That Was Genius TeamApr 712 minEpisode 61 - Its Raining Nuns, Halleluja Its Raining Nuns (Pandemics week)Sam's Episode notes: Mass Hysterias through time, from windscreen smashing to nuns turning into cats. Today I've got something that's a b...
That Was Genius TeamMar 3110 minEpisode 60 - No One's Tougher Than the Biscuit Eaters (Sidekicks Week)Sam's notes: The Emancipated (topless) duel between duel between Princess Pauline Matternich and Countess Anastasia Kielmannsegg I’m goin...
That Was Genius TeamMar 2510 minEpisode 59 - Welcome to the Mile High Club (Daredevil Week)Sam's Episode Notes: Hot Air Balloon Pioneer and Italian Stallion Vincenzo Lunardi (and the invention of the Mile High club) Today, I'm t...
That Was Genius TeamMar 1110 minEpisode 57 - Stealing Toilet Roll for the Revolution (Spies Week)Sam's Episode Notes: Noor Inayat Khan. The Indian Princess turned French resistance spy who gave her all despite nerves, pacifist beliefs...
That Was Genius TeamFeb 269 minEpisode 55 - A Flirty French Roly-Poly (Fitness Week)Today I'm going to talk about a man the sporting montage may as well have been invented for. A genuine Hollywood action hero whose skills...
That Was Genius TeamJan 309 minEpisode 52 - Whizz, Pop, and Up We Go! (World First Week)Sam's Episode notes: Maurice Wilson and his attempt to crash a plane on Everest to get there first (and do it for God) I’ve got a failed w...
That Was Genius TeamJan 2311 minEpisode 51 - Pants Down on The Good Ship Naturist (French Week)Sam's Episode Notes: The Baudin expedition AKA the Proposed French Invasion of Sydney Today I've not got just one badass Frenchman, I've ...
That Was Genius TeamJan 167 minEpisode 50 - 500 Tarts and One Sexy Roman Emperor (Laughter Week)Sam's Episode Notes: The Berners Street Hoax (or ordering every tradesman in London to one house), and the invention of the whoopee cushi...
That Was Genius TeamDec 19, 201910 minEpisode 47 - Buster the Prize Fighting Shrew (Shows Week)Sam's Episode notes: Lazarus and Joannes Baptista Colloredo, the touring conjoined twins who won the hearts of European Royalty I did try...
That Was Genius TeamNov 28, 20199 minEpisode 44 - A Triple Suplex in the Name of Love (Badass Women Week)Sam's Episode Notes: Khutulun – Wrestler, kidnapper, and legend in East and West. So today, I'm going to talk about a woman who was a lit...
That Was Genius TeamNov 21, 201910 minEpisode 43 - Brazilian Samba Dancing Nurses with Incredible Moustaches (Charlatans Week)Sam's Episode Notes: The Fascinating tale of Dr Adolf Fritz, a man healing (or not) from beyond the grave. I have a habit of doing this, ...
That Was Genius TeamNov 14, 201910 minEpisode 42 - One Dead President and a Scottish Woman's Bottom (Spooky Week)Sam's Episode Notes: The Hammersmith Ghost murder Today Tom, I'm going to talk to you about a grisly tale from the turn of the 19th centu...
That Was Genius TeamNov 7, 201911 minEpisode 41 - Thomas the Self-Pleasuring Engine (40 Week)Sam's Episode Notes: The Railway Mania of the 1840s (and a very big boat) First off, an honourable mention to the, drumroll as we all try...
That Was Genius TeamOct 23, 201911 minEpisode 39 - Revenging the Nazi Tap-Dance Troupe (Badass Week)Sam's Episode Notes: A pair of very different badasses: Franceska Mann the stripteasing concentration camp rebel, and Iron Mike Malloy - ...