America The Bizarre

America The Bizarre


Latest Episodes

55 - The Pledge
October 22, 2020

Join us during our 1 year birthday to discuss how the pledge of allegiance was written by a socialist nationalist in order to sell flags to children.

54 - The Year Without A Summer
October 15, 2020

In April of 1815, the volcano Mount Tambora erupted and caused a massive ash cloud that cooled the entire Earth. Americans dealt with snowstorms that occured all throughout 1816 and struggled to grow crops and keep their animals alive. 

53 - Government Poisoned Alcohol
October 08, 2020

During prohibition, people still drank a lot. In order to combat this, the government began to poison industrial alcohol that ended up killing around 50,000 Americans.

52 - Surprise Guam, It's America
October 01, 2020

Guam was never aware that the Spanish-American War was happening until America showed up to take over.

51 - Louisiana Hippo Farms
September 24, 2020

At the turn of the 20th century, America was facing a massive meat shortage. The solution? Hippo farms in Louisiana

50 - Wickedest City In America
September 17, 2020

General Patton once threatened to level Phenix City, Alabama which was once dubbed "The Wickedest City in America"

49 - Coney Island Babies
September 10, 2020

Premature babies had extremely high mortality rates until a showman doctor opened up his incubator baby exhibit on Coney Island, attracting visitors and desperate parents from all over the world to marvel at this new technology. 

48 - The President's Party Blew Up
September 03, 2020

President John Tyler threw a huge party on the USS Princeton to celebrate the future annexation of Texas. Then tragedy struck.

47 - The Great Taxidermist
August 27, 2020

Carl Akeley revolutionized taxidermy while also becoming a prolific inventor, hunter, and conservationist. There was also that time he killed a leopard with his bare hands. 

46 - Ludlow Massacre
August 20, 2020

In 1914, Rockefeller ordered to have strikers in his mining company shot and their homes burned to the ground.