Episode 247 - Ettie Benn - Part 1
Ethel Benn was an extraordinarily athletic thief who never learned from her mistakes.
21 Jan 32min
Episode 246 - Esther Eggers
Esther Eggers was born Esther Ann Reardon in Sydney in 1896. She first features in public documents as a 15 year old and was still committing misdemeanors in her late forties.
18 Jan 51min
Shorts Episode #28 - John Wagner
John Wagner was born in Canada in 1827. He emigrated in 1852 via California to Melbourne. During his travels, he recognized the difficulty of transport over long distances and in Australia developed a...
14 Jan 17min
Episode 245 - Masterman Scoringi
Charles Thomas Scoringi Jnr was born in 1891 in New Zealand. He was in trouble with the law as a young boy, and committed crimes both in NZ and Australia. Interestingly, in all but one case, targeted ...
14 Jan 37min
Shorts Episode 27 - The De Luca Brothers
In 1894, Albert and Vincent De Luca aged only 12 and 10 were charged under the Industrialised Schools Act in Sydney of leaving their home. Joseph De Luca, their father, wasthe complainant. What became...
10 Jan 24min
Episode 244 - The Housebreaker
May Eileen Wood was dubbed in the press as the ‘Notorious Woman Housebreaker’.She was born in Busselton WA in 1895 to John Wood and Ellen Thurkle.
10 Jan 37min
Episode 243 - The Countess of Kenmare
Born into the Lindeman wine family, in Burwood NSW in 1892, Enid Maud Lindeman had an upbringing befitting a young lady, but she longed to escape colonial life. She was married four times. Enid's firs...
7 Jan 44min
Episode 242 - The Coull Family Tragedy
In the early hours of Sunday 3 Nov 1913 Mrs Kate Fox wassavagely attacked in her home on the farm ‘Osborne Farm’ near Berrigan NSW.Her brother Alexander and niece Hilda were also set upon. *Warning th...
3 Jan 34min
