Rainy Day Rabbit Holes: History Unhinged

Joshua Abraham Norton declares himself emperor of the United States in a San Francisco newspaper, and Rainy Day Rabbit Holes treats that 1859 letter as the start of a 20-year civic myth.

Rainy Day Rabbit Holes: History Unhinged hands off Dark History's Season 5, Episode 4, "Snake Oil Never Died (It Just Went Online): Featuring Dark History," and Rob Bradley tracks snake oil from Victorian patent medicine to Instagram wellness funnels.

["Rainy Day Rabbit Holes: History Unhinged covers Forrest Fenn's Rocky Mountains treasure hunt and the 24-line poem that drove it.", "Cassie and Caitlin from PNW Haunts and Homicides host the crossover, with Shay and Jodi from Rainy Day Rabbit Hole reacting to the story and the jokes.", "Fenn was an art dealer, author, and Vietnam War veteran, and he announced in 2010 that a bronze chest north of Santa Fe held gold, jewels, and rare artifacts.", "The hunt drew more than 300,000 searchers, produced brown-trout theories about 'the home of brown,' and ended with Fenn saying in June 2020 that the treasure had been found."]

The hosts begin a story about a power outage in a Chinese village, then introduce guest podcasters from PNW Haunts and Homicides.

This episode reveals the untold story of Claudette Colvin, who refused to give up her bus seat before Rosa Parks, and explores why she was erased from civil rights history.

A humorous history podcast exploring bizarre and embarrassing emergency room incidents, starting with a story about foreign objects in bodily orifices.

This episode tells the story of Sergeant Stubby, a decorated war hero dog from World War I.

The host promotes a live event about Tacoma's UFO incident before Roswell and discusses the effort behind the podcast.

Rainy Day Rabbit Holes: History Unhinged centers on Stephen Arnold Douglas Pewter, called the 'land fraud king,' and tracks how he used U.S.

A history podcast that delves into wild, weird, and unhinged stories from the past, including disasters, scandals, and heartwarming moments.

Hosts Shay and Jodi welcome Chris Steele, the King of Tacoma, to discuss his tours and Tacoma history in a spooky season episode.

A history podcast exploring bizarre, scandalous, and unhinged stories from the past, with a focus on the American West.

The hosts introduce their history podcast and begin a story about a wild event in Wallace, Idaho.

This episode explores the history of shanghaiing, a form of human trafficking, in Portland, San Francisco, and Liverpool, focusing on notorious figures like Bunko Kelly.

On November 5, 1975, Travis Walton approached a hovering craft and was struck by a blue-green beam.

Newells traces Halloween to Ireland’s and Scotland’s 2,000-year-old pagan Samhain, whose name means "summer’s end." Shay and Jodi pair that origin story with Kells Irish Restaurant and Pub, a Seattle venue inside the 1903 Butterworth Building.

Rainy Day Rabbit Holes: History Unhinged frames Oregon land fraud as a four-decade scandal of “greed and corruption” involving millionaire tycoons, U.S.