Unhinged History

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Unhinged History is a history podcast combining humor and the crazy stories you never learned in school.

Theresa and Angie explore antics and hijinks throughout history. Each week they come to... more

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How many episodes does Unhinged History have?

The podcast currently has 161 episodes available.

Unhinged History episodes:

February 13, 2026 Episode 160 | An Ad for the National Parks Service
Today’s mash-up of stories leads to some very unexpected places as Angie shares the story of Belle da Costa Greene. Belle ends up being the first Black female librarian of Mr. J. P. Morgan. This woman ends up being the Pepper Potts to Morgan, as she controls art and literature that gets bought and added to his personal collection.

Then, surprising no one, Theresa takes us in a very different direction as she recounts the tale of York, the Black man who accompanied Lewis and Clark on the expedition across the newly purchased land of the Louisiana Purchase. Like anyone who experiences travel, his trek changes him and gives him a sense of accomplishment, forever altering the power dynamic between him and his owner, William Clark.

This episode pairs well with:
Alice Roosevelt
Sacagawea
...more
59min
February 06, 2026 Episode 159 | They Haven’t Repo’ed the Couch Yet
Few white dudes of history have ever earn so much respect from the Black community does, and for good reason.

This week, Theresa takes over the entire episode and shares the unhinged life of John Brown. Starting with his early years, raised in a home that was both steeped in religion and abolitionism, John Brown’s path led him to campaign to end slavery.
During his life, he would earn the respect of Fredrick Douglass, as he polarized the nation in their stances on ending the practice of slavery. Theresa continues to share how it was Brown’s post-conviction writing that furthered his cause, and not so much the raid at Harper’s Ferry.

This is a solid episode, if we say so.
This episode pairs well with:
The attack on Senator Charles Sumner
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52min
January 30, 2026 Episode 158 | Just Looking for a Fist Fight
The stories we tell here at Unhinged History are predictable, and today offers no variation from the trend.

Theresa begins by telling the story of Elijah Parish Lovejoy. This abolitionist would believe two things in this life: that slavery is wrong, and as a journalist, he had the freedom of speech. These convictions would result in four printing presses getting destroyed by mobs and him getting shot five times.

Angie, while struggling to segue, transitions to Adrian Carton de Wiart, the unkillable soldier. This man joined countless conflicts, lost an eye and a hand, was shot countless times, survived five plane crashes, and still died of old age.

This episode pairs well with:
Senator Charles Sumner
Mad Jack Churchill
Paddy Mayne part 1
Paddy Mayne part 2
Paddy Mayne part 3
...more
1h 10min
January 23, 2026 Episode 157 | Those Are Fighting Words
Sometimes the events covered in Unhinged History are as zany as they are unexpected. Other times, things get dark.

This week, Theresa shares the life of Charles Sumner, the senator who was beaten for giving an abolitionist speech. This attack would polarize the country and start it on the path toward the Civil War.

Angie apparently didn’t get the memo that Theresa was telling such a tale, because she takes us further into the darkness when she covers the Theresienstadt Ghetto. This WWII camp was established by the Nazis and, at one point, camouflaged as a “spa town” for older Jewish citizens.

This episode pairs with:
The Wide Awakes: How fashion led to Civil War
Josef Mencik – The Knight of Strakonice
...more
1h 7min
January 16, 2026 Episode 156 | Sorta Super Sucks
Have you ever heard about the enduring mystery surrounding the fate of the Amber Room? You know that massive room crafted with walls of solid amber, gold leaf, and mirrors?

Angie starts by sharing the room’s inception and how King Frederick I commissioned it. She talks about how it was gifted to Russia, where it sat in boxes for years before getting reassembled and improved upon. Then Angie goes into how Hitler wanted the Amber Room and was salty it ever left Germany, where upon it disappears.

Don’t worry, she shares the leading theories of what happened.

This episode pairs well with:
The Potato King – Frederick II
...more
48min
January 09, 2026 Episode 155 | A Strip Bar for Scientists
Whatever you were expecting, this ain’t it. Theresa brings us an unsettling tale about a group of scientists in the 1970s who placed Felicia, a ferret, in a particle accelerator for scientific purposes. Apparently, they needed to clean out the four miles of tubes, and what better way than a diaper-wearing ferret?

Angie struggles to find a transition to her story when she pivots to recap the 1527 Sack of Rome. She ends up naming all of the famous people alive during this time as they all enter the chat.

This episode pairs well with:
Siwash, the duck that fought in the Marines
Mehmed II
...more
57min
January 03, 2026 Episode 154 | Unbothered By Law
Buckle up, kids. Today, for no explainable reason, Angie and Theresa swap stories. Angie jumpstarts the episode by telling everyone about the role in the Dutch resistance that Audrey Hepburn played.
Theresa takes to the skies when she shares the story about Thomas Fitzpatrick, the man who was drunk and on a bet stole and landed a plane on the streets of the Washington Heights neighborhood in NYC – twice. Apparently, the second time, the fellow bar patron didn’t believe him, so he had to show him.

This episode pairs well with:
Resistance Fighter: Toto Koopman
The Doomed Second Pacific Squadron
...more
56min
January 02, 2026 Episode 154 | Unbothered By Law
Buckle up, kids. Today, for no explainable reason, Angie and Theresa swap stories. Angie jumpstarts the episode by telling everyone about the role in the Dutch resistance that Audrey Hepburn played.
Theresa takes to the skies when she shares the story about Thomas Fitzpatrick, the man who was drunk and on a bet stole and landed a plane on the streets of the Washington Heights neighborhood in NYC – twice. Apparently, the second time, the fellow bar patron didn’t believe him, so he had to show him.

This episode pairs well with:
Resistance Fighter: Toto Koopman
The Doomed Second Pacific Squadron
...more
46min
December 26, 2025 Episode 153 | And Dad Discovered Therapy
In another week of unexpected history, Theresa kicks things off with a story from Brazil. Meet Antonio Conselheiro, a man crushed by life who turns to following God. He wanders the back country of Brazil, preaching the Good News and fixing churches. He ends up building a community with recently freed Black people who have nowhere else to turn.
Because no good deed goes unpunished, farmers who lost their laborers raise an army, and history does its thing.
Angie, shocked by this tale, pivots sharply and takes us into the Gilded Age by telling us the story of Mamie Fish. This socialite surprised and delighted the upper crust with her antics. Come for her elaborate dinner parties. Stay for the monkey dressed as a prince.
This episode pairs well with:
Seneca Village: Andrew Williams
Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth
...more
1h 16min
December 19, 2025 Episode 152 | 3 Elephants in Cheese
First off, did you know there is a black market for luxury cheeses? Angie shatters Theresa’s understanding of things when she shares the “Grate Cheese Heist of 2024.” Listen to how a massive amount of artisanal cheese is stolen and unaccounted for.

Then Theresa shifts gears and shares the WWII story of Agent Zigzag. This British citizen, Eddie Chapman, moves from criminal to German spy to British double-agent. There are love affairs, blowing up factories, and lies. This story has it all.

This episode pairs well with:
The great butter and cheese fire of 1991
Great Maple Syrup Heist
The SAS raid no one knew about
Odette Samson
...more
1h 1min

FAQs about Unhinged History:

How many episodes does Unhinged History have?

The podcast currently has 161 episodes available.

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