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Loose Units: The Podcast
The true crime book Loose Units, out now through Penguin Publishing (and in bookstores everywhere), had one thing it couldn't do: it couldn't fit everything. So each week, Paul and John will sit down and delve into cases too surreal, brief or...
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23. Mum Reveals All about Department Store Brawl
22:48||Season 6, Ep. 23In this very special bonus episode, Christine tells her side of the department store prison escapee story, revealing what it was like to see John fight with the suspect, being kicked in ths stomach during the brawl (whilst heavily pregnant), and what happened next.
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22. Whose Body Did Dad Dig Up?
39:35||Season 6, Ep. 22When a young John, working in forensics, dug up a body in the middle of Kurangai Chase National Park in the early eighties, he had no idea whose body it was. Until now.21. Plummeting Out of the Sky - Part Two
39:31||Season 6, Ep. 21John explains just how loose he and his skydiving buddies got before jumps - and how a mis-timed exit almost spelled the end for a friend.20. Plummeting Out of the Sky - Part One
35:26||Season 6, Ep. 20What makes someone want to fling themselves out of a plane, over and over? Is it the same impulse that makes someone want to be a cop? This week, Paul interrogates his dad about what compelled him to skydive over and over - and what made him finally stop.19. It Takes Balls to Hate Rugby.
31:28||Season 6, Ep. 19John explains what happens when he was forced to chaperone rugby players whilst on duty, and Paul asks about John's skydiving prowess.18. John Gets Stalked
27:02||Season 6, Ep. 18In this (sort of) bonus episode, John delivers a story - mere hours old - of his being stalked whilst hauling priceless silver. Then, he tells Paul an untold tale of a member of the New South Wales Police Band getting in way over his head.17. Surprisingly Horny
29:35||Season 6, Ep. 17Ex=cop John Verhoeven has claimed to have played trumpet in front of teeming crowds, and Paul has mocked these claims over the years. But this week, an unearthed photo has Paul eating humble pie. Also: the latest on the traffic accident which broke Paul's elbow last week.