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Season 5

Hey all the next episode is likely to be delayed by a week or so… as you can hear I’m getting over a bit of a nasty cold/ case of flu - and my voice is still pretty ragged.. 

But in the meantime, he…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Ballad of Tom Wills

Season 5

This week we travel to Australia for a game of Marn Grook, to discuss origin stories; perhaps the archetypal troubled sportsman - and horrific massacres.    

Trigger warnings: Murder, suicide, coloni…

Published on 6 months ago

The Cancellation of Ilda Orme

Season 5

The American actress Ilda Orme knew a thing or two about being cancelled, a long, long time before social media put the cancel button in the hands of the public at large. Her cancellers, she suspecte…

Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago

Archias The Exile Hunter

Season 5

On, or around 11th June 323 BC Alexander the Great died in Babylon. While there are mysteries surrounding his passing - did an Indian holy man prophesy his passing a year prior while self immolating …

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

The Fall and Rise of Aimee Semple McPherson

Season 5

On May 18th 1926 the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson took a trip to Santa Monica Beach, California to work, seek inspiration and have a little fun in the sun. However, the day would end in tragedy …

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

The Ace of Spies - Two

Season 5

Hi all, welcome back (again) - sorry it’s a week later than planned… a few ongoing voice issues from the cold. This week we conclude the tale of Sidney Reilly and the ‘Red Terror.’ 

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Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

The Ace of Spies - One

Season 5

Hi all, welcome back - sorry it’s a week later than planned… I had a nasty cold. This week we’re in Russia just after the October Revolution. The Bolsheviks have taken over, plunging the nation even …

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

The Greenbrier Ghost

Season 4

Hi all, Happy Holidays! This year I’ve got a ghost story for you all. Today we travel to Greenbrier County, West Virginia in 1897. 

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Again this week I’ve gone from a handful of online…

Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago

John Frum… Messiah

Season 4

This week we travel to Tana Island, Vanuatu (then the New Hebrides) in the midst of World War Two. God has returned - and not a moment too soon. Having abandoned them decades earlier, just as bad men…

Published on 11 months ago

How Margaret Sanger & Katharine Dexter McCormick Saved the World

Season 4

This week, how do I sum this up? I was freewheeling a little today, but have I got a tale of resistance, and a weird little man for you all. Anthony Comstock was a weird, joyless guy - and his ‘Comst…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago