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Just The Gist of... The Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping
Season 1 Episode 35
In 1976 in Chowchilla, California, an entire school bus filled with children disappeared without a trace. Less than a day later, all 26 of them, alon…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
JTG MINI: That time Oprah gave everybody a car
Season 1 Episode 34
There was screaming. There was crying. It was one of the most iconic TV moments of all time - on September 13, 2004, Oprah gave all 300 members of he…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Just The Gist of... The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Season 1 Episode 33
DIVORCED, BEHEADED, DIED, DIVORCED, BEHEADED, SURVIVED. Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherin…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
JTG MINI - Cocaine Bear
Season 1 Episode 32
In 1985, a man called Andrew Thornton II crash-landed in a random driveway in Kentucky after his parachute didn’t open. He was wearing a bullet-proof…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Just The Gist of… The Disturbing History of the Lobotomy
Season 1 Episode 31
Beginning in the 1950s, you could take any patient into a local doctor’s office, pay $200, have an ice pick inserted through their eye socket and the…
7 months ago
JTG MINI: The epic (and fleeting) love story Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson
Season 1 Episode 30
Right now Ariana Grande is getting Oscar buzz for her turn as Glinda in Wicked: For Good, but back in 2018 she was mostly making headlines for her in…
7 months ago
Just The Gist of... Return To OZ
Season 1 Episode 29
In 1985, Disney released a sequel to 1939’s The Wizard of Oz, with production involvement from legends of cinema George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and F…
7 months, 1 week ago
JTG MINI: The Man With a Penis on His Arm
Season 1 Episode 28
British man Malcolm MacDonald spent SIX YEARS with a penis grafted to his arm after complications during surgery meant it couldn’t be attached to… th…
7 months, 1 week ago
JTG EXPERT: Osher Günsberg gives us just the gist of The Bachelor
Season 1 Episode 27
You know who doesn’t know much about much unless she hyperfixates on it because she’s researching for an episode? Rosie. So occasionally we’re gonna …
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Just The Gist of... The Challenger Disaster
Season 1 Episode 26
On January 28 1986, 'America's Favourite Teacher', 37-year-old Christa McAuliffe, boarded the Space Shuttle Challenger, after beating out 11,000 appl…
7 months, 2 weeks ago