Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods
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Calamity Jane: Tall tales from the Wild Wests 'Horseback Trump'
October 7, 2026 · 44 minIn the Wild West, you didn’t need receipts. You just needed a good story — and Calamity Jane had hundreds of them. She said she was a crack shot. An army scout. A battlefield hero. Wild Bill Hickok’s lover. Possibly his wife. Possibly the…
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Benevolent Dictators, Cold Plunges & A Pub Queue Revolt
October 4, 2026 · 20 minA pub near Waterloo. One enormous queue down the middle of the room. Two bartenders standing idle at either end. And one man, several pints in, who decides he's had enough. The Extra Legendary Bit is where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin "The…
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He invented the police and London hated him - Sir Robert Peel
September 30, 2026 · 56 minIn 1815, there were over 200 crimes in Britain that could get you hanged. Wrecking a fish pond. Stealing from a rabbit warren. Damaging a road. The man who started dismantling that list is the same man who invented the modern police force…
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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Titanic's Food System
September 27, 2026 · 13 min40,000 eggs. 75,000lb of fresh meat. One Atlantic crossing. After our Titanic episode, listener Bazil sent in the stat Johnny and Gav have been craving, and it sends The Extra Legendary Bit straight down a rabbit hole of floating…
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Blackbeard: The Most Feared Pirate in History
September 23, 2026 · 48 minHe is the most famous pirate who has ever lived. The template for every terrifying pirate since. And he managed all of it in roughly two years. He braided his enormous beard, tied it with ribbons, and wore slow-burning fuses under his hat…
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The Extra Legendary Bit: Mafia Punishments, Wrestling Moves & a Chindit in Burma
September 20, 2026 · 18 minThe mafia didn't just kill people. They made the punishment fit the crime, and Johnny and Gav have worked out exactly how the poetic justice system operated. Say the boss has his head up his own arse and you'll be found in a very literal…
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"This Man Won the War" – Hugh Dowding
September 16, 2026 · 51 minIt is genuinely rare that you can point at one man and say he won the war. This is one of those times. He was nicknamed "Stuffy." He had no swagger, no flamboyance, and no interest in popularity. He won the Battle of Britain with radar…
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The Extra Legendary Bit: The Car Salesman Who Passed Himself Off as a War Hero
September 13, 2026 · 16 minHe convinced a room of actual airline pilots that he flew Boeing 757s for their own airline. He spent months letting a pub believe he was flying Hercules missions in the Gulf War. He was bought drinks and introduced as a war hero. He was…