Sea Monster

(22:30) Old Tom the Helpful Orca

(28:15) The Original Shamu

(31:05) Orca Serial Killers, Port and Starboard

(36:02) The Exploding Whale of Oregon

(48:00) Chittin' and Chattin'