Family History Mysteries

In 1936, Ernest Montague was described in thenewspapers as a ‘callous bigamist’ who had four aliases – Ernest James Kendrick, Graeme Monte Winston Chisholm, Kenneth Raymond Kelsey and John Montague.

12 Nov 202522min

Pretty Dulcie was one of the many names the press coined Dulcie May Markham . She was attracted to, and associated with, many majorcriminals of the 1930s, 1940's and 1950s. She closely involved with S...

12 Nov 202532min

The McCaughey brothers were prominent pastoralists who emigrated to Australia from Ireland. They were the sons of Francis McCaughey, farmer and merchant, and his wifeEliza Wilson.

8 Nov 202528min

Joining me in this episode is the most prolific true crime author in Australian history (Herald Sun & ABC Radio) Roy Maloy. A proud Wadawurrung man, and Melbourne based crime writer who has published ...

5 Nov 202556min

The Countess of Belmore was born Gloria Anthea Harker in 1915 in Perth WA. She was the daughter of Herbert Bryant Harker, a merchant clerk who was born in England, and Lilian Morris. Gloria married Ma...

1 Nov 202518min

Montague Charles Burney was born in Hampshire England in September 1852, but his birthdate changed with every charge he had in Australia! He was born into a respectable English family, but after a cha...

1 Nov 202547min

In 1926, Nell Stead and her sister boarded a ship from Melbourne to Ceylon (today’s Sri Lanka). Their father organized the trip after Nell and Erin had been nursing their ill mother in the final two y...

29 Okt 202541min

An article featured in the Illustrated Australian News in November 1867, titled “A LADY SWINDLER”:"It appears that for a length of time the lady has been in the habit of visiting lodging houses and in...

26 Okt 202533min