The Christmas Murder – Part One

The Christmas Murder – Part One

Christmas Day 1952 saw three tragedies result in eight sudden deaths in Sydney. But the most haunting of these was the vicious murder of Shirley Butler, a 21-year-old woman whose body was found just a stone’s throw from her home in Waverton on the lower North Shore. Who had killed her and why? An army of detectives would scour the city for clues – and even authorise a world-first radio re-enactment of Shirley’s last tram journey.

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Bloody Murder in the Blue Mountains – Part Two

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 Mai 202341min

Bloody Murder in the Blue Mountains – Part One

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 Apr 202345min

The Notorious Lady Munro – Part Three: A Most Remarkable Woman

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 Apr 202353min

The Notorious Lady Munro – Part Two: Drunk Around the Universe

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 Apr 202350min

The Notorious Lady Munro – Part One: The Woman in the Waterhole

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 Apr 20231h 7min

Unholy War – The Salvation Army vs The Skeleton Army

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 Mar 20231h 7min

The Pashometer Craze – Measuring Aussie Sex Appeal In The 1930s

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 Mar 202344min

The Terrible Mr Thomas – Part Four

The Terrible Mr Thomas – Part Four

It’s July 1950 and Sydney detectives have Arthur Graham - aka Fred Stevens, aka Thomas Croft, aka Lionel Thomas – cornered in Perth. But can the man they suspect of multiple murders escape justice aga...

28 Feb 202338min

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