The Dirty Lie Podcast

People Who Refused To Be Killed (Poison, Planes, and Potent Cocktails)

Did King Leopold of Belgium's secret son get shot more times than 50 cent, lose an eye, an ear, and a hand, and live to tell the tale? 
Did a girl fall 9,000ft out of a plane, into the amazon rainforest, and walk away from the crash site?
Have you ever had a terrible day? well were you struck by lightening 5 times in one night? 
This week we talk about some remarkably unbelievable survival stories from history - and the story of "New York's Most fantastic Murder" the death of Michael Malloy. 
 

Trailer Episode 9: Planes, Poison and Princes - People who refused to be killed

Near death experiences and remarkable survivor stories,  from a girl who fell out of a sky, to a man who got shot more times than 50 cent... This week we talk about people who refused to be killed, and what /who tried to kill them.
 
Enjoy!

World War Music : Spies, Stowaways, and Swords

This week, the Unsung Heroes of WWII, August Agboola Browne, the Nigerian stowaway who became a Polish war hero, and the first west african to record a jazz album. Josephine Baker, the first black woman to star in a motion picture who became a French spy and wrote nazi troop movements in invisible ink on her sheet music, "Mad Jack" Churchill the British soldier and  POW who charged into battle playing the bagpipe and throwing grenades. We also speak about a Japanese soldier who did not believe the war was over for nearly 30years after it ended and terrorized a small village in the Philippines until 1974. 
 
 

Trailer Episode 8: World War Music! Spies, Swords and Stowaways

What do a french burlesque dancer, A Nigerian Jazz musician, and a Scotts bagpiper have in common? They all became heroes of WWII!  This weeks episode - we celebrate the unsung heroes of the Second World War - follow us from Lagos, to France, to Warsaw, to London, and back! 
 
And its TMT's birthday! 

Love, Lies, and Lawsuits

Did Naomi Campbell date President Hugo Chavez (and Sean P Diddy Combs?), Which African First lady called her children a 'mere coincidence', Did a President of Argentina divorce his wife for 'severe slander', and did the Chief Whip of the Nigerian Parliament, hold a 'ghost wedding' ? 
Today we get into; How Charlotte the Great,  A young German Princess took on powerful traditions & an arranged marriage and took over Russia. How, Folake Solanke, A young Nigerian woman took on powerful traditions & an arranged marriage and became the first Female Senior Advocate of Nigeria. And finally, how Presidential break ups (and divorces) throughout history have shaped the world.
Figures on this weeks episode:  T.O.S Benson, Folake Solanke, Charlotte the Great, Hugo Chavez, Naomi Campbell, Carlos Menem, Nelson Mandela, Napoleon Bonaparte, Silvio Berlusconi, and Nicolas Sarkozy. 
 
Enjoy! 

Trailer Episode 7: Love, Lies & Lawsuits

Love has inspired wars, bloodless coups, and of course, heartbreak...
On Today's episode we talk about:
- A young German Princess took on powerful traditions & an arranged marriage and took over Russia.- A young Nigerian woman took on powerful traditions & an arranged marriage and won her life back- How presidential break ups have shaped the world

Kidnapped!

You’re snatched off the streets - Who did it? The CIA? Mossad? or Mohammed Buhari?
Or maybe a combination of two?
On “kidnapped!” We talk about
The CIA's practice of *extraordinary renditions* and "erroneous renditions".
Is the 'torture queen' of the CIA now an instagram influencer?
Did Buhari, while dictator, order the kidnapping of a
Nigerian dissident in London?
And who is Mossad snatching up on these streets- and why.

Trailer Episode 6: Kidnapped!

You're snatched off the streets, who do you think did it? - the CIA? Mossad? Scotland Yard? or Mohammed Buhari?
Or maybe a combination of two?
On "Kidnapped!" We talk about the CIA’s practice of “extraordinary renditions” and “erroneous renditions”.
Is the ‘torture queen’ of the CIA now an Instagram influencer? Did Buhari, while dictator, order the kidnapping of a Nigerian dissident in London? And who is Mossad snatching up on these streets- and why.