The Entombed Miner
Forgotten Australia14 Maalis 2021

The Entombed Miner

In March 1907 Australia was gripped by the plight of Italian miner Modesto Varischetti, trapped deep underground and underwater at the Bonnie Vale gold mine in Western Australia. The Entombed Miner's only hope? A brave diver named Frank Hughes. To support the show and access bonus content: www.patreon.com/forgottenaustralia

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Arizona Ryan and the Sydney Shootout – Part One

Arizona Ryan and the Sydney Shootout – Part One

In 1919, in the Sydney slum of Surry Hills, a Chinese gunman shot more than a dozen people, triggering a dramatic police siege that was only ended by the violent intervention of a lone American vigila...

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To Live & Die in D.C. – Part Five: A Forensic Furore

To Live & Die in D.C. – Part Five: A Forensic Furore

With their suspect in custody, D.C. detectives still can’t celebrate because in Washington in 1972 seven out of every ten murderers go free. Forty years after the verdicts in these murder trials, the ...

17 Loka 202452min

To Live & Die in D.C.  – Part Four: A Killer Named Goliath

To Live & Die in D.C. – Part Four: A Killer Named Goliath

With another Washington woman murdered in identical circumstances to Sherry and Sharan, D.C. detectives finally have a suspect – but can they find the disturbed man who stalks the D.C. streets, hides ...

7 Loka 202439min

To Live & Die in D.C.  – Part Three: Dead Ends and Another Dead Woman

To Live & Die in D.C. – Part Three: Dead Ends and Another Dead Woman

Despite the best efforts of D.C. detectives and Sydney cops – including Senior Constable Roger Rogerson – Sherry and Sharan’s killer remains at large. When a breakthrough comes, it’ll be in the worst ...

30 Syys 202456min

To Live & Die in D.C.  – Part Two: A Race Against Time

To Live & Die in D.C. – Part Two: A Race Against Time

Sherry Frahm and Sharan Tapp settle into living and working in Washington. But it’s dangerous being a counter girl in a McDonald’s during D.C.’s ever-bloodier wave of senseless murders.The five-part m...

25 Syys 202458min

To Live & Die in D.C.  – Part One: Two Aussie Girls

To Live & Die in D.C. – Part One: Two Aussie Girls

In November 1971, at the exact moment that Prime Minister Billy McMahon’s wife Sonia stepped out in her infamously revealing dress at a White House dinner, Australian embassy officials in Washington w...

23 Syys 202451min

The Rise of Roger Rogerson – Part Two: Men Died Because of What He Did

The Rise of Roger Rogerson – Part Two: Men Died Because of What He Did

How was the 1976 case of armed robber Phillip Western a prototype for the “Green Light” that’d soon be given to Neddy Smith? Continuing our in-depth interview, veteran journalist Neil Mercer explains ...

19 Syys 202439min

The Rise of Roger Rogerson – Part One: All Hell Broke Loose

The Rise of Roger Rogerson – Part One: All Hell Broke Loose

How did a hero detective become Australia’s most notoriously corrupt killer cop? In an in-depth conversation, veteran journalist Neil Mercer talks about the Rogerson he interviewed and investigated, s...

16 Syys 202441min

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