391 - Chris McCandless ; 'Into The Wild'
In the early 90's, having just graduated from College, Chris McCandless packed a bag and took off on a roadtrip. He spent the next couple of years travelling, and his story has become something of a m...
19 Huhti 20231h 28min
390 - The Qantas Bomb Heist
On the 26th of May, 1971 Qantas received a phone call, there was a bomb on flight 755 from Sydney to London, if the plane dropped below 20,000 feet it would go off. Tune in to hear the story!This is a...
12 Huhti 20231h 41min
389 - The Nome Serum Dog Sled Run
In 1925, the town of Nome in rural Alaska found itself facing a potentially catastrophic outbreak of diphtheria. Almost completely cut off from the rest of the world by the harsh Winter, the only way ...
5 Huhti 20232h 8min
388 - The Hatton Garden Heist
It's a heist episode, and it's the best kind of heist - a bunch of old men, out for one last job. This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 00:03:56 (though as always, we go...
29 Maalis 20231h 34min
387 - Colonel Sanders
We're joined by KFC enthusiast Bec Petraitis to tell us about the wild early life of Colonel Sanders - there's gun fights and so many career changes, it's a wild ride.This is a comedy/history podcast,...
22 Maalis 20232h 34min
386 - The Great Brink's Robbery
On the evening of January 17, 1950, employees of the Brink's Company in Boston, Massachusetts, were surprised by 5-7 masked men. Within minutes, they’d stolen more than $2.7 million in cash, checks an...
15 Maalis 20231h 59min
385 - The World Cup Trophy Heist
The Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to the winner of the football World Cup, was stolen prior to the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England... what led to this was a fair bit of incompetence which didn't end with...
8 Maalis 20231h 47min
384 - Nicolas Cage
This week we look at the man, the myth, the legend... Nicolas Cage. We talk about his family, his many movie roles and the time he blew a 150 million dollar fortune.This is a comedy/history podcast, t...
1 Maalis 20231h 57min
