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Bloody Legends

Bloody Legends

Written by: Charlie Fox
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You know Ed Hillary knocked off Everest. You probably don't know he spent a year in the Himalayas hunting the yeti, and came home with a scalp.

That's the show. New Zealand's legends, the names you already half-know, told properly. Not the school-assembly version. The version with the weird bits left in.

Bloody Legends takes one Kiwi an episode and goes three days deep. Explorers, athletes, war heroes, larrikins, scientists, crooks. Some you grew up with. Some got quietly written out. All of them stranger than the plaque suggests.

Charlie hosts, mostly on his own, which means telling the yarn and then stopping halfway through to argue with it. Because a fair bit of what we all reckon we know about our own history turns out to be shakier than we'd like.

Told like a yarn at the pub rather than a lecture at a museum.

New episodes fortnightly.

2026 Charlie Fox Social Sciences World
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  • Trailer

    Trailer
    Aug 26 2026

    Bloody Legends is a show that delves deep into larger-than-life Kiwi legends, uncovering the truth behind these legendary stories. The host explores the yarns and legends to filter out fact from fiction, putting every legendary character under the microscope. The show invites recommendations for legendary characters and emphasizes the importance of truth in storytelling.

    Takeaways

    • Exploring larger-than-life Kiwi legends
    • Uncovering the truth behind legendary stories

    Chapters

    • 00:00 Introduction to Bloody Legends
    • 00:34 The Yarn of Sir Edmund Hillary
    • 01:03 Joan Wiffin's Unrevealed Story
    • 01:29 Exploring Legendary Characters
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    2 mins
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