Australia’s First Serial Killer Manhunt – Part One
In 1896 a cold-blooded serial killer calling himself Frank Butler advertised for mining partners in Sydney newspapers. Those who went west with him to the Blue Mountains were never seen alive again. Y...
30 Des 202351min
Free Beer For All!
Nearly a century before cocaine bundles started washing up on the Sydney coast, the city’s citizens clamoured to recover a different sort of illicit bounty from the sea: kegs of beer that’d floated fr...
28 Des 202345min
When Santa Broke Into Pentridge
It was the criminal Christmas miracle to warm the hardest heart. During the festive season in 1951, Pentridge prisoners got a surprise visit from Santa, aka the cheeky crook Harold 'Dusty' Sheehan, wh...
20 Des 202332min
The Birth of the Bodgies
In December 1950, Australia was under threat from a new menace to society: sex-crazed Bodgies and Widgies. This youth ‘cult’ indulged in wild orgies and violent crime sprees and its ranks teemed with ...
18 Des 202339min
How The Bikini Conquered Bondi Beach
Once upon a time not too long ago, wearing a bikini on Australia’s most famous stretch of sand meant you risked the wrath of veteran Bondi Beach inspector Aub Laidlaw. Show too much skin and he’d kick...
10 Des 202352min
In the Execution of Their Duty
On the 3rd of January 1931, Sydney suffered one of the worst days in Australian police history — the result of a trauma that had festered since a "White Feather" taunt from the Great War.*This episode...
29 Nov 202339min
Murder at Devils River - Part Three: Australia’s First Femme Fatale
To colonial Australia, Betsy Scott had become a ‘female monster’ – all the more dangerous and diabolical for being alluring and attractive. But how much did this image influence her fate?Support Forgo...
26 Nov 202347min
Murder at Devils River - Part Two: I’m Innocent But I’ll Know I’ll Hang
With Mansfield police arresting Bob Scott’s murderer, the case looks like it’ll be closed quickly. But revelations before the cops reach Devil’s River will cause a sensation – and leave the Victorian ...
22 Nov 202340min
