Cheeky Tales

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLLLLL GAMMMMMEEEEE. Except it's the early 1900's, there's lead in everything, and you're about to watch some of the most unhinged sportsman there ever was. Listen this week as John takes us through, as he calls them, the 4 Horseman of Baseball, and we learn all about their crazy, and strangely often violent, antics.

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Sometimes the best thing you can do is tell the truth. Maybe Richard Nixon should have learnt that in his younger years, as this week on Cheeky Tales Aaron takes us through the scandal that gave us the suffix '-gate'. Listen to all the bad decision after bad decision from a President that led to his resignation.

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Down Periscope! Well it only took us 2 episodes to cram a ship tale into the second 100 episodes of this podcast, but Sean was not the person we expected to tell the story! Join us this week for an underwater tale of discovery and exploration as John and Aaron learn all about the daring voyage of the USS Nautilus.

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The name's Tales, Cheeky Tales. This week on the podcast John takes us through the last of his three part miniseries, Ian Fleming, better know as the author of the James Bond novels. Listen as Fleming gets the inspiration for Bond and goes through the process of developing the manuscripts. Listen to his life story, before listening to the story of the man he created.

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We've done it. 100 episodes of us talking mostly nonsense with poorly written and researched scripts. This week the three of us go through the history of our show, reminiscing and updating any new information that has come through. Take a stroll down memory lane together with us.

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We're back on the high seas this week, although this time it's a lot colder than most stories we've told. We return to the Antarctic with Aaron running John and Sean through the tale of Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance, a story of survival with few rivals. Listen along as we learn the history of this voyage, and the hardships the men on it had to endure. Find the video version on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/@CheekyTalesPod

We go back to two of our favourite topics (as we do every 2-4 episodes) and hit boats and WWII, this time as part of John's 3 part connected series. Listen as John takes Aaron through the of Operation Postmaster, a daring and risky raid that many in the British Armed Forces thought could trigger Spain joining the Nazi's in WWII. How did this raid lead to a hollywood movie? Find out on this week's Cheeky Tales. Find the video versi...

Darwin was a vibrant and fun city in the 1970's. At least until Cyclone Tracy blew in on Christmas morning of 1974, carving a path of destruction unlike many we've seen in this country. This week, in an episode written while under the looming spectre of Cyclone Alfred in Brisbane a couple weeks ago, Aaron takes John and Sean through the tale of Australia's most notorious cyclone. Find the video version on Youtube! https://www.yout...

We're hitting two favourites in one again with World Wars and boats that go under the sea. This week John takes us through the history of the humble Submarine, one of the coolest inventions in human history. From 'person breathing through long stick' to the modern day Nuclear Subs, learn along with the boys as they get surprisingly close to German translations.

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It's not a phase! Edgar Allan Poe is a gothic icon, and we're sure you've heard of his work. If not, maybe crack open a book sometime! Or just listen to this episode, which requires no reading whatsoever, and hear the soothing voice of Aaron guiding John and Sean through the life and death of Edgar Allan Poe. It's basically ASMR, really.

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You know it, you love it, it's back for it's third year, it's the Medley of Madness! This year Sean turned to his lovely wife for an idea, and she gave the idea of a game show! Aaron and John battle it out across three different topics to see who knows the most! Hint: It's a stitch up.

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We've fallen on New Years, and that means John has taken the easy shot and nailed it with New Years traditions from around the world. Join us as he takes Aaron and Sean through some of the most common, and some of the weirdest, traditions that New Years Eve (Old Years Day) has to offer. You can also get treated to Aaron's beautiful singing.

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Christmas is a time of cheer, love, and happiness. Except when it isn't. Aaron struggled to find uplifting stories so decided to steer into the skid and run us through some of the worst Christmas' that anyone has ever experienced. If you'd like to feel better about spending Christmas with the in-laws, this is the episode for you!

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Quite often when you get a name like 'Unkillable' it ends poorly for you. But in the case of Adrian Carton de Wiart, it might well have been the most apt nickname there ever was. Join us this week as John takes Aaron through the tale of this absolute hero who defied the odds time and time again to leave a badass story in his wake.

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The police may never have been able to solve this mystery, but we're pretty sure we have. And we take down a big name celebrity and a bunch of potential podcast sponsors in the process. Because we don't care about anything but the truth. Listen in as truth seeker Aaron takes open minded John and Sean through the tale of the disappearance of the Patanela.

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Have you ever had a plan go so spectacularly wrong that you were still hearing about it centuries later? And even worse, they celebrate it by using the very thing you were trying to use? Join us this week as John takes Aaron and Sean through the tale of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder plot, on it's 419th anniversary. Find the video version on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/@CheekyTalesPod

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It's time for another Spook-Tacular as we hit the spooky season again. For the first time Aaron gets to take us through a haunting tale, literally! This week Aaron takes John and producer Sean through the tale of the Bell Witch, one of North America's most spooky hauntings. Prepare to think every bump in the night is a spooky ghoul! Find the video version on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/@CheekyTalesPod

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You know the saying 'a kernal of truth'? Well this week we find the little kernals in a bunch of Fairy Tales, as John takes Aaron through the true stories behind some of our favourite Fairy Tales. Shout out to the Brothers Grimm! Find the video version on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/@CheekyTalesPod

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