The First Fleet: Arthur Phillip's 250-Day Voyage to Australia
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1787 eleven ships left Portsmouth carrying more than 1,400 people toward a coast almost none ...
10 Okt 20min
The Star Chamber: How a Court for the Powerless Became Tyranny
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The words Star Chamber now suggest a secret cabal crushing its enemies, but the English court of...
10 Okt 22min
Pretty Boy Floyd: The Bank Robber Oklahoma Mourned as a Hero
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1934 an estimated 20,000 to 40,000 people crowded into Sallisaw, Oklahoma, for the largest fu...
10 Okt 22min
Pascal Payet: The French Outlaw Who Escaped Prison by Helicopter
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Prison walls, razor wire, and steel doors all assume the threat comes from the ground. Pascal Pa...
10 Okt 22min
Napoleon's Hundred Days: The Escape From Elba to Waterloo
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In March 1815, on an icy road through the French Alps, Napoleon Bonaparte walked alone toward a ...
10 Okt 21min
Sydney Funnel-Web Spider: The Deadly Venom Milked to Save Lives
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Sydney funnel-web spider is small enough to hide in a shoe, can survive a full day at the bo...
10 Okt 23min
Melvin Purvis: The G-Man Who Got Dillinger and Faced Goering
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Melvin Purvis hunted down America's most notorious bank robbers, investigated General George S. ...
10 Okt 19min
Jonathan Wild: London's Thief-Taker General and Secret Crime Boss
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In May 1725 a London mob pelted a man with rocks and mud as a cart carried him from Newgate Pris...
10 Okt 23min
