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Fred Kroll was a native New Yorker, the grandson of Belarussian immigrants, a second world war veteran, and a genius in the world of toys and games.

In 1978, his latest invention caught the toy business by surprise and more than held its own against that year's Christmas must haves: Star Wars, Barbie, Skateboards, Speak & Spell, and the new wave of electronic gaming.

If you're familiar with Homer, Henry, Harry and Lizzie, then this is the episode for you, or maybe you just want to learn the history of one the bestselling games of all time. One that's still going strong today.

Listen quick because there's still time to ask Santa Claus to leave Fred Kroll's gift to the world in your Christmas stocking.

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Serbian, Duško Popov was a good looking, exquisitely dressed, multi-lingual international playboy and, as codename Ivan, he was the top spy for the German Military Intelligence (Abwehr) in the Second World War.

But, under the codename Tricycle, the same Duško Popov was also leading dangerous espionage missions for MI6 and the British.

J. Edgar Hoover, a glamorous film star, and a future novelist all cross his path for better or for worse.

Join us for another fascinating Honourable Mentions with a twist in the tale.

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At the beginning of the 20th century, copper was the most sought after natural resource on earth, used for new technologies like electricity, telephone wires, indoor plumbing and the newfangled motor car, and, under the little Mexican town of Nacozari, in Sonora, they had copper a plenty.

The busy railroad delivered tools needed by the Polaris mine, collected copper ore, and transported the raw material up to Arizona for smelting.

The railroad also employed local heartthrob and hero, Jesus Garcia Corona, and when the whole town was threatened with dynamite and disaster, there was only one man who could save them and become the Héroe de Nacozari.

This is the astonishing tale of selfless bravery, heartbreak, Dia del Ferrocarrilero, and, of course, fortune telling chickens.

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