The Cairns Grenade Murders Part 1
On a hot night in January 1946, two women were cold-bloodedly murdered with a grenade in the centre of Cairns. In this three-part special episode - based on the original police murder file - we take a...
10 Okt 202240min
Hanging Ned Kelly – A Special Audio Preview
Note: This episode - like all old and new regular episodes - is free for everyone to listen to. I'm very pleased to present an exclusive audio version of the first 20 pages of my new book Hanging Ned ...
25 Sep 202241min
Sydney's Wildest Woman
While 1950s eccentrics Bea Miles and Rosaleen Norton are well remembered, Luba Shishova was twice as wild yet she's all but forgotten. Dubbed a ‘one-woman Russian Revolution’, this chaotic beauty cut ...
12 Sep 202255min
Farewell, Henry Lawson... World's First Screenwriter?
On this day in 1922, Henry Lawson died at the age of 55. In this episode, we revisit his death and the pomp, circumstance and furore of his funeral, while also weighing the claim the Aussie bard of th...
1 Sep 202243min
The Vampire Murder – Part Five: A Life & Death Trial
After the discovery of new evidence, the police and the crown prosecutor are determined to see Dot's killer swing from the gallows at Long Bay Gaol.To support Forgotten Australia: patreon.com/forgotte...
13 Aug 202256min
The Vampire Murder – Part Four: 'Miss X' Spills Her Secrets
With the coronial inquest used to build a case against the chief suspect in the murder of Dot Everett, witness 'Miss X' tells the court sordid stories about the man she's sure is a brutal sex maniac.Y...
10 Aug 202250min
The Vampire Murder — Part Two: Manhunt for a Maniac
In the days following the discovery of Dot Everett's body, Newcastle police are joined by a star Sydney CIB detective. They have to catch the killer before he strikes again. Part 3 of The Vampire Murd...
3 Aug 202241min
