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He was a man who "transcended wrestling", a literal giant among men... And this week he is our topic! It's Andre the Giant! Hear how he got his start in wrestling and ended up a movie star... We are appearing at the 2019 Koh Samui Podcast Festival. It's Do Go On, live on a tropical beach! Ticket details: https://dogoonpod.com/event/koh-samui-international-podcast-festival/ More Koh Samui event det...

In the 1930s German lovers Friedrich Ritter and Dore Stauch moved to the remote and uninhabited Floreana Island, hoping to leave society behind forever. All was going well but then another family arrived, hoping to share their island paradise and tensions flared. The final straw came when a mysterious woman claiming to be a baroness also turned up and claimed that she was going to build a hotel on...

What is the most infamous undiscovered gold deposit in Australia’s history? Lasseter's Lost Gold Reef! We talk about Lewis Hubert Lasseter and the disastrous expedition he inspired in search of an unfathomable amount of gold! Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:  www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod   Submit a topic idea directly to the hat:  dogoonpod.com/Submit-a-Topic &nbsp...

"Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks/When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one." OR DID SHE?  This week's episode is an old timey mystery, and for a pretty bleak topic, this is actually a very funny and silly episode.    Check out our website for tickets to live shows, merch and more: dogoonpod.com Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www...

In 1852, Herman Melville published what would much later become his most famous work... Moby Dick, or The Whale. He based this work upon a real life horror story that he'd read about. Twenty years earlier, a whaling ship called The Essex had been attacked and sunk by a giant sperm whale. Alone and literally in the middle of the ocean many thousands of miles from civilisation, the crew had to do so...

What controversial event in 2004 changed American sport forever? It's the Malice at the Palace! Josh Earl from the Don't You Know Who I Am podcast dropped by to tell us all about this wild event in modern NBA history and it's a great fun time!  Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Submit a topic idea directly to the hat: dogoonpod.com/Submit-a-Topic...

On June the 29th, 1988, in Lee County South Carolina, a 17 year old named Christopher Davis was driving home from a night shift at McDonalds when he encountered a creature that would come to be known as the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp! Got a spare minute? Why not fill in this Do Go On Questionnaire ? Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:  www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Submit a topic...

We bloody love a music legend biography here at Do Go On, so this week Jess tackles the HUGE career of one of the greats - ELTON JOHN! Find out how The Rocket Man got his big break! Tickets to our first ever ADELAIDE podcast on March 10 are available, use the code "adelaide" for a discount when booking early. Book here: https://www.trybooking.com/BABRY  2019 Melbourne Comedy Festival tickets now o...

Dave reports on the life of Charles Lindbergh, who rocketed to unparalleled world wide fame when he in 1927 he became the first person to fly from New York to Paris. Just when he was on top of the world, his son was kidnapped for ransom, in what has been dubbed "the crime of the century". The rest of his life was extremely controversial, involving Nazis and secret families... This is a truly wild...

It's our annual Chrish-Mish special! And because sequels are always such hits, it's a follow up to last year's Christmas Mysteries episode. Each of us did a mini report on a different Christmastime mystery, each more mysterious than the last... Recorded live at The Phoenix in London. 2019 Melbourne Comedy Festival tickets now on sale. Use the code "christmas" for a discount on tickets, including s...

This week's topic is the Waco Siege. Beginning in early 1993 after an ill fated raid on a compound outside of Waco, Texas, the Waco Siege was an unprecedented and tragic event in United States history. Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:  www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod  Submit a topic idea directly to the hat: dogoonpod.com/Submit-a-Topic  Twitter:  @DoGoOnPod  Instagram:  @DoGoOnPod...

Here are Do Go On HQ, we love a story of a WW2 Badass! This week we hear about the impressive life of Audie Murphy - decorated soldier, Hollywood actor and all round legend.    Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Submit a topic idea directly to the hat:  http://bit.ly/DoGoOnHat  Twitter:  @DoGoOnPod Instagram:  @DoGoOnPod Facebook:  https://www.facebook....

For our final show on our UK tour, we went out with a real bloody bang! Three mini reports on freaky / spooky / weird / unbelivable urban legends plus a lot of tangents and a lot of laughs! Hear the horrible tales of The Flatwoods Monster, The Highgate Vampire and Pluckley, the most haunted village in England. Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Twitter:...

This week's episode is about the making of the film, Roar, a film with the tagline is: “No animals were harmed in the making of this movie. 70 members of the cast and crew were.”  Recorded live at The Glee Club in Birmingham, it was a great fun time! Because I'm an idiot, I forgot to mention that Roar was suggested as a topic by listeners Denzel Arevalo, Ryan Malloy, Will Hughes, Casey L Probert a...

This week's episode is brought to you by Audible. Go to audible.com/dogoon or text dogoon to 500 500 to get started today. Our first show recorded on our UK tour is all about Agatha Christie. She's the best selling novelist of all time and the definitely the queen of the murder mystery genre... But in 1926, she created a real life mystery when she suddenly dissapeared from her home, resulting in o...

In France in the 18th Century there was a man known as Tarrare… and boy could he eat. By the age of seventeen he could eat his own weight in beef. An insatiable hunger led him to become a travelling performer, eating everything from snakes to stones to golden forks. A very funny but sometimes gross story, probably don’t listen to this one whilst eating. Our website: dogoonpod.com  Support the show...

On this special spooooky Halloween episode, Dave, Jess and Matt each tell a incredible true tale that'll have you pissing your pants!! There are ghosts, haunted dolls and reincarnations! Spooooooooooooooooky! Recorded live at Howler in Melbourne, this is the final episode of Blocktober, we hope you enjoy!  Our website: dogoonpod.com  Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes:  www.patre...

Our favourite tram driver / podcaster joins us for our MOST REQUESTED TOPIC EVER! The great man himself, Nick Mason, gives us a comprehensive background on Gotham's masked hero, Batman!  .... And naturally we go off on some tangents as well.  Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Check out Nick's podcast: https://www.planetbroadcasting.com/our-shows/the-we...

Well it's BLOCKBUSTERTOPHERGRACE ... FEST and this week we look at your #1 topic category - unsolved mystery! This story is wild and we were in a very silly mood so there are a lot of tangents also. And a lot of references to Australian TV shows from the 90's.  Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Submit a topic idea directly to the hat:  http://bit.ly/Do...

Which infamous serial killer has been called “The most prolific female murderer and the most prolific murderer of the western world’ by the Guiness Book of World Records? It's the Blood Countess, Elizabeth Bathory - a mass murdering noblewoman from the 17th century! This is the second episode of Blockbustober. The Do Go Oniverse is growing! As well as Matt's new podcast Prime Mates, Dave has just...

On October 30, 1938 Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre broadcast one of the most famous pieces of radio in history. An adaptation of the H.G Wells' science fiction classic 'The War Of The Worlds,' performed as a news broadcast. Thousands across the USA panicked as they mistook it for a real bulletin... But is that the whole story? This is the first episode of Blockbuster-Tober. Dave's new Book C...

What do you get when some clowns and some fire fighters walk into the same brothel? A straight up WAR. This week is a weird and wonderful story involving crooked cops, a religious order, some clowns and a bar fight. It's a lot of bloody fun!  Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: www.patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Submit a topic idea directly to the hat:  http://bit.ly/DoGoOnHat  Twitter: ...

In 1979 Robert Rozier was a talented American footballer with a promising career ahead of him, but things didn't pan out that way - his career was cut short and he ended up getting involved in a cult which lead him down a dark path. Our website: dogoonpod.com  Melbourne LIVE show on October 13th : https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/do-go-on-live/105917?&skin=4406&ref=hwlr  UK shows : https://dogo...

In the mid 1980s, NASA was struggling to capture the imagination of the American public like they once did. To promote the future of space travel, they decided to send a civilian into orbit aboard the Challenger Space Shuttle. A teacher named Christa McAuliffe was chosen to accompany six NASA astronauts. Sadly, with the world watching on, the Shuttle suddenly exploded 73 seconds after launch. It w...

To celebrate out 150th episode we decided to write three "mini" reports, each on a wild conspiracy theory. Recorded live at the Giant Dwarf Theatre in Sydney, this episode was so much fun. Keep reading for a list of conspiracies we talk about, or listen now and go in not knowing... Conspiracies covered on this episode include: Denver Aiport, Saddam Hussein's Stargate, Flat Earthers, Australia does...