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Temujin (an Origin Story)
Season 4
This week, we take a magic carpet ride into the wilds of the Central Asian Steppe - timeframe? the mid 12th Century. Today we’re taking a (rather hag…
1 year, 10 months ago
Murder in Hartlepool…
Season 4
This week - we travel to the British Seaside town of Hartlepool. The date?? Sometime around the Napoleonic Wars. A French ship has run aground, leavi…
1 year, 10 months ago
Adrian Carton de Wiart
Season 4
This week - Adrian Carton de Wiart was a lifelong soldier; acknowledged for his bravery across the 2nd Boer War, the Somaliland Campaign, Poland’s se…
1 year, 11 months ago
A Dangerous Liaison
Season 4
This week we travel to the Germanic Duchy of Hannover, the year 1694. Under cover of darkness, a dashing, aristocratic young soldier named Philip Chr…
2 years ago
The Triptych
Season 4
Trigger Warning: Death by misadventure, and an execution by guillotine. I make no concessions for calling Aotearoa… Aotearoa. I mention this as in Ao…
2 years ago
The Secret Path
Season 4
Trigger Warning: Talk of executions, religious extremism and cannibalism.
This week we return one last time to the city of Münster. With everything…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Tailor King
Season 4
This week we return to the city of Münster, in the Holy Roman Empire. Now we’ve got all the context out of the way - let’s discuss the war between th…
2 years, 1 month ago
Jan Matthias Rides Out…
Season 5
This week we travel to the city of Münster, in the Holy Roman Empire. The year, 1534. Tensions have ratcheted up between the City’s Prince Bishop, th…
2 years, 2 months ago
Charles Lightoller’s Worst Day Ever
Season 4
Hi all, I’m technically still on holiday (Tales will be back for Season 5 on 1st February.) - but I was on the mic on Sunday, and had a little downti…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Stone of Destiny
Season 3
Happy Holidays all! This week we travel to Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1950. It’s four in the morning when a policeman comes across a young co…
2 years, 3 months ago