Retrocast #28 - Podcast #226

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

A man is forced to pay for the burial of a porcupine, a stowaway who hid inside of someone’s coffin, a cactus buried under concrete for 45 years, and much more! Images, links, and transcripts for this podcast can be found at https://uselessinformation.org/retrocast-28-podcast-226/ The Useless Information Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media podcast network. Visit https://www.airwavemedia.com/ to listen to more great podcasts just like this one. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:05.0	Would you like to relax or fall asleep while learning about history?
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0:17.0	You'll learn all about famous explorers, inventions, civilizations, ancient wonders, and even the Titanic, just search your podcast
0:29.2	player for calm history, Or go to Calm History.com.
0:39.0	Today on the 28th edition of the Useless Information Retrocast, you'll hear about a stowaway who opted to remove
0:45.9	the body from a coffin and then hide inside. Or how about a man who claimed ownership to a
0:51.9	jar containing two severed fingers even though he still had all of his own.
0:57.0	Plus you'll learn about an Albuquerque man who was stuck paying for his own funeral even though he was very much alive and the
1:04.7	mortuary buried a porcupine instead. You simply can't make this stuff up.
1:10.0	Well all
1:13.0	today's retro sponsor and so much more
1:16.0	they're all coming up next on today's edition of the
1:19.0	useless information retrocast
1:21.0	I am Steve Solderman and this is the Useless Information Podcast.
1:26.0	Useless Information.
1:28.0	Useless Information. Hi everyone today have chosen to share with you what I believe are some
1:36.5	fantastic totally true stories so without further ado let's dive right in
1:41.8	you may recall that about a year ago Without further do, let's dive right in.
1:43.6	You may recall that about a year ago I told the story of Johann Beck.
1:47.5	He was the man who got into a crate and then shipped himself to the United States back in
1:51.3	1901. That story which I called Box for Better Life was episode number 203.
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