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 Nose for Fishing - UI Podcast #133
Sometimes a person can accomplish a great deal over the span of his or her lifetime but is forever defined by one thing that took just a brief moment while they were still young. Harry Morse was one …
00:22:21 |
Tue 31 Mar 2020
In the Blink of an Eye - UI Podcast #132
In 1925, the parents and sisters of 9-year-old Evelyn Castle were killed after their car collided with a train. What came next for Evelyn was totally unexpected. It's a story that is both heartbreaki…
00:39:48 |
Sat 22 Feb 2020
An Inside Job - UI Podcast #131
The incredible story of how James Rufus Landis stole $160,000 in $20 bills from the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing on New Year's Eve of 1953. Also learn about the first ATM machine, a…
00:38:13 |
Sat 25 Jan 2020
A Christmas Eve Kidnapping - UI Podcast #130
On Christmas Eve of 1937, a man in Centerville, Indiana kidnapped a young boy and his babysitter. Minutes later, the boy's mother and the local grocer were taken prisoner by a second thug. A shootout…
00:36:14 |
Fri 20 Dec 2019
Soul Searching - UI Podcast #129
When miner James Kidd died in 1949, no one could have imagined that it would take more than 21-years to settle his estate. That's because he had made a very unusual request in his will, one that woul…
00:45:18 |
Fri 22 Nov 2019
The Prick of Death - UI Podcast #128
In 1933, a young man was walking through a busy train station in India when he was pricked in the arm by a man walking in the opposite direction. He would soon be dead and the shocking truth as to ho…
00:30:53 |
Wed 16 Oct 2019
The Case of the Doctor-Doctor Kidnapping - UI Podcast #127
In 1933, a medical doctor and a chiropractic doctor were found severely injured a short distance from one another. The two had never met before, but their lives had somehow violently crossed on that …
00:26:51 |
Fri 13 Sep 2019
The Transcontinental Taxi Ride - UI Podcast #126
An offbeat story from 1966 about a woman requested that a taxicab drive her all the way from Toledo, Ohio to San Francisco, CA. An airplane or train ride would have been both faster and cheaper, yet …
00:26:03 |
Fri 09 Aug 2019
The Snoring War - UI Podcast #125
A fun story from 1964 in which Brooklyn neighbors Sam Gutwirth and Sam Scheir ended up in court due to Scheir's loud snoring. Also learn about the first bike path in the United States, a building fil…
00:30:09 |
Wed 03 Jul 2019
Flying Blind - UI Podcast #124
A fantastic story about a Navy pilot who was blinded during a bombing run over North Korea in 1952 and the attempt by another pilot to land him safely. Would he make it? Listen to find out. Also lear…
00:28:37 |
Tue 04 Jun 2019
The Many, Many Murders of Michael Malloy - UI Podcast #123
Live presentation of one of my favorite stories of all time. Back in 1933, more than thirty attempts were made on the life of a drunk named Michael Malloy. Sounds like fiction, but is totally true.
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00:15:21 |
Sun 19 May 2019
1st Jewish Couple Married on TV (Part 2) - UI #122
Part 2 of my interview with cartoonist Leigh Rubin during which we discuss how he got into cartooning and went on to become a successful syndicated cartoonist.
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00:30:59 |
Sun 05 May 2019
1st Jewish Couple Married on TV (Part 1) - UI #121
Natalie and Stan Rubin were the first Jewish couple ever married on national TV, but it almost never happened. Hear clips from the television show and an interview with their son "Rubes" cartoonist L…
00:43:12 |
Tue 23 Apr 2019
The Great Podcast Switcheroo!
It's April 1st and the Great Podcast Switcheroo is happening! It's where a number of podcasts have switched hosts for the day. Today we have an episode of the Historical Blindness podcast titled The …
00:39:00 |
Mon 01 Apr 2019
UI Bonus Episode #4 - An Incredible Life of Learning
Chatham High School student Van Oles interviews his grandfather, retired pharmacist Ronald McLean. It's the wonderful story of a man who started his career as a soda jerk in a pharmacy and ultimately…
00:30:50 |
Mon 25 Mar 2019
UI #120 - The Coal Mountain Casanova
Back in 1952, Jesse Garrett had recently divorced and was in search of a new wife. He seemed like a catch and thousands of women contacted him to let them know that they were interested. What seemed …
00:36:34 |
Sun 17 Mar 2019
UI Bonus Episode #3 - Interview with John Murphy
Part 2 of my interview with John Murphy. Here we discuss John's involvement with inventor Dean Kamen (of the Segway fame) and their work to establish the FIRST Robotics competition that now involves …
00:16:08 |
Mon 25 Feb 2019
UI #119 - A Punishment That Went Horribly Wrong
The parents of 21-year-old Linda Marie Ault were in a panic when their daughter didn't return home after attending a Friday night dance. They searched everywhere for her, but were unsuccessful. When…
00:31:49 |
Wed 06 Feb 2019
UI Bonus Episode #2 - Salem Trade School Interview
Bonus episode is an interview with John Murphy. His dad was a member of the Salem Trade School, which was the subject of Useless Information Podcast #90 in January 2016.
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00:26:09 |
Sun 13 Jan 2019
UI #118 - Christmas Time in Santa Heim
Fun story from the 1940's about a man named Harry H. Heim who converted a defunct mill town into the ultimate Christmas wonderland. Also, learn about the most performed Christmas song, a girl who bec…
00:36:42 |
Fri 21 Dec 2018
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