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A Popular History of Unpopular Things

by Kelli Beard

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#185

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Last ranked October 25, 2026

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#170

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Last ranked October 23, 2026

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Date	Combined Rank	Apple Podcasts
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Oct 25	#185	#179
Oct 24	#145	#137
Oct 23	#106	#94

Latest episodes

The USS Scorpion Disaster

August 23, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

Join Kelli as she goes over what happened to the USS Scorpion, a skipjack-class nuclear-powered attack submarine that disappeared in May of 1967. It was found five months later, 2 miles down on the Atlantic seabed, broken into pieces. It's…
The Great Moon Hoax

June 21, 2026 · 31 min

Join Kelli for another weird episode where she looks at the Great Moon Hoax of 1835. For six days straight in 1835, the New York Sun (not the same publication as the one that exists today) published a fantastical story about life on the…
The Navajo (Diné) Long Walk

May 31, 2026 · 54 min

Join Kelli as she finally starts tackling the impact of westward expansion on indigenous populations in the United States. In this episode, we focus on the Navajo, or Diné, who were forcibly removed from their homeland starting in the…
The Bloody Benders

April 26, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

Join Kelli as she talks about a serial killer out of Kansas in the post-civil war era. Taking advantage of westward expansion and a tense climate, the Bender family - Ma, Pa, John, and Kate - were responsible for the murders of at least 11…
The Erfurt Latrine Disaster

April 5, 2026 · 29 min

Join Kelli as she goes over a very stinky situation that happened in 1184 in Erfurt, part of the Holy Roman Empire and home base of King (and later Emperor) Henry VI. As Henry gathered some squabbling nobles to deal with a petty land…

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The Voynich Manuscript

March 15, 2026 · 22 min

Join Kelli in this shorter history on the mysterious Voynich Manuscript, an early Renaissance-era book written in a made up language (dubbed Voynichese) with strange diagrams that seem... out of this world. I love a good *history mystery*…
The Story of Peter the Wild Boy

February 8, 2026 · 34 min

Join Kelli as she goes over the story of a feral boy found in the woods outside of Hamelin, Germany. He was brought to King George I's court in England and named Peter, and he entertained curious onlookers for months. He had strange…
The Cannibalism of Johan de Witt

January 18, 2026 · 34 min

Join Kelli as she goes over a strange event from the 17th century Dutch Republic - the time a political leader was killed, strung up, dismembered, and then cannibalized. As always, we set up the history surrounding this event to get a…
The Story of Boudica, Warrior Queen

December 7, 2025 · 41 min

Join Kelli as she goes over the popular legend of Boudica, the short-lived queen of the Iceni peoples in Iron Age Britain. Much of what we know about Boudica comes from heavily-biased Roman sources, written decades or over a century after…
The Roman Black Banquet

October 19, 2025 · 34 min

Join Kelli as she talks about Rome's first ever Black Banquet, hosted by Emperor Domitian in 89 CE. Today's episode covers some Roman history including the creation of the Colosseum, the Flavian Dynasty, Cynicism and Stoicism, Memento…
The French Pig Trial of 1457

October 5, 2025 · 21 min

Join Kelli as she looks into the weird world of European animal trials, focusing on the French Pig Trial at Savigny in 1457, where a sow owned by Jehan Bailly was put on trial for the murder of 5-year-old Jehan Martin. That's right…
The Eilean Mòr Lighthouse Mystery

September 21, 2025 · 30 min

Join Kelli as she goes over the mystery of the Eilean Mòr lighthouse. In December of 1900, the three men keeping the lighthouse on the Flannan Isles - James Ducat, Thomas Marshall, and Donald McArthur - vanished without a trace. The light…