Useless Information Podcast

Podcasting since 2008! - It really is all true! Quirky, bizarre, and unusual stories from the Flip Side of History.

History
Comedy
Society & Culture
1
Lost in the Clouds - UI Podcast #253
An extraordinary true story of survival, sacrifice, and love in the face of impossible odds.
23 min
2
Retrocast #39 - Podcast #252
A woman has 1,446 metal objects in her stomach, a teenager will die unless a nail is removed from her lung, a bullfrog living in a woman's stomach, & more!
42 min
3
The Hot Dog Santa Claus - UI Podcast #251
The true story of Axel Bjorklund, Boston's Hot Dog Santa, who gave thousands of hot dogs away to hungry children throughout the 1920s.
24 min
4
Retrocast #38 - UI Podcast #250
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 mail it back… & more!
32 min
5
A Forbidden Love - Podcast #249
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.
21 min
6
Retrocast #37 - UI Podcast #248
A fire department watches a man's home burn, a pig flies for the first time ever, & a gorilla destroys an American Tourister suitcase.
25 min
7
Bad Apples #6 – Lost Boundaries – UI #247
A modern review of the 1949 movie Lost Boundaries, the screen adaptation of the lives of Dr. Albert and Thyra Johnston.
37 min
8
A White Lie - UI Podcast #246
A New Hampshire doctor and his wife kept a secret from family & friends for nearly two decades.
30 min
9
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.
43 min
10
Retrocast #36 - UI 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, & much more!
34 min
11
Escape from Monkey Mountain - UI Podcast #244
Nearly 175 monkeys escaped from a Long Island zoo in 1935, led by a male named Al Capone. Would they be able to recapture all of them?
21 min
12
Retrocast #35 - UI Podcast #243
8 stories in which someone got the last laugh. Includes: rattlesnakes outsmart a snake trap, jokes aimed at women are funnier, & more!
27 min
13
To Russia for Love - UI Podcast #242
A British man risks his life to see his Russian wife.
43 min
14
The Denver Spiderman - UI Podcast #241
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. How did the killer get away?
24 min
15
Retrocast 34 - UI Podcast #240
Beware of people with blue eyes, students use ice nickels to pay for phone calls, speed limit for automobiles set at 2 mph, & more!
32 min
16
Diamond Jim's Shack - UI Podcast #239
One man decides to take on the wealthy grandson of financier J.P. Morgan.
27 min
17
Retrocast 33 - UI Podcast #238
The Titanic is supposedly unsinkable, a cat is jailed, clothing seems to instantly combust, & more!
25 min
18
Rent-A-Wife - UI Podcast #237
Need help? Try renting a wife! They would do anything from A to Z, except for X!
54 min
19
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, and much more!
30 min
20
Ding Dong Daddy - Part 2 - UI Podcast #235
Part 2 of the true story of Francis Van Wie, the streetcar conductor whose scandalous marriages captivated 1940s San Francisco.
54 min
21
Ding Dong Daddy - Part 1 - UI Podcast #234
A man known only as John F. Kennedy, appears in Kenosha, WI in 1915. He was unable to recall anything about his past.
29 min
22
Retrocast #31 - UI Podcast #233
A man recovers his lost diamond ring through a chance encounter, manhole covers fly in Chicago, dividing a Cadillac 57 ways, and more!
27 min
23
Who Owns Her Face? - UI Podcast #232
In 1900, a 17-year-old girl's photo is printed on a poster without her permission.
36 min
24
Christmas Retrocast - UI Podcast #231
Tumbleweed replaces the standard Christmas tree for one family, a Santa who practically gave away the store, & more!
33 min
25
Snatched From Death - Podcast #230
Three airmen stranded after a Greenland crash face brutal cold and starvation. Will rescue come in time, or will the Arctic claim their lives?
35 min