Oddball History

The gang goes grave robbing. Enjoy.   Chapters (00:00) Intro (04:28) Top Comments (14:32) Stealing Lincoln's Corpse (22:51) King Richard II...not I (27:16) Galileo Gives God the Bird (31:12) Charlie Chaplin's Wife not Impressed (35:57) Elvis Grave Conspiracy (39:50) Black Market Composer Skulls (47:24) Doctor Riots (55:23) Idle Chit Chat

On this episode of Oddball History we go through popular medical remedies through history. The ancient greeks, romans, egyptians, random British people - you know, history.    Chapters: (00:00) Intro (04:45) Top Comments (24:21) Ok, we're starting the topic (24:24) Ancient Egypt: The Ebers Papyrus (31:10) Ancient Greece: The Wandering Womb (34:39) Ancient Rome: Gladiator Blood (41:00) Dung-related...

Capital FUNishment: The Lighter Side of capital punishment. Join us this week as we go through some of the more colorful executioners in history.   Chapters (00:00) Intro (05:04) Top Comments (17:42) Capital FUNishment (18:18) Lady Betty: Irish Hanglady (24:54) William Marwood: Teaching an old dog new tricks...murder tricks (28:59) John C. Woods: American Hero/Liar (37:23) Jack Ketch: The Babe Rut...

This week we dive into historic hell gigs. As comedians, we've all died on stage, but this group did it literally.   Chapters (00:00) Intro (05:49) Top Comments (17:47) French Shakespeare Moliere (26:56) Lions eat a band (29:20) Lions also eat a Reverend (40:38) World's smallest harmonica (43:18) Nick Parkyakarkus aka Harry Einstein (53:53) Honorable Mention: Siegfried and Roy (55:21) Honorable Me...

Today's Oddball History. We give a salute to the dogs of history. Chapters (00:00) Intro (06:29) Top Comments (20:40) Bummer and Lazarus (39:54) Spuds Mackenzie and Remember the Titans (45:02) Ancient Dog Epitaphs (52:48) Balto's Stolen Valor (01:08:11) Sgt. Stubby (01:15:30) Chit chat

This week we cover the many mascots that have brought joy to our lives. They also seem to get sued a lot and do crime! Chapters: (00:00) Intro (03:47) Top Comments (15:25) Phillie Phanatic gets sued a lot (27:45) San Diego Chicken: A story of humility (37:26) New Jersey Devils Mascot gets handsy (39:44) Chicago Cubs' Fat Boy (43:52) Jumbo the Elephant (47:18) Peruna didn't attack that ram (52:57)...

The gang goes deep on some of the unluckiest people in history. The Japanese guy in both atomic bombs, a lady on many famous sinking ships, and who knew Abraham Lincoln's son was a harbinger of doom for 3 U.S. Presidents. Chapters: (00:00) Intro (05:06) Top Comments (11:42) Tsutomu Yamaguchi - Double A-Bomb Guy (18:35) Violet Jessop Sinks Ships (25:04) Robert Todd Lincoln - Harbinger of Doom (30:0...

Charles VI, King of France, went from "the Beloved" to "the Mad" in a very short time frame. Here is that story. We also discuss Luka, gay-aliens, and there's 4 or 5 Stone Cold Steve Austin impersonations. Chapters: (00:00) Intro (01:38) Top Comments (11:42) Charles VI Starts (15:21) First brush with crazy (22:23) The Ball des Ardents (Ball of the burning men) (31:54) Full Blown Crazy Time (45:43)...

Edward Cope and OC Marsh were late 19th century paleontologists that were married to the game...until it quit loving them back.   Chapters: (00:00) Intro (03:54) Top Comments (14:41) Meet the Characters (23:58) The Bone Wars Start (34:28) The Bone Wars get real (49:20) Comedy and Stuff

This week on Oddball History: The strange stories of animal researchers gone wild. Dolphins get satisfied, earth worms have bassoons blown on them, and a Russian guy tries to make an Ape-Man chimera. We got it all.   Chapters: (00:00) Intro (02:58) Top Comments (12:09) Cool Rats Like Jazz (18:03) Elephants on Acid (27:09) When a Woman Loves a Dolphin (35:35) Men and Women are Different (41:26) Rus...

We look into New Years traditions throughout history. Per usual, Gilmore Girls and other stuff comes up. Chapters: (00:00) Intro (02:56) Top Comments (09:37) Akitu, Ancient New Years (18:16) Romanian Dancing Bears (24:23) Touching Peacocks (29:30) Bible Dipping (31:38) NYC Ball Drop (34:20) Black Eyed Peas (37:02) The Moment of Truth, TV Show (42:15) The Plugging of Dates (43:38) The Beach Boys (4...

This week on Oddball History, we break down some of the strangest saints and martyrs the Catholics have to offer. We also go through last shows top comments, fire department physicals and break down the secret Rock of Love/Below Deck murder connection. Chapters: (00:00) Intro (02:11) Top Comments (11:36) Drogo: Saint of Ugly People (13:32) Barbara: Saint of Explosions (14:40) Fiacre: Saint of Hemo...

Episode 62: "Painless" Parker, the story of a dentist.   Chapters:  (00:00) Intro  (07:27) Painless Parker (11:54) The Parker Dental Circus (17:11) Painless Parker = Legal Scholar (20:26) Remembering Painless Parker (25:33) Thanksgiving (27:56) A Wedding (29:12) Nick Lachey Makes A Joke (30:37) Fire Station Pranks and Comedy (38:56) Comedy + Fights

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...

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 Th...

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 M...

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...

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

This week on Oddball History, Jimmy and Scott pontificate on the scarf's place in men's fashion, Mary Poppins and the Lake Worth Monster, a "fishy man-goat" or possible "drunken teenager in a gorilla suit" who terrorized the Lake Worth area just outside Fort Worth, Texas in the summer of 1969.   Chapters (00:00) Intro/Recap (06:38) The Lake Worth Monster (31:02) New Bit Goofin' (41:50) Comedy Talk

This week on Oddball History, Jimmy and Scott discuss Great Moments in Pettiness, including the King of Persia physically attacking an ocean, the King of Korea falling off his horse and then desperately trying to cover it up, and the Pope putting the corpse of the former pope on trial.   Chapters: (00:00) Intro (01:31) Petty Moments in History (04:22) Petty Ancient Koreans (09:34) Petty Persians v...