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Forgotten Australia

Forgotten Australia

232 Episodes • By Forgotten Australia • forgottenaustralia.com/
Created by Michael Adams, author of The Murder Squad and Hanging Ned Kelly, Forgotten Australia delves deep into bloody crimes, dark histories, unsolved mysteries, eccentric personalities and bizarre happenings that are almost always stranger than fiction. Each episode brings to life people and even ...more
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The Nature of the Scorpion – Part One
Forgotten fiend George Blunderfield left a trail of ... more
Apr 21 2024 36m
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Nightmare on the Night Train – Part Three
Trapped in Melbourne in bizarre circumstances, Herbe... more
Apr 17 2024 31m
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Nightmare on the Night Train – Part Two
How did Herbert Kopit become the most wanted man in ... more
Apr 14 2024 39m
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Nightmare on the Night Train – Part One
It's just after dawn on 2 April 1936 at Brisbane's C... more
Apr 11 2024 35m
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Your Stories: ‘My Great-Great Grandfather was a Serial Killer!’
In Victoria in September 1883, moments before he was... more
Mar 28 2024 51m
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The Human Glove Mystery – Part Two
With ‘The Human Glove’ murder trial just about over,... more
Mar 17 2024 51m
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The Human Glove Mystery – Part One
On release for the first time since 2021, this class... more
Mar 10 2024 1h 7m
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Murder in the Treasury Gardens – Part Four: The Gallows of Gay Hate
With the survivor of the tragedy tried for murder, t... more
Mar 3 2024 47m
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Murder in the Treasury Gardens – Part Three: Posing With Pistols
After having their photos taken holding hands and po... more
Feb 25 2024 47m
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Murder in the Treasury Gardens – Part Two: Romeo & Romeo
In 1871-1872, Ned Feeney and Charlie Marks were more... more
Feb 18 2024 39m
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Murder in the Treasury Gardens – Part One: We Die Together
In 1872, Australia was shocked by a shooting in Melb... more
Feb 12 2024 46m
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The City Bank Axe Murders – Part Two
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Jan 28 2024 43m
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The City Bank Axe Murders – Part One
In this first episode of the new season devoted to C... more
Jan 24 2024 38m
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The Battle For Rothbury – Part Two
After police opened fire on miners at Rothbury on 16... more
Jan 17 2024 58m
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The Battle For Rothbury – Part One
On 16 December 1929, at the Rothbury colliery near N... more
Jan 15 2024 39m
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Australia’s First Serial Killer Manhunt – Part Three
In San Francisco in February 1897 a trio of Australi... more
Jan 7 2024 1h 2m
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Australia’s First Serial Killer Manhunt – Part Two
With the alarm raised about three missing miners, Sy... more
Dec 31 2023 51m
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Australia’s First Serial Killer Manhunt – Part One
In 1896 a cold-blooded serial killer calling himself... more
Dec 30 2023 51m
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Free Beer For All!
Nearly a century before cocaine bundles started wash... more
Dec 28 2023 45m
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When Santa Broke Into Pentridge
It was the criminal Christmas miracle to warm the ha... more
Dec 20 2023 32m
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The Birth of the Bodgies
In December 1950, Australia was under threat from a ... more
Dec 18 2023 39m
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How The Bikini Conquered Bondi Beach
Once upon a time not too long ago, wearing a bikini ... more
Dec 10 2023 52m
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In the Execution of Their Duty
On the 3rd of January 1931, Sydney suffered one of t... more
Nov 29 2023 39m
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Murder at Devils River - Part Three: Australia’s First Femme Fatale
To colonial Australia, Betsy Scott had become ‘femal... more
Nov 26 2023 47m
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Murder at Devils River - Part Two: I’m Innocent But I’ll Know I’ll Hang
With Mansfield police arresting Bob Scott’s murderer... more
Nov 22 2023 40m
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