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It's been referred to as “Britain’s Roswell” and is very very tenuously linked to Christmas, so this years Chrishmish episode is about the Rendlesham Forest Incident! In 1980, several American Servic…

This week we are joined by our friends / the 16th and 17th best investigative journalists that the ABC has, Cameron James and Alexei Toliopoulos! Their new podcast, Finding Desperado, is based on a f…

Born into relative obscurity, Ching Shih burst onto the world stage in 1801 and would quickly become the most successful pirate in history, commanding tens of thousands of pirates and ruling the Sout…

Pauline Dakin's childhood was spent on the run, it wasn't until she was an adult that she found out why - and that was just the start of it.

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With a career spanning six decades, most of which was spent in / breaking out of prison, you would think that Forrest Tucker would be a name we have heard a lot. You may have seen Robert Redford play…

Special guest month continues with Zachary Ruane from Aunty Donna dropping in to tell us about one of Disney's stranger theme parks, California Adventure Park!

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Our good friend Andy Matthews joins us this week to tell us about one of the most polite bushrangers in Australian history ; Matthew Brady.

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He's probably the most acclaimed horror writer of the 20th Century, H.P. Lovecraft lived a life that was almost as strange as his creations. When he died in 1937, his work was almost completely unkno…

Ted Bundy is one of the most infamous serial killers in American history, this is his awful story.

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It's almost impossible to have NOT seen a Robin Williams movie! He's one of the most well known comic actors, but how did he come to be a household name? Let's take a look at the making of a legend ;…

In the Spring of 1846, The Donner Reed Party set out on a journey across the United States. They had no idea that they were embarking on what would become one of the most harrowing journeys in histor…

Late on the evening of the 12th of June, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman’s bloodied bodies were found outside of Brown's Brentwood, California home. In the early afternoon the following da…

We all know the name Aretha. She's the Queen of Soul, a once in a generation voice. But what do you know about her early life, and how she came to be a household name?

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What seemingly harmless backyard activity nearly caused World War 3? Gardening! In 1976, a group of South Korean and US soldiers were ordered to cut down a poplar tree in the Demilitarized Zone separ…

On the 17th of December, 2004, Transylvania University librarian Betty Jean Gooch was waiting for her meeting with a man named Walter Beckman - within hours, a crime was committed that is now listed …

No, she's not a comic book hero or a woman who delivers birds and sugar. But Robin Miller is an Australian legend, and one that not many Aussies know about! This is the story of the incredible life o…

In 1969, some of the most iconic acts of the 1960s performed at Woodstock for four days of peace love and music. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Santana and many mo…

After the episode about Sir Donald Bradman we've had a few listeners saying all the cricketing lingo was a bit confusing at times, so we've tried to explain the basics in this mini episode! There's e…

Voted the greatest male athlete of the past 200 years by the Australian Confederation of Sport in 1988, Don Bradman is seen as the greatest of all time - but you may not know the story that got him t…

In the 1960s, Betty and Barney Hill went on a road trip that changed their lives forever. What happened to them? We're still not fully sure....

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