Bartholomew Roberts - Roedd y Môr-leidr ffansi yn y byd yn Gymraeg, wyddoch chi
We are sailing into the golden age of Piracy this week with a Welshman who could pirate harder than any pirate had pirated before, and look fabulous while doing it.Terrorising honest sailors (and less...
9 Apr 202152min
Thomas Neill Cream - A man who was definitely not Jack the Ripper
Bonus Episode!It's time to share a transatlantic tale of a malevolent medical misfit with the only American I know. We discuss the life and career of Dr Thomas Neill Cream a man who had a level of amb...
7 Apr 202146min
Unsinkable Sam - Hydrophilic Hairball Causes Havoc!
It's our April Fools day episode! (A day late but the Friday scheduling MUST be maintained) So we are telling a tale that starts in Germany and doesn't even have a human protagonist. Meet Oscar, a cat...
2 Apr 202146min
Jack Gladstone - The British can even make a tropical paradise depressing
This week we head off to South America to meet a man who had the audacity to think his British owners might be terrible people (hint: they were!) It's a story of how businessmen have always put profit...
26 Mar 202145min
Edward C Walker - Making friends with naked ambition
Finally, a person who truly embodies the term 'eccentric' meet Edward Walker. Pilot. Inventor. Avid fan of nudity. A man never afraid to take a risk (or your hand in marriage) we follow Edward as he s...
19 Mar 202145min
Paddy O'Sullivan - Are you sure a woman can be ungentlemanly?
Maureen O'Sullivan had survived two wars by the time she was in her teens. So naturally when WWII kicked off she had all the skills needed to take on one of the most difficult jobs available.We'll fol...
12 Mar 202148min
Hengist and Horsa - Who says History needs facts?
The Dark Ages are the time that Britain forgot. With that in mind let's try to pierce the veil with a story that almost definitely didn't happen!When the Romans abruptly pack up, leaving the locals wi...
5 Mar 202143min
John Rann - It's my way or the highway!
What could you do when you wanted to be a rock star centuries before the advent of rock and roll? If you were John Rann you dressed yourself up to the nines and became a notorious highwaymen in good o...
26 Feb 202143min
