Murder at Devils River - Part One: Bob Scott is Shot!

On 11 November 1863 – 160 years ago this month – history was made in Victoria when the murder of drunkard Bob Scott was avenged on the gallows in Melbourne Gaol.

But what had really happened when a midnight shot was fired in the darkness of a Devils River grog shanty?

Was justice done at the hands of the hangman?

Murder at Devil’s River - Part Two: I’m Innocent But I Know I’ll Hang will go general release on 23 November.

Murder at Devil’s River - Part Three: Australia’s First Femme Fatale will go general release on 27 November.

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