Episode 267 - The Showman - Part 1
Patrick John Daly, a showman, who was born at Barnawartha Victoria, had a string of horse stealing charges in the early 1900s in several states of Australia. He went by the professional names of P.H M...
14 Huhti 40min
Episode 266 - Furness V Furness
Mrs Thompson, a mother of five daughters and a son, accusedher newly acquired son-in-law of having married her 15 year old daughter without her consent. The Melbourne Herald reported on the same day t...
12 Huhti 40min
Episode 265 - George Coppin - Part 2
George Selth Coppin was a comedian, impresario and entrepreneur, and was a driving force in early Australian theatre.
7 Huhti 22min
Episode 265 - George Coppin - Part 1
George Selth Coppin was a comedian, impresario andentrepreneur, and was a driving force in early Australian theatre.
4 Huhti 42min
Episode 264 - William Woodfall
In Jan 1901 at Grenfell NSW, William Woodfall, the accountant at the Union Bank, disappeared. The bank found a discrepency of 4100 pounds.
1 Huhti 26min
Episode 263 - Burton's Circus
I was chatting to a member of my local historical societyand he mentioned how in the research of his books in local pubs in our area (Deniliquin NSW),that one publican was a circus owner! It immediate...
28 Maalis 49min
Episode 262 - Amy Stone
Amy Stone was born Amanda Porter in 1840 in Massachusetts, USA. She married, Henry F. Stone, known as Harry, on the 16 Sept 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Harry was her personal manager and she u...
25 Maalis 32min
Episode 261 - The Skater
Frederick Richardson had four marriages, six children, a fling with a fifteen-year-old that led to a seventh child, two divorces, one bigamy prosecution, a charge for wife desertion, and another char...
22 Maalis 30min
