Futility Closet

Forgotten stories from the pages of history. Join us for surprising and curious tales from the past and challenge yourself with our lateral thinking puzzles.

https://www.futilitycloset.com/podcast/

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 32m. Bisher sind 369 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint wöchentlich.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 8 days 8 hours

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episode 127: Rowing Across the Atlantic


In 1896 two New Jersey clam diggers crossed the North Atlantic in a rowboat.


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 October 24, 2016  35m
 
 

episode 126: The Great Australian Poetry Hoax


In 1943, two Australian army officers submitted 17 senseless poems to an Australian literary magazine.


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 October 17, 2016  31m
 
 

episode 125: The Campden Wonder


A baffling murder confession gripped the town of Campden, England, in 1660.


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 October 10, 2016  34m
 
 

episode 124: D.B. Cooper


In 1971 a hijacker bailed out of a plane with $200,000 and was never seen again.


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 October 3, 2016  33m
 
 

episode 123: Washington D.C.'s Hidden Tunnels


Smithsonian scientist Harrison Dyar spent 20 years digging hidden tunnels under Washington D.C.


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 September 26, 2016  31m
 
 

episode 122: The Bear Who Went to War


During World War II, one Polish transport company adopted a brown bear as its mascot.


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 September 19, 2016  30m
 
 

episode 121: Starving for Science


During the siege of Leningrad, nine botanists starved to death protecting a storehouse of edible crops.


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 September 12, 2016  31m
 
 

episode 120: The Barnes Mystery


In 1879 a London maid dismembered her employer and then assumed her identity.


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 September 5, 2016  30m
 
 

episode 119: Lost in the Taiga


In 1936 a Russian family retreated into the Siberian forest, where they lived in complete isolation for 42 years.


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 August 29, 2016  33m
 
 

episode 118: The Restless Corpse of Elmer McCurdy


Oklahoma outlaw Elmer McCurdy had a career that lasted 100 years -- two-thirds of it as a dead body.


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 August 22, 2016  30m