15 More True Stories That Sound Completely Made Up

15 more true stories that sound completely made up — but every one of them really happened. A Romanian economist organized the purchase of millions of lottery tickets and won. Three European powers claimed an island that disappeared beneath the sea only months later. An American businessman bought London Bridge, took it apart stone by stone and shipped it across an ocean. And those are only the beginning. In this nearly two-hour collection, you’ll hear 15 documented stories about extraordinary people, spectacular scams, bizarre inventions, impossible engineering, strange accidents and moments in history when reality became harder to believe than fiction. A man buried a stone giant and waited a year for someone to discover it. Australia imported insects to stop the country from being buried in manure. A stolen Goya spent four years hidden inside a wardrobe. An entire aircraft factory disappeared beneath a fake neighborhood. A con man sold land in a country that existed only on paper. A stranded driver turned his broken car into a motorcycle in the Sahara. Forty-five pigeons helped create one of the world’s largest news agencies. And a man spent three years turning an underground cave into the largest musical instrument on Earth. Every story has real names, dates and places behind it. Whenever the famous version is disputed, exaggerated or simply too perfect to trust, I’ll tell you. This is TRUE, SOMEHOW — real stories that sound made up. Subscribe for more long-form collections of unbelievable true stories, strange history and incredible real events. Which story was the hardest to believe? Tell me in the comments. CHAPTERS 00:00 15 More Stories That Sound Made Up 00:43 The Man Who Bought a Lottery 11:07 The Island That Appeared Out of Nowhere 18:35 The Man Who Buried a Giant 26:38 The Man Who Bought London Bridge 34:42 The Insects That Saved Australia 40:33 The Goya Hidden in a Wardrobe 48:53 The Neighborhood That Wasn’t There 56:44 The Country That Existed Only on Paper 1:06:05 A Ton of the Wrong Material 1:12:03 Twelve Days Alone in the Sahara 1:19:27 Mimes Instead of Police 1:25:36 The Historical “Fact” That Was Never True 1:32:23 The Road That Sings Out of Tune 1:39:25 The Pigeons That Built Reuters 1:46:05 The Instrument Under the Ground 1:55:08 Final Recap #TrueStories #StrangeHistory #Documentary