The Boys of Death Row – Part One: A Body on the Line
On a Monday morning in November 1935, a battered man is found dead beside railway tracks in the Blue Mountains. The victim is revered and his death is a mystery. But Sydney police, led by murder exper...
11 Aug 202450min
The Masked Murderer
Originally released in 2019, this episode tells the story of a Saturday night stick-up in Sydney that went very, very wrong – leaving a mystery that has endured for nearly a century.My upcoming minise...
30 Juli 202459min
The Forgotten Man – Part Four: The Truth
One of Australia’s most respected journalists tells us about his early career on Sydney tabloid The Sun and how he got an exclusive interview with The Forgotten Man to ask the question: ‘Did you do it...
28 Juli 202441min
The Forgotten Man – Part Three: The Trial
The man accused of John Smillie’s murder finally has his day in court. But the verdict won’t settle the haunting question of his guilt or innocence.To support the show:Apple - http://apple.co/forgotte...
25 Juli 202458min
The Forgotten Man – Part Two: The Accused
Following new information, received six months after the murder of John Smillie, detectives from Sydney’s CIB swoop on their suspect. What happens next is decried as a travesty of justice.To support t...
21 Juli 202459min
The Forgotten Man – Part One: The Murder
In September 1935, John Smillie was shot dead in his taxi in western Sydney. Who had murdered this war veteran, loving husband and doting father? Was it a robbery gone wrong? A maniac with a grudge ag...
16 Juli 202448min
The Comic Book Killer
From 1946, Sydney’s Leonard Lawson was a hero to kids for creating the comic book The Lone Avenger. But in reality the young artist was a psychopathic villain responsible for crimes far more terrible ...
12 Juli 202438min
Weachurch: Werewolf of Pentridge – Part Three
A year after he's 'disappeared' into a solitary cage at Pentridge, Weachurch makes a last stab at freedom... and leaves behind a haunting legacy of resistance to injustice.Email: forgottenaustraliapod...
28 Juni 202445min
