Useless Information Podcast
by Airwave Media Podcast Network
Latest episode
Retrocast 45 - UI Podcast #264
Retrocast 45 - UI Podcast #264
About this podcast
Podcasting since 2008! - It really is all true! Quirky, bizarre, and unusual stories from the Flip Side of History.
Episodes
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- Retrocast 45 - UI Podcast #264 · 39 min · Season 19 Episode 264In this episode: Lightning digs a man’s grave, four brothers evade the WWII draft, a man’s will forbids grandchildren from wearing lipstick, watching movies, & dancing, and much…
- The Straw Hat Riots - UI Podcast #263 · 30 min · Season 19 Episode 263It started as a harmless Wall Street tradition: smash the straw hats of any man foolish enough to wear one after September 15. Then teenagers took up the cause, and before long…
- Retrocast #44 – UI Podcast #262 · 34 min · Season 19 Episode 262In this episode: Kids suck subway tokens from turnstiles, two men claim to save a girl’s life, a woman marries a pet rock, a meatloaf made from dog food, and much more! Images…
- Braless Fridays - UI Podcast #261 · 31 min · Season 19 Episode 261In 1969, a casual coffee-break joke about going braless cost a woman her job, sparked nationwide headlines, inspired copycat events across the country, and eventually wound up in…
- Retrocast #43 - UI Podcast #260 · 30 min · Season 19 Episode 260In this episode: Al Capone’s son tries to avoid his notorious father’s past, a boy survives a 2-1/2 mile plunge in a tunnel, and much more! Images, links, and transcripts for…
- The Battle of the Bangs - UI Podcast #259 · 37 min · Season 19 Episode 258In 1967, a 14-year-old Ohio boy was suspended from school for refusing to cut his hair. What began as a dispute over dress code quickly spiraled into a courtroom battle, a night…
- Retrocast #42 - UI Podcast #258 · 30 min · Season 19 Episode 258In this episode: A house is cut in half after two sisters argue over its repair, two babies are switched at birth, an airplane lands at the wrong airport, and much more! My…
- Leaping Leopards - UI Podcast #257 · 30 min · Season 19 Episode 257A wild leopard fresh from the jungles of India escaped the Oklahoma City Zoo in 1950, unleashing a frantic manhunt that turned the city into a spectacle of fear, fascination, and…
- Retrocast 41 - Podcast #256 · 31 min · Season 19 Episode 256In this episode: Who or what is ETAOIN SHRDLU, Nat King Cole is attacked, a boy gets the day off from school for a good deed, a man breaks into ȧ home to change a baby’s diaper…
- Aren't We Devils? - UI Podcast #255 · 34 min · Season 19 Episode 252A running gag on the 1944 Truth or Consequences radio show was for host Ralph Edwards to ask, “Is there a Mr. Wickel in the house?” He never expected an answer. But when Rudolph…
- Retrocast #40 - UI Podcast #254 · 41 min · Season 19 Episode 254In this episode: A couple marries and divorces over and over again, a fugitive appears on The Dating Game tv show, a man is fined for failing to give his wife a goodbye kiss, and…
- Lost in the Clouds - UI Podcast #253 · 26 min · Season 19 Episode 253In 1958, a small plane vanished into the mountains—and what followed became an extraordinary true story of survival, sacrifice, and love in the face of impossible odds. You can…
- Retrocast #39 - Podcast #252 · 45 min · Season 19 Episode 248In this episode: A woman has 1,446 metal objects in her stomach, a teenager faces almost certain death unless a nail is removed from her lung, a doctor claims that a patient has…
- The Hot Dog Santa Claus - UI Podcast #251 · 27 min · Season 18 Episode 251Throughout the 1920s, the children of Boston’s North End gathered in anticipation to see if their beloved Hot Dog Santa Claus, Axel Bjorklund, would once again arrive. Despite…
- Retrocast #38 - UI Podcast #250 · 35 min · Season 18 Episode 248In this episode: Can a wife legally swipe cash from her husband’s wallet? One Chicago man puts a bizarre social experiment in motion—mailing $1 to 500 people and asking them to…
- A Forbidden Love - Podcast #249 · 24 min · Season 18 Episode 249In 1937, a small Indiana town was rocked by a scandal that made national headlines: a 12-year-old girl and her 13-year-old classmate became parents, igniting a legal and moral…
- Retrocast #37 - UI Podcast #248 · 28 min · Season 18 Episode 245A fire department stands back and watches a man's home burn to the ground, a pig flies for possibly the first time ever, fleas are transported on a dog, and a gorilla destroys an…
- Bad Apples #6 – Lost Boundaries – UI #247 · 40 min · Season 18 Episode 247My wife, Mary Jane, joins me to discuss the 1949 movie Lost Boundaries, the screen adaptation of the lives of Dr. Albert and Thyra Johnston, the New Hampshire couple who passed…
- A White Lie - UI Podcast #246 · 33 min · Season 18 Episode 246A 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…
- Rewind: 1st Jewish Couple Married on TV · 45 minCartoonist 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…
