33. The Real POW Camp From "The Great Escape” Movie
A prisoner-of-war camp in Poland hides the story of one of the greatest escapes in military history… an escape immortalized by the 1963 movie “The Great Escape” starring Steve McQueen.
Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward
Producer: Lewis Rumbol
Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter
Editor: Chris Scott
“Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Ward and historian Sascha Auerbach. Together they discuss abandoned things and places. Please be aware this is an unscripted discussion and whilst we try to ensure historic and factual accuracy, this isn’t always possible and as such ‘facts’ discussed may be the views and opinions of the presenters and should not be relied upon for historical accuracy.
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32. Colorado’s Gunslinging Ghost Town (+ Sascha & Tom React to Comments)
Head to the town of Victor, the epicentre of the bloody ‘Colorado Labor Wars’, and hear how the fight for miner’s rights involved dynamite booby-traps, train-bombs, and a mass shoot-out on main street.
Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward
Producer: Lewis Rumbol
Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter
Editor: Chris Scott
“Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Ward and historian Sascha Auerbach. Together they discuss abandoned things and places. Please be aware this is an unscripted discussion and whilst we try to ensure historic and factual accuracy, this isn’t always possible and as such ‘facts’ discussed may be the views and opinions of the presenters and should not be relied upon for historical accuracy.
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31. World’s Largest Nuclear Fallout Shelter
Why was the world’s biggest nuclear fallout shelter a spectacular failure and what was it doing in Switzerland!?
Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward
Producer: Lewis Rumbol
Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter
Editor: Chris Scott
“Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Ward and historian Sascha Auerbach. Together they discuss abandoned things and places. Please be aware this is an unscripted discussion and whilst we try to ensure historic and factual accuracy, this isn’t always possible and as such ‘facts’ discussed may be the views and opinions of the presenters and should not be relied upon for historical accuracy.
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30. Georgia’s Alien Research Facility
Hear how a cutting-edge scientific complex in rural Georgia helped the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and once came incredibly close to a jaw-dropping discovery.
Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward
Producer: Lewis Rumbol
Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter
Editor: Chris Scott
“Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Ward and historian Sascha Auerbach. Together they discuss abandoned things and places. Please be aware this is an unscripted discussion and whilst we try to ensure historic and factual accuracy, this isn’t always possible and as such ‘facts’ discussed may be the views and opinions of the presenters and should not be relied upon for historical accuracy.
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29. Taiwan’s Giant Propaganda Speaker
Discover how a gigantic speaker was part of a fascinating battle between the Chinese Communist Party and Taiwan for control of a small but strategically important island.
Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward
Producer: Lewis Rumbol
Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter
Editor: Chris Scott
“Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Ward and historian Sascha Auerbach. Together they discuss abandoned things and places. Please be aware this is an unscripted discussion and whilst we try to ensure historic and factual accuracy, this isn’t always possible and as such ‘facts’ discussed may be the views and opinions of the presenters and should not be relied upon for historical accuracy.
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About Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned
The world is littered with abandoned ruins. Places where you can’t help but wonder - where did everyone go? Join historian Sascha Auerbach, and comedian Tom Ward, as they reveal the incredible stories behind eerie ghost towns, ruined mansions, forgotten factories, crumbling castles, wartime relics, haunted prisons, and much more.
With insightful interviews from local experts, laugh-out-loud comedy and fascinating nuggets of weird history – Where Did Everyone Go? is an entertaining journey to the world’s most remarkable abandoned places. From the producers of the Forbidden History podcast.
Listen to Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned, No Such Thing As A Fish and many other podcasts from around the world with the radio.net app
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