We're the Battling B*stards of Bataan, No Mama, No Papa, No Uncle Sam, No aunts, no uncles, no cousins, no nieces, No pills, no planes, no artillery pieces, And nobody gives a damn! In 1945, the US

The Balvano train disaster, also known as The Black Market Express, was the deadliest railway accident in Italian history and one of the worst railway disasters ever. Listen to "The Breakdown" h

Debbie Scaling was desperately looking for help. She had been hired to deliver a luxury yacht, Trashman, to its new owner in Fort Lauderdale. The owner of this sleek 58-foot Alden luxury sailing yacht

The Double Sunrise service was formed in 1943 to re-establish the AustraliaEngland air link that had been cut due to the fall of Singapore in 1942. The service initially operated from its base in Ned

Time for a nice sit down chat with one of our fine women in blue. Constable B is a member of the Western Australian Police and an avid fan of history and an all-round awesome chick! I hope you enjoy

The blast blew out windows and sent metal fragments flying, ripping through walls and wooden beams inside the Prince Edward Island courthouse, shattering the stillness of a fall Monday morning. It was

On 17 December 1967, Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming in the sea near Portsea, Victoria. An enormous search operation was mounted in and around Cheviot Beach, b

Coming straight at you with the force of a Japanese capitol city leveling bomb!  It's breakdown time yo! Join us as we stumble our way through the events of the Japanese mini-sub attack on Sydney harbour and play an outrageous game of "You Sunk...

Now, just because Australia was never successfully invaded during WWII, does not mean the plans were not thrown around in a few different war rooms. In early 1942 elements of the Imperial Japanese Navy proposed an invasion of Australia. In the end,...

In this somewhat stumbling, somewhat intoxicated edition of The Breakdown, we discuss the history of the Hawkesbury river region,  discuss brown doodle noodles, who would be the genocide MVP and the question everyone wants to know- Why isn't it...