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Retrocast #20 – Podcast #204

Published on September 20, 2023

Posted in: Podcast, Retrocasts

Latest episode! A kangaroo is on the loose in NYC, a woman fails her driving test 39 times, someone is sneaking under the tables at college libraries and painting women’s toenails, and much more!

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Retrocast #19 – Podcast #202

Published on August 15, 2023

Posted in: Podcast, Retrocasts, Tidbits

A World War II vet who could only rent a home if he agreed to bring a live goat, Baltimore requires male go-go dancers to cover their breasts, and a woman who saw The Sound of Music 864 times, and much more!

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Retrocast #18 – Podcast #199

Published on June 21, 2023

Posted in: Podcast, Retrocasts

A deer stabs a man, a dress made from postage stamps, three teenagers take a joyride in an airplane, the history of the pay telephone, & more!

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Retrocast #17 – Podcast #195

Published on April 19, 2023

Posted in: Podcast, Retrocasts

A train derails and then jumps back on track, a man who owned the universe, a bet in which the loser would eat 1 million peas, and much more!

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Retrocast 16 – Podcast #193

Published on March 20, 2023

Posted in: Podcast, Retrocasts

In this episode: a man who recorded the location of buried treasure on a record, a girl who swallowed 200 rocks, a color-blind plumber, the history of McDonald’s Big Mac, and much more!

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Retrocast #15 – Podcast #191

Published on February 14, 2023

Posted in: Love & Marriage, Podcast, Retrocasts

A man who eats match heads, every kiss supposedly knocks 3 minutes off of your life, a couple waits 60 years to marry, a 10-year-ban is proposed to curb the spread of tuberculosis, and much more!

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Retrocast #14 – Podcast #189

Published on January 19, 2023

Posted in: Podcast, Retrocasts

A man claims his wife snores in Morse code, a man hitchhikes after his car is stolen and is picked up by his own vehicle, the AMA recommends those over 40 not do the Twist, and much more!

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Christmas Retrocast – Podcast #187

Published on December 20, 2022

Posted in: Footnotes to History, Holidays & Celebrations, Podcast, Retrocasts

A special holiday Retrocast featuring 10 true stories from Christmas past, plus a holiday song recorded in 1913.

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Retrocast #12 – Podcast #177

Published on August 1, 2022

Posted in: Podcast, Retrocasts

A man elopes with another man's wife and blames it on her cake, a dead woman sits up in her coffin, smog changes the color of a California man’s tie, and much more! Tim Harford of Cautionary Tales cohosts.

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Retrocast #11 – Podcast #175

Published on June 30, 2022

Posted in: Podcast, Retrocasts

A mystery man speaks an unknown language, a boy gets his head stuck in a toilet seat, a woman slips on a bar of soap and then flies out the window, and much more! Madison Newton cohosts.

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Retrocast #10 – Podcast #173

Published on June 1, 2022

Posted in: Podcast, Retrocasts

Sliced bread is banned, popcorn in theaters may be banned, women using fly swatters to lose weight, and much more! Matt Breen of the Explorers Podcast cohosts.

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Retrocast #9 – Podcast #170

Published on April 13, 2022

Posted in: Podcast, Retrocasts

A woman dumps her fiancé at the altar to marry the minister, a jealous husband who used rattlesnakes to keep men away from his wife, and much more!

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Retrocast #8 – Podcast #167

Published on February 28, 2022

Posted in: Podcast, Retrocasts

A live baby is auctioned, a knife thrower hits his human target, a dog warden with an unusual approach to keeping thieves out of the pound, and more!

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Retrocast #7 – Podcast #165

Published on January 31, 2022

Posted in: Podcast, Retrocasts

A man falls out of a window and is saved by a flagpole, seven tonsillectomies done in an assembly line fashion, the last cigarette commercial on US network television, and much more!

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Retrocast #6 – Podcast #162

Published on December 15, 2021

Posted in: Holidays & Celebrations, Podcast, Retrocasts

A reindeer that bit a boy’s finger, a lawsuit over the world’s largest Christmas stocking, an absent-minded Santa Claus, a Santa caught with his pants down, the first Christmas film ever made, and much more!

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