Combining humor and the crazy stories you never learned in school.

Unhinged History


Unhinged History is a history podcast combining humor and the crazy stories you never learned in school. Theresa and Angie explore antics and hijinks throughout history. Each week they come together and share the bizarre stories they’ve only recently learned.

Uncover facts like Napoleon getting attacked by bunnies or details of the Beer Flood of 1814. Their favorite topics cover historical hoaxes, random war stories, unsolved mysteries, spies, and stories that make you question everything you thought you knew.

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  • Episode 198 | Our Happy Place: WWII

    Listen to the episode here. What a week. If you needed something to lift your spirits, we have just the thing. Today, Theresa kicks things…

  • Episode 197 | It is Contraband Meat

    Listen to the episode here. Winnie Ruth Judd the trunk murderess In Disneyland’s Tower of Terror, a newspaper is visible, dated October 31, 1939—it is…

  • Episode 196 | Not the First Bodies Found at the Zoo

    Listen to the episode here. Angie and Theresa’s mind meld is at it again. This week, Theresa starts things off by telling the morbid history of a PNW landmark, Mcmenamins Edgefield Hotel. It starts off as a poor farm on what is now the Oregon Zoo, and moves to Troutdale, where it became one of the most haunted places in the nation. Angie takes up the baton of the macabre as she shares about body snatching and how it led to the Doctors’ Riot of 1788. It’s a dark tale centered mostly in the US, but she does touch on the history of stealing dead people to advance medicine and touches on Burke and Hare.

  • Episode 195 | Your Sleeper Code

    Listen to the episode here. Leaning hard into Spooky Month, Angie and Theresa bring some stories that are real bangers. First off, Angie leads with…

  • Episode 194 | Glossing Over the Cannibalism

    Listen to the episode here. Sometimes Angie and Theresa share a special mind-meld where the topics have a surprising theme. This week, the theme is “sorta/kinda.” Theresa starts off by telling the tale of Frederick Thomas Lynwood, the Muffin Man, London’s first serial killer. In typical Theresa fashion, she catches down facts and ruins this delightful clickbait. Come for the creepy tale, and stay for all of the ways it could never be true. Angie picks up the torch and continues the theme with the story of La Voisin, the most renowned poisoner of her time. This French fortune teller was doing everything she could to keep her family afloat, including but not limited to “inheritance powders” and black masses …but does her forced confession make her guilty? Transcript Theresa: Hi, and welcome to the Unhinged History Podcast, the podcast where two absolute compulsive nut…

  • Episode 193 | Be Okay With Morally Grey

    Listen to the episode here. Angie takes over the whole episode this week, with the tale of Roberto Cofresí. This part is Robin Hood, mostly…