Vanessa Frake-Harris worked for 27 years as "Governor" of Wormwood Scrubs - one of Britain's most infamous prisons. Vanessa shares some of her most harrowing stories about what really happens behind the walls of a high security prison. From spending 2 months with serial killer Rose West, to throwing Libertines frontman Pete Doherty into segregation, the Governor has lived and breathed the depths of prison life. 

Vanessa speaks openly about how she believes prisons don't reform offenders as they claim to, how inmates can manipulate officers to smuggle in drugs, and how prisoners are recruited by staff as informants. Plus what happens when someone dies in prison, and how an inmate got their revenge on Vanessa... 

Once you've finished listening, go and grab Vanessa's incredible book 'The Governor' on Amazon! 
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Governor-Inside-Britains-Notorious-Jails-ebook/dp/B08H8FX3ZR/ref=cm_cr_srp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8
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429 - VANESSA FRAKE - The Woman In Charge Of Britain's Worst Prison!

Welcome to JaackMaate's Happy Hour! Every Monday and Thursday, join Jaack and Stevie as they invite an array of the internet's best celebrities to join the conversation. From life's big questions, to silly stories... but mainly utter nonsense.

Comedy

Comedy Interviews

It’s been exactly 100 episodes since Jaack and Stevie did their last Q&A, so it’s time to carry on the annual tradition with another one! 

Welcome to 2024’s Ask-tonbury (working title) AKA Christmas Steve (also working title). The boys are answering burning Q’s such as which guests have turned down an invite for a second appearance, what’s the worst thing that has been cut or bleeped, and which eps were nearly binned off. 

The boys reveal how they dealt with a guest who brought along a mega demanding PR team, and both share their opinion on the new studio now they’ve had the chance to properly settle in. They’re also posing a very important question to special guest Bambino Becky. 

Check out the previous Jaack and Stevie specials - eps #096, #277, and #377! 
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477 - Jaack and Stevie’s Annual Q&A - Answering Your Hard Hitting Questions!

It’s the long awaited return of Robbie’s creepy library and he’s brought plenty of tales with huge plot twists! With significantly less child murder than our previous creepy library episode, this one features an unassuming shy kid at school hiding a deadly secret, a father seeking revenge for his son’s untimely death, and drawings that turned out to be a lot more sinister than what first meets the eye….

Check out episodes #228 and #372 for more creepy library stories!
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476 - Wet Bag's Creepy Library! (BIGGEST PLOT TWISTS)

Many moons ago (episode #126 to be exact), Jack, Stevie and Robbie discussed how they’d each spend a week on their dream holiday! Four years later, we’re finally getting Alfie to share his. 

Meditating with monks, cutting shapes at carnivals, getting frisky with footballers - Alfie is jet setting around the globe for his ideal getaway. 

From fruit and fornication, to hostels and hangovers, Alfie somehow manages to make Stevie’s famously bleak dream holiday look thrilling… 
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475 - Alfie's DREAM Holiday!

Is a Twix a biscuit or a chocolate bar? Do Mini Cheddars count as crisps? Are you a male gimp or a female gimp? As well as these groundbreaking debates that will make no sense unless you’ve listened to this episode, we’re looking at the world’s craziest coincidences! 

How did a lost precious piece of jewellery turn up 13 years later in the most unexpected place? Which rare and terrifying event happened TWICE to the same unfortunate street sweeper? What ironic injury did a Hollywood actor sustain on a film set? How did a murder attempt claim its victim 20 years after the initial effort? 

Plus more CELEBRITY coincidences featuring Ant and Dec, Bill Murray, and Anthony Hopkins! 
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474 - The World's CRAZIEST Coincidences! (ft. The Coinci-dentist)

We’re exploring “glitches in the matrix” - peculiar events that seemingly can only be explained by the possibility that we’re living in a simulation… or drugs. 

Cheating death, missing children, infinite water bottles, duplicate parents and phone calls from beyond the grave all feature in today’s episode. 

Robbie shares his own glitches that made him question reality, and things get DEEP as we discuss the illusion of sight and sound, and whether other people even exist?! 

Should Mack Bean have gone to the police with the murder evidence he stumbled across, or was he simply a witness to a real life glitch in the matrix? 
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429 - VANESSA FRAKE - The Woman In Charge Of Britain's Worst Prison!

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