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The Namamugi Incident
Season 3
In June Tales of History and Imagination is on holiday… Well, technically I’m writing new scripts for the second half of the year. In the meantime I’…
2 years, 9 months ago
Frau Troffea’s Dance With The Devil
Season 3
In June Tales of History and Imagination is on holiday… Well, technically I’m writing new scripts for the second half of the year. In the meantime I’…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Murder of William Desmond Taylor
Season 3
This week, Part Three of our Hollywood Trilogy - we discuss the Feb 1st 1922 murder of pioneering film director William Desmond Taylor, and the Pand…
2 years, 10 months ago
Shorts: What Ended Mabel Normand’s Career?
Season 3
Hey everyone the following is a quick addendum to the episode on William Desmond Taylor. Just what happened to Norma Desmond to finally ruin her care…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle Incident
Season 3
This week, part two of our Hollywood Trilogy - we discuss the Fatty Arbuckle/ Virginia Rappe case. How did a mysterious death during a boozy Labour …
2 years, 10 months ago
Olive Thomas: The Poisoned Chalice
Season 3
For the next three episodes Tales of History and Imagination is going Hollywood, with three related - but separate Tales. In 1919, many of the folks …
2 years, 11 months ago
Railway War!
Season 3
This week, we’re going to ride the rails, in Colorado, USA - the year 1878. In the midst of a Railway boom in the USA, two tycoons go to war over nar…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Diaspora
Season 3
This week, three short tales of Medieval and Ancient people who - through circumstances way beyond their control - found themselves transported beyon…
3 years ago
Mussolini’s Hat - How the Mob Came to America
Season 3
This week’s all about presidents, dictators, more mobsters, islands and how the theft of a hat was taken just a little too seriously. Last fortnight…
3 years ago
The Black Hand
Season 3
Death threats, child kidnappings, fire-bombings… A naked man in a barrel? This week I discuss the shadowy practice that came to be known as The Black…
3 years ago