This is a podcast about real historical events that should not have happened.
But they did. Repeatedly. By adults.
Stupiracy is a weird history podcast where conspiracy, bizarre history, and absolute human stupidity collide in ways that should not be possible. And yet all of these stories are somehow completely real.
Hosted by Scott Rizzuto and Tim McKernan, this is where crazy true history, ridiculous historical facts, and conspiracy stories get explained clearly… and then immediately derailed into chaos.
We’re talking about history gone wrong.
We’re talking about historical oddities that feel made up.
We’re talking about stories so dumb they sound fake. They are not fake.
This is the dark history you didn’t learn in school. Mostly because no one thought it was a good idea to teach it.
Every episode dives into wild tales of stupidity, unbelievable historical events, and the kind of weird conspiracies that make you stop and go, “Wait… how did this actually happen?”
It’s part comedy history podcast, part conspiracy comedy, and part “who let this happen?” Which, historically, is a question that comes up a lot.
New episodes every Thursday.
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Harold Holt Disappearance: World Leader Goes Swimming, Accidentally Creates A 50 Year Conspiracy | S2: E12
The "Stupiracy" podcast explores the baffling 1967 disappearance of Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt during a swim, revealing the bizarre conspiracy theories that followed.
16 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
Can You Booby Trap Your House? The Weird Case Where the Burglar Won | S2: E11
The house shot him. The court sided with him.
Nobody feels good about what happened next.
Can you booby trap your house? This episode of the Stupiracy podcast answers that question with one of the most infamous weird legal cases in American history.
After years of break-ins at an abandoned farmhouse, one homeowner decided locks weren’t enough.
So he built a shotgun booby trap.
Not near the door. Not as a warning.
Directly wired to it.
Enter Marvin Katko—a guy who thought an empty house meant free antiques and zero consequences.
He opens a door.
The house shoots him.
And then—because this is history gone wrong—he sues.
This is the Katko v. Briney case, a piece of crazy true history where public opinion said “obviously the homeowner wins,” and the court said:
“Absolutely not.”
We break down: Why booby trap laws exist (and why they’re strict)The difference between self-defense and what is basically revenge engineeringHow this case still shapes home defense laws todayWhy “trespassers will be shot” is legally meaningless
Because the law makes one thing very clear:
You can defend yourself.
You cannot turn your property into a surprise weapon.
Even if someone is absolutely, undeniably doing something dumb.
It’s part bizarre history, part courtroom chaos, and part realizing Home Alone would’ve ended in multiple felony charges.
And somehow… this is still happening.
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9 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
People Danced Until They Died and No One Stopped It: The Bizarre Dancing Plague of 1518 | S2: E10
It starts with one woman dancing in the street.
It ends with hundreds of people unable to stop—even as they’re dying.
The Dancing Plague of 1518 makes absolutely no sense—and it gets worse the more you understand it.
In this episode of the Stupiracy Podcast - Presented by CARSTAR - we break down one of the strangest cases of mass hysteria ever recorded.
It starts with one woman dancing in the street in Strasbourg.
No music. No reason.
Then her kid joins.
Then the neighbors.
Then hundreds of people.
And nobody stops.
This isn’t a party—it’s a full-blown history gone wrong situation.
People danced for days.
Then weeks.
Then months.
Some collapsed.
Some died.
Others watched and thought, “Yeah, I’m in.”
We dig into the real explanations behind this bizarre historical event: Religious panic involving St. Vitus (patron saint of unwanted cardio)Mass psychogenic illness from war, famine, and stressErgot fungus (aka medieval LSD bread) tied to other weird conspiracies Doctors prescribing… more dancing
Yes, the official solution was: keep dancing.
This episode is packed with:Unbelievable historical eventsRidiculous historical facts that sound fake but aren’tThe exact kind of history you didn’t learn in schoolAnd a lot of questions that never get fully answeredLike:
Why would you join?
Why didn’t anyone stop it?
Why did the Dancing Plague of 1518 go on for months??
If you like dark history podcasts, conspiracy comedy, and stories where humanity makes aggressively bad decisions in groups, this one’s for you.
Because the Dancing Plague of 1518 is either:
A psychological breakdown,
A religious phenomenon,
A fungal disaster,
Or just people being unbelievably dumb at scale.
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Harold Holt Disappearance: World Leader Goes Swimming, Accidentally Creates A 50 Year Conspiracy | S2: E12
Published 23 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] He was tearful at the service, and he flew into more in the loss of his cherished friend and commiserate with Dame Zera before breaking off for urgent discussions about Vietnam. The nation was in mourning, but also some were so stunned by what took place that they wondered if there was something else going on. Now keep in mind, we're talking about the late 1960s. Just referenced, President Johnson's over there, you have Vietnam and Australia, relatively close, in comparison to the United States of Vietnam, wondering if there were some other motives and something else going on, especially since he was never discovered. […]
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