The Compendium Podcast: An assembly of fascinating and intriguing things! Podcast
1) Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: The Coughing Scandal Exposed.
A quiz show champion reaches the million-pound question just as suspicious coughs ignite one of Britain’s biggest TV scandals. We revisit the case of Charles Ingram to explore the evidence, the media ...Show More
2) Guy Fawkes: Treason, Torture, and the Birth of Bonfire Night
In this episode we trace Guy Fawkes’s role in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, explore how it was actually Robert Catesby’s who was the mastermind behind the conspiracy against King James I, and how this f...Show More
3) Frida Kahlo: Pain, Politics, and the Self-Portraits That Made an Icon
In this episode of The Compendium, we trace Frida Kahlo’s life: the accident that changed her body, the revolutionary art she refused to apologise for, and the bold self-portraits that made her an ico...Show More
4) Fyre Festival: The Greatest Party That Never Happened
This episode investigates how Fyre Festival went from an Instagram-powered luxury fantasy to an infamous disaster, tracing Billy McFarland’s rise and fall, the influencer machine, and how hype overtoo...Show More
5) [Bonus] It's Raining Meat
Bizarre 1876 Kentucky “meat shower” explored by Horrifying History — raw meat falling from the sky, wild theories, and unsettling mystery in a crossover episode of The Compendium.
6) The Mushroom Murderer: Erin Patterson’s Deadly Family Lunch and the Trial that Shocked the World.
A seemingly innocuous family lunch in Leongatha became the scene of one of Australia’s most chilling poisonings. Erin Patterson was convicted of murdering three in-laws with death cap mushrooms and at...Show More
7) Space Cadets: How A British Reality Show Convinced Contestants They Were In Space
In 2005, Channel 4’s Space Cadets convinced contestants they had been blasted into orbit. This episode unpacks the elaborate hoax, from Ipswich airbases to fake shuttles, and asks why they believed.
8) Aileen Wuornos: Queen of the Serial Killers
The life and crimes of Aileen Wuornos, from a childhood of abuse to the highway murders, trial, and execution. Today we're asking whether she was the most notorious female serial killer in American hi...Show More
9) Reeva Steenkamp: The Night Oscar Pistorius Pulled the Trigger
In this episode of The Compendium, we examine the life and death of Reeva Steenkamp, the trial of Oscar Pistorius, and the legal battles that followed, exploring themes of violence, justice, and the c...Show More
10) Monster of Florence: The Real-Life Horror Behind an Italian Legend
A deep-dive narrative into the Monster of Florence case, tracing the brutal double murders in Tuscany, the controversial trials of Pietro Pacciani, and the lingering questions that keep the case unsol...Show More