Morpeth Moments
It will feature stories about murder, unfortunate tragedies and other crimes - all involving people that were in some way connected to the village of Morpeth, NSW. . . as convicts, soldiers and settlers made this area their home, stayed for a while to discover their niche or moved on to seek their f
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True Crime
Charles Hines last person hanged at Maitland Gaol
Charles Hines, condemned to death by the Chief Justi...
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Sep 28 2023 30m
Michael McMahon - 15th person hanged at Maitland Gaol
Michael McMahon was the 15th person hanged at Maitl...
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Aug 24 2023 39m
Black Harry - 13th person hanged at Maitland Gaol
There was a sigh of relief when the news got abroad ...
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Mar 27 2023 38m
The Tragedy at Allandale - Lillian Bridge and Frederick Green - Part 2
The Green family were very well known in the Hunter ...
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Sep 15 2022 1h 4m
The Tragedy at Allandale - Lillian Bridge and Frederick Green
History records the tragic tale of the murder of Lil...
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Aug 9 2022 50m
Helen McDougall - paramour of William Burke
The Burke and Hare murders were a series of 16 killi...
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Feb 18 2022 44m
37. John Jones & Jim Crow - 11th & 12th hanged at Maitland Gaol
John Jones age 24, arrived in Australia on the ship ...
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Dec 30 2021 39m
Constance Emilie Kent aka Ruth Emilie Kaye: Dr. Pierce's Memorial Nurses Home
In 1860, Francis Saville Kent, nearly 4 years old, w...
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Nov 18 2021 34m
Nostalgia - The Darlington and Johnston case
In the early decades of the early 20th Century, writ...
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Sep 14 2021 32m
William Moore - a hanging in High Street
I have been doing a series about the 16 hangings tha...
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Aug 18 2021 33m
The Hexham Swamp Bunyip and William Turton
On the 25 March 1925, a story appeared on page 3 of ...
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Jul 19 2021 27m
The Bishops Bridge Poisoning Case - Sarah Nagel Pt. 2
This story was brought to my attention from a listen...
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Jun 22 2021 47m
The Bishop's Bridge Poisoning Case - Mary Nichols - Pt 1
Email from a listener: ‘What is it about Maitland wo...
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Jun 3 2021 48m
William Ross and Jemmy the Chinaman
William Ross and Jemmy the Chinaman were hanged at M...
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May 11 2021 35m
Christopher Walsh - 8th Hanging at Maitland Gaol
In this episode, are the circumstances that led to t...
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Apr 2 2021 33m
The Bush Undertaker by Henry Lawson
This is a continuation to the previous episode relat...
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Mar 9 2021 25m
Graves - Bush Graves and Sailor's Row Morpeth Cemetery
Bush graves - From the Murray to the Macintyre, from...
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Feb 16 2021 34m
Maitland Gaol Hangings - Episode VII - Daniel Gardiner
On the 8th August 1853, a most cruel and outrageous ...
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Feb 2 2021 31m
Paterson River Mystery II - Mrs. Mary Ann Hughes
on the 18th October,1916, the dead body of a married...
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Jan 22 2021 44m
Christmas - A True Ghost Story
Why do people tell ghost stories at Christmas? This ...
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Dec 23 2020 25m
Paterson River Mystery - Part 1 - Body Found
Paterson Mystery.WOMAN'S IDENTITY SOUGHT.The bo...
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Dec 2 2020 42m
Assault on the Morpeth train
Thursday 12th August 1886Attempted Criminal Assault ...
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Nov 21 2020 25m