Blood on the Rocks

In the latest episode of Blood on the Rocks, I talk about the disappearance of the USS Cyclops, the biggest ship under the command of the US Navy. This is followed up by a clip from Talk Spooky to Me about missing children in the ww2 era. Social Media: www.Facebook.com/bloodontherocks www.Twitter.com/thebloodyrocks www.Instagram.com/thebloodyrocks Email: BOTRpodcast@gmail.com Discord chat: https://discord.gg/uqxjqHm Intro/Outro music by Akshay Tailor Intermission Music by Nox Arcana (noxarcana.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A special episode to mark the 100 Year Anniversary of Armistice Day 11/11/1918. With a short World War One related episode from each of 13 podcasts involved. Podcasts taking part in this collaboration in order of appearance are: Cutting Class - German Corpse Factory Your Brain on Facts - Interesting and Improvised Weapons Strange Animals - Animals in WW1 All Bad Things - North Carolina's Role in WW1 Based on a true Story - Matahari Ignorance Was Bliss -PTSD Human Circus - Hugh Gibson's Road Trip Soulstory - Veteran Cosmetic Masks Folklore on the Rocks - U28 Creature Stories of Yore and Yours - The Waste Lands, poem by T.S. Elliot Uncanny Japan - Senninbari Bunny Trails - Phrases Related to WW1 Blood on the Rocks - Choctaw Code Talkers Social Media: www.Facebook.com/bloodontherocks www.Twitter.com/thebloodyrocks www.Instagram.com/thebloodyrocks Email: BOTRpodcast@gmail.com Intro/Outro music by Akshay Tailor Intermission Music by Nox Arcana (noxarcana.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest episode of Blood on the Rocks, I kick off the first in a series of World War One era topics. This week, I talk about the First World War in general, Going over the European theatre, African Theatre, trench warfare, aftermath, some battles, and more. Social Media: www.Facebook.com/bloodontherocks www.Twitter.com/thebloodyrocks www.Instagram.com/thebloodyrocks Email: BOTRpodcast@gmail.com Discord chat: https://discord.gg/uqxjqHm Intro/Outro music by Akshay Tailor Intermission Music by Nox Arcana (noxarcana.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest episode of Blood on the Rocks, I talk about some supernatural happenings in Southeast Asia. Beginning with a large scale haunting which affected multiple schools, closing one of them for days, and then some other examples of supernatural mass hysteria in Southeast Asia. Finishing up, two stories of possessions by a phi pop, and one story that highlights the effect that superstitious rumours can have on people if used maliciously. Social Media: www.Facebook.com/bloodontherocks www.Twitter.com/thebloodyrocks www.Instagram.com/thebloodyrocks Email: BOTRpodcast@gmail.com Discord chat: https://discord.gg/uqxjqHm Intro/Outro music by Akshay Tailor Intermission Music by Nox Arcana (noxarcana.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest episode of Blood on the Rocks, I talk about the 1871 Chinese Massacre in Los Angeles, California, USA where rising tensions caused by media and socioeconomic events led to the lynching of 17-20 Chinese men in the Calle de los Negros of the frontier town, Los Angeles. With 500 members of the mob and hundreds of witnesses, nobody was punished, and the massacre was hidden away. Social Media: www.Facebook.com/bloodontherocks www.Twitter.com/thebloodyrocks www.Instagram.com/thebloodyrocks Email: BOTRpodcast@gmail.com Discord chat: https://discord.gg/uqxjqHm Intro/Outro music by Akshay Tailor Intermission Music by Nox Arcana (noxarcana.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest episode of Blood on the Rocks, I talk about Dr Karl Patterson Schmidt; a herpetologist who documented the details of his own death after being bitten by a venomous boomslang snake in 1957. Social Media: www.Facebook.com/bloodontherocks www.Twitter.com/thebloodyrocks www.Instagram.com/thebloodyrocks Email: BOTRpodcast@gmail.com Discord chat: https://discord.gg/uqxjqHm Intro/Outro music by Akshay Tailor Intermission Music by Nox Arcana (noxarcana.com) A part of the Murder.ly true crime network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest episode of Blood on the Rocks, I'm joined by Mark Vincent; author and lecturer. We talk about the Russian serial killer Vasili Komarov (or Komaroff) who killed 33 people during the 1920s, followed up by the Korean Axe Murder Incident which nearly caused the US and South Korea to go to war with North Korea over just one tree. Social Media: www.Facebook.com/bloodontherocks www.Twitter.com/thebloodyrocks www.Instagram.com/thebloodyrocks Email: BOTRpodcast@gmail.com Discord chat: https://discord.gg/uqxjqHm Intro/Outro music by Akshay Tailor Intermission Music by Nox Arcana (noxarcana.com) A part of the Murder.ly true crime network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest episode of Blood on the Rocks, I'm joined by Moxie La Bouche of Your Brain On Facts podcast! We talk about some infamous appetites of history. First up, I talk about the insatiable Frenchman, Tarrare from the last 1700s. This is followed up by the incestuous and cannibalistic Scottish family; The Sawney Bean Clan. Social Media: www.Facebook.com/bloodontherocks www.Twitter.com/thebloodyrocks www.Instagram.com/thebloodyrocks Email: BOTRpodcast@gmail.com Discord chat: https://discord.gg/uqxjqHm Intro/Outro music by Akshay Tailor Intermission Music by Nox Arcana (noxarcana.com) A part of the Murder.ly true crime network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest episode of Blood on the Rocks, I talk about the renowned surgeon Robert Liston who was known for his surgical skill and speed in a pre-anaethesia medical world. This is followed up by the unsolved Glico Morinaga case where multiple food corporations in Japan were targeted and blackmailed by a group that called themselves 'The Monster With 21 Faces'. Social Media: www.Facebook.com/bloodontherocks www.Twitter.com/thebloodyrocks www.Instagram.com/thebloodyrocks Email: BOTRpodcast@gmail.com Discord chat: https://discord.gg/uqxjqHm Intro/Outro music by Akshay Tailor Intermission Music by Nox Arcana (noxarcana.com) A part of the Murder.ly true crime network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest episode of Blood on the Rocks, I'm joined by Javier Leiva of Pretend Radio. He talks about some of his experiences with his show including a topic that didn't make the show! Following this, I talk about the legendary 'Mellified Man' which is a rumoured type of corpse medicine in which elderly men volunteer to have themselves turned into a honeyed cadaver to create a cure-all. Social Media: www.Facebook.com/bloodontherocks www.Twitter.com/thebloodyrocks www.Instagram.com/thebloodyrocks Email: BOTRpodcast@gmail.com Discord chat: https://discord.gg/uqxjqHm Intro/Outro music by Akshay Tailor Intermission Music by Nox Arcana (noxarcana.com) A part of the Murder.ly true crime network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest episode of Blood on the Rocks, I'm joined by Mark Bullen; translator, author of Thief in Law, and ex-UK law enforcement on tattoos in Russian speaking crime gangs. We talk about their history, and the tattoos themselves; giving some light on how they're like a language in themselves. Social Media: www.Facebook.com/bloodontherocks www.Twitter.com/thebloodyrocks www.Instagram.com/thebloodyrocks Email: BOTRpodcast@gmail.com Discord chat: https://discord.gg/uqxjqHm Intro/Outro music by Akshay Tailor Intermission Music by Nox Arcana (noxarcana.com) A part of the Murder.ly true crime network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest episode of Blood on the Rocks, I'll take you back to the mid-late 800's with the trial of Pope Formosus 8 months after his death during a time that has been called "The lowest point of the papacy.". Social Media: www.Facebook.com/bloodontherocks www.Twitter.com/thebloodyrocks www.Instagram.com/thebloodyrocks Email: BOTRpodcast@gmail.com Discord chat: https://discord.gg/uqxjqHm Intro/Outro music by Akshay Tailor Intermission Music by Nox Arcana (noxarcana.com) A part of the Murder.ly true crime network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest episode of Blood on the Rocks, I'll talk about the criminal defence of Automatism; particularly in the case of sleepwalkers that kill such as in the R. v. Parks case of 1987 and a few other examples in passing. Social Media: www.Facebook.com/bloodontherocks www.Twitter.com/thebloodyrocks www.Instagram.com/thebloodyrocks Email: BOTRpodcast@gmail.com Discord chat: https://discord.gg/uqxjqHm Intro/Outro music by Akshay Tailor Intermission Music by Nox Arcana (noxarcana.com) A part of the Murder.ly true crime network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NOTICE: I've been trying out some new audio things which has improved the quality of Bob's audio but mine seems to have been somewhat sub-par this episode. This shouldn't be too much of an issue however as this episode is mostly led by Bob. Thanks for listening! In the latest episode of Blood on the Rocks, I'm joined by special guest Bob Van Laerhoven and we talk about his experiences of the Bosnian War including atrocities he witnessed or received personal accounts of, as well as his book 'Return to Hiroshima', and his current life running a reserve for horses with his wife Carolyn who is an equitherapist. About Bob Van LaerhovenBob van Laerhoven was born on August 8th 1953 in the sandy soil of Antwerp’s Kempen, a region in Flanders (Belgium),bordering to The Netherlands, where according to the cliché ‘pig-headed clodhoppers’ live. This perhaps explains why he started to write stories at a particularly young age. DEBUT Van Laerhoven made his debut as a novelist in 1985 with ” Night Game.” He quickly became known for his ‘un-Flemish’ style: he writes colorful, kaleidoscopic novels in which the fate of the individual is closely related to broad social transformations. His style slowly evolved in his later novels to embrace more personal themes while continuing to branch out into the world at large. International flair has become his trademark. AVID TRAVELLER Bob Van Laerhoven became a full-time author in 1990. The context of his stories isn’t invented behind his desk; rather it is rooted in personal experience. As a freelance travel writer, for example, he explored conflicts and trouble-spots across the globe from 1990 to 2004. Echoes of his experiences on the road also trickle through in his novels. Somalia, Liberia, Sudan, Gaza, Iran, Mozambique, Burundi, Lebanon, Iraq, Myanmar… to name but a few. MASS MURDERS During the Bosnian war, Van Laerhoven spent part of 1992 in the besieged city of Sarajevo. Three years later he was working for MSF—Doctors without frontiers—in the Bosnian city of Tuzla during the NATO bombings. At that moment the refugees arrived from the Muslim enclave of Srebrenica. Van Laerhoven was the first writer from the Low Countries to be given the chance to speak to the refugees. His conversations resulted in a travel book: “ Srebrenica. Testimony to a Mass Murder.” The book denounces the rape and torture of the Muslim population of this Bosnian-Serbian enclave and is based on first-hand testimonies. He also concludes that mass murders took place, an idea that was questioned at the time but later proven accurate. Check out Bob’s Website at http://www.bobvanlaerhoven.be/en. Social Media: www.Facebook.com/bloodontherocks www.Twitter.com/thebloodyrocks www.Instagram.com/thebloodyrocks Email: BOTRpodcast@gmail.com Discord chat: https://discord.gg/uqxjqHm Intro/Outro music by Akshay Tailor Intermission Music by Nox Arcana (noxarcana.com) A part of the Murder.ly true crime network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest episode of Blood on the Rocks, I'm joined again by Rachel and David from All Bad Things! We talk about the disastrous first Anglo-Afghan War and the eventual 1842 Retreat from Kabul that led to the loss of an entire army in a masterclass of poor leadership. Social Media: www.Facebook.com/bloodontherocks www.Twitter.com/thebloodyrocks www.Instagram.com/thebloodyrocks Email: BOTRpodcast@gmail.com Discord chat: https://discord.gg/uqxjqHm Intro/Outro music by Akshay Tailor Intermission Music by Nox Arcana (noxarcana.com) A part of the Murder.ly true crime network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest episode of Blood on the Rocks, We're going back to some true crime of the 1800s and I'll be talking about the Serial Killer, Catherine Wilson. Known for befriending her victims and administering her main method of killing: Colchicine Poisoning. She would become the last woman to be hung in public in London. Social Media: www.Facebook.com/bloodontherocks www.Twitter.com/thebloodyrocks www.Instagram.com/thebloodyrocks Email: BOTRpodcast@gmail.com Discord chat: https://discord.gg/uqxjqHm Intro/Outro music by Akshay Tailor Intermission Music by Nox Arcana (noxarcana.com) A part of the Murder.ly true crime network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest episode of Blood on the Rocks, I'll be taking you to the the 1300s during the Hundred Years War between the Kingdoms of England and France. In Particular, Black Monday 1360; a natural disaster that caused a nine year truce. This will be followed up by a trip back to the skies of the Second World War in 1943 where I'll talk about the Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler Incident where a German Fighter Pilot Ace risked his life to save the lives of nine crewmen of an American B-17F Bomber. Social Media: www.Facebook.com/bloodontherocks www.Twitter.com/thebloodyrocks www.Instagram.com/thebloodyrocks Email: BOTRpodcast@gmail.com Discord chat: https://discord.gg/uqxjqHm Intro/Outro music by Akshay Tailor Intermission Music by Nox Arcana (noxarcana.com) A part of the Murder.ly true crime network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest episode of Blood on the Rocks, I'll be talking about 'psychic surgery' originating in the Philippines and Brazil and occurring to this day. This is followed up by a look at one of my favourite assassination attempts for sheer absurdity. In one of seven attempts on King Louis Philippe I's life during his time as King, Giuseppe Marco Fieschi and his conspirators built his 'Machine Infernale' to bring an abrupt end to a reign. Sorry about the episode being late! I'll try to be more on the ball but it's been a super busy couple of weeks! Hope you enjoy the show. Social Media: www.Facebook.com/bloodontherocks www.Twitter.com/thebloodyrocks www.Instagram.com/thebloodyrocks Email: BOTRpodcast@gmail.com Discord chat: https://discord.gg/uqxjqHm Intro/Outro music by Akshay Tailor Intermission Music by Nox Arcana (noxarcana.com) A part of the Murder.ly true crime network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest episode of Blood on the Rocks, I'm doing things a little different. Join me as I talk about one of England's most well known pranksters, William Horace de Vere Cole would return from his active service and recovery to gain a taste for hijinks. This episode I'll tell you all about them. Social Media: www.Facebook.com/bloodontherocks www.Twitter.com/thebloodyrocks www.Instagram.com/thebloodyrocks Email: BOTRpodcast@gmail.com Discord chat: https://discord.gg/uqxjqHm Intro/Outro music by Akshay Tailor Intermission Music by Nox Arcana (noxarcana.com) A part of the Murder.ly true crime network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest episode of Blood on the Rocks, join me as I talk about Air Raids in World War 2 Europe and the horrors of man made firestorms. The first section of the episode talks about the escalation of air raid bombing campaigns with the Blitz, other air raids in Britain, and 'Area Bombing' followed by the effects of white phosphorous munitions. After this, we move on to some case studies of the Allied Bombings of Dresden and Pforzheim, and the experiences of victims of such attacks. Social Media: www.Facebook.com/bloodontherocks www.Twitter.com/thebloodyrocks www.Instagram.com/thebloodyrocks Email: BOTRpodcast@gmail.com Discord chat: https://discord.gg/uqxjqHm Intro/Outro music by Akshay Tailor Intermission Music by Nox Arcana (noxarcana.com) A part of the Murder.ly true crime network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices