376 - Clever Hans, The Smartest Horse
Clever Hans was a German horse that could apparently solve math problems, tell the time and even spell - but was the horse telling THE TRUTH?This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at app...
4 Jan 20231h 43min
375 - Bette & Joan; A Lifelong Feud
Two Hollywood icons and a lifelong feud. This is the story of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and their petty feud that lasted a lifetime. This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approxi...
28 Dec 20221h 52min
374 - Tetris
This week we are joined by Tommy Dassalo and Karl Chandler from the Little Dum Dum Club, to hear about the surprising history of one of the world's best sellign video game... Tetris!Matt brings up the...
21 Dec 20221h 44min
373 - The Star Wars Holiday Special
On Friday, November 17th, 1978, a special television event billed as “a dazzling lineup of stars, animation, adventure, music and visual effects” aired on CBS in America. That TV event was the Star Wa...
14 Dec 20221h 53min
372 - The Pont-Saint-Esprit mass poisoning
In 1951, hundreds of residents of the small French town of Pont-Saint-Esprit were struck down by a mystery illness that caused mass hallucinations. People thought they were being chased by tigers, oth...
7 Dec 20221h 57min
371 - The Destruction of Pompeii by Mount Vesuvius
In AD 79 Mount Vesuvius violently erupted, destroying and Pompeii other nearby towns. Pompeii lay hidden under metres of ash for 1500 years, preserving much of the city and even the people that had di...
30 Nov 20222h 1min
370 - The Mary Celeste (with Nick Mason)
Our second most voted for topic for Block 2022 is the mysterious story of the Mary Celeste; a ship found abandoned in the middle of nowhere.This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at appro...
23 Nov 20221h 57min
369 - The Night Witches
The Night Witches were an all-female squadron of badass bomber pilots who the Nazis were shit-scared of! Tune in for the story!This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 3:36...
16 Nov 20221h 29min
