February 2, known as Candlemas, was once one of Europe’s most important midwinter prediction nights, when people used candlelight and shadows to determine how long winter would last. …
In this epic mega episode of The Strange History Podcast, host Amy explores the haunting and resilient history of the Bretons, a Celtic people whose identity survived exile, …
On February 1, 1893, Thomas Edison opened the world’s first motion picture studio, the Black Maria, a rotating building designed to follow the sun for filming. In this …
January 31 closes out the quietest month of the year with one of history’s most unsettling mysteries: the Hum, a low-frequency sound reported by people around the world …
On January 30, 1925, inventor John Logie Baird demonstrated one of the first successful long-distance television transmissions, allowing a moving human image to be sent through the air …
At the height of the dot-com bubble, internet startups believed a Super Bowl commercial was the ultimate shortcut to legitimacy. Instead, it became a graveyard.In this mega episode …
The dot-com bubble wasn’t the end of Super Bowl advertising disasters—it was only the beginning.In Part Two of The Super Bowl Startup Curse, host Amy investigates modern tech …
On January 29, 1845, Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” was published, instantly becoming one of the most famous works in American literary history. In this episode of …
On January 28, 1929, scientists presented early findings that would lead to radiocarbon dating, allowing historians to measure the age of ancient organic materials for the first time. …
On January 27, 1880, Louis Pasteur presented evidence supporting germ theory, the idea that microscopic organisms cause disease. In this episode of The Strange History Podcast, Amy explores …
On January 26, 1700, a massive earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone struck the Pacific Northwest, triggering a tsunami that crossed the ocean and hit Japan. In this …
Mushrooms have quietly altered the course of human history in ways most people never learn in school. In this mega-episode of The Strange History Podcast, host Amy explores …
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