This Day in Insane History
journey back in time with "This Day in Insane History" your daily dose of the most bewildering, shocking, and downright insane moments from our shared past. Each episode delves into a specific date, unearthing tales of audacious adventures, mind-boggling coincidences, and events so extraordinary they'll make you question reality. From military blunders to unbelievable feats of endurance, from political scandals to bizarre cultural practices, "This Day in Insane History" promises that you'll never look at today's date the same way again.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 1 minutes
- Episodes
- 461
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
11-15-2024 - On This Day in Insane History
On November 15, 1887, a peculiar legal drama unfolded in Cleveland, Ohio that would become known as the "Haymarket Conspiracy Trial" - a lesser-known but fascinating judicial spectacle. Eight anarchi…
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Fri 15 Nov 2024
11-14-2024 - On This Day in Insane History
On November 14, 1889, intrepid journalist Nellie Bly embarked on a groundbreaking journey to circumnavigate the globe in less than 80 days, directly challenging Jules Verne's fictional narrative and …
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Thu 14 Nov 2024
11-13-2024 - On This Day in Insane History
On November 13, 1940, the German Luftwaffe unleashed a devastating bombing raid on the British industrial city of Coventry during World War II, an attack that would become a watershed moment in aeria…
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Wed 13 Nov 2024
11-12-2024 - On This Day in Insane History
On November 12, 1970, the world witnessed one of the most peculiar wildlife management operations in history: the Great Oregon Whale Explosion. Off the coast of Florence, Oregon, a 45-foot, 8-ton spe…
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Tue 12 Nov 2024
11-11-2024 - On This Day in Insane History
On November 11, 1918, at precisely 11 AM, the armistice that ended World War I was signed, creating a moment of extraordinary simultaneity across battlefields. As the clock struck eleven, soldiers on…
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Mon 11 Nov 2024
11-10-2024 - On This Day in Insane History
On November 10, 1969, the Altair 8800 microcomputer was first conceptualized by Ed Roberts and Forrest Mims, albeit not yet built, which would ultimately spark the personal computer revolution. This …
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Sun 10 Nov 2024
11-09-2024 - On This Day in Insane History
On November 9th, 1918, the world witnessed a profound moment of historical transformation as Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicated, effectively ending the German Empire and setting the stage for the…
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Sat 09 Nov 2024
11-08-2024 - On This Day in Insane History
On November 8, 1895, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen accidentally stumbled upon one of the most transformative scientific discoveries in human history while tinkering in his laboratory at the University of Wü…
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Fri 08 Nov 2024
11-07-2024 - On This Day in Insane History
On November 7th, the world witnessed a curious diplomatic moment in 1989 when East German border guards, overwhelmed by the swelling crowds demanding passage through the Berlin Wall, made an unpreced…
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Thu 07 Nov 2024
11-06-2024 - On This Day in Insane History
November 6th, 2024 was a rather strange day indeed. While most of the world went about their regular business as usual, little did they know of the peculiar events unfolding in a small village in rur…
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Wed 06 Nov 2024
11-05-2024 - On This Day in Insane History
On November 5th, 2024 a most peculiar meteor shower occurred over Western Europe, described as such...
The early morn skies over Belgium were typically dreary as usual, when around 10:50AM the citizen…
The early morn skies over Belgium were typically dreary as usual, when around 10:50AM the citizen…
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Tue 05 Nov 2024
11-04-2024 - On This Day in Insane History
On November 4th, 2024, a rather strange occurrence happened in the remote village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales.
The village postmaster, Jeremiah Jones, was goi…
The village postmaster, Jeremiah Jones, was goi…
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Mon 04 Nov 2024
11-03-2024 - On This Day in Insane History
On November 3rd, 2024 in the remote highlands of Scotland, a curious incident occurred that would puzzled locals for years. It was an unusually clear autumn day when several sheep farmers noticed a s…
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Sun 03 Nov 2024
11-02-2024 - On This Day in Insane History
On November 2nd, 2024 in the small town of East Scranbury, New Hampshire, the local farmers were bewildered by a most unusual event. Farmer Johnson, out doing his afternoon check of the cow pastures,…
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Sat 02 Nov 2024
11-01-2024 - On This Day in Insane History
On November 1st, 2024, something quite mystifying began to occur across the globe. At precisely 09:50:08 coordinated universal time, every electronic device connected to the internet simultaneously b…
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Fri 01 Nov 2024
10-31-2024 - On This Day in Insane History
On October 31st in the year 2024, an unusual atmospheric anomaly occurred over the South Pacific which baffled meteorologists and scientists around the world. Satellite images captured a large swirli…
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Thu 31 Oct 2024
10-30-2024 - On This Day in Insane History
On October 30th, 1755, one of history's most intriguing natural phenomena occurred - lepton rains in France.
It was a typical autumn morning in the French countryside when the skies suddenly darkened…
It was a typical autumn morning in the French countryside when the skies suddenly darkened…
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Wed 30 Oct 2024
10-29-2024 - On This Day in Insane History
On October 29th, 2024, the citizens of Montreal, Canada were stunned to find their local metro stations transformed overnight. Gone were the familiar tiled walls and fluorescent lights, replaced inst…
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Tue 29 Oct 2024
10-28-2024 - On This Day in Insane History
On the 28th of October in the year 1874, an unusual occurrence took place in the town of Cardiff, Wales that baffled locals and scholars alike. It was a pleasant autumn morning and the townsfolk went…
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Mon 28 Oct 2024
10-27-2024 - On This Day in Insane History
On October 27, 2024 in the small town of Liberal, Kansas, locals were startled by a brilliant flash of light in the morning sky. When witnesses went to investigate what appeared to be a meteor impact…
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Sun 27 Oct 2024
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