441 - Dune: The Unfilmable Novel
Dune is a 1965 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, it has been described as 'unfilmable' but that hasn't stopped people from trying! Tune in to hear Dune (movie not novel) expert and friend of the...
3 Apr 20242h 12min
440 - The Faraday Kidnapping
On the 6th of October, 1972 Mary Gibbs was teaching at her small country primary school when two armed men entered and loaded up the class into a van. This is one of the most infamous crimes in Austra...
27 Mar 20242h 37min
439 - Taffy Holden's Accidental Flight
On this week's episode we talk about the time a man accidentally flew a fighter jet. Yes, you read that correctly.This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 11:01 (though as ...
20 Mar 20242h 5min
438 - The Rock 'n' Roll Murderer
Friend of the show, Cameron James, joins us this week to tell us a WILD tale about Rock N Roll, returning from the dead, and of course.... murder. This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins a...
13 Mar 20242h 15min
437 - Denise Huskins; Real Life Gone Girl?
In 2015, a Californian man calls the Police to report that his girlfriend has been kidnapped. But this saga is only just beginning, and there are too many twists and turns to count. This is the story ...
6 Mar 20242h 25min
436 - Weird Al Yankovic
Alfred Yankovic is probably most famous for changing the words of well known songs so that they are about food, but he's so much more than that! We get superfan Evan Munro-Smith on this week to talk a...
28 Feb 20242h 46min
435 - The Great Reality Show Swindle
Reality TV was taking the world by storm in around the turn of the century, but when a group of English fame seekers applied for this show, things were not all as they seemed! Tune in to hear Sammy P ...
21 Feb 20241h 50min
434 - Alice Roosevelt; The Original White House Wild Child
We've talked a fair bit about some of the US Presidents on this podcast, but we haven't talked enough about their kids. Teddy Roosevelt's eldest daughter, Alice, was social, political and fashion icon...
14 Feb 20242h 7min
