Episodes
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Trailer Episode 20- Daughters of Dictators: Dead Husbands And Machine Guns
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Italy's Benito Mussolini fainted when Edda Mussolini was born, but did he go on to kill her husband? In Iraq Saddam Hussein's first daughter Raghad Hussein was given the nickname 'Godmother of Terror' in a newspaper, but did she support her father after he killed her husband? and in Haiti, did Marie-Denise Duvalier, threaten her father Francois Duvalier, one of the longest serving dictators of Haiti with a machine gun, to save her husband's life? Special dictator-daughter mentions; Aisha Qaddafi of Libya and Zoia Ceaușescu of Romania.
Daughters are said to hold a special place in their Dad's hearts, so what happens when the father is a Dictator?
And why all these dead husbands?
This Week's Figures:
Francois Duvalier, Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, Benito Mussolini,(and their daughters), Hitler, Goebbels, Winston Churchill, JFK, Mohammed Al-Fayed,
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
The Sons of Dictators: Daring Deaths, Disappointments, and Dodgy Dates
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
This week: From a World War II prisoner of war to a UN sanctioned murder (allegedly), we meet three sons of World Leaders: Yakov Djugashvili, son of Joseph Stalin, Former Premier of the Soviet Union. Mao Anying, son of Mao Zedong, Former President of the People's Republic of China and Teodoro “Teddy” Nguema Obiang Mangue son of Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo the President of Equatorial Guinea, the longest-serving president of any country ever !
From bizarre lifestyles to brave men, from National Heroes to Daddy's Disgrace, this weeks episode is full of delightful history anf a sprinkle of current affairs. Enjoy!
Monday Sep 12, 2022
Monday Sep 12, 2022
This week: From a World War II prisoner of war to a UN sanctioned murder (allegedly), we meet three sons of World Leaders: Yakov Djugashvili, son of Joseph Stalin, Former Premier of the Soviet Union. Mao Anying, son of Mao Zedong, Former President of the People's Republic of China and Teodoro “Teddy” Nguema Obiang Mangue son of Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo the President of Equatorial Guinea, the longest-serving president of any country ever !
From bizarre lifestyles to brave men, from National Heroes to Daddy's Disgrace, this weeks episode is full of delightful history anf a sprinkle of current affairs. Enjoy!
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Narcos Nigeria: Drug Lords in the Legislature
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Did a Nigerian lawmaker's (alleged) criminal empire inspire Netflix's first blockbuster, Orange is the New Black? Were Nigerian lawmakers caught with their pants down on an official trip to the United States? And which Nigerian woman inspired the US Drug Enforcement Agency to work with multiple countries in a bid to bring down their heroin empire?
This week on The Dirty Lie Podcast; politics, drugs, and corruption. We examine the alleged relationship between drugs lords and some Nigerian power players …….did we say alleged? Well just in case we didn’t, allegedly.
This Weeks figures: Senator Buruji Kashamu, James F. Entwistle, Marion Barry.
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Trailer Episode 18: Drug Lords in the Legislature
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Did a Nigerian lawmaker's (alleged) criminal empire inspire a hollywood blockbuster?
Were Nigerian lawmakers caught with their pants down on an official trip to the United States?
And which Nigerian inspired the US Drug Enforcement Agency to work with multiple countries in a bid to bring down their heroin empire?
This week; politics, drugs, and corruption.
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
The Mad Monarch: Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa I
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
Tuesday Aug 30, 2022
From Traumatized young boy, to French war hero, to Coup plotter, to President-for-life of the Central African Republic, to Emperor, to the 13th disciple of Jesus Christ. The man who called Idi Amin his big brother, Called Charles de Gaulle 'Papa', and claimed to be a direct descendant from the Pharaohs of Egypt. A man who got propped up during the Cold War era. A man who had vietnamese daughters named 'true' Martine and 'false' Martine, and 18 wives from around the world. His rise and fall (and his rule) deserves to be made into a Hollywood saga, so we started with this episode. Enjoy, and don't forget - subscribe, like, and share. This is the episode you discuss in your group chat and on the table at dinner!
This week we meet: Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Idi Amin, Lyndon B Johnson, Charles de Gaulle, Boris Johnson's many babies, and a colorful cast of characters.
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Trailer Episode 18: The Mad Monarch: Jean-Bédel Bokassa I
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Monday Aug 29, 2022
A man so mad the whole episode is about him. From Traumatized young boy, to French war hero, to Coup plotter, to President-for-life of the Central African Republic, to Emperor, to the 13th disciple of Jesus Christ. The man who called Idi Amin his big brother, Called Charles de Gaulle 'Papa', and claimed to be a direct descendant from the Pharaohs of Egypt. A man who got propped up during the Cold War era. A man who had vietnamese daughters named 'true' Martine and 'false' Martine, and 18 wives from around the world. His rise and fall (and his rule) deserves to be made into a Hollywood saga, so we started with this episode. Enjoy, and don't forget - subscribe, like, and share. This is the episode you discuss in your group chat and on the table at dinner!
This week we meet: Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Idi Amin, Lyndon B Johnson, Charles de Gaulle, and a colorful cast of characters.
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Pirates!
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
This week we're talking about some of the most successful sea ventures of the age of piracy. From West African Warlords to Chinese Sea empresses, we examine people who made fortunes that rival your favourite athletes ! This history of Pirates is definitely a different story than the ones on Black Sails or The Pirates of the Caribbean..
Featuring: Henry Avery, Black Caesar, Zheng Yi Sao, The Fancy, Guangdong Pirate Confederation, Queen Anne's Revenge, Blackbeard, Thomas Tew, Gunsway Heist, Ganj-i-Sawai
Truth or Drink?
What if there was a brand new podcast that dove into the endless abyss of world history and found the most bizarre stories about real people and real events so you didn’t have to!
What if there was a podcast that then made a fun drinking game out of it?
Presenting “Two Truths and a Dirty Lie” a place that exists to collect strange bits of world trivia and share them with the world!
Join us as we journey through facts, figures and weird trivia from the past