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Every file in The Strange Archive, in the order it was filed. Each record links to its own case page and to the episode on YouTube.

  1. File 0001

    1807: Napoleon Overwhelmed by Rabbits! An Emperor's Humiliating Hunt.

    Filed Jun 30, 2026Historical year 180729 views

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  2. File 0002

    Australia's Bizarre Emu War: Army vs. 20,000 Birds & Machine Guns

    Filed Jul 1, 2026Year unspecified559 views

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  3. File 0003

    1386: The Pig Executed for Murdering a Child in France

    Filed Jul 2, 2026Historical year 1386311 views

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  4. File 0004

    The Pig Tried & Executed Like a Human Criminal in 1457.

    Filed Jul 2, 2026Historical year 1457901 views

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  5. File 0005

    Trial of a Dead Pope: The 897 AD Cadaver Synod

    Filed Jul 2, 2026Historical year 89770 views

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  6. File 0006

    897 AD When a Dead Pope Stood Trial for Heresy Cadaver Synod (Trial of a Dead Pope / 897 AD)

    Filed Jul 3, 2026Historical year 8972 views

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  7. File 0007

    Executed For An Egg: The 1474 Basel Rooster Trial

    Filed Jul 3, 2026Historical year 14747 views

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  8. File 0008

    What Congress Cut: Jefferson's Deleted Anti-Slavery Paragraph of 1776

    Filed Jul 4, 2026Historical year 1776131 views

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  9. File 0009

    Jefferson & Adams: Died July 4, 1826, Exactly 50 Years After!

    Filed Jul 4, 2026Historical year 1826469 views

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  10. File 0010

    Molasses Disaster of 1919: Bostons Deadliest Flood

    Filed Jul 8, 2026Historical year 191912 views

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  11. File 0011

    How Colonists Melted King George III Into 42,088 Bullets

    Filed Jul 9, 2026Year unspecified89 views

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  12. File 0012

    Why Catherine the Great Deposed Her Rat-Hanging Husband

    Filed Jul 9, 2026Year unspecified31 views

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  13. File 0013

    How Cherries and Milk Killed President Zachary Taylor

    Filed Jul 9, 2026Year unspecified74 views

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  14. File 0014

    How a Dead Homeless Man Fooled Hitler on July 10, 1943

    Filed Jul 10, 2026Historical year 1943329 views

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  15. File 0015

    How Cherries Made Millard Fillmore President in 1850

    Filed Jul 10, 2026Historical year 18501,032 views

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  16. File 0016

    How Liechtenstein Sent 80 Men to War in 1866 and Returned with 81

    Filed Jul 10, 2026Historical year 18661,034 views

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  17. File 0017

    How Russia Sentenced 1 Church Bell to 300 Years in Siberia

    Filed Jul 12, 2026Year unspecified925 views

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  18. File 0018

    How Iceland Beat the Royal Navy in 1976 With 1 Pair of Scissors

    Filed Jul 12, 2026Historical year 1976128 views

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  19. File 0019

    How Killing 25 Bison Saved the Entire Species in 1905

    Filed Jul 12, 2026Historical year 1905958 views

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  20. File 0020

    How 3 Warships Surrendered to 1 Kettle of Soup in 1784

    Filed Jul 13, 2026Historical year 1784495 views

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  21. File 0021

    How a 60,000-Peso Pastry Bill Started a War in 1838

    Filed Jul 13, 2026Historical year 1838902 views

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  22. File 0022

    How 1,000 Rebels Stormed France's Most Feared Prison to Free 7 Men

    Filed Jul 14, 2026Year unspecified11 views

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  23. File 0023

    How 1 Stray Dog Caused a Greek Invasion of Bulgaria in 1925

    Filed Jul 15, 2026Historical year 1925252 views

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  24. File 0024

    How Britain Declared War in 1896 and Won in 38 Minutes

    Filed Jul 15, 2026Historical year 189647 views

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  25. File 0025

    How 1 US Destroyer Accidentally Torpedoed Its Own President in 1943

    Filed Jul 16, 2026Historical year 1943526 views

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  26. File 0026

    How 1 Barrel of Schnapps Defeated a 100,000-Man Army in 1788

    Filed Jul 16, 2026Historical year 17881,343 views

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  27. File 0027

    How 1 Dose of Rat Poison Won the 1904 Olympic Marathon

    Filed Jul 16, 2026Historical year 19041,780 views

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  28. File 0028

    How 1 Broken Compass Sent a California Pilot to Ireland in 1938

    Filed Jul 17, 2026Historical year 1938825 views

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  29. File 0029

    How 1 Plumber Forced Disney to Choose Toilets over Water in 1955

    Filed Jul 17, 2026Historical year 1955277 views

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  30. File 0030

    Why Strasbourg Couldn’t Stop Dancing in 1518

    Filed Jul 17, 2026Historical year 1518

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  31. File 0031

    How a French Town Sued Beetles in 1587 and Lost 5 Acres

    Filed Jul 17, 2026Historical year 1587759 views

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  32. File 0032

    How 3,000 Rabbits Defeated Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807

    Filed Jul 18, 2026Historical year 1807695 views

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  33. File 0033

    How 1 Lobster Started a 2-Year Naval War in 1961

    Filed Jul 18, 2026Historical year 1961525 views

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  34. File 0034

    How 90 Postage Stamps Rerouted the Panama Canal in 1902

    Filed Jul 18, 2026Historical year 19021,477 views

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  35. File 0035

    How a 10-Cent Watermelon Cost Colombia $400,000 in 1856

    Filed Jul 20, 2026Historical year 185674 views

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  36. File 0036

    How 1 Sack of Cheese Defeated a Warship in 1841

    Filed Jul 20, 2026Historical year 184136 views

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  37. File 0037

    How 1 Mango Became a God to 700 Million People in 1968

    Filed Jul 20, 2026Historical year 196851 views

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  38. File 0038

    How ODB Used 1 Limousine to Collect Welfare in 1995

    Filed Jul 20, 2026Historical year 199515 views

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  39. File 0039

    How 1,235 Pounds of Cheese Changed the English Language in 1801

    Filed Jul 20, 2026Historical year 1801195 views

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  40. File 0040

    How 72 Phone Calls Killed Batman's Sidekick in 1988

    Filed Jul 20, 2026Historical year 198818 views

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  41. File 0041

    The 1784 War That Ended With a Single Shot to a Soup Kettle

    Filed Jul 20, 2026Historical year 178451 views

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  42. File 0042

    How 1 Borrowed Vase Ended a 300-Year Empire in 1810

    Filed Jul 20, 2026Historical year 1810120 views

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  43. File 0043

    How Helen Duncan Became Britain's Last Convicted Witch in 1944

    Filed Jul 20, 2026Historical year 194445 views

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  44. File 0044

    How 1 Pitcher Threw 12 Perfect Innings and Lost in 1959

    Filed Jul 20, 2026Historical year 195920 views

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  45. File 0045

    The Day a 15-Foot Wave of Beer Flooded London in 1814

    Filed Jul 20, 2026Historical year 181414 views

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  46. File 0046

    How 1 Speeding Carriage Got President Grant Arrested in 1872

    Filed Jul 22, 2026Historical year 1872113 views

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  47. File 0047

    How the US Government Sued 40 Barrels of Coca-Cola in 1911

    Filed Jul 22, 2026Historical year 191190 views

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  48. File 0048

    The 1896 War That Ended in Just 38 Minutes

    Filed Jul 23, 2026Historical year 1896

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  49. File 0049

    The 1865 Law That Forced Cars to Follow a Man Waving a Red Flag

    Filed Jul 23, 2026Historical year 1865

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  50. File 0050

    How a 6-Inch Ruler Got a Woman Arrested in 1922

    Filed Jul 23, 2026Historical year 192230 views

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  51. File 0051

    How 24 Rabbits Started a 150-Year War in 1859

    Filed Jul 23, 2026Historical year 185968 views

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  52. File 0052

    How Violet Jessop Survived the Titanic, Britannic, and Olympic

    Filed Jul 24, 2026Year unspecified

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  53. File 0053

    How Fake Moon Bat-People Fooled New York in 1835

    Filed Jul 24, 2026Historical year 1835

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  54. File 0054

    How 1 Cup of Pepsi in 1959 Bought 17 Soviet Submarines

    Filed Jul 24, 2026Historical year 1959129 views

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  55. File 0055

    The 1859 War Where the Only Casualty Was a Pig

    Filed Jul 25, 2026Historical year 1859

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  56. File 0056

    The 5-Year-Old Girl Mailed for 53 Cents in 1914

    Filed Jul 25, 2026Historical year 1914

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