Introducing Bloomin' Legends! - Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods
We Can Be Weirdos
Global
4.9 • 793 Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Welcome 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 unravel the insane life of Grigori Rasputin, the Siberian peasant-turned-mystic who mesmerized Russian royalty, dodged death multiple times, and inspired a disco hit.
What You’ll Hear in This Episode:
⚡ Rasputin’s Wild Origins – From a wandering Siberian peasant to a feared mystic
💀 His Infamous Assassination – Poisoned, shot, beaten, drowned… yet he STILL wouldn’t die
🏰 How He Seduced the Russian Royal Court – And why the Tsarina thought he was sent by God
🎶 The Boney M Factor – How Rasputin became a disco legend centuries later
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