Don't Look Now

Jeni and Will discuss the only known case of a person who was both a dwarf and a giant and the Victorian tradition of picnicking in cemeteries.

Jeni and Will discuss what common thread ties together the great stories we all know and tell.  

The episode in which Will forgets Jeni's name and they discuss the dubiously acquired Greek treasures, the Elgin Marbles.  Are you a fan of wealthy Scottish aristocrats with an obsession with Greek art?  Do you like centuries long international squabbles?  Take a listen and find out where these topics intersect.

Some day they’ll go down together
And they’ll bury them side by side
To few it’ll be grief, to the law a relief
But it’s death for Bonnie and Clyde.

Jeni and Will discuss the life and times of the late, great, misunderstood, Edgar Allan Poe.

The story of the Cardiff Giant, one of the greatest hoaxes in American History. Listen as Jeni and Will discuss how everyone knew the truth but seemed to enjoy the con anyway. 

The 1970's were a wild time. It was essentially the wild wild west of the air. Join us as we discuss the infamous hijacking of a Boeing 747 on Thanksgiving Day 1971, by nice guy Dan Cooper. A mistake by the newspapers catapulted him into infamy as D.B. Cooper, the airline hijacker who escaped with $200,000 into the night, never to be found. 

For some people, the moment of death brings about an extraordinary experience that shows similarities between individuals no matter what culture they come from. Join us today as Jeni makes Will's skin crawl and they discuss Near Death Experiences.

When you're the heiress to an incredible fortune in the 1800's and are a strong independent person you're bound to piss some people off. The real question is how did she die? Was it the man she tried to get fired, the loyal best friend of 30 years who stands to inherit a small fortune, or did she die of natural causes?  Come listen to Will and Jeni discuss the formation of Stanford University and the death of founder Jane Stanford, also more random stories such as the illicit pilfering of cat food.

A daring art heist, $500 Million in lost art treasures, monsters, fake mustaches and our random stories as always.