Imagine What I Could Do To You

Originally published in 2018. RIP Adrian Street: 1940-2023. The Exotic Adrian Street grew up in a three generation family of Welsh coal miners, but he wasn’t destined to be in the dark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Three decades ago, American hypnotist Larry Garrett committed himself to abstaining from the news. So, in 2001, when he received a phone call inviting him to Iraq, he said yes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Love and Radio has launched a new mini-series on CBC! Split Screen: Thrill Seekers follows the story of 12 reality TV show contestants who were promise the thrill of a lifetime. Listen to the entire series here: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/1426-split-screen-kid-nation ... Show More

Kirsty Young asks the author Irvine Welsh what advice he would give his younger self.Welsh became a literary sensation when his first novel, Trainspotting, was published in 1993. The film adaptation that followed made him a star. But before that he'd gone from being a punk in Lon ... Show More

August 16th: Eric Nesbitt Killed (1996) One night can change everything. On August 16th 1996 two young men who were looking for some beer money made a decision that would end up costing a stranger his life and send one of them into a decade long legal battle.  https://murderpedia ... Show More

Australia has a dark chapter of history that many are still learning about. Following European settlement, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were removed from their families and forced into non-Indigenous society. The trauma and abuse they experienced left deep scars ... Show More

Griffin grew up in a family whose illustrious life defined them. But beneath their fame were the secrets that shaped his world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

[SPONSORISÉ] Philippe Pacque a été surnommé "l'Epervier d'Amiens", fondant sur ses proies quand il a poignardé au printemps 1983 trois jeunes femmes dans la ville picarde, sans les tuer, puis assassinant une adolescente prise en auto-stop. Condamné une première fois à la réclusio ... Show More

Bamm is one of the most beloved, feared, and respected people in the history of Shreveport, Louisiana. He grew up in The Bottoms, a once legendary and vibrant neighborhood known for music, wild celebration, and tragic violence. The Bottoms was ultimately wiped off the face of the ... Show More

There have been many miners killed across the UK, in a series of terrible accidents in an industry that has always been known as dangerous. But when we think of coal mining disasters they tend to be in the 18th and 19th centuries, including the worst mining disaster in UK history ... Show More

In 2004, 29 people were killed by members of the Cinta Larga tribe in Brazil’s Amazon basin. The story shocked the country – but the truth of what happened is still being fought over By Alex Cuadros. Read by Felipe Pacheco. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.c ... Show More

We chat with Rick Sturgill, a retired coal miner and electrician from Letcher County in South East Kentucky. Rick is a straight shooter, he calls things like he sees them. And, having spent most of his life around coal, he has a lot of sobering things to say about working in coal ... Show More

Jeremy Bentham began planning for his death at a young age. He wrote a will in 1769, at the age of 21. But how did this philosopher’s dead body wind up on display in a university student center?