Ridiculous Romance

Oh baby! Sometimes romance leads to tiny, adorable, little humans. This episode tells three stories about Ridiculous Rugrats: A maybe-mama who scammed her job with a pregnancy scheme, a mini-mama who was the shortest woman to ever give birth, and a mummy-mama who's baffling scans left Egyptologists fetally frustrated! These are definitely not what you expect when you're expecting! See omnystudio.c...

In the 17th century, Portugal demanded tribute from the African nations of Ndongo and Matamba, but Queen Nzinga looked up from her 60-man harem and said nah, I'm busy. When they tried to overpower her on the battlefield, she married a neighboring warlord with a massive army, and used it to kick their sorry butts out. No matter how hard Portugal tried to subdue her, she kept them Portuguessing!  Se...

After the death of his favorite Consort, Emperor Xuanzong was checked out and depressed. But when he met Yang Guifei, it was love at first sight. Unfortunately this led to an even bigger power vacuum and a tragic end to their love story, immortalized in the poem "A Song of Everlasting Sorrow". Jeeze with a title like that, can we have some fun with it?? Tune in and find out! See omnystudio.com/lis...

In China's Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong and his wife Empress Wang ruled over a golden age of arts and culture. But Consort Wu, one of his favored royal girlfriends, came from an imperial bloodline and had a real thirst for power. You know what that means: family drama, royal schemes, and a whole lot of back-stabbin'.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The great Leonardo da Vinci once drew a diagram of what he kinda figured a vagina probably looked like, and gynecologists pretty much took his word for it for about 500 years! The vaginal enigma has eluded (read: been ignored by) scientists for centuries. But in 1991, Ida and Jupp climbed into an MRI machine to do the dirty deed and penetrate the mysteries of S-E-X! See omnystudio.com/listener for...

From England to Japan to Norway, members of monarchies have been ditching their royal titles in the name of love! We'll look at three of these couples who decided to go from rich fancy nobles to rich fancy nobodies: Princess Mako and lawyer Kei Komuro, Princess Märtha Louise and self-proclaimed shaman Durek Varrett, and of course everybody's favorite majestic ginger, Prince Harry and actress Megha...

The beautiful and alluring Lulu Dorantes met Ramon Sosa at a Latin club when she accidentally stepped on his foot! This adorable meet cute led to a perfect marriage. When their love turned sour, Lulu hired a hit man to track down Ramon and kill him. But after the job was done and the hitman was paid, somehow Ramon would still come out on top! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Caresse Crosby invented the bra in 1910, which might be the least interesting thing about her. She and her husband Harry Crosby lived wild lives in Paris, where they published as-yet-unknown authors like James Joyce and Ernest Hemingway, and helped encourage photography as an art form. Famous for their open marriage, they hosted champagne-soaked bathtub orgies, opium-fueled sex romps, and debauche...

Lozen was a Chihenne Apache two-spirited person who broke down gender barriers to become both a healer and a warrior. Her inspirational leadership, total badassery, and mystical powers of detecting enemy forces saved countless Apache lives. Dahteste was a beautiful woman from the Chokonen Apache who was also an incredible fighter and skilled negotiator. When the two of them met under Geronimo's le...

Ed & Lorraine Warren were married paranormal investigators who gained serious fame off their spooky encounters, leading to book deals, lecture tours, & movie franchises like The Conjuring & Annabelle. But a dark secret supposedly haunted them, more frightening than any spirit or demon. And this possibly sparked a billion dollar Hollywood cover up! See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

When Alice Kyteler’s fourth husband in a row dropped dead and left all his money to her and nothing for his own children, they knew it could only mean one thing: WITCHCRAFT. And when a power hungry bishop got involved, it sparked an epic battle between church & state, demons & angels, and witches & weirdos! Hear the story of the first woman ever convicted in Ireland of being a witch! S...

On our next RiCRYPTulous Romance, we go to the damp, foggy marshes of rural England to uncover human remains and a ghastly tale! When Malika mysteriously disappeared, everyone suspected her husband Peter. After a skull was found in a nearby bog, he quickly confessed to the murder. But the skull held an ancient secret that would turn this investigation... on its HEAD! Muahaha See omnystudio.com/lis...

We're kicking off this year's RiCRYPTulous Romance with a tale of ghostly vengeance! When her newlywed daughter, Zona, turned up dead one cold January day, her mother Mary Jane instantly suspected Zona’s new husband, Erasmus Stribbling “Trout” Shue. But she had no evidence that would interest the authorities - until Zona’s ghost showed up at her bedside with all the gory details. See omnystudio.co...

Back to our histories next, but today we continue our joint journey with Cherry and Jason as we travel from Las Vegas to HOLLYWOOD! Two Ridiculous Romances converge in real time as we bounce between meals and museums all across Tinseltown. We may not be Diamond Members anymore, but that didn't stop us from acting like Big Celebs! And we close it all out with a spicy lil visit to a soberingly empty...

Hey friends. We're unfortunately dealing with a family tragedy. But to take our minds off it, this week we decided to relive our recent adventures in Las Vegas with our friends and travel companions, Cherry and Jason! So if you want a peek into OUR Ridiculous Romances, then listen in as we laugh our way through Caesars Palace, The Bellagio, Meow Wolf, Fremont Street, and more for our 2022 Double D...

As we rough it across the Utah desert like a couple of 1800's pioneers, we got a visit from the postman who brought us a stack of your letters which reminded us of life back home.... okay fine, so we checked our email and recorded this episode on a cell phone in our fancy resort cabin. But the sentiment is just as potent! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Julie d'Aubigny is just getting started! Now an operatic celebrity under her stagename, La Maupin, she continues to dive into daring duels, forbidden loves, and hilarious crimes. But after a second pardon from King Louis, would she finally find a love that would settle her down? Find out in her exciting conclusion - en garde! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Julie d'Aubigny was a 17th century French woman whose life sounds so chaotic and intense, she's in the running for our most ridiculous story yet. She would duel men all the time (and win), she pranked and embarrassed nobles just for fun, and she even set a convent on fire so she could run off with her forbidden lesbian lover! She pulled schemes so wild, King Louis couldn't even be mad about it. An...

Mark and Bill, hosts of the amazing podcast Ridiculous News invited us on to their show for a Weekly Roundup, and you can listen right here! We're talking all this week's weird and wonderful headlines. Plus, Mark and Bill ask us some truly deep questions about our own Ridiculous Romance!  Don't forget to subscribe to the Ridiculous News Podcast and follow them on IG: @markkendallcomedy See omnystu...

The Ridicuverse is merging! We're mingling with the funniest duo in current events: Mark Kendall and Bill Worley of Ridiculous News! Together we're tackling sologamy: the act of marrying yourself. Is this another trendy attention grab, or a daring act of self-love? Tune in to learn all about these mirrored matrimonies! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Felicity Rossi said "I do" to a zombie doll with a missing jaw, but she's got an out-of-this-world lover on the side. Meanwhile Meirivone Rocha Moraes's mother made her a life-sized doll named Marcelo that she could take dancing. But Marcelo wasn't careful so somehow Meirivone got pregnant with a doll baby?? Yeah, we know. You gotta listen to find out! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

Remedios Gomez was a normal Filipino teenager in the 1940s: she loved fashion, makeup, dancing, and beauty pageants. But when her father was killed by the occupying Japanese army, she became Kumander Liwayway and took the runway to the danger zone, leading her guerilla army in glorious victories...always with perfect hair and makeup, of course. Her legendary exploits made her the perfect political...

Walt’s Leaves of Grass finally got published in the U.K. and was…routinely ridiculed by everyone. But two famous authors, including the master of fright himself, Bram Stoker, fell head over heels in love with not just the words, but the Walt. Their fan letters to the Good Gray Poet, now in his 60s, were verbose and passionate - and one of them would even move nations to be near him.  See omnystudi...

Walt Whitman not only captured American culture and spirit in sweeping verse in his poetry collection Leaves of Grass ; he also frequented the very first gay bar in America, cruised for cuties among the, ahem, working stiffs of the world, and even indulged in a little cross-dressing. Though persistent questions about his sexuality affected sales of his work and even his employment, he couldn’t den...

We decided to abandon our virtues once again and have a dirty little rendezvous with the Internet's seediest forum for the most ridiculous sex stories we could find. Some hilarious, some outrageous, and some so bizarre that we had to reenact them to fill in the holes. Get your safewords ready and come join in! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.