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Omnibus

Omnibus

Every week, Ken Jennings and John Roderick add a new entry to the OMNIBUS, an encyclopedic reference work of strange-but-true stories that they are compiling as a time capsule for future generations.

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700 episodes

  1. Root Beer (Entry 1082.MA1321) 58:02
  2. Tower of Babel, 1957 (Entry 1322.GE1109) 1:16:27
  3. The Winchester Mystery House (Entry 1434.IS4107) 1:24:54
  4. The Fan Man (Entry 452.ZE0501) 59:58
  5. The Berlin Wall (Entry 115.HO0206) 1:14:35
  6. The Black Footed Ferret (Entry 128.PR2725) 1:10:11
  7. Vasa (Entry 1384.1K.2248) 1:10:59
  8. Paul Winchell (Entry 1433.LU.0506) 1:02:06
  9. ANNOUNCEMENT: Omnibus Live at the Portland Book Festival - November 4th 1:07
  10. (Live at the Library of Congress) Paper Prints (Entry 897.IS3404) 1:15:35
  11. Project Habakkuk (Entry 993.HA0105) 1:13:05
  12. West Edmonton Mall (Entry 1422.JO0502) 1:05:42
  13. The Carnegie Libraries (Entry 188.LU2101) 1:24:56
  14. The Maury Island Incident (767.EZ0104) 1:04:36
  15. Jugglers, The Internet (Entry 667.EX0722) 1:03:04
  16. The Bosnian War Camaro (Entry 144.MA0718) 1:16:23
  17. Free to Be You & Me (Entry 499.1C1111) 1:00:06
  18. The Bulldozing of Meigs Field (Entry 163.PS3508) 59:40
  19. The Ukrainian Interviews (Entry 1356.EC0918) 1:47:29
  20. Carob (Entry 188.MA0106) 49:06
  21. The Tommy Westphal Universe (Entry 1315.JO0714) 1:13:45
  22. Niagara Falls in a Barrel (Entry 836.PS4207) 1:26:14
  23. Nell Gwyn (Entry 557.GE2106) 50:01
  24. The Astor Place Riot (Entry 76.PR2817) 55:38
  25. The Dyatlov Pass Incident (Entry 389.1SA2314) 1:16:38
  26. The Death of Mr. McMahon (Entry 319.MA0605) 1:31:43
  27. Operation Columba (Entry 869.GE0810) 1:31:05
  28. Doorbells (Entry 372.LU0207) 1:09:41
  29. General Mills (Entry 520.GE0615) 1:09:43
  30. Nolan Bushnell (Entry 167.MA1323) 1:28:18
  31. The Cabinet of Doom (Entry 171.JE0814) 56:36
  32. The World's Largest Drum (Entry 144.CO0807) 1:05:56
  33. The Filibuster War (Entry 468.RE0602) 54:41
  34. "Champagne" in New Mexico (Entry 205.DA0201) 1:09:46
  35. The Pyramid of North Dakota (Entry 1014.IS1901) 1:15:53
  36. Worcester Sauce (Entry 1442.NU1150) 47:47
  37. Eurowesterns (Entry 431.EZ0902) 1:04:41
  38. Surrealist Prank Calls (Entry 1258.OB0102) 1:16:56
  39. Candlestick Park (Entry 179.EX3937) 1:33:51
  40. The Phantom Time Hypothesis (Entry 928.PR1027) 1:39:03
  41. Tama Bell Brass (Entry 1275.PR2225) 1:18:23
  42. Second Missouri Compromise (Entry 1122.MA0624) 1:29:28
  43. Neopets (Entry 831.EC0904) 1:42:19
  44. Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (Entry 386.DA1125) 1:23:29
  45. Glacier Girl (Entry 530.JB3822) 1:25:53
  46. Exiled to Sentosa (Entry 438.LU2319) 1:50:26
  47. E.A. Wallis Budge (Entry 161.IS1901) 1:32:32
  48. Penn Cove Whale Capture (Entry 916.JB0712) 1:12:44
  49. Grit (Entry 551.PR1004) 1:38:22
  50. The Grand DARPA Challenge (Entry 543.PS5507) 1:12:13