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Obscure History
Joshua Zurbrick
Show • 107 episodes
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Obscure History brings you strange and interesting stories from the past that you've never heard before. For fans of story driven, narrative, history!
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The Original Iron Mike
Episode • Apr 29, 2024
The Devil's Fingers - Paganini
Episode • Apr 16, 2023
The Combat of the Thirty
Episode • Apr 1, 2023
Take Nothing for Granted - Obscure Ball
Episode • Jun 27, 2022
Tunnels Under the Capital - Harrison Gray Dyer - Part One
Episode • Jun 20, 2022
The Greatest Runner in Cuba - Andarin Carvajal
Episode • Jun 13, 2022
The Mystery of D.B. Cooper - History Daily
Episode • Jun 6, 2022
The Strange History of Ornamental Hermits
Episode • May 23, 2022
America's Anti-Flirt Club
Episode • May 16, 2022
The Tragic History of Mother's Day - Anna Jarvis
Episode • May 10, 2022
Avo Arrow - Featuring Canadian History Ehx
Episode • May 2, 2022
Appalachian Atlantis - the Lost City of Gad
Episode • Apr 25, 2022
Like the Hulk but Real - Milo of Croton
Episode • Apr 18, 2022
The Curious Case of Einstein's Missing Brain
Episode • Apr 4, 2022
Smoother than Adam West - London's Real Batman - Part 2 - EXCLUSIVE CONTENT SNEAK PEAK
Episode • Mar 28, 2022
Better than Robert Pattinson - London's Real Batman
Episode • Mar 21, 2022
I Think Therefore I am - Rene Descartes and his Wooden Daughter
Episode • Mar 14, 2022
La Matanza - The Slaughter - Featuring Wild West Extravaganza
Episode • Mar 7, 2022
Saint Sammy - The Legend of Sammyville Part 2
Episode • Feb 28, 2022
The Lawless Horrel Brothers - The Legend of Sammyville Part 1
Episode • Feb 21, 2022
The Vanishing Preacher - Aimee Semple McPherson Part 2
Episode • Feb 14, 2022
America's First Megachurch - Amiee Semple McPherson Part 1
Episode • Feb 7, 2022
Christian Nudists - The Adamites
Episode • Jan 31, 2022
Grover Cleveland's Big Scandal- Featuring Abridged Presidential Histories
Episode • Jan 24, 2022
Open Doors and FBI Corruption - The Isabella Stewart Gardner Musuem Heist - Part 2
Episode • Jan 17, 2022
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist - Part 1
Episode • Jan 10, 2022
Davenport, Iowa - The Hat Box Baby - Part 3
Episode • Jan 3, 2022
False Starts and Mysterious Kidnappings - The Hat Box Baby - Part 2
Episode • Dec 27, 2021
An Arizona Nativity - The Hat Box Baby - Part One
Episode • Dec 20, 2021
The Christmas Scarecrow - Hans von Trotha
Episode • Dec 13, 2021
Chaos, Copper, and Christmas - The Italian Hall Disaster
Episode • Dec 6, 2021
America's First Professional Skateboarder - Patti McGee
Episode • Nov 29, 2021
Feed Drop: History with Jackson
Episode • Nov 22, 2021
The Unlikely and Tragic History of Cats
Episode • Nov 15, 2021
Nobuo Fujita and James Douglas Peterson - Bombs Over Brookings Part 2
Episode • Nov 8, 2021
Nobuo Fujita and James Douglas Peterson - Bombs Over Brookings Part 1
Episode • Nov 1, 2021
An All-American Murder - Herbert Gulembo
Episode • Oct 25, 2021
Bayocean - Thursday Footnotes
Episode • Oct 21, 2021
Bayocean - The Atlantic City of the Pacific Northwest
Episode • Oct 18, 2021
Uncle Applejack - Thursday Footnotes
Episode • Oct 14, 2021
Poisoned Halloween Candy - Uncle Applejack
Episode • Oct 11, 2021
Ambrose Bierce - Thursday Footnotes
Episode • Oct 7, 2021
Ambrose Bierce - The Master of Terror and Sarcasm
Episode • Oct 4, 2021
William Randolph Hearst's Bloody Legacy - The Chicago Circulation Wars - Part 2
Episode • Sep 27, 2021
Hounds of Hell Hollow - The Chicago Circulation Wars - Part 1
Episode • Sep 20, 2021
The Man Who Predicted Abraham Lincoln's Assasination - Charles Colchester
Episode • Sep 13, 2021
Special Guest - Canadian History Ehx
Episode • Sep 6, 2021
American Robinhood - Henry Berry Lowrie
Episode • Aug 30, 2021
The Worst Football Game Ever Played - The 1945 Atom Bowl
Episode • Aug 23, 2021
The Columbus Mystery Man - Will E. Strawn
Episode • Aug 16, 2021
Fashion Wars - The Straw Hat Riot of 1922
Episode • Aug 9, 2021
Spies in the American Revolution - Agent 355
Episode • Aug 2, 2021
Revolution at the Olympic Games - The Blood in the Water Match
Episode • Jul 26, 2021
Do Girls Play the Drums? - Viola Smith a Jazz Era Legend
Episode • Jul 19, 2021
Avoid the Noid - A Domino's Disaster
Episode • Jul 12, 2021
Disney’s Biggest Blunder - The Truth About Pocahontas Part 2
Episode • Jul 6, 2021
Disney’s Biggest Blunder - The Truth About Pocahontas Part 1
Episode • Jun 28, 2021
The Worst Olympic Event of All-Time
Episode • Jun 21, 2021
J.W. Dunne - The Father of Serialism
Episode • Jun 14, 2021
An Atomic Bomb in Oregon - The Roseburg Blast
Episode • Jun 7, 2021
Luigi Galvani - The Modern Dr. Frankenstein
Episode • May 31, 2021
The Bravest Woman in America
Episode • May 17, 2021
The Man that Killed Rome and the Father of History
Episode • May 3, 2021
The People Rescuer
Episode • Apr 19, 2021
The Father of Modern Vaccines and the First Wine Blogger
Episode • Apr 7, 2021
The Man Who Changed Coffee Forever
Episode • Apr 5, 2021
Episode 37: Mad Jack
Episode • Mar 22, 2021
Bonus Episode #1
Episode • Mar 8, 2021
Episode 36: Frederick Jones
Episode • Feb 22, 2021
Episode 35: Peter Abelard
Episode • Feb 8, 2021
Episode 34: Hatshepsut
Episode • Jan 25, 2021
Episode 33: August Landmesser
Episode • Jan 11, 2021
Episode 32: Gary Gygax
Episode • Dec 29, 2020
Episode 31: Let's get Nasty
Episode • Dec 21, 2020
Episode 30: Olga of Kiev
Episode • Dec 14, 2020
Episode 29: Pudge Heffelfinger
Episode • Nov 30, 2020
Episode 28: Timothy Dexter
Episode • Nov 9, 2020
Episode 27: Erich von Daniken
Episode • Oct 26, 2020
Just an Announcement
Episode • Oct 19, 2020
Episode 26: Gilles de Rais
Episode • Oct 12, 2020
Episode 25: The Silent Twins
Episode • Oct 5, 2020
Feed Drop Thursday 1: Assorted Goods
Episode • Oct 1, 2020
Episode 24: PBR
Episode • Sep 21, 2020
Casual Thursday #7
Episode • Sep 17, 2020
Episode 23: Blood Bathory
Episode • Sep 14, 2020
Casual Thursday #6
Episode • Sep 10, 2020
Episode 22: Soldier Bear
Episode • Sep 8, 2020
Casual Thursday #5
Episode • Sep 3, 2020
Episode 21: the Original Sadgirl
Episode • Aug 31, 2020
Casual Thursday #4
Episode • Aug 27, 2020
150k Bonus Episode: The Mutant
Episode • Aug 24, 2020
Casual Thursday #3
Episode • Aug 20, 2020
Episode 20: Her Name is Ona
Episode • Aug 17, 2020
Casual Thursday #2
Episode • Aug 14, 2020
Casual Thursday #1
Episode • Aug 6, 2020
Episode 19: Pinky
Episode • Aug 3, 2020
Josh and Dan Know People #1
Episode • Jul 27, 2020
Episode 18: Dogman
Episode • Jul 21, 2020
Episode 17: Lady Ching
Episode • Jul 6, 2020
Bonus Episode: Respectfully yours, Ida.
Episode • Jun 29, 2020
Episode 16: The Devil and Mr. O
Episode • Jun 22, 2020
Eponyms Anonymous 1: Cardigans
Episode • Jun 15, 2020
Episode 15: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film
Episode • Jun 8, 2020
Bonus Episode: The Woman that Wouldn't be Moved
Episode • Jun 1, 2020
Josh's State of the Podcast Address
Episode • May 28, 2020
Episode 14: The Old Man
Episode • May 26, 2020
Episode 13: The Cocaine Parrot
Episode • May 11, 2020
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