On the 6th of September, 2006, 51-year-old Susan Kuhnhausen returned to her Portland home to find an intruder wielding a hammer, this is her remarkable story.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 04:45 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

Content warning:

Violence, hammer related assault (main details at 00:15:19)

Previous murder details at 00:26:44

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Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/susan-kuhnhausen

https://www.wweek.com/news/2016/08/17/a-hit-man-came-to-kill-susan-kuhnhausen-she-survived-he-didnt/

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This week we hear the incredible story of some of the earliest paramedics, and the battle they faced in order to just do their jobs.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 06:07 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

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Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat

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Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com

Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas

Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/us/freedom-house-ambulance-service-congress.html

https://www.wqed.org/freedomhouse/

https://teamrubiconusa.org/news-and-stories/freedom-house-ambulance-service-a-legacy-of-life-saving-care/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_House_Ambulance_Service

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/405-freedom-house-ambulance-service/

https://magazine.atavist.com/2019/the-first-responders-paramedics-pittsburgh-civil-rights-ems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pGFo0OmfwY&t=3s

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After Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbour, Japanese Pilot Shigenori Nishikaichi needed a place to conduct an emergency landing. He had been told that the nearby Hawaiian island of Ni'ihau was uninhabited, but that intel was wrong. People did live there, and what's more - the island known as "The Forbidden Isle" has a very interesting history...

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 07:20 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).

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Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat

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Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/

Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/

Jess Writes A Rom-Com: https://shows.acast.com/jess-writes-a-rom-com

Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas

Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.

REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-hawaii-rent-free-forbidden-island-strict-rules-niihau-robinson-2025-8

https://www.historynet.com/niihau-incident/

https://www.messynessychic.com/2021/08/25/hawaiis-forbidden-island-and-the-real-life-swiss-family-robinson-who-controls-it/

https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2018/12/06/remembering-pearl-harbor-the-niihau-incident/

https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/japanese/hawaii-life-in-a-plantation-society/

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/japanese-american-incarceration

https://www.britannica.com/place/Niihau

https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2018/11/OF-10b-2054.pdf

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