Bloody Murder in the Blue Mountains – Part Three
Even when the verdict is delivered in the Katoomba murder trial, the story is far from over – especially after the convicted man makes a startling allegation.Support Forgotten Australia:Apple - http:/...
10 Touko 202346min
Bloody Murder in the Blue Mountains – Part Two
In the wake of the gory outrage at the California, the accused faces an inquest and then his trial for murder. If he's found guilty, he'll be sentenced to death. But is he bad – or mad?Apple - http://...
7 Touko 202341min
Bloody Murder in the Blue Mountains – Part One
A mountains hotel. A locked room. Screams in the night and a body in the morning. The mystery of what happened in the California boarding house in Katoomba in autumn 1917 was like something by Agatha ...
30 Huhti 202345min
The Notorious Lady Munro – Part Three: A Most Remarkable Woman
Did Lady Justice favour Lady Munro? Would she have the last laugh on her copper nemesis? Has anyone ever faced court more often in Australian history or done it with more style? All will be revealed.....
19 Huhti 202353min
The Notorious Lady Munro – Part Two: Drunk Around the Universe
Having come back from the grave once, Lady Munro faces another close call with death, becomes ever-more popular in colonial culture and goes toe-to-toe with one of Australia's most prominent gentlemen...
16 Huhti 202350min
The Notorious Lady Munro – Part One: The Woman in the Waterhole
The eccentric Lady Munro cut a swathe through late colonial and early Federation Australia with her drunken antics, defiant unconventionality and mysterious claim to be from one of England’s most famo...
10 Huhti 20231h 7min
Unholy War – The Salvation Army vs The Skeleton Army
While The Salvation Army is now a beloved institution, 140 years ago its men and women were regularly the victims of violent assaults by larrikin hordes who marched under the skull and bones and calle...
27 Maalis 20231h 7min
The Pashometer Craze – Measuring Aussie Sex Appeal In The 1930s
“GIRLS ON PYLON SEX MACHINE”– it’s gotta be the weirdest newspaper headline of the 1930s. So what’s the strange story behind it? Join me for a plunge into the "Pashometer" craze that had Australians g...
13 Maalis 202344min
