Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where we uncover the wildest, most legendary, and unbelievable true stories from history!

In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin "The Woodman" Woods unleash the blood-and-sand saga of Spartacus, the enslaved Thracian who fought his way out of the gladiator arena, built an army of tens of thousands of rebels, and sent shockwaves through the Roman Empire.

⚔️ From Slave to Soldier – How Spartacus went from captured Thracian to feared gladiator

🏹 The Great Escape – The daring breakout from the gladiator school at Capua with Kitchen tools

🔥 Rome in Panic – How Spartacus outwitted entire Roman legions again and again

⚰️ The Final Stand – The brutal end that turned him into an eternal symbol of resistance

At the end of the episode, we decide: Was Spartacus a true Bloomin’ Legend? Or just the luckiest gladiator in history?

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This is a Global Original podcast, produced by Ben Fairclough.

Executive Producer: Chris Janes

Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where we uncover the wildest, most legendary, and unbelievable true stories from history!

In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin "The Woodman" Woods dive into the jaw-dropping life of Charles Upham, the quiet New Zealand schoolteacher who became the only combat soldier to win the Victoria Cross twice. He took on tanks, leapt walls with a broken arm, and escaped German POW camps like it was a hobby.

🎖️ Double VC Madness – Why Upham’s bravery was so outrageous, they thought it was a typo

💥 One-Man Wrecking Machine – Grenades, ambushes, and battlefield miracles

🪖 Prison Breaks Galore – How he gave the Nazis hell in captivity

🇳🇿 The Most Reluctant Hero – Why he hated fame but became a national legend

At the end of the episode, we decide: Was Charles Upham a true Bloomin’ Legend? Or just a war machine with manners?

🎥 Watch the full episode on Radio X’s YouTube channel!

📲 Follow us on TikTok & Instagram: @BloominLegends

📩 Got your own legendary story? Whether epic, absurd, or just plain bonkers, send it to bloominlegends@global.com and we’ll decide if it’s Bloomin’ Legendary or not!

👉 Don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and review to help more people discover Bloomin’ Legends!

Listen now to all episodes on Global Player.

Download Global Player from your app store or visit www.globalplayer.com

This is a Global Original podcast, produced by Ben Fairclough.

Executive Producer: Chris Janes

Welcome back to Bloomin’ Legends! The podcast where we uncover the wildest, most legendary, and unbelievable true stories from history!

In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin "The Woodman" Woods explore the wildly inventive, mind-blowingly brilliant, and just a bit bizarre life of Leonardo da Vinci, the illegitimate son of a notary who went on to define the Renaissance. He painted the world’s most famous smile, dissected corpses for fun, and sketched helicopters 500 years before they existed.

🎨 Beyond the Mona Lisa – Why da Vinci’s notebooks were more explosive than his paintings

🧠 The Original Multi-Hyphenate – Artist, engineer, scientist, anatomist, dreamer, and occasional procrastinator

🚁 Future Tech in the 1400s – Flying machines, robots, and war inventions way ahead of their time

🕵️‍♂️ Secret Symbols & Smirks – What’s really going on in his most famous works?

At the end of the episode, we decide: Was Leonardo da Vinci a true Bloomin’ Legend? Or just an eccentric with a sketchbook and a good PR team?

🎥 Watch the full episode on Radio X’s YouTube channel!

📲 Follow us on TikTok & Instagram: @BloominLegends

📩 Got your own legendary story? Whether epic, absurd, or just plain bonkers, send it to bloominlegends@global.com and we’ll decide if it’s Bloomin’ Legendary or not!

👉 Don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and review to help more people discover Bloomin’ Legends!

Listen now to all episodes on Global Player.

Download Global Player from your app store or visit www.globalplayer.com

This is a Global Original podcast, produced by Ben Fairclough.

Executive Producer: Chris Janes