Podcast Episodes

544 - Aimo Koivunen; The Finnish Meth Soldier

Aimo Koivunen was a Finnish soldier in the Continuation War, and the first documented case of a soldier accidentally overdosing on methamphetamine an…

18 hours ago

543 - Stephen King

Stephen King is one of the best selling authors in history and over 100 of his stories have been adapted for the screen. It, Carrie, Cujo, The Green …

1 week ago

542 - The Attempted Murder of Susan Kuhnhausen

On the 6th of September, 2006, 51-year-old Susan Kuhnhausen returned to her Portland home to find an intruder wielding a hammer, this is her remarkab…

2 weeks ago

541 - The Freedom House Ambulance Service

This week we hear the incredible story of some of the earliest paramedics, and the battle they faced in order to just do their jobs.

This is a comedy…

3 weeks ago

540 - The Ni'ihau Incident

After Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbour, Japanese Pilot Shigenori Nishikaichi needed a place to conduct an emergency landing. He had been told tha…

1 month ago

539 - The Piddler on the Roof (and Other Tales of Criminal Mischief)

In this episode we hear about some of the silliest criminals of recent times, including the man known as the 'piddler on the roof'! Recorded live at …

1 month, 1 week ago

538 - The Batavia Shipwreck

This week we hear the wild story of the Batavia - it's a story of a shipwreck, murder, mutiny and madness.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the repo…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

537 - Magic Alex, The Beatles' Electric Guru

In the mid 1960s, Alexis Mardas met John Lennon from The Beatles, and the self-professed inventor made an immediate impression. With outlandish ideas…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

536 - FedEx Flight 705

On the 7th of April 1994, at just after 3pm, FedEx Flight 705 departed Memphis, Tennessee for a flight to San Jose, California. What followed was one…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

535 - The Hopkinsville Goblins

This week, we hear the story of a Kentucky family, who were just trying to have a nice family dinner one night in 1955, when they suddenly found them…

2 months ago