Just Passing Through Podcast

Send us Fan Mail

Episode 202

Witold Pilecki’s story is one of the most remarkable yet little-known tales of World War II. A Polish soldier who voluntarily went undercover inside Auschwitz, he gathered crucial intelligence and organized resistance from within the camp itself. Today, we’ll uncover the life of a man whose bravery and sacrifice went beyond what most could imagine — a story of courage, hope, and the fight against unimaginable evil.

Support the show

Insta@justpassingthroughpodcast
Contact:[email protected]

Send us Fan Mail

Episode 201

She was born in a cave during a thunderstorm. A child so strange in appearance and so wrapped in mystery that whispers of witchcraft followed her from the cradle to the grave. Her name was Ursula Southeil—though most remember her by another: Old Mother Shipton.

In the 16th century, England was a place of upheaval. Kings and queens rose and fell. The world was expanding. Science and superstition danced an uneasy waltz. And in the midst of it all, this Yorkshire prophetess was said to foresee it all—fires, plagues, invasions, and even flying machines.

But who was she, really? A cunning woman? A folk legend? Or something far stranger?

This is the story of Old Mother Shipton—the woman who saw the future, and still haunts the past.

Support the show

Insta@justpassingthroughpodcast
Contact:[email protected]

Send us Fan Mail

Episode 200

Before the top hat, before the roaring solos that defined a generation, and long before the stadiums full of screaming fans, there was just a kid named Saul.

Born to a mixed-race couple in the UK — a free-spirited Black American artist mother and a white English album cover designer father — Saul Hudson’s early years were anything but typical. He spent his earliest days in the quiet English town of Stoke-on-Trent, a far cry from the wild energy of the Sunset Strip that would later become his playground.

At just six years old, Saul was pulled from the rainy streets of England and dropped into the vibrant chaos of Los Angeles, a city that would shape him, challenge him, and ultimately crown him as one of rock’s greatest icons.

This is the story of those early years — the influences, the chaos, the creativity — and how a quiet kid with a wild imagination became the legend we now know simply as Slash.

Support the show

Insta@justpassingthroughpodcast
Contact:[email protected]

Send us Fan Mail

Crazy Horse was a Lakota warrior who stood for freedom, tradition, and resistance. Born around 1840, he grew up watching his people’s land and way of life threatened by U.S. expansion. Quiet, strong-willed, and deeply spiritual, he became a fierce leader—most famously at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, where General Custer was defeated.

He never sought fame, never signed treaties, and never allowed himself to be photographed. To his people, he was a protector. To history, he remains a powerful symbol of courage, loyalty, and the fight to preserve a disappearing world.

Support the show

Insta@justpassingthroughpodcast
Contact:[email protected]

Send us Fan Mail

Episode 198

On May 11th, 1985, football fans filled Valley Parade with hopes of celebration. Bradford City had just clinched promotion—their first title in 56 years. It should have been a day of joy, of triumph, of banners waving and voices raised in song.

Instead, it became one of the darkest days in English football history.

In just fifteen minutes, a fire tore through the Main Stand. It claimed 56 lives and scarred hundreds more. The tragedy was swift, brutal, and left a city and its club changed forever.

This is not just a story about disaster. It’s about what came after. About survival, grief, and rebuilding. About how football, even in its most tragic moments, reflects the spirit of a community.

And now, nearly forty years to the day, Bradford City rise again—promoted once more. A new chapter begins, always remembering the one that came before.

Support the show

Insta@justpassingthroughpodcast
Contact:[email protected]

Send us Fan Mail

Episode 197

He was shot out of the sky over Hanoi, dragged from a lake, and locked away in a prison that would define the rest of his life. John McCain was a war hero, a maverick senator, and a man who never backed down from a fight — even when it was with his own party. This is the story of the trials, battles, and legacy of a man who spent more than five years in a North Vietnamese prison, and decades in American politics — a life of service, scars, and stubborn conviction.

Support the show

Insta@justpassingthroughpodcast
Contact:[email protected]

Send us Fan Mail

Episode 196

He was no mastermind, no cold-eyed kingpin orchestrating a perfect crime. Ronnie Biggs was something else entirely — an unlikely outlaw, a charming misfit who stumbled into one of the most audacious heists in British history and then did something few manage: he vanished. This is not a story of sharp suits and silent safes, but of grit and greed, of panic and passports, of back-alley surgeries and samba drums.

It’s the tale of a man who coshed no one, fired no gun, but found his name chained forever to a crime that shook the country. From a grey English prison to the sun-blasted streets of Rio de Janeiro, this is the story of a man who ran far, ran fast, and ran out of time.

Ronnie Biggs: train robber, fugitive, folk antihero.
 This is how he slipped the net — and what happened after.

Support the show

Insta@justpassingthroughpodcast
Contact:[email protected]

Send us Fan Mail

Episode 195

He came from the kind of streets where nobody makes it out clean. Brownsville, Brooklyn—where the walls talked in gunshots and glass, and kids learned how to run before they learned how to read. Mike Tyson wasn’t born into fame. He was born into chaos.

He was small. He was quiet. He had a lisp, wore broken clothes, kept pigeons on rooftops. And for all the fire that lived in him, the world never looked twice—until he fought back.

This story begins before the belts. Before the knockouts. Before the roar of arenas. It begins in darkness—where fists were currency, pain was normal, and nothing was ever promised.

It’s about the boy who found a father in an old trainer named Cus D’Amato. The boy who was broken, then rebuilt in a crumbling gym with blood on the mats and dreams in the rafters.

It’s about loss, discipline, violence, obsession. About the moment he realized he could become something terrifying. Something unforgettable. Something the world hadn’t seen before.

Support the show

Insta@justpassingthroughpodcast
Contact:[email protected]

Send us Fan Mail

Episode 194

There are stories passed from mouth to mouth, drifting like smoke down dirt roads and along backwoods barrooms. Stories of a man with a guitar slung low, fingers that moved like lightning, and songs that made even the dead stop and listen.

His name was Robert Johnson. But he was more than just a name.

Born into poverty, raised in shadows, and chased by ghosts—he wandered the South like a man searching for something only he could hear. They say he played so well it wasn’t natural. They say he vanished one night and came back with the Devil’s music in his blood.

This is not just a tale of a bluesman. This is a walk through the mist and fire of America’s haunted heartland. A story of broken roads, lost love, cursed strings, and the thin line between genius and damnation.

This is the story of the man who met midnight.

And never came back the same.

Support the show

Insta@justpassingthroughpodcast
Contact:[email protected]

Send us Fan Mail

Episode 193

The battle may have crowned him a hero, but peace made him a problem.

In Part Two of our journey, the wild son of Nice is no longer charging into war with a sword raised high—he’s limping, wounded, betrayed, and watching the nation he helped forge slip from his grasp. But the fire never leaves him. From the storming of Rome to the heartbreak of seeing his ideals sold off like scraps, Giuseppe Garibaldi’s final years are a story of stubborn courage, disillusionment, and an unbreakable belief in freedom.

This is not a tale of quiet retirement. It’s one of final battles, old loves, bitter enemies, and a man still burning at the edge of history.

Strap in. The legend isn’t done yet.

Support the show

Insta@justpassingthroughpodcast
Contact:[email protected]