The Something Wicked Podcast

Neighbours and Home & Away served up sugar and sanctimony, with unrealistic kids and fat old men like Harold and Alf, whereas Prisoner Cell Block H was pure, chaotic brilliance — brutally violent, hilarious, and packed with great characters like Bea, Lizzie and Vinegar Tits.

We look at some of history's most famous hoaxes. Crop Circles - two old blokes with planks and rope or something more mysterious? Was the impressive Alien Autopsy actually a recreation of real footage? And were there really Bogus Social Workers looking to snatch kids?!

Was 14 year old Ronald Hunkeler (aka Ro-land Doe) really possessed or did Catholic priests just want an excuse to hang out in his bedroom? After examining the case which inspired Blatty, we get into Friedkin's masterpiece which still freaks us out today.

Inspired by Arthur C. Clarke’s brilliant books and TV shows, we examine telekinesis, stigmata and spontaneous human combustion. We also look at famous hauntings such as The Enfield Poltergeist and The Black Monk of Pontefract before bending our minds around Uri Geller - did he really bend spoons or just the truth?

Must be summit in t’water up Yorkshire way. We chelp on about reet gormless Donald Neilson who shoved lass down drain, bad ’un Michael Sams who kept woman in’t bin, and daft-as-a-brush Karen Matthews who nabbed her own bairn. Then there’s some buggerlugs messin' wit' baby grub and tins of chum—though he weren’t from round ’ere.

We're back with  The Return of the Seven , as the lads find themselves foreigners in their own country, renovating a stately home in Derbyshire before heading off to another dodgy job in sunny Spain. Series 2 brings us brilliant new characters like the crooked Ally Fraser and the unforgettable Arthur 'Tiger' Pringle. We spotlight Oz's finest moments, celebrate Tim Spall's stand...

What a right pair of miserable moaning Meldrews we are on this one as we choose our pet(ty) hates. We're right though!

Having somehow made it to 100 episodes, we take a look back on the origins of the pod, and why we do it, before getting into some of our favourite episodes. We also highlight the moments you, our fantastic listeners, have enjoyed.

In 1983, we met Dennis, Nev, Oz, Barry, Wayne, Moxey and Bomber — seven very different men packed into a cold hut on a Düsseldorf building site. We revisit this classic and choose our favourite moments. Warning: It's adult and liable to cause offence!

Paul Sykes was a heavyweight boxer, career criminal, and self-proclaimed expert in violence — who once battered a shark. David Charlton, on the other hand, preferred soiling himself and making life hell for everyone around him. Both found fleeting fame through two unforgettable prison documentaries and left indelible marks on numerous lives, faces and bed sheets.

Saxon are true heavy metal survivors. For 50 years, they've powered through setbacks and changing trends, led by no-nonsense Yorkshireman Biff Byford. With classic Spinal Tap moments, dodgy hair (and hairpieces), a disgraced bassist, and endless cups of tea, their story is as loud and proud as their music.

In the 70s and 80s, kids’ TV wasn’t afraid to get weird. Shows like  The Phoenix and the Carpet , Blake’s 7 ,  Chocky ,  Children of the Stones , and Gerry Anderson’s sci-fi epics threw us into dark, strange, and unsettling worlds. No patronising, no sugar-coating — just bold, brain-bending stories that stuck with a generation.

We take a nostalgic look at the imported shows we loved as kids—from the heartfelt drama of  The Incredible Hulk  to the high-energy action of  The Six Million Dollar Man  and the confusing, chaotic madness of  Monkey!

The deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife certainly left us puzzled, sparking a look into other mysterious celebrity deaths. Did Hollywood icon Natalie Wood fall into the water, or was she pushed? And was Jill Dando murdered by a Serbian hitman or a former roller-skating daredevil?

Whether you were a Tiswas or Swap Shop kid, preferred Magpie to Blue Peter, there was plenty of memorable kids TV in the 70s and 80s, an era defined by the boundless enthusiasm of John Noakes, Johnny Ball, Roy Castle and Cheggers. There was also the escapades of 'Murphy's Mob', the self-defeating 'Why Don't You?' and the boring chaos of 'We Are The Champions'

We take a nostalgic, Clangers-like trip through the arched window, celebrating the programmes we grew up with, from the tatty charm of Pipkins and the enduring adorability of Sweep to the horror of fun sponge Bungle.

When police arrested David Fuller for murder they uncovered a secret life they could barely believe. A bizarre link to an 80's soft rock band leads us to other rock and pop perverts such as Tam Paton, manager of the Bay City Rollers.

The 90s was a great decade for movies and we celebrate some lesser-known ones which we consider underrated or undervalued.

We pick our favourite Christmas songs and films whilst trying not to repeat what we said last year. As you'd expect, there's plenty of bah-humbug and middle-aged moaning.

From 'Dr Terror's House of Horrors' to 'From Beyond the Grave' we explore the wonderful world of Amicus and choose our favourite stories from the seven Portmanteaus.

We speculate who will get Lineker's job on Match of the Day and also get into the Day of the Jackal remake, Clarkson, Prescott and the Trump circus.

The internet had a good day when Gary revealed his massive son to the world. We also discuss other celebrity off-spring which leads to Richard Pryor, John Williams, Roy Kinnear and then the US election where another massive son helped his Dad become president again.

Is Arthur Leigh Allen really The Zodiac or a victim of harassment and lies? We examine the claims in the new Netflix documentary and take a look into this fascinating case.

Roll up your jacket sleeves and dance like a prick as we look back at 80s chart music, with the likes of Level 42, Spandau Ballet, Hue & Cry and the magnificent Mr David Van Day.