Useless Information Podcast
Podcasting since 2008! - It really is all true! Quirky, bizarre, and unusual stories from the Flip Side of History.
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 258
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2025
A White Lie - UI Podcast #246
A New Hampshire doctor and his wife kept a secret from their children, friends, and community for nearly two decades. That was until the federal government discovered the lie. After the publication o…
00:33:28 |
Wed 17 Sep 2025
Rewind: 1st Jewish Couple Married on TV
Cartoonist Leigh Rubin's parents were the first Jewish couple ever to be married on US television, but it almost never happened. Includes audio clips from that Bride and Groom television episode. Or…
00:45:02 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
Retrocast #36 - Podcast #245
Abbott & Costello agree to perform in a boy’s backyard for 70 cents, parents sue a milk dairy because their son grew too tall, a man sleeps only 2 hours per day for 33 years, and much more!
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00:36:33 |
Tue 19 Aug 2025
Escape from Monkey Mountain - UI Podcast #244
Nearly 175 monkeys escaped from a zoo in Massapequa, New York in 1935. Led by an outlaw monkey named Al Capone, they mostly took refuge in the woods. While the vast majority of the monkeys were soon …
00:24:23 |
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Retrocast #35 - UI Podcast #243
Eight different stories in which someone or something got the last laugh. Includes: rattlesnakes that outsmarted a snake trap, jokes aimed at women are funnier, a friendly feud with the cable company…
00:29:48 |
Wed 09 Jul 2025
To Russia for Love - UI Podcast #242
A British man hadn't seen his Russian wife for nearly five years. The Soviets repeatedly refused to allow him into the USSR, and they denied her request to leave. He became so desperate that he decid…
00:45:49 |
Tue 17 Jun 2025
The Denver Spiderman - UI Podcast #241
In Denver, Colorado, in 1941, a man was found murdered in his own home. The most unusual part was that all of the doors and windows were locked from the inside. So, how was the killer able to make hi…
00:27:26 |
Wed 04 Jun 2025
Retrocast 34 - UI Podcast #240
A warning to stay away from people with blue eyes, Stanford students use ice nickels to pay for phone calls, the speed limit for automobiles is set at 2 mph, and much more!
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00:35:07 |
Wed 21 May 2025
Diamond Jim's Shack - UI Podcast #239
A pristine view. A stubborn fisherman’s legacy. When wealth clashes with tradition, who wins? Dive into the gripping saga of Diamond Jim's Shack, where a simple fishing spot turns into a battleground…
00:30:07 |
Wed 07 May 2025
Retrocast 33 - UI Podcast #238
The Titanic is supposedly unsinkable, a cat is jailed, clothing seems to instantly combust, shoes for postmen are designed to minimize dog bites, a tastier spinach, and much more!
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00:27:52 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
Rent-A-Wife - UI Podcast #237
Need help? Try renting a wife! They would do anything from A to Z, except for X! A true story from the early 1980s in which some ambitious women decided to market what they did best: being a wife. In…
00:56:49 |
Tue 01 Apr 2025
Retrocast 32 - UI Podcast #236
A man discovers the Roman Ruins of his youth have been torn down, a violin made from a lobster claw, an electric chair that electrocuted itself, and much more!
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00:33:14 |
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Ding Dong Daddy - Part 2 - UI Podcast #235
Step into the life of Francis Van Wie, a streetcar conductor with charm, wit, and a string of marriages that captivated 1940s San Francisco, transforming a wartime distraction into a national sensati…
00:56:58 |
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Ding Dong Daddy - Part 1 - UI Podcast #234
In 1915, a man known only as John F. Kennedy appeared in Kenosha, WI unable to recall his past or even his own name. With only a few cryptic clues and a suitcase marked with the initials "R.E.J.," he…
00:32:10 |
Mon 10 Feb 2025
Retrocast #31 - UI Podcast #233
A man recovers his lost diamond ring through a chance encounter, manhole covers fly in Chicago, how to divide a Cadillac 57 ways, a man is fined for barking like a dog, and much more!
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00:30:29 |
Thu 23 Jan 2025
Who Owns Her Face? - UI Podcast #232
When 17-year-old Abigail Roberson's photo was printed on a widely distributed poster without her consent, it set off a legal battle that would forever change the definition of privacy.
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00:38:58 |
Wed 08 Jan 2025
Christmas Retrocast - UI Podcast #231
Christmas Retrocast! Includes: Tumbleweed replaces the standard Christmas tree for one family, a Santa who practically gave away the store, a policeman has a live turkey thrown at him for Christmas, …
00:36:18 |
Sun 15 Dec 2024
Snatched From Death - Podcast #230
The harrowing true story of three airmen stranded on an unforgiving, desolate island after their airplane crashed off the coast of Greenland. After the search for them was abandoned, they faced the r…
00:37:44 |
Wed 04 Dec 2024
Retrocast #29 - UI Podcast #229
Jill ChaCha of the podcast Well… That’s Interesting! cohosts! Includes: A debate over whether we should have female judges, a ventriloquist projects his voice to avoid paying a fine, why homely girls…
01:14:15 |
Tue 12 Nov 2024
Pet Rocks - UI Podcast #228
Something different in this podcast!!! I let podcast hosts Art Quinn and Cynthia Coleman tell one of my stories! It’s all about the 1975 Pet Rock fad and how it all happened.
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00:24:19 |
Thu 07 Nov 2024
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