- 72
- Episodes
- 36
- Transcribed
- 28
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About Weird History Podcast
History is stranger than fiction — and the past is filled with bizarre, unexplained, and unbelievable true stories that still defy logic today. Hosted by Ben Carter, Weird History Podcast explores the strangest moments in history, uncovering real events that sound too unbelievable to be true. From bizarre inventions and forgotten traditions to mysterious deaths, historical conspiracies, cults, hoaxes, and the most shocking coincidences ever recorded — each episode reveals the hidden, unusual side of human history. If you’re fascinated by weird facts, strange historical events, unexplained my
- Publisher
- Forbidden Knowledge Network
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 May 2025
- Latest episode
- 16 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
36 of 72 episodes have a transcript.
16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Baby Cages, Sleeping Porches, and Electric Corsets
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mortsafes, Grave Watchmen, and Grave Torpedoes
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Baby Cages, Sleeping Porches, and Electric Corsets
Published 16 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] That boundary matters because baby cages are often described as if they were a normal feature of city parenting in the 1920s and 1930s. The stronger evidence is narrower and more useful. There was a documented idea. There were product references and patents. There were specific London photographs. There was medical and childcare advice about fresh air that helped make the idea seem plausible. In January 1934, another London image fixed the device in a municipal setting. A Fox Photos caption described an example of a wire cage that East Poplar Borough Council proposed attaching outside tenement windows so babies could get fresh air and sunshine. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 2.5 / 5
- 6 ratings
- Spotify
- 3.2 / 5
- 22 ratings
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- 26
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- 0
- YouTube
- 0
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