The Carvery - Part One
How does John feel about superheroes? And how do he and Paul find their way to the front door of a terrifying two-part story? Plus, Paul rec...
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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...
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20 of 589 episodesTOYS!
What toys did John always want as a kid but never get? And how will he and Paul go from toys to decapitations in a matter of minutes? It's t...
Dusting for Prints
After a terrifying story about exploding toilets, John and Paul take a walk down memory lane, back to a day when John tried to teach a young...
John's Test Results
How did John fare in his assessment during his time in the fingerprints division back in 1984? This episode, we find out - and we also disco...
From A***hole to Breakfast
What did John's superiors really think of him? Also, an explosion in the Verhoeven house creates utter chaos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
Stabbings, Skydiving and Suitcases
A skydiving tragedy cuts deep, while closer to home, a stabbing takes place right near John and Christine's house. Hosted on Acast. See acas...
Mum Reveals All about Department Store Brawl
In this very special bonus episode, Christine tells her side of the department store prison escapee story, revealing what it was like to see...
Whose Body Did Dad Dig Up?
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 w...
Plummeting Out of the Sky - Part Two
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. H...
Plummeting Out of the Sky - Part One
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...
It Takes Balls to Hate Rugby.
John explains what happens when he was forced to chaperone rugby players whilst on duty, and Paul asks about John's skydiving prowess. Hoste...
John Gets Stalked
In this (sort of) bonus episode, John delivers a story - mere hours old - of his being stalked whilst hauling priceless silver. Then, he tel...
Surprisingly Horny
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 th...
He Flew Through the Air, Your Honour.
In this, the thrilling conclusion to John's story of a prison escapee turned department store brawler, Paul finds out that there have been s...
BONUS EP: Sentencing Snafu
Thanks to an intrepid listener, we now know what in certain parts of the world, sentences CAN be comically long. John and Paul hopped on the...
I'll See You in Court!
Paul reveals a piece of historic evidence: a newspaper clipping from the 1980s which tells the true, untold story of John and Christine's en...
All-Out Brawl in a Department Store
Two off-duty cops, John and a pregnant Christine, encounter a certain prison escapee slash shoplifter in a department store. What happens ne...
He Doesn't Look Strong Enough (To Lift Shops)
Paul unearths a newspaper clipping that puts one of John's most iconic cases under the microscope - but before they can get to the crime its...
On Your Marks
John tries to take Paul inside the head of a first-time burglar, before Paul walks John through the transfer papers that saw a Constable get...
Applying for a Transfer
Last week, John's grades at school looked set to threaten his psospects as a cop - but how'd he do with his grades when he actually WAS a co...