Episodes

  • January 31 – The Sound Some People Swear Exists

    January 31 – The Sound Some People Swear Exists
    Jan 31 2026
    January 31 closes out the quietest month of the year with one of history’s most unsettling mysteries: the Hum, a low-frequency sound reported by people around the world but rarely recorded or explained. In this episode of The Strange History Podcast, Amy explores the history, science, and folklore behind the Hum and why some mysteries refuse to be confirmed — or dismissed.

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    4 mins
  • The Super Bowl Startup Curse Part Two: Modern Tech Companies That Rose and Collapsed

    The Super Bowl Startup Curse Part Two: Modern Tech Companies That Rose and Collapsed
    Jan 30 2026
    The dot-com bubble wasn’t the end of Super Bowl advertising disasters—it was only the beginning.
    In Part Two of The Super Bowl Startup Curse, host Amy investigates modern tech companies that followed the same dangerous path as their dot-com predecessors. From Quibi’s billion-dollar streaming failure to crypto companies like FTX collapsing under the weight of their own Super Bowl confidence, this episode explores how visibility continues to outpace viability in the startup world.
    This episode dives deep into venture capital culture, celebrity endorsements, crypto hype, metaverse ambitions, and pandemic-era overconfidence. It examines why massive Super Bowl exposure still acts as a pressure test that fragile companies cannot survive, freezing optimistic narratives in place just before reality intervenes.
    If you’re fascinated by tech history, startup collapses, crypto scandals, business psychology, and the strange patterns hiding behind major cultural events, this episode reveals why the Super Bowl remains one of the most dangerous stages in modern business.


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    8 mins
  • The Dot-Com Super Bowl Graveyard: Startups That Spent Millions and Vanished Overnight

    The Dot-Com Super Bowl Graveyard: Startups That Spent Millions and Vanished Overnight
    Jan 30 2026
    At the height of the dot-com bubble, internet startups believed a Super Bowl commercial was the ultimate shortcut to legitimacy. Instead, it became a graveyard.
    In this mega episode of The Strange History Podcast, host Amy investigates the rise and spectacular collapse of dot-com companies that spent millions on Super Bowl advertising—only to disappear months later. From Pets.com and eToys to Webvan, Kozmo.com, and Boo.com, this episode explores how hype replaced sustainability, how visibility accelerated failure, and why the Super Bowl became the most expensive mistake in tech history.
    We dig deep into internal business models, venture capital pressure, logistics failures, timing disasters, and executive hubris—revealing why these companies didn’t just fail, but failed publicly and permanently. This is not a story about bad ideas. It’s a story about being loud before being ready.
    If you love strange business history, dot-com bubble stories, tech failures, or forgotten Super Bowl controversies, this episode is for you.


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    7 mins
  • January 30 – The Day the Future Suddenly Felt Too Close

    January 30 – The Day the Future Suddenly Felt Too Close
    Jan 30 2026
    On January 30, 1925, inventor John Logie Baird demonstrated one of the first successful long-distance television transmissions, allowing a moving human image to be sent through the air for the first time. In this episode of The Strange History Podcast, Amy explores the strange true story of early television, why it unsettled audiences, and how the future arrived flickering and unfinished.

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    4 mins
  • January 29 – The Poem That Wouldn’t Let Anyone Sleep

    January 29 – The Poem That Wouldn’t Let Anyone Sleep
    Jan 29 2026
    On January 29, 1845, Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” was published, instantly becoming one of the most famous works in American literary history. In this episode of The Strange History Podcast, Amy explores the strange true story behind the poem’s sudden popularity, its unsettling themes of grief and repetition, and how one haunting word reshaped poetry forever.

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    4 mins
  • January 28 – The Day the Past Suddenly Got Much Longer

    January 28 – The Day the Past Suddenly Got Much Longer
    Jan 28 2026
    On January 28, 1929, scientists presented early findings that would lead to radiocarbon dating, allowing historians to measure the age of ancient organic materials for the first time. In this episode of The Strange History Podcast, Amy explores the strange true story of how science extended the timeline of human history and permanently changed how we understand the past.

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    4 mins
  • January 27 – The Tiny Discovery That Quietly Changed Everything

    January 27 – The Tiny Discovery That Quietly Changed Everything
    Jan 27 2026
    On January 27, 1880, Louis Pasteur presented evidence supporting germ theory, the idea that microscopic organisms cause disease. In this episode of The Strange History Podcast, Amy explores the strange true story of how bacteria were discovered as invisible threats, why the idea was initially rejected, and how one small realization transformed medicine, hygiene, and daily life forever.

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    4 mins
  • Tripping Through Time: The Strange History of Mushrooms That Changed Civilization

    Tripping Through Time: The Strange History of Mushrooms That Changed Civilization
    Jan 26 2026
    Mushrooms have quietly altered the course of human history in ways most people never learn in school. In this mega-episode of The Strange History Podcast, host Amy explores true historical events where fungi and hallucinogenic mushrooms may have triggered mass hallucinations, religious visions, violent outbreaks, and social collapse. From ergot-poisoned bread linked to the Salem Witch Trials and the Dancing Plague of 1518, to ancient Greek rituals, Viking berserkers, and a French town that collectively lost its mind in 1951, this episode dives deep into the bizarre and unsettling role mushrooms have played in shaping civilization. Equal parts historical deep dive and dark humor, this episode reveals why fungi may be history’s most underestimated influencer.

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    7 mins