The Plague Of 1900 — Part One: The Rats Must Die
It's New Year's Day 1900 and Sydney is celebrating on this sunny day. But Dr Ashburton Thompson, NSW's chief medical officer, knows that darkness is coming over the horizon in the form of Bubonic Plag...
12 Juli 202045min
The Mysterious Case Of Jack The Rapper
In winter 1950 a dark old house in Melbourne — owned by an elderly dying widow — was terrorised by nightly visitations from a fiend who was nicknamed "Jack The Rapper". Like something of out a classic...
24 Juni 202047min
The Aussie Who Saved JFK — Part Two
WWII Aussie coastwatcher Reg Evans rescued John F. Kennedy in the Pacific in 1943 but his world-changing role in history would be left out of media articles and campaign propaganda that sought to emph...
22 Maj 202053min
The Aussie Who Saved JFK — Part One
Sixty years ago this month JFK won the West Virginia primary — a decisive moment for his campaign — and he did so with a low-blow political move meant to showcase him as a naval war hero. But not even...
15 Maj 202043min
Anzac Story — Killer Kinsela
John Kinsela is an Aboriginal man, a Vietnam veteran, a two-time Olympic wrestler and a survivor of PTSD and cancer who was awarded the OAM in 2017 for his work with Circle Sentencing, a western Sydne...
24 Apr 202043min
Australia's First Supermodel — Part Two
Having achieved fame as a fashion model in Paris and London by 1935, Margaret Vyner set her sights on the movies — finding her first substantial film role in the most unexpected place, just as she’d s...
7 Feb 202049min
Australia's First Supermodel — Part One
In August 1934 — more than half a century before Elle Macpherson was dubbed “The Body” by Time magazine — Sydney teenager Margaret Vyner was acclaimed as Australia’s first celebrity model when she cau...
31 Jan 202047min
Tracker Riley: Outback Hero — Part Three
After helping to catch serial killer Mad Mossy, Tracker Riley became Australia's most-decorated Aboriginal policeman, yet he still faced racism — with tragic circumstances. For more information: www.f...
12 Jan 202043min
