Eavesdroppin'

This week on Eavesdroppin' comedy podcast, Geordie & Michelle head to Nepal to unpack one of the most shocking and controversial royal stories of modern times... On 1 June 2001, a routine Friday night family dinner at the Narayanhiti Royal Palace ended in unimaginable tragedy when King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and seven other members of the Nepalese royal family were mercilessly gunned d...

This week on Eavesdroppin' podcast, hosts Geordie & Michelle dive into one of the internet's most chaotic legal rabbit holes - the case involving Laura Owens and former  Bachelor  lead Clayton Echard. When Clayton Echard from Season 26 of America's reality show The Bachelor, invited Laura Owens over to his house for a hook up, he never expected his life to be upended for more than th...

This week, Geordie & Michelle. veer into the eerie world of liminal spaces, alternate realities and the unsettling idea that there might be places that exist just beyond our own... Have you heard of the Elevator Game? What began as a South Korean urban legend evolved into an internet paranormal ritual, spreading through horror forums and social media. The premise is simple but unsettling:...

This week on Eavesdroppin' Comedy Podcast, Geordie and Michelle head to Georgia, USA, for a look at yet another McCracken Poston Jr case: Byron 'Low Tax' Looper... When political hopeful Byron Looper changed his middle name to "Low Tax" as a campaign stunt, people thought he was an ambitious yet harmless candidate. Then in 1998, Byron "Low Tax" Looper decided to run for state senate against incumb...

This week on Eavesdroppin' Comedy Podcast, Geordie and Michelle head to Idaho, USA, to untangle the disturbing case of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell... When Lori Vallow’s two children, JJ and Tylee, vanished without explanation, it exposed a shocking case with an outcome no one expected. This week, Geordie digs into Lori and Chad Daybell’s obsession with end-times prophecy, people as “light or dark...

This week on Eavesdroppin', Geordie and Michelle dive into the weird and wonderful world of epigenetics, inherited trauma, reincarnation and the possibility that your DNA might be carrying more than just your eye colour... Can fear really be passed down through generations? Why did a group of mice develop a terror of cherries after their parents were traumatised in a lab experiment? And could the...

This week on Eavesdroppin’, Geordie & Michelle dive into the baffling world of people who seem to vanish without a trace… We’ve all heard stories about mysterious disappearances, but some cases almost defy explanation. Did a series of young boys really walk out into the snow on various Christmas Eves and disappear into thin air, leaving footprints that seem to just stop? Is there any trut...

This week, Geordie & Michelle explore the brutal murder of Australian mother of two, Penny Pratt... When 27-year-old Penny Pratt checked herself into a psychiatric facility on the night of November 28, 2010, she believed she was entering a place of safety and care. Instead, over the course of just a few hours, a series of failures, bad decisions and missed opportunities would leave her vulnera...

This week, Geordie & Michelle explore the murky world of eugenics... Most parents want their kids to succeed, but what happens when parenting stops being encouragement and starts becoming engineering? This week, Geordie & Michelle look at the bizarre and tragic story of Hildegart Rodríguez — known as The Red Virgin. Born in Madrid in 1914, Hildegart was created by her mother, Aurora Rodríg...

This week, Geordie & Michelle dive into the life and work of the greatest children's author of all time, Roald Dahl... If you’ve ever read a book by Roald Dahl or watched one of the films inspired by his stories, you might assume his legacy begins and ends with some of the most beloved children’s books ever written. But that barely scratches the surface. Beyond his extraordinary imag...

On the back of Artemis 2 safely making it back to Earth, this week Geordie & Michelle are diving into all things space… When the Artemis 2 crew returned in early April, it was a genuinely historic moment. They travelled further from Earth than any humans before them, witnessed a solar eclipse from space, flew over craters and ancient lava flows never seen up close and orbited the far side of t...

This week, Geordie & Michelle dives look at hidden messages... If you were watching telly on the millennium New Year's Eve, you probably saw the word 'Eternity' emblazoned across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in gorgeous cursive handwriting. Like millions around the world, you probably had no idea of its significance and this week, Michelle digs into the mystery behind the man who wrote the word '...

This week, Geordie dives into the weird world of creepy masks... When Stanley Kubrick’s 1999 film Eyes Wide Shut first hit cinemas, there’s no way the director could’ve predicted what would come next. Not only would the film get swept up in conspiracy theories involving Jeffrey Epstein and shadowy elite cabals, but that one unforgettable scene would basically ruin Venetian...

This week, Geordie and Michelle are heading to Kingston, New York, for the true-life case that inspired the show Michelle is currently obsessed with, DTF St Louis... When Thomas Kolman was found in his car outside a gym in 2011, the case seemed to turn into something much darker involving a dentist called Gilberto Núñez. Firstly, the pair were friends. Secondly, Gilberto was doing the do with Thom...

Have you ever seen Gone Girl? This week, Geordie & Michelle look at a true-crime story of a home invasion that went pear-shaped... When a break-in in Vallejo, California, turned into a bizarre kidnapping case, Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn found themselves at the centre of a story that police — and the media — didn’t believe. What initially sounded like a real-life  Gone Girl  quick...

Geordie and Michelle head into the mountains this week with a series of high-altitude disasters — but what really happened out there? When when Michel Trudeau (son on Pierre and brother of Justin) organised a ski trip with a pal, no one expected him to be swept away by an avalanche. His body has never been recovered, leaving questions that still linger... Then there’s the recent tragedy...

Geordie and Michelle dive into two extraordinary alien abduction stories — or are they? When Marissa Littrell was searching for a college roommate who could provide a bit of support with her blindness, a girl named Raechel was recommended by a U.S. Air Force officer called Harry. At first, it all seemed perfectly ordinary… until it emerged that Harry was a UFO crash investigator and Raechel was hi...

Geordie and Michelle deep dive a confusing Australian true-crime case: Gilham family murders. In 1993 in Woronora, Australia, Stephen and Helen Gilham were stabbed to death, their house was set on fire and their son Christopher was found dead downstairs from multiple stab wounds. Older son, Jeffrey Gilham, claimed he had been sleeping in a boatshed in the back yard before rushing to the house afte...

On Eavesdroppin' comedy podcast, Geordie & Michelle ponder whether the moon landing was a small step or a giant hoax... Do you believe the Americans really landed on the moon? Most people do, but there’s always been a vocal group of conspiracy theorists who say otherwise. In this episode, Geordie dives into the origins of one of the biggest conspiracy theories of the 20th century: the idea tha...

On Eavesdroppin' comedy podcast, Geordie & Michelle look at a smooth-talkin' serial killer NOT called The Snake... Ever heard of a serial killer so smooth he made everyone think he was a nice guy who was helping them? That’s Charles Sobhraj — part conman, part celebrity criminal and known as The Serpent. Born in Saigon in 1944, he spent the 1970s drifting along Asia’s hippie trail, targeting f...

On Eavesdroppin' comedy podcast, Geordie & Michelle look at love stories old and new because they love love! How did you meet the love of your life? When Ryan McLeod got hit by a car, a stranger passing by rushed to his aid and stayed by his side until paramedics arrived. She also noticed he didn't have a wedding ring on... Listen now to how this story ends! Plus Geordie dives into the gothic...

On Eavesdroppin' comedy podcast, Geordie & Michelle look at two near-death experiences with uncanny similarities… In 1982, a woman called Karen in Alaska went into hospital for what was meant to be routine back surgery - and almost died on the operating table. When Ginette Biro went into hospital for a minor gynaecological procedure, she, too, almost died. Both had near-death experiences; both...

On Eavesdroppin' comedy podcast, Geordie and Michelle dive into the Dexter-style story of the plastic-sheet date - real? Or urban legend? You decide! Plus, Geordie looks at 5 top tips to avoid getting burgled and a substance known as Devil's Breath. What's that got to do with the true-crime death of Irish dancer Aidan Murphy? Or a woman's creepy encounter on the Tube with a woman wafting a paper a...

This week, Michelle shallow dives into the legend and folklore behind one of rock n' roll's most normal couples - Paul & Linda McCartney... When Paul and Linda met in 1967 at the Bag O Nails pub in London, you might think that it was all plain sailing from that first date to their wedding at Marylebone registry office 2 years later... Couldn't be further from the truth. There was shagging, the...

How do YOU feel about clowns? Are they cheerful entertainers who bring smiles to kids in hospitals—or creepy figures straight out of a nightmare? This week, Geordie revisits Brocarde—yes,  that  Brocarde, the woman who once claimed to be in love with a ghost named Edwardo. Well, this time she’s gone from Yorkshire all the way to Tonopah, Nevada, to visit the world-famous C...