Loose Units: The Podcast

A skydiving tragedy cuts deep, while closer to home, a stabbing takes place right near John and Christine's house.

In 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.

When 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.

John 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.

What 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.

John explains what happens when he was forced to chaperone rugby players whilst on duty, and Paul asks about John's skydiving prowess.

In 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.

Ex=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.

In this, the thrilling conclusion to John's story of a prison escapee turned department store brawler, Paul finds out that there have been some details long left buried - details now brought into the light.