Podcast Episodes

The Bookies Missing Millions with Andrew Rule – Sports Bizarre

Season 2 Episode 50

While Melbourne’s Spring Racing Carnival was in full swing, news emerged of what could be Australia’s biggest Ponzi scheme.

High on the list of victims were bookmakers who invested millions with an u…

Published on 2 years ago

Funniest moments in cricket with Dan Liebke – Sports Bizarre

Season 2 Episode 49

Titus sits down with author Dan Liebke to discuss his new book, The 100 Funniest Moments in Australian Cricket.

They discuss Rob Quiney's resurrection of a dead seagull, Shane Watson's LBW appeals, D…

Published on 2 years ago

Best of - Unlucky in Love – Sports Bizarre

Season 2 Episode 48

In 2023, we found plenty of athletes who were unlucky in love. In this best of, we look at John Daly's interesting marriages, Jese Rodriguez interesting way of gaining revenge on an ex, and James Hun…

Published on 2 years ago

Keith Miller- Part 2 – Sports Bizarre

Season 2 Episode 47

Following the war, Keith Miller dazzled England in the Victory Test and returned to Australia a star.

Debuting for Australia, Miller would dazzle crowds around the world, while also clashing with Don…

Published on 2 years ago

Keith Miller - Part 1 – Sports Bizarre

Season 2 Episode 46

When it comes to cricketers, there have been many as exciting on and off the pitch as Keith Ross Miller.

Miller played VFL, flew fighter planes in the war, and was one of, if not the greatest, all-ro…

Published on 2 years ago

Elias ' Lucky Baldwin' - Part 2 – Sports Bizarre

Season 2 Episode 45

In the second part of our Lucky Baldwin series, Lucky had just escaped death after being shot by a jilted lover.

He followed that up by being shot by another lover almost immediately, which is carele…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Elias ‘Lucky’ Baldwin Part 1 – Sports Bizarre

Season 2 Episode 44

The Santa Anita Park is one of the most famous racetracks in America, a regular host of the Breeders' Cup, but its founder is little known.

Elias 'Lucky' Baldwin was a self-made millionaire, who left…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Reg Spiers comes home – Sports Bizarre

Season 2 Episode 43

In 1964, one of Australia’s leading javelin throwers, Reg Spiers, was training in England when he failed to make the Australian Olympic team.

Things got worse when his wallet was stolen, leaving him …

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

A Real-Life Wacky Races: Part 2 – Sports Bizarre

Season 2 Episode 42

The MacRobertson Air Race got underway in spectacular fashion, with a pilot trying to take off but forgetting to release the brake.

Once in the air, things got only more confused, with emergency land…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

A Real-Life Wacky Races: Part 1 – Sports Bizarre

Season 2 Episode 41

In 1934, the 100th anniversary of the founding of Melbourne was celebrated by what was at the time, the most dangerous and ambitious race in world history, flying from England to Melbourne.

The race …

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago