146 - The Mad Gasser of Mattoon
Episode Date: August 8, 2018This week we make a HUGE, VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! And we also have a wild report about a phenomenon that swept a small Illinois town in the 1940s.&...
This week we make a HUGE, VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! And we also have a wild report about a phenomenon that swept a small Illinois town in the 1940s.&...
So no one told you life was gonna be this way. Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A. It's like you're always stuck in second gear....
On Christmas Eve 1971, Juliane Koepcke awoke alone in the Amazon jungle after a plane she was on crashed in a storm.The sole survivor, she knew no one...
This week we're joined by comedian, writer and dear friend, Naomi Higgins, as she tells us about one of the most infamous films in history - The Room....
In 1963, a gang of crooks robbed a train. But what was so great about it that it's gone down in history as one of the greatest heists ever? Did they g...
WTF are we doing in your podcast feed today?! Good bloody question! Well, we're here to give you a little taster of Just Make the Thing, a great podca...
This week's episode is about heavy metal powerhouse, and one of Matt's favourite bands, Pantera! From their beginings as a glam band through to their...
The Gold Rush hit Victoria, Australia in 1851, and people quickly dropped everything and headed to the goldfields to try and strike it rich. But then...
This week, Jess completes her triptych of Hollywood biographies with The Blues Brother himself, John Belushi. From the Windy City to the big scre...
It's a special episode this week with special guest Nick Mason from the Weekly Planet podcast where we each do a mini report on a character from the M...
This week's episode is all about the history of Lego! A company founded by a carpenter in Denmark that ended up taking the world by storm with their l...
He's one of the most iconic people of the twentieth century, but also one of the most divisive. A doctor, solider, leader, writer and revolutionary. W...
In the second of Jess' Hollywood themed reports, this week we look at the life of the iconic Marilyn Monroe! From a small town girl to the biggest sta...
Which powerful Roman woman played a major role in the reigns of Roman emperors, Tiberius, Claudius, Caligula and Nero? This week's topic is Agrippina...
Dave reports on the Axeman of New Orleans, a mysterious figure who in the early 20th century began breaking into people's homes and attacking them wit...
One of the most tragic and mysterious Hollywood deaths was the drowning of Natalie Wood. This week we look at her early life as a child star as well a...
What event led to the hanging of three cages on the St Lamberti Church in Munster, Germany?It was the Münster Rebellion! This story involves murder, r...
In search of fame and fortune, Donald Crowhurst enters The 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race Around the World - a competition for the first per...
Our second live show for the MICF 2018 was an absolute HOOT! This is a fun epsiode about a strange, sad and kind of creepy topic - The Gibbons Twins....
It's the first live episode of the year, in it we talk about the death of Carl McCunn. Carl was an outdoorsman and wildlife photographer who went on a...