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Do you want to hear about some strange goings-on from history? If so, join Norman Scobbie and Mark Murray as they take a light-hearted and sometimes funny look back at some strange and bizarre stories from the past.

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    • Comedy

Do you want to hear about some strange goings-on from history? If so, join Norman Scobbie and Mark Murray as they take a light-hearted and sometimes funny look back at some strange and bizarre stories from the past.

    Travel Story: Beware of Highway 78

    Travel Story: Beware of Highway 78

    DISCLAIMER: In the episode, I mention one of these stories is funny and you can quickly hear me going from giggles to shock. I must have a bad memory from when I first heard the stories told to me because both are horror stories, and the fact they are true is horror itself. Alabama is a beautiful place in many ways, but this episode will have you wondering what you would do in the same situations and what happens on long country roads with no one watching.Pour yourself some tea and join...

    • 40 min
    The Las Vegas Light show & Dangerous Bicycle Face

    The Las Vegas Light show & Dangerous Bicycle Face

    Join Norman and Mark, as we Look back at the atomic tests, carried out in the Nevada desert. Bizarrely, Las Vegas took advantage and would advertise the atomic testing as a feature to visit the city. Norman has a go at Mark's atomic test. We also hear about the Victorian condition known as "Bicycle face". A condition that would apparently affect cycling women.Find us on Instagram, The History FlannelEmail the guys at, historyflannel@gmail.com

    • 37 min
    Red Heads In History & Kids In The Mail

    Red Heads In History & Kids In The Mail

    Join Norman and Mark, as we Look back at redheads in history. We find out some famous redheads from history and we look at how redheads were treated throughout the ages. Mark will take on Norman's redhead quiz. Later, Mark will tell us all about the unusual practice of forwarding kids in the mail and we will also look at other unusual items to be sent by post.Find us on Instagram, The History FlannelEmail the guys at, historyflannel@gmail.com

    • 51 min
    Easy Money & The Tattooed Circus Woman

    Easy Money & The Tattooed Circus Woman

    Join Norman and Mark, as we hear about the unusual 17th century, English practice of wife selling. Norman has a go at Mark's divorce settlement quiz. Finally, we finish off with the story of Maud and Gus Wagner. Maud was America's first female tattoo artist. Find us on Instagram, The History FlannelEmail the guys at, historyflannel@gmail.com

    • 56 min
    The Vengeful Monarch & The Honest Sewer Worker

    The Vengeful Monarch & The Honest Sewer Worker

    Join Norman and Mark, as we hear about Peter the Great of Russia and his vengeful acts of revenge. Mark takes on a nail-biting quiz, all about Russian monarchs. Then we hear about a London sewer worker who just happened to firn his way into the "impenetrable" bank of England's bank vault. Find us on Instagram, The History FlannelEmail the guys at, historyflannel@gmail.com

    • 53 min
    Dance Til You Drop & The Tea Leaf Thief

    Dance Til You Drop & The Tea Leaf Thief

    Join Norman and Mark as we hear about Mark's strange tale of a historical dance-off in Strasbourg. Norman answers the questions, as Mark tries to trip him up on the quiz. Finally, we hear about the man that smuggled tea plants out of China to aid Britain's addiction to the hot beverage. Email the guys at historyflannel@gmail.com

    • 41 min

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