Useless Information Podcast

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Podcasting since 2008! - It really is all true! Quirky, bizarre, and unusual stories from the Flip Side of History.

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Almost Over the Hump - UI #174

06.20.2022

Just what happens when your airplane crashes high up in the Himalayan mountains and there is no chance that anyone will ever find you? This happened to pilots Joe Rosbert and Ridge Hammell during World War II as they attempted ...

Useless Information Podcast episodes:

06.20.2022 Almost Over the Hump - UI #174 Just what happens when your airplane crashes high up in the Himalayan mountains and there is no chance that anyone will ever find you? This happened to pilots Joe Rosbert and Ridge Hammell during World War II as they attempted ...
06.01.2022 Retrocast #10 - UI Podcast #173 In this episode: The United States once banned the sale of sliced bread, the State of Oregon attempted to ban popcorn in movie theaters, women were using fly swatters to swat away their excess pounds, and much more! Matt Breen ...
05.25.2022 From Car Show!: The Jeep and World War II We’re shaking things up today and sharing a preview from Car Show!, a new podcast from our friends at Pushkin Industries. Longtime Car and Driver editor Eddie Alterman tells the stories of the vital cars — the ones that have ...
05.16.2022 Henry Ford's Peace Ship - UI Podcast #172 In 1915, American industrialist Henry Ford announced that he was willing to use his entire fortune to bring an end to World War I. So, he chartered a ship to take many of the prominent peace activists of the day ...
04.28.2022 Arbor Day Turns 150! - UI Podcast #171 Arbor Day is 150 years old! Learn the origins of the day, plus how one small upstate New York town continues the annual celebration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
04.13.2022 Retrocast #9 - UI Podcast #170 In this episode: A woman dumps her fiancé at the altar to marry the minister, a jealous husband who used rattlesnakes to keep men away from his wife, the unlikely suspects in a case of truck tire sabotage, and much ...
03.31.2022 The Father of Voice Radio - UI #169 It’s hard to believe, but when the first words were spoken on radio, it was dismissed as a novelty. It seems as if everyone thought that Morse code was the future. Nearly everyone except for Reginald Fessenden. Learn more about ...
03.15.2022 The Case of the Hollow Nickel - UI #168 In 1953, paperboy Jimmy Bozart was counting his newspaper subscription money. He dropped the coins and one nickel split open, revealing a piece of microfilm. This led to the arrest of a high-ranking Soviet spy. Learn more about your ad ...
02.28.2022 Retrocast #8 - UI Podcast #167 In this episode: A live baby is auctioned off, a carnival knife thrower accidentally hits his human target, a West Virginian dog warden with an unusual approach to keeping thieves out of the pound, and much more! Learn more about ...
02.15.2022 The Eddie Cantor Peace Prize - UI #166 In 1936, superstar Eddie Cantor asked his radio listeners to write an essay describing how the United States could avoid war. The prize was a full college scholarship. With no set rules, something was certain to go wrong. And something ...
01.31.2022 Retrocast #7 - UI Podcast #165 In this episode: A man falls out of a window and is saved by a flagpole, seven tonsillectomies done in an assembly line fashion, the last cigarette commercial on US network television, a baby born in a well, and much ...
01.13.2022 The Glass House Girl - UI #164 Edna Kirby spent more than a decade in Hollywood appearing in silent movies for Paramount Studios. While she never became a movie star, Edna drew large crowds in nearly every town that she visited. That’s because Edna Kirby lived in ...
01.03.2022 Bad Apples #3 - Sunset Boulevard - UI #163 In this episode, my wife Mary Jane joins me to review the classic movie "Sunset Boulevard." Directed by Billy Wilder, this movie tells the story of a struggling screenwriter who gets into a dangerous relationship with a faded Hollywood actress ...
12.15.2021 Retrocast #6 - UI Podcast #162 Christmas episode! A reindeer that bit a boy’s finger, a lawsuit over the world’s largest Christmas stocking, an absent-minded Santa Claus, a Santa caught with his pants down, the first Christmas film ever made, and much more! Retrosponsor: Dole Pineapple ...
11.30.2021 Tom McGee's Back on the Chain Gang - UI #161 Tom McGee wanted nothing more for Christmas than to be able to spend time caring for his hogs. The only catch was that he needed to commit a crime and hope that a judge would sentence him to time on ...
11.16.2021 Retrocast #5 - UI Podcast #160 In this episode: A proud father who kidnapped his newborn daughter, a mother jailed for cooking a woodpecker, Einstein gives a student incorrect math advice, a snake that joined a woman in the bathtub, a filmstrip projector demonstrated for the ...
10.28.2021 The Forgotten Man - UI Podcast #159 A New Jersey man was caught in a Catch-22 situation. As long as he remained on death row, he could live. If he attempted to get off of death row by challenging his sentence in court, he would likely die. ...
10.15.2021 Retrocast #4 - UI Podcast #158 In this episode: The day corsets were arrested, a lingerie auction at the University of Nebraska, US Customs bans Alice Cooper’s panties, a woman hurt in a freak accident, a fish who milked a cow, woman entertains friends while husband ...
09.29.2021 Don't Mess With Minerva Miller - UI Podcast #157 In 1911, Mrs. Minerva Miller and two friends went to The Paterson Show in Paterson, NJ to watch a movie. A standard ticket cost 5 cents, but Mrs. Miller was told that she would have to pay 25 cents because ...
09.15.2021 Retrocast #3 - UI Podcast #156 A 72-year-old woman who married a 20-year-old man, a 16-year-old girl arrested for cursing, a woman who had some run-ins with modern appliances, speaking English deforms the mouth, a husband who refused to buy his wife false teeth, a "Dammed ...
08.30.2021 Lost in the Mountains - UI Podcast #155 In 1941, 5-year-old Pamela Hollingworth disappeared into the dense forest of New Hampshire's White Mountains. In what became the largest search and rescue effort in New England to that date, more than 1,500 men spent more than a week looking ...
08.16.2021 Retrocast #2 - UI Podcast #154 Retrocast #2: Boy runs away because he can·t master Latin, a mother who loaned her son to a stranger, a man who survived a Nazi firing squad, cows killed by lightning, man's leg broken three times, truth in business inboxes, ...
07.30.2021 Two Worlds Collide - UI Podcast #153 In 1932, Redondo Beach school superintendent Elliott B. Thomas mysteriously disappeared and his office was ransacked. Was he kidnapped? Could he have been killed? Or was something else going on? Also, learn about a new chemical element called Administratium. Learn ...
07.14.2021 Retrocast #1 - UI Podcast #152 Retrocast #1 - A 106-year-old woman seeks a husband, 5 phonograph records is admission to a dance, Australia gives the US an albino kangaroo, Johnny Cash promoting the Home Equipment Co., A country could be 49th US state, and more! ...
06.29.2021 A Blind Eye - UI Podcast #151 In 1933, Helen Vasko was diagnosed with a malignant eye tumor that threatened her life. Her parents would not consent to surgery and the case ended up in court. It was a battle between parental vs. state rights and which ...
05.31.2021 A Fortune to the Dogs - UI Podcast #150 When Isabel McHie was pulled off of a train in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1935, she confirmed to the world that she truly was eccentric. It was a reputation that continued long after she died. Also, learn about a 1907 ...
05.19.2021 Bad Apples #2 - The Hitch-Hiker - UI Podcast #149 In this episode, my wife Mary Jane joins me to review the classic movie "The Hitch-Hiker." Directed by Ida Lupino, this movie was inspired by the crimes of mass murderer Billy Cook, which was told in podcast #148 titled "Badman ...
04.28.2021 Badman Billy Cook - UI Podcast #148 There's a killer on the road. The mostly forgotten true story of the manhunt for mass murderer Billy Cook in 1951. His crime spree was the inspiration for a verse in one of rock's most classic songs. Also learn about ...
04.01.2021 So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu In this episode, I make an important announcement about the future of the podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
03.26.2021 The St. Louis Diphtheria Tragedy - UI Podcast #147 The diphtheria vaccine saved many lives until children started dying from it back in 1901. One could say that it was all the fault of a horse named Jim. Also, learn about the invention of spray paint cans, the time ...
02.26.2021 The Price of a Kiss - UI Podcast #146 In 1919, Chicago doctor Justin L. Mitchell forcefully kissed nurse Mathilde Benkhardt without her permission. She challenged him in court and the outcome may have ruined him for the rest of his life. Also, learn about the original title of ...
02.08.2021 Bad Apples #1 - The Best Years of Our Lives - UI Podcast #145 In this episode, my wife Mary Jane joins me to review the classic movie "The Best Years of Our Lives." Released in 1946, the movie won 7 Academy Awards, including Best Movie, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor. ...
01.25.2021 The Sleep-Walking Murderer - UI Podcast #144 In 1930, Michael Filosa killed his half-brother Salvatore De Hall while he was sleep-walking. He also slashed his mother Anna De Hall and half-sister Catherine. Could he have really done such a thing? Also learn about the name of the ...
12.21.2020 A Grateful Mother - UI Podcast #143 The heartwarming true story from the 1950s of a secret Santa and the generous Christmas gifts that he gave to Helen Arnold's family in Akron, Ohio. Also, learn about the real name for a Hanukkah menorah, a guy who received ...
12.07.2020 The Runaway Miss America - UI Podcast #142 Bette Cooper never dreamed of winning a beauty pageant and was shocked when she won the 1937 Miss America title. Within hours, Bette had disappeared. Where could she have gone? Also learn the history of the Miss America theme song, ...
11.16.2020 The Flying Housewife - Part 2 - UI Podcast #141 Part 2 of this story discusses Richarda "Dikki" Morrow-Tait's trip from Alaska back to London in her 1938 effort to become the first woman to pilot an airplane around the world. Would she make it? Also learn about the world's ...
10.29.2020 The Flying Housewife - Part 1 - UI Podcast #140 In 1938, Richarda "Dikki" Morrow-Tait set off from London in an attempt to become the first woman to pilot an airplane around the world. She encountered setback after setback. Would she make it? Part 1 of this story discusses her ...
09.30.2020 The Fight for Hildy McCoy - UI Podcast #139 In 1951, Hildy McCoy was born out of wedlock and her mother put her up for adoption. When she later learned that the new parents were Jewish, a six year long legal battle for the custody of Hildy McCoy had ...
08.29.2020 Titanic's Orphans - UI Podcast #138 After the Titanic sank, two brothers were orphaned after their dad perished. The search for a family member became an front page news worldwide.\\After the Titanic sank, two brothers became orphans after their dad perished. The search for a family ...
08.12.2020 Becoming a CPA with Morgan Simmons - UI Bonus Episode #6 In this special edition of the podcast, Chatham High School graduate Morgan Simmons interviews Sue Baer, president of the Baer Tax Group in Ghent, NY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
07.28.2020 The Zambian Space Program - UI Podcast #137 In 1964, the newly established country of Zambia announced that it planned to be the first nation to place a man on the moon. An excellent story about a forgotten chapter in space exploration history. Also, learn about the only ...
06.26.2020 The Child Bride - UI Podcast #136 Just how young is too young to marry? This episode takes a look at the 1937 marriage between 9-year-old Eunice Winstead and 22-year-old Charlie Johns. Also, learn about the purpose of glassmaker's soap, a couple married atop the original Ferris ...
06.15.2020 Game Design & Testing with Eddie Tice - UI Bonus Episode #5 In this special edition of the podcast, Chatham High School senior Eddie Tice interviews Senior QA Tester Trevor Farnsworth at Vicarious Visions, a game developer located in Albany, NY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
05.15.2020 Emperor of the Sahara (Part 2) - UI Podcast #135 In Part 2, we learn what happened to Jacques Lebaudy after his brief reign as an emperor came to an end. Let's just say that the story does not have a happy ending. Also, learn which country produces the most ...
04.27.2020 Emperor of the Sahara (Part 1) - UI Podcast #134 The crazy true story of a man who attempted to build an empire of his own in the Sahara. In Part 1, we look at Jacques Lebaudy's failed plan to create the empire and how the French military came to ...
03.31.2020 A Nose for Fishing - UI Podcast #133 Sometimes a person can accomplish a great deal over the span of his or her lifetime but is forever defined by one thing that took just a brief moment while they were still young. Harry Morse was one of those ...
02.22.2020 In the Blink of an Eye - UI Podcast #132 In 1925, the parents and sisters of 9-year-old Evelyn Castle were killed after their car collided with a train. What came next for Evelyn was totally unexpected. It's a story that is both heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time. ...
01.25.2020 An Inside Job - UI Podcast #131 The incredible story of how James Rufus Landis stole $160,000 in $20 bills from the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing on New Year's Eve of 1953. Also learn about the first ATM machine, a cork leg that saved ...
12.20.2019 A Christmas Eve Kidnapping - UI Podcast #130 On Christmas Eve of 1937, a man in Centerville, Indiana kidnapped a young boy and his babysitter. Minutes later, the boy's mother and the local grocer were taken prisoner by a second thug. A shootout between the bandit and the ...
11.22.2019 UI #129 - Soul Searching When miner James Kidd died in 1949, no one could have imagined that it would take more than 21-years to settle his estate. That's because he had made a very unusual request in his will, one that would be nearly ...

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Useless Information Podcast episodes:

Almost Over the Hump - UI #174

Retrocast #10 - UI Podcast #173

From Car Show!: The Jeep and World War II

Henry Ford's Peace Ship - UI Podcast #172

Arbor Day Turns 150! - UI Podcast #171

Retrocast #9 - UI Podcast #170

The Father of Voice Radio - UI #169

The Case of the Hollow Nickel - UI #168

Retrocast #8 - UI Podcast #167

The Eddie Cantor Peace Prize - UI #166

Retrocast #7 - UI Podcast #165

The Glass House Girl - UI #164

Bad Apples #3 - Sunset Boulevard - UI #163

Retrocast #6 - UI Podcast #162

Tom McGee's Back on the Chain Gang - UI #161

Retrocast #5 - UI Podcast #160

The Forgotten Man - UI Podcast #159

Retrocast #4 - UI Podcast #158

Don't Mess With Minerva Miller - UI Podcast #157

Retrocast #3 - UI Podcast #156

Lost in the Mountains - UI Podcast #155

Retrocast #2 - UI Podcast #154

Two Worlds Collide - UI Podcast #153

Retrocast #1 - UI Podcast #152

A Blind Eye - UI Podcast #151

A Fortune to the Dogs - UI Podcast #150

Bad Apples #2 - The Hitch-Hiker - UI Podcast #149

Badman Billy Cook - UI Podcast #148

So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu

The St. Louis Diphtheria Tragedy - UI Podcast #147

The Price of a Kiss - UI Podcast #146

Bad Apples #1 - The Best Years of Our Lives - UI Podcast #145

The Sleep-Walking Murderer - UI Podcast #144

A Grateful Mother - UI Podcast #143

The Runaway Miss America - UI Podcast #142

The Flying Housewife - Part 2 - UI Podcast #141

The Flying Housewife - Part 1 - UI Podcast #140

The Fight for Hildy McCoy - UI Podcast #139

Titanic's Orphans - UI Podcast #138

Becoming a CPA with Morgan Simmons - UI Bonus Episode #6

The Zambian Space Program - UI Podcast #137

The Child Bride - UI Podcast #136

Game Design & Testing with Eddie Tice - UI Bonus Episode #5

Emperor of the Sahara (Part 2) - UI Podcast #135

Emperor of the Sahara (Part 1) - UI Podcast #134

A Nose for Fishing - UI Podcast #133

In the Blink of an Eye - UI Podcast #132

An Inside Job - UI Podcast #131

A Christmas Eve Kidnapping - UI Podcast #130

UI #129 - Soul Searching

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