389 - The Nome Serum Dog Sled Run
In 1925, the town of Nome in rural Alaska found itself facing a potentially catastrophic outbreak of diphtheria. Almost completely cut off from the rest of the world by the harsh Winter, the only way ...
5 Apr 20232h 8min
388 - The Hatton Garden Heist
It's a heist episode, and it's the best kind of heist - a bunch of old men, out for one last job. This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 00:03:56 (though as always, we go...
29 Mars 20231h 34min
387 - Colonel Sanders
We're joined by KFC enthusiast Bec Petraitis to tell us about the wild early life of Colonel Sanders - there's gun fights and so many career changes, it's a wild ride.This is a comedy/history podcast,...
22 Mars 20232h 34min
386 - The Great Brink's Robbery
On the evening of January 17, 1950, employees of the Brink's Company in Boston, Massachusetts, were surprised by 5-7 masked men. Within minutes, they’d stolen more than $2.7 million in cash, checks an...
15 Mars 20231h 59min
385 - The World Cup Trophy Heist
The Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to the winner of the football World Cup, was stolen prior to the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England... what led to this was a fair bit of incompetence which didn't end with...
8 Mars 20231h 47min
384 - Nicolas Cage
This week we look at the man, the myth, the legend... Nicolas Cage. We talk about his family, his many movie roles and the time he blew a 150 million dollar fortune.This is a comedy/history podcast, t...
1 Mars 20231h 57min
383 - The Chippendales Murders
You may know of the Chippendales Dancers, you may have even been to a Vegas show of theirs. What you might not know is how this male strip show came to be, and the wild antics that went on behind the ...
22 Feb 20231h 44min
382 - The Frederick Escape: The Ship that Never Was
The Macquarie Harbour Penal Station was known as an inescapable hell on earth, but on the eve of its closure a group of 10 men had an audacious plan to flee not only the penal colony, but the British ...
15 Feb 20232h 22min
