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... almost!


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The Mysterious Case Of Jack The Rapper

The Mysterious Case Of Jack The Rapper

In winter 1950 a dark old house in Melbourne — owned by an elderly dying widow — was terrorised by nightly visitations from a fiend who was nicknamed "Jack The Rapper". Like something of out a classic...

24 Jun 202047min

The Aussie Who Saved JFK — Part Two

The Aussie Who Saved JFK — Part Two

WWII Aussie coastwatcher Reg Evans rescued John F. Kennedy in the Pacific in 1943 but his world-changing role in history would be left out of media articles and campaign propaganda that sought to emph...

22 Mai 202053min

The Aussie Who Saved JFK — Part One

The Aussie Who Saved JFK — Part One

Sixty years ago this month JFK won the West Virginia primary — a decisive moment for his campaign — and he did so with a low-blow political move meant to showcase him as a naval war hero. But not even...

15 Mai 202043min

Anzac Story — Killer Kinsela

Anzac Story — Killer Kinsela

John Kinsela is an Aboriginal man, a Vietnam veteran, a two-time Olympic wrestler and a survivor of PTSD and cancer who was awarded the OAM in 2017 for his work with Circle Sentencing, a western Sydne...

24 Apr 202043min

Australia's First Supermodel — Part Two

Australia's First Supermodel — Part Two

Having achieved fame as a fashion model in Paris and London by 1935, Margaret Vyner set her sights on the movies — finding her first substantial film role in the most unexpected place, just as she’d s...

7 Feb 202049min

Australia's First Supermodel — Part One

Australia's First Supermodel — Part One

In August 1934 — more than half a century before Elle Macpherson was dubbed “The Body” by Time magazine — Sydney teenager Margaret Vyner was acclaimed as Australia’s first celebrity model when she cau...

31 Jan 202047min

Tracker Riley: Outback Hero — Part Three

Tracker Riley: Outback Hero — Part Three

After helping to catch serial killer Mad Mossy, Tracker Riley became Australia's most-decorated Aboriginal policeman, yet he still faced racism — with tragic circumstances. For more information: www.f...

12 Jan 202043min

Tracker Riley: Outback Hero — Part Two

Tracker Riley: Outback Hero — Part Two

In the Dubbo region in the mid-to-late 1930s, Aboriginal tracker Alexander Riley worked three high-profile murder investigations — including bringing serial killer "Mad Mossy" to justice. For more inf...

4 Jan 202043min

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