499 - Camille Du Gast and the 1905 Algiers to Toulon Boat Race
In 1905 a motor boat race was staged from Algiers to Toulon and it's fair to say things didn't go well! This week we hear about the race and the amazing life of one of the entrants, Camille du Gast! T...
14 Mai 20252h 26min
498 - The Great Imposter, Ferdinand Waldo Demara
Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. was many things... an engineer, a teacher, a monk, an academic, a psychologist, a prison warden, a sheriff's deputy and even a surgeon. The only problem was he wasn't qualif...
7 Mai 20252h 5min
497 - The Clinton - Lewinsky Scandal
It's a scandal you have definitely heard of, but do you know exactly what happened in the Clinton - Lewinsky scandal? This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 07.37 (though...
30 Apr 20251h 53min
496 - Abraham Lincoln
You know his hat, you know his beard, but what about the man himself? Well it turns out he lived quite an incredible life!This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 09:27 (th...
23 Apr 20252h 33min
495 - The Sankebetsu Brown Bear Incident
Japan, 1915 - a brown bear attacks and kills multiple villagers*. The people attempt to defend themselves but it seems the bear is stalking them and outsmarts them at every turn. Enter, the bear speci...
16 Apr 20251h 55min
494 - Tom Slick; Yeti Hunter
This week we're joined by friend and cryptozoology enthusiast, Jackson Baly! He tells us the tale of the ecentric millionaire and Yeti Hunter, Tom Slick. This is a comedy/history podcast, the report b...
9 Apr 20252h 2min
493 - Mark "Chopper" Read
This week Alice Tovey joins us to tell us the story of one of Australia's most notorious criminal identities, Mark "Chopper" Read. This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately ...
2 Apr 20251h 38min
492 - The New York Zodiac Killer
At the scene of a New York City shooting in 1990, an eerie note was found by the victim that simply read "Zodiac - Time to die!" This week we are joined by friend of the show Rhys Nicholson to hear th...
26 Mar 20252h 46min
