Murder in the Treasury Gardens – Part Three: Posing With Pistols
After having their photos taken holding hands and pointing pistols at each other, Ned and Charlie head for the Treasury Gardens. Only one will emerge alive – to face a fate worse than death as their p...
25 Helmi 202447min
Murder in the Treasury Gardens – Part Two: Romeo & Romeo
In 1871-1872, Ned Feeney and Charlie Marks were more than friends in a Melbourne where acting on homosexual desire might get you hanged. Using their letters to each other, we explore the mysteries of ...
18 Helmi 202439min
Murder in the Treasury Gardens – Part One: We Die Together
In 1872, Australia was shocked by a shooting in Melbourne’s Treasury Gardens. One man lay dead, the other lay nearby smoking a cigar. What had led these best friends to point their guns at each other?...
12 Helmi 202446min
The City Bank Axe Murders – Part Two
With the survivors of the bank massacre identifying the axe-wielding maniac, a frantic search is undertaken in western NSW. But if he’s caught, will he escape justice with a plea of insanity?Support F...
28 Tammi 202443min
The City Bank Axe Murders – Part One
In this first episode of the new season devoted to Crimes That Shocked Australia, we look at the 1893 horror that became known across the colonies as ‘The Carcoar Tragedy’. Set against the backdrop of...
24 Tammi 202438min
The Battle For Rothbury – Part Two
After police opened fire on miners at Rothbury on 16 December 1929, killing one man and seriously wounding several more, the battle for the hearts and minds of the Australian public began in the NSW a...
17 Tammi 202458min
The Battle For Rothbury – Part One
On 16 December 1929, at the Rothbury colliery near Newcastle, thousands of miners protesting against an illegal wage cut were fired on by police with tragic results. But the battle began long before t...
15 Tammi 202439min
Australia’s First Serial Killer Manhunt – Part Three
In San Francisco in February 1897 a trio of Australian police officers await the arrival of Frank Butler, wanted for the murder of three men in the Blue Mountains and beyond. While they’ll capture the...
7 Tammi 20241h 2min
