Imagine if Donald Trump and the dude who created Fyre Fest were allowed to run an Olympics - that’s the level of disaster that was going on at the 1904 St Louis Olympic Games. Nothing was organised, competitors almost died, and the US kept giving citizenship to foreign athletes who won so they could have the highest medal tally. Who cares if cars were literally driving through races? AMERICA WANTED TO WIN BIGLY. Story starts at approx 20:00 We give you just the gist, but if you want more, ...
Nov 20, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the 1940s and 1950s, Dr Walter Freeman performed his 'pioneering' procedure on thousands of people, and trained other doctors to perform it on thousands more. The media was calling it a 'miracle cure' for any and all mental illness. You could get it done at your local doctor's office in five minutes for the bargain price of 25 bucks. The only problem? The 'procedure' involved taking an ice pick, sticking it through the eye socket up into the brain, and swishing it around at random. People wou...
Nov 13, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast There are people in this world who spend literally hundreds of thousands of dollars on wine - sometimes on a single bottle. These wine 'experts' say they can taste the difference between a fancy bottle and a sack of goon, but... Rudy definitely proved they can't. He made a bunch of wine in his kitchen, slapped some snobby labels on the bottles and SOLD THEM TO RICH IDIOTS FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. And not only did they buy the wine, they INSISTED they loved it, and that it was the 'best wine' the...
Nov 06, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Her story was one of triumph over trauma. When planes flew into the World Trade Centre twin towers on September 11, Tania Head was on the floor where the plane hit. She somehow made it out, only to still be at ground zero when the tower collapsed. Waking up in hospital with horrific injuries, she is told that her fiancé who was in the other tower, has died. She goes on to become president of the World Trade Centre Survivor’s Network, and is the public face of those who made it out.&...
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast In October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkettsville, Maryland while shooting a documentary... A year later their footage was found. AND EVERYBODY LOST THEIR DAMN MINDS. The Blair Witch Project was a horror film that gripped the world because everybody (Rosie included) was convinced it was a real 'documentary'. It was a mania that could only have happened at that one point in time - the internet was new, 'found footage' horror movies weren't around yet, and we...
Oct 23, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1976 in the tiny town of Chowchilla, three men kidnapped 26 kids (aged 5-14) and their busdriver. They piled them into blacked-out vans, drove for 12 hours to the middle of nowhere, then forced them to climb down a ladder into a hole in the ground before locking them inside. As the older kids tried to comfort the younger ones, they suddenly heard the unmistakable sound of dirt being poured on top of them. They were being buried alive. BUT! As Rosie always says, arrogant male criminals are idi...
Oct 16, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast JACOB'S COMPUTER POOPED ITSELF. And he's in the middle of nowhere working on that ridiculous tan, so we couldn't record together this week. Buuuut... we know how sad you get when we take a week off, so I forced Caleb to jump on the mic and do half an hour of Breakin' Nooz with me! Then we re-dropped the Anna Delvey episode, because a certain actress is going to play her in a TV show and was recently seen visiting her in prison... This week's RECCOS: Watch Love Fraud: https://play.stan.com....
Oct 02, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Before Tiger King, before Carole Baskin, before even Siegfried and Roy, there was husband and wife Ron and Joy - two gloriously tacky (but crazy talented) dancers, who decided to spice up their show by bringing in the ultimate back-up performers: tigers. And leopards. Oh, and the occasional jaguar. Add to the mix their shared boy toy Chuck Lizza, throw in some sequins and buckle down for a crazy story... that obviously ends in more than one person getting eaten. Skip straight to the story: appro...
Sep 25, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast One day they were the most powerful and wealthy royal family in the world, their ancestors having been in charge of Russia for more than 300 years. NEK MINIT... Tsar Nicholas Romanov, his wife Alexandra and their five children (including the legendary Anastasia) are taken down to a basement in the middle of the night and killed, in a VERY botched and violent execution. For years, Russia refused to acknowledge what really happened that night, which led to much speculation about their fate. Did al...
Sep 18, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast We’ve had a makeover! And Jacob has finally been promoted from ‘And Friends’ to his whole name! And in true ‘ex drama school students who love nothing more than to talk about themselves’ style, this week we talked so much shit answering all your Ask Us Anything questions that we didn’t even get to an actual story! Lots of Breakin’ Nooz, lots of reminiscing, lots of surprises and lots of singing (badly). Thank you so much for listening so far ...
Sep 11, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Shannon Whisnant bought an abandoned storage locker, and found a human foot inside. John Wood came forward and was like, "Um, hey, that's my foot, can I have it back please?" But Shannon liked the foot, and didn't want to give it back. He bought it fair and square, damn it! That's how the most bizarro (and hilarious) legal battle began - two men fighting over a LITERAL MUMMIFIED FOOT. Who is the rightful owner in the end? Story starts at approx 14:36 We give you Just The Gist, but if you wa...
Sep 04, 2020•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast While living with her parents, Jennifer Pan finished high school, graduated university with a degree in pharmacology and started working as a pharmacist. Except... she didn't. None of it was true. Jennifer had basically spent years hiding in cafes and libraries and making pretend notes so her parents would think she was working hard. And when they found out, the shit really hit the fan. Story starts at approx 20:16 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this: The book Rosie lis...
Aug 28, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Imagine you’re peacefully sitting by the lake after a lovely swim, you look up, and there is a floating island of mud and gunk the size of 60 tennis courts coming right at you. A poo tsunami. A POONAMI. You can’t run, you can’t hide. And there’s no way of knowing where the killer bog is going to go next. That’s what happened to this US lakeside town in 2017. A massive killer bog was on the loose and destroying everything in its path... until the locals decided to fi...
Aug 21, 2020•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Imagine walking down the street and bumping into your identical twin - a twin you never even knew you had? That’s what happened to these guys, except there were three of them. They were born identical triplets, and adopted out to seperate families as babies. 18 years later, they randomly found each other. And that’s not even the craziest part of their story... TW: this episode references mental health and suicide Story starts at approx 21:57 We give you Just The Gist, but if yo...
Aug 14, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast (Yes he named it after himself - wouldn’t you? HE IS THE REASON FOR KICK-ARSE 80s SAX SOLOS.) The saxophone is kind of the least interesting thing about this guy. He literally cheated death about 57 times, starting with swallowing a 6-inch needle when he was a toddler, followed by accidentally drinking a cup of poison and surviving assassination attempts from people who were jelly that the saxophone was just so awesome and their instruments were lame. Rosie is convinced Kenny G went ...
Aug 07, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast The ‘Queen of Tehano music’, people often said it wasn’t that she was ‘the Latin Madonna’ but that Madonna was ‘the English Selena’. She sung her Spanish-language music to stadiums of thousands, was one of the wealthiest Latin-music stars in America and was about to become a mainstream superstar by releasing her first album in English. Then she was murdered, at 23, by the president of her fan club. Story starts at approx 21:58 We give you Just The ...
Jul 24, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s a plague! With dancing! A dancing plague! Like, literally. There once was a town where a plague wiped out a bunch of the residents... by making them dance until they died. (Count how many dancing references Jacob manages to squeeze into this one - it’s truly something to behold.) Story starts at approx 17:47 Some good, solid articles to get you started if you want to know more: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161028-the-town-the-nearly-danced-itself-to-death ht...
Jul 17, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Did you know that in the US from 1989-2001, there were no real major prize winners of the McDonald's Monopoly game, because THE WHOLE THING WAS RIGGED? Every single person who won a big prize was part of a major scam, and when the FBI found out, they teamed up with Maccas to go UNDER COVER BABY! This one is nuts. Story starts at approx 24:09 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this: The doco called McMillion$ that just came out that Rosie is OBSESSED with and demands you all...
Jul 10, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Transcript available on Metacast So, did you know that in 1932, the Australian Army went to war... against emus? Like, actual emus. The birds. That run. And before you say it doesn't make any sense for the army to go to war against emus, the crazier part of this story is: THE EMUS BLOODY WON. Join us for this bizarre (and embarrassing tbh - for the army, not the emus) little piece of Aussie history. We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this: Some articles Jacob read: https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/t...
Jul 03, 2020•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast This KICK-ARSE 17th century French woman started her own fight club for lols, seduced and bedded more men and women than Casanova (and was probs better at it too), got busted for grave-robbing and arson AND was a famous opera singer. Otherwise known as Mademoiselle Maupin, this is the kind of woman we should be learning about in history class. Story starts at approx 14:12 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: A comprehensive written account of the life of La Maupin...
Jun 26, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast She was his 36-year-old teacher. He was her 12-year-old student. She went to prison for sexually grooming and abusing him. When he turned 21, they got married. Rosie gives Jacob just the gist on why she’s FURIOUS that so many people still consider this a ‘love story’. Story starts at approx 27:07 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this: Scandal Made Me Famous episode (super cheesy but gets the story across). Rosie found it on Binge: https://binge.com...
Jun 19, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jacob tells Rosie about a guy called Marmaduke Wetherell, a surgeon who just wanted to cut people open in peace, and how a crazy plot to bring down The Daily Mail is actually what led to the most (totally real!) photo of the Loch Ness Monster in history. Story starts at approx 21:26 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more there’s this: NYT article about Marmaduke and the hoax: https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/20/weekinreview/loch-ness-fiction-is-stranger-than-truth.html Backg...
Jun 12, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast The most famous female pilot in history who disappeared in 1937 without a trace. There are a gazillion theories about what happened to her, and the most likely one also happens to be THE MOST NUTSO. Story starts at approx 22:09 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this: Official website: https://www.ameliaearhart.com/ TIME article Rosie read: https://time.com/5486999/amelia-earhart-disappearance-theories/ THE CRABS OH GOD THE CRABS: https://www.express....
Jun 05, 2020•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast The 1989 Oscars are infamous for being the most embarrassing ceremony ever. The producer never worked again. The lead actress went back to her home town never to return. THERE WERE GIANT DANCING TABLES, PEOPLE. Whip these video clips out at a dinner party and you'll be the star of the evening. Story starts at approx 17:01 We give you Just The Gist, but if want more, there's this: The infamous Snow White/Rob Lowe opening number: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mronRVvdmw The 'Stars Of Tomo...
Jun 04, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Did you know there's a mean, cranky artist who tried to buy and own colours so nobody else could have them? (Yeah, you can own colours apparently.) But then another artist decided LOL NO HOW DARE YOU and started doing everything he could to stop him, BECAUSE COLOURS SHOULD BE FOR EVERYONE. This one is a crazy, crazy ride and turned out to be Rosie's absolute favourite episode so far. This is the story of the hilarious Stuart Semple vs the meanie Anish Kapoor. We give you Just The Gist, but if yo...
May 22, 2020•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rosie could not believe she had never heard of this one. There's scammers (her favourite), Ponzi schemes (another fave) and IDIOT MEN AND GENDER DYNAMICS. Also murder. And 80s heartthrob Judd Nelson. Story starts at approx 24:50 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this: People Magazine Presents: Murder Made Me Famous - The Billionaire Boys Club: https://www.LiSTNRaustralia.com.au/podcasts/murder-made-me-famous/billionaire-boys-club Marcia Clark Investigates: The First ...
May 15, 2020•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast She turned up in New York and said she was an heiress to a Russian billionaire family. She stayed in the best hotels, ate at the best restaurants and hung out with the coolest high society people. BUT IT WAS ALL FAKE AND NOW SHE'S IN PRISON. For scamming, well, pretty much everyone. Genius or con artist? Or both? Story starts at approx 7:39 We give you Just The Gist, but if you want to dive deeper, there's this: The viral article from The Cut that first made Anna (in)famous: https://www.thecut.c...
May 08, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rosie gives Jacob the gist on the 1986 space shuttle that broke apart 73 seconds after lift-off, killing all 7 crew on board - with thousands of school kids watching live because a teacher was going into space for the first time. Story starts at approx 10:36 Also look we're profresh and doing show notes now! We give you Just The Gist, but if you want to know more, there's this: The 'You're Wrong About' podcast ep Rosie talked about: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-challenger-disaster/i...
May 01, 2020•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Imagine if Paris Hilton was kidnapped, became besties with her kidnappers, and started robbing banks with them. That’s Patty Hearst - a millionaire heiress who went rogue in the 1970s. Skip straight to the story: approx 10:45 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 24, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast As a special lil treat this week, Jacob is giving Rosie just the gist of something! (And of course he named it SHOES GLORIOUS SHOES: The Imelda Marcos Story.) She owned lots of shoes and (allegedly!) killed lots of people. Enjoy! Skip straight to the story: approx 1:33 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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