Episode 61 of Oddball History

Chapters: (00:00) Intro (02:11) Top Comments (07:11) Mario Tonelli (22:06) Rommel, the Nicest Nazi (26:28) Would you rather? (31:31) Scott finds Jesus (33:19) Questionable Reddit discovery (37:55) Cowboys Update (40:49) Stand Up Comedy

This week on an utterly macabre Oddball History, Jimmy and Scott talk Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, Toaster Strudel and Real Life Dr. Frankensteins--from the alchemist who may have been the inspiration for the book to the Russian transplantation pioneer who became obsessed with creating a two-headed dog for some reason.

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(01:14) Top Comments

(06:04) Johann Dippel boils bodies

(14:01) Giovanni Aldini shocks some dogs

(20:12) Andrew Ure was a pretty good guy

(22:53) Robert Cornish boy genius

(34:38) Vladmir Demikhov loves 2-headed dogs

(42:45) Crowd Work Goes wrong and fatherhood

(47:50) Movie: Rover Dangerfield

(50:39) Jerry Jones is messy

(53:48) Closing Remarks: Tom and Jerry

This week on Oddball History

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(01:55) Top Comments

(09:01) Ken Allen "Hairy Houdini"

(20:10) Ham the Space Chimp

(27:04) Koko the Gorilla

(39:15) Politics!

(42:51) Scott Has an Old Man Complaint

(43:32) Wieners and Relationship Advice

(49:35) Closing Remarks

This week on Oddball History, Jimmy and Scott talk all things Tarrare—the foul-smelling, ever-hungry 18th century French sideshow act & soldier who once ate a toddler probably. ALSO: Elementary school assemblies, grilled cheese sandwiches and making friends online.

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(00:56) Top Comments

(05:08) Tarrare's Background

(11:31) Tarrare The Traveling Showman

(16:19) Tarrare The Failed Spy

(20:57) Tarrare Goes Full Goblin Mode

(28:55) The End of Tarrare

(31:21) Facebook and Comedy Scene Drama

(36:47) Final Thoughts on Chimp Crazy

(38:37) Comedy and Shows

(45:38) Scott Meets a Blind Man

This week on a heavily redacted Oddball History, Jimmy & Scott talk DB Cooper's whereabouts, "The Devil's Advocate" and a few of the CIA's wildest moments, including a Cold War era plan to turn cats into listening devices and that time the group tried to scare a Filipino rebel army into surrendering by faking a series of vampire attacks.

(00:00) Intro

(01:44) Top Comments

(04:00) Best Football Movies

(09:40) Failed CIA Blackmail

(15:48) CIA Spy Cats

(19:22) CIA Vampires

(25:50) CIA Condoms

(28:39) Chimp Crazy + First 48

(33:13) Jimmy Runs a 40 + The Highwayman

(36:44) Baby Decisions: To snip or not to snip

(40:39) Unsolved Mysteries

(43:23) Standup Comedy

This week on Oddball History, Jimmy has a baby, Scott watches some TV and the both of them get to know the scrappy weirdo that is the real Rudy Ruettiger, the inspiration for the 1993 film "Rudy." ALSO: HBO's Chimp Crazy, Wallace Shawn and OJ Simpson's best friend.

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(02:20) Top Comments

(04:37) Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!

(33:53) Goofin' and Gabbin'

This week on Oddball History, Jimmy and Scott discuss the life and times of famed imposter Fred (Ferdinand) Demara. Who famously saved 13 lives during the Korean War while posing as a doctor on a Canadian warship. ALSO: Past lives, Taco Bell, and that French Olympic pole vaulter everyone keeps talking about.

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(01:30) Top Comments

(05:24) "The Great Imposter" Fred Demara

(33:39) Goofin' and Gabbin'

This week on Oddball History, Jimmy and Scott explore the weirdly dark history of the most important meal of the day, from the 1920s ad campaign that made bacon a breakfast food to the cultish origins of the cereal industry. Also: Calvin Coolidge, Below Deck, and the Planet of the Apes.

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(02:46) Darkside of Breakfast

(25:43) Goofin' and Gabbin'

This week on Oddball History, Jimmy and Scott discuss Hawk Tua Lady Fever, Robert Durst and the wildest things to ever happen at the Olympics—from the most ill-conceived bike race of all time to the first and only time live birds were used as shooting targets and all the grisly weirdness in between.

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(03:53) Olympic Shenanigans

(35:44) Hawk Tua & Goofin'

This week on Oddball History, Jimmy and Scott discuss robots, invisible men and the history of animals being put on trial—from the seafaring monkey-spy to the medieval rats who beat the barley-eating allegations to the killer pigs who terrorized the babies of France throughout the late Middle Ages.

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(00:43) Animals on Trial

(35:37) Goofin' & Gabbin' - Vapes and Movies