In 2006, the BBC - Britain's national broadcaster - somehow put the wrong guy on live TV for the surprise interview of a lifetime... www.youtube.com/shorts/vbl6q...

Wilhelm Voigt was a German conman who tricked a dozen soldiers into participating in a robbery, and became a folk hero as a result... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrrF...

Once upon a time, a social network launched their crypto coin by burying it at the summit of Mount Everest. It went even worse than you'd expect... www.youtube.com/shorts/mxehC...

In 2013 an app was released that saw people chucking their smartphones up to four storeys vertically skyward... www.youtube.com/shorts/0r-R-...

There's a type of crisp that, until 2016, was only ever tasted by a very select portion of the population: those who had been sent to prison... www.youtube.com/shorts/tJOO0...

Do you remember everything that happened in 1999? If not, no problem: I've got you covered! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DT2...

Do you know the Michelin Man? Cheerful fellow? Always pushing around a tyre? Well... do you know what he used to look like? www.youtube.com/shorts/94M0Q...

Happy New Year! I thought I'd start 2026 with a video about a topic I've been wanting to cover for ages: the Gävle Goat. (A lot of last-minute re-editing with this one - you'll see why when you watch the video) www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dwt...

There are endless news articles that begin with "Florida Man" and end with something bizarre and chaotic. But why? www.youtube.com/shorts/WLB3w...

In October 2020 the House of Representatives of the Philippines posted a very unusual Twitter update... www.youtube.com/shorts/HNU8U...

I explore the long and wild history of duelling, including some of the most ridiculous duels ever to have taken place... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABzE...

The 2012 London Olympics were notable for including what might be the worst game of badminton anyone has ever played... www.youtube.com/shorts/h3mPw...

In the 1980s an especially devious Christmas scam made the rounds, tricking kids into calling a premium rate Santa hotline... www.youtube.com/shorts/qsPB9...

Not so very long ago the White House had an unusual resident: an official pet racoon named Rebecca... www.youtube.com/shorts/vJpyT...

1977 was a BUSY year! Do you remember everything that happened? If not (or if you weren't alive then) you might enjoy this little recap... www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HMU...

In 2010, high-end New York boutiques were plagued by a masked robber... who might have been caught sooner if only the NYPD could have actually drawn a human face... www.youtube.com/shorts/nlCOW...

In 1948, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game carried out one of its strangest missions: dropping a bunch of confused beavers out of a plane...

When he first awoke to the sounds of an intruder downstairs in his house in 2019, Thomas Milam never suspected that the culprit was, in fact, one of his own home appliances...

My new video tells the story of John Darwin - a man better known as the canoe conman - who attempted to fake his own death in the early 2000s, but did so in one of the most comically inept ways possible...

In 2017, one family learned to their cost that smart speakers are always listening when their young child placed a $170 order without their knowledge...

In 2013, electronics giant LG attempted a bold, balloon-based marketing stunt... and ended up starting a brawl that resulted in more than twenty injuries and global negative press...

Spoon-wielding psychic pokémon Kadabra was conspicuous by his complete and total absence between 2003 and 2023. Here's why...

This video tells the story of the Harvey's Hotel Resort bombing of 1980 - an absolutely LUDICROUS tale of revenge and incompetence that ultimately resulted in $18 million worth of damage...

Hello! I thought it was about time my History videos got their own social media separate from my Horror videos, so here it is!