Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods
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Episodes: 122
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Join mates Johnny Vaughan and Gavin Woods as they uncover the jaw-dropping stories of history’s boldest icons and unsung heroes. From outrageous escapades to ingenious breakthroughs, every episode is packed with legendary tales you didn’t learn in school (but wish you had).
With sharp wit and a shared sense of curiosity, Johnny and Gav turn history into a rollercoaster of laughs and surprises. Whether it’s daring escapes, bizarre inventions, or the quirky habits of history’s game-changers, you’ll be hooked on their unique take on the past.
Perfect for history buffs, comedy lovers, and anyone who enjoys a cracking good story, Bloomin’ Legends is your new favourite podcast for unforgettable adventures through time.
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Bloomin' Legends is a Global Production, produced by Ben Fairclough.
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Weaponised slurry, police hoodwinking & generational Scouse blaggers
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Oct 11, 2026 |
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Calamity Jane: Tall tales from the Wild Wests 'Horseback Trump'
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Oct 07, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Benevolent Dictators, Cold Plunges & A Pub Queue Revolt
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Oct 04, 2026 |
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He invented the police and London hated him - Sir Robert Peel
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Sep 30, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Titanic's Food System
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Sep 27, 2026 |
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Blackbeard: The Most Feared Pirate in History
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Mafia Punishments, Wrestling Moves & a Chindit in Burma
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Sep 20, 2026 |
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"This Man Won the War" – Hugh Dowding
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Car Salesman Who Passed Himself Off as a War Hero
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Sep 13, 2026 |
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She rode zebras around Victorian London and bought her own artillery - Lady Meux
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: "The BEST Story So Far"
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Sep 05, 2026 |
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Mark Anthony: The John Terry of Ancient Rome
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Worst Party Tricks We've Ever Heard
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Aug 30, 2026 |
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Leo Major: The Canadian Sniper Who Captured 93 Germans on His Own
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Worst dinner guests in history
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Aug 23, 2026 |
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Joan of Arc: The Saint Who Led an Army at 17
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Why All Guard Dogs Are German Soldiers
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Aug 16, 2026 |
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"The Worst Woman Who Ever Lived?" Elizabeth Báthory
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: A Beach Bar Brawl and a Christmas Plumber
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Aug 09, 2026 |
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Lachhiman Gurung: The Gurkha Who Took On 200 Men Alone
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: A Train Thief and a Secret Millionaire
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Aug 02, 2026 |
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Casanova: The World’s Greatest Lover Was a Prison-Breaking Spy
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Drunken Sailors, Top Trumps & Plum Schnapps
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Jul 26, 2026 |
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Neil Armstrong: What He Actually Said on the Moon
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Himalayan Cowboys & South African in Disguise
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Jul 19, 2026 |
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Butch Cassidy: He Blew Up a Bridge & Vanished Forever
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Capsize King & Extraordinary Bastards
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Jul 12, 2026 |
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She Stole a Dead Nun & Set a Convent on Fire: Julie D'Aubigny
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: A blunderbuss, a bomb & Diamond White Cider
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Jul 05, 2026 |
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Diego Maradona: Football God, Cheat & the Greatest Party Ever Thrown in a Prison
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Dead Sheep, Blitz Heroines & Operation Village Green
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Jun 28, 2026 |
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William Shakespeare: 1,700 Words, 6 Signatures & 7 Missing Years
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Mad Grandads, Fast Cars and Family Legends
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Jun 21, 2026 |
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The First Man Ever to be Awarded the Victoria Cross Twice: Arthur Martin-Leake
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Chased Down the Beach by a German Plane
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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Napoleon's Comeback That Should Never Have Happened: Bonaparte - Part 2
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Great Made-Up Military Men Special
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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Napoleon Wasn’t Short, Wasn’t French… So What ELSE Was A Lie?! - Napoleon Bonaparte: Part 1
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Why Did Police Keep Stopping This Car?
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May 31, 2026 |
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The Real Story Behind the Spartan 300: Leonidas I
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May 27, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Don’t Mess With the Pharaohs
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May 24, 2026 |
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Virginia Hall: The Heroic WW2 Spy With a Wooden Leg
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May 20, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: British Spy Names Gone Too Far
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May 17, 2026 |
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The British Officer Who ATTACKED A TANK With An Umbrella?! - Digby Tatham-Warter
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May 13, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Surviving an Amsterdam Stag Do
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May 10, 2026 |
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Ragnar Lothbrok: Did the Greatest Viking Ever Really Exist?
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May 06, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: His Grandad gave him a live grenade??
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May 03, 2026 |
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Attila The Hun - What do we actually know?
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Pub Puma & more great escapes!
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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George Best: The Superstar Beyond the Pitch
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Bulldogs vs Wedding Cakes & the Magaluf buzz cut
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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The WW2 Spy Decorated by Both Sides - Juan Pujol Garcia (GARBO)
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Hearses, Half Marathons and Benidorm Terror
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Albert Einstein: The biggest brain in the world?
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Runaways, Red Faces and the Family Computer
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Lord Byron: Scandal, Poetry and a Pet Bear
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Aussie Dom, The flying zip wire & Motorcycle baby names
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Alexander the Great: Part 2 - Power, Paranoia & The Price of Greatness
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Fiery Trousers, bunking school & the hand written letter!
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Alexander the Great: Part 1 - The Start of Something Massive
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Great Maldives Lock-In & East London's Bonnie & Clyde
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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The Gestapos most wanted Woman? Nancy Wake’s Story
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Snotty Saviour & Bader's G Force Legs
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Billy the Kid - Murder, burning building and prison escapes
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Barehand Boar Killer & Rasputin's Look-A-Like
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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The man who conned Al Capone: Titanic Thompson
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Drunk Egg Disaster & The Best Job in the War?
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Henry VIII: The Trump of Tudor England?
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Flooded Nightclubs, a hungover car crash & sinking boats!
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Douglas Bader - The RAF double amputee who was denied the Victoria Cross
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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The Extra Legendary Bit: A drunk wedding soldier, British Motor Bikes & Jackie Stewart!
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Genghis Khan Part 2: The Biggest Empire the World Has Ever Seen
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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Genghis Khan Part 1: Rodents, Revenge & the Birth of an Empire
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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What Happened to Rasputin’s Children? Maria & Varvara Rasputin
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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Sir Francis Drake: Pirate, Hero, or the Queen’s Favourite Thief?
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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Julius Caesar: The Man Who Broke the Roman Republic
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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Bloomin’ Legend of the Year 2025: Your Champion!
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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The Football Match that stopped the War on Christmas, 1914
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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The Cowboy Who Survived 14 Bullets & A Kidnapping: Nat Love
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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Paddy Mayne - The SAS Rogue Hero Who Terrified the Desert
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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Harry Houdini: Escapes, Aviation & The Vanishing Elephant
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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Bonus Episode: Vote for the Bloomin Legend of the Year!
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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The French Robin Hood Who Made His Victims Dance: Gaspard De Besse
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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China's answer to Tutankhamun: Fu Hao
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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"He kidnapped a nazi general, wore his clothes & walked across Europe", Patrick Leigh Fermor
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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Max Woosnam: England Football Captain, Wimbledon Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist and War Hero
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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From Titanic to Britannic: The Man Who Wouldn’t Sink - Arthur John Priest
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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Sir Ernest Shackleton: The Expedition That Should’ve Killed Them All
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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Mad Jack Mytton: The Wild Aristocrat Who Drank, Gambled, and Rode Bears at Dinner
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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Vlad the Impaler: The Bloodthirsty Prince Who Inspired Dracula
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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Mad Jack Churchill: The British Soldier Who Charged Into WWII with a Longbow and a Sword
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh Who Seduced Empires and Defied Rome
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Timothy Dexter: The Eccentric Millionaire Who Outsmarted Everyone by Accident
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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Bartholomew Roberts: The World's Most Successful Pirate
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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Marie Dorion: The Mother of the Frontier
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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Legs Diamond: The Gangster Who Couldn’t Be Killed
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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Spartacus: The Gladiator Who Took on Rome and Led the Biggest Slave Revolt in History
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Charles Upham: The Schoolteacher with Two Victoria Crosses and Escaped the Nazis
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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Leonardo da Vinci: The Renaissance Genius
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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Lambert Simnel: The 10-Year-Old Con Artist Who Nearly Stole the English Throne
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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Charlemagne: The Father of Europe and the Pope’s Chosen Emperor
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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Zheng Yi Sao: The Pirate Queen Who Ruled the South China Sea
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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Geronimo: The Fearless Apache Warrior Who Fought an Empire and Became a Legend
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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Ivan the Terrible: The Bloodthirsty Tsar Who Ruled with Fear, Fury & Flying Monks
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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Shep Gordon: The Rock’n’Roll Supermensch Who Made Stars, Mayhem & Maui Magic
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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The Oversteegen Sisters: The Teenage Assassins Who Took Down Nazis with Bicycles & Pistols
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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Simón Bolívar: The Sword-Swinging Liberator Who Took on an Empire
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Steve Irwin: The Wildlife Warrior Who Wrestled Crocs & Won Hearts Worldwide
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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Adrian Carton de Wiart: The One-Eyed War Machine Who Just Wouldn’t Die
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May 25, 2025 |
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Doc Holliday: The Deadly Dentist Who Gambled, Gunned & Coughed His Way into Legend
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May 18, 2025 |
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Reg Spiers: The Aussie Madman Who Mailed Himself Across the World
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May 11, 2025 |
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Boudica: The Vengeful Warrior Queen Who Burned Roman Britain to the Ground
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May 04, 2025 |
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Andrew Carnegie: The Ruthless Tycoon Who Built Libraries, Stacked Billions & Tried to Save His Soul
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Njinga of Ndongo: The Warrior Queen Who Outsmarted Empires & Ruled Like a Boss
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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Christopher Lee: The Dracula Star Who Fought Nazis, Cast Spells & Rocked Heavy Metal Opera
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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Jack Ward: The Boozy Sailor Who Became a Ruthless Pirate & A Sultan’s Ally
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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Simo Häyhä: The Silent Sniper Who Took Down an Army & Became a Legend
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Josephine Baker: The Dancer Who Spied, Defied Racism & Became a War Hero
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Rasputin: The Sex Mad Monk Who Cheated Death & Controlled Russia’s Royalty
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Hedy Lamarr: The Hollywood Star Who Invented Wi-Fi & Changed the World
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Hugh Glass: The Bear Attack Survivor Who Crawled 200 Miles for Revenge
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Bloomin' Legends: Trailer
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Mar 09, 2025 |