Pacific Legends Unleashed

Ben Pennycuick and Dan Cullen

We explore stories from the Pacific. Interesting people from history and stories that we think should be told.

  1. Batavia (Part 1)

    26 JAN

    Batavia (Part 1)

    The Dutch East India Company in the early 1600s have discovered there is money to be made in the Spice Islands of Indonesia. They send their new ship to the city of Batavia however it all goes wrong on the way there. This episode gives the context and set up to this incredible story.

    1h 16m
  2. Shackleton & Mawson (Part 3)

    18/12/2025

    Shackleton & Mawson (Part 3)

    This is the story of Shackleton and his famous Endurance Expedition. He has ambitions to be the first person to cross Antarctica from one side to the other but not everything goes to plan. In fact nothing goes to plan!

    1h 11m
  3. Shackleton & Mawson (Part 2)

    22/04/2025

    Shackleton & Mawson (Part 2)

    In this episode we focus on Mawson as he heads back down to Antarctica on his Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Things don't go completely to plan as he explores an uncharted coast -- but he does find a pineapple and some oranges, so it's not all bad.

    1h 16m
  4. Shackleton & Mawson (Part 1)

    08/01/2025

    Shackleton & Mawson (Part 1)

    Forget Scott and Amundsen - in this series we unleash two blokes who experience that strange zone beyond the limits of human suffering and endurance, yet live to tell the tale. In this episode, Ernest Shackleton and Douglas Mawson go for a hoon around Antarctica -- and they like what they see. Sometimes its better to quit while you're ahead, though.

    1h 5m
  5. Stories from Vietnam (Part 3)

    28/12/2024

    Stories from Vietnam (Part 3)

    In our final episode of the series, we follow Barry through the deadly jungles of the Central Highlands as he wrestles with the VC, the CIA, and a broken heart -- R.I.P Fatima.

    56 min
  6. Stories from Vietnam (Part 2)

    03/10/2024

    Stories from Vietnam (Part 2)

    In this episode, we get that little bit closer to the Tiger Man. We cover his early life, his military training, and the situation in Vietnam when he arrives in 1963. Dan also tells a spooky ghost story about a group of Australian soldiers who, for a long time, had their record of service completely erased from the history books.

    1h 2m
  7. Stories from Vietnam (Part 1)

    24/07/2024

    Stories from Vietnam (Part 1)

    In this two-part series, we first explore some of the contextual factors that motivated people to fight and die for their country - or socioeconomic ideology - during the Vietnam War. Episode 2 then dives headlong into the thick sweltering jungle in search of - not yetis - a platoon of ghosts and a half-man-half-tiger the CIA are desperate to kill.

    1 hr
  8. Amelia Earhart (Part 2)

    27/06/2024

    Amelia Earhart (Part 2)

    In the second and final episode about Amelia Earhart, we reach the point of the story everyone’s been waiting for. That’s right - she’s about to start throwing oranges. Dan then finishes the topic off by solving the mystery once and for all, unleashing an evidence-based analysis of the theories surrounding one of history’s great vanishing acts.

    1h 2m
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We explore stories from the Pacific. Interesting people from history and stories that we think should be told.

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  • Creator
    Ben Pennycuick and Dan Cullen
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Ben Pennycuick and Dan Cullen
  • Show Website
    Pacific Legends Unleashed