The Year Is 1969 - Part 1 - The King Is Back

The King is back. Red Richardson returns and brings with him knowledge of a bygone era in 1969, when the legendary Summer of '69 Woodstock Festival takes place, and Rupert Murdoch buys the largest selling British Sunday phone hacking newspaper The News of The World. Also we learn a lot about how much time Red spent on his honeymoon speaking to Bobby, as well as Death Island, and play a very exciting game of Shag, Marry, Kill.

Bobby and Red had a lot to catch up on so this is a two parter, and you can catch part 2 on our Patreon later this week, where we discuss John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "Bed-In" for peace, the earliest confirmed case of HIV/AIDS in North America, and members of the Charles Manson family cult kill Sharon Tate, and four friends.

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What obscure or significant events did we miss from the history of 1969? Let us know your favourite historical facts from that year, or if have any suggestions for other years for us to do an episode on send us an email to [email protected]

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