The Human Glove Mystery – Part One
On release for the first time since 2021, this classic true crime tale is up there with the Shark Arm and Pyjama Girl cases as a Depression-era shocker. On Christmas Day 1933, the discovery of a decay...
10 Mar 20241h 7min
Murder in the Treasury Gardens – Part Four: The Gallows of Gay Hate
With the survivor of the tragedy tried for murder, the only hope is an insanity defence and mercy from Melbourne’s most powerful men. To get in touch with Ancestry about your military family members: ...
3 Mar 202447min
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 Feb 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 Feb 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 Feb 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 Jan 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 Jan 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 Jan 202458min
