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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 events that were once known to everyone but are now barely remembered by anyone. Based on intensive original research, Forgotten Australia is crafted with a novelist’s eye for character and detail to create gripping narratives that sound so fresh it's like they're ripped from today's headlines. This is the history you wish you’d been taught in school.
You can get early ad-free access and bonus Forgotten Australia episodes by subscribing at Apple or supporting at Patreon.
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- 269 - They’ll Never Hold Me – The Next Few Audiobook Chapters
Please enjoy a second audiobook extract that continues the story of young Kevin John Simmonds, as he grows up in Griffith, grapples with the lure of criminality and gets a preview of his life in the saga of legendary Sydney characters Darcy Dugan and Ray ‘the Gunner’ Kelly.
Buy the full audiobook here:
https://rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/9781004181971/
Buy the paperback:
Dymocks
Big W
Booktopia
Readings
Harry Hartog
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Thu, 14 Nov 2024 - 38min - 268 - They'll Never Hold Me – Exclusive Audiobook Excerpt
My new book, They'll Never Hold Me, which chronicles the life, times and crimes of Long Bay Gaol escapee Kevin John Simmonds, has just been released as an audio book. I'm pleased to present this exclusive excerpt, which comprises the prologue and first two chapters.
The full version is available right now via this product page, which offers all the key places to buy They'll Never Hold Me.
https://rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/9781004181971/
Email me: michaeladamswrites@gmail.com
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Wed, 06 Nov 2024 - 35min - 267 - Arizona Ryan and the Sydney Shootout – Part Two
Who was this good guy with a gun? We delve into life of American cowboy Albert “Arizona” Ryan, who became a celebrity in 1919 in Australia after killing a man to end a Sydney siege. Hear how Arizona, like Dirty Harry, had a history of trigger-happy vigilantism, and how, like Dirty John, his creepy marriage to a wealthy woman came to a violent end.
Check out my new book, They’ll Never Hold Me
https://affirmpress.com.au/author/61917
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Fri, 25 Oct 2024 - 37min - 266 - Arizona Ryan and the Sydney Shootout – Part One
In 1919, in the Sydney slum of Surry Hills, a Chinese gunman shot more than a dozen people, triggering a dramatic police siege that was only ended by the violent intervention of a lone American vigilante. But who was this self-styled cowboy with the six-shooter?
Check out my new book, They’ll Never Hold Me
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Fri, 25 Oct 2024 - 32min - 265 - To Live & Die in D.C. – Part Five: A Forensic Furore
With their suspect in custody, D.C. detectives still can’t celebrate because in Washington in 1972 seven out of every ten murderers go free.
Forty years after the verdicts in these murder trials, the FBI will make a bombshell forensic revelation to cast doubt on whether justice was done.
Check out my new book, They’ll Never Hold Me
https://affirmpress.com.au/author/61917
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Thu, 17 Oct 2024 - 52min - 264 - To Live & Die in D.C. – Part Four: A Killer Named Goliath
With another Washington woman murdered in identical circumstances to Sherry and Sharan, D.C. detectives finally have a suspect – but can they find the disturbed man who stalks the D.C. streets, hides in apartments and calls himself ‘Goliath’?
Check out my new book, They’ll Never Hold Me
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Mon, 07 Oct 2024 - 39min - 263 - To Live & Die in D.C. – Part Three: Dead Ends and Another Dead Woman
Despite the best efforts of D.C. detectives and Sydney cops – including Senior Constable Roger Rogerson – Sherry and Sharan’s killer remains at large. When a breakthrough comes, it’ll be in the worst possible circumstances.
To pre-order They'll Never Hold Me:
https://affirmpress.com.au/browse/book/Michael-Adams-They%27ll-Never-Hold-Me-9781923046474
To support the show:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Check out my new book, They’ll Never Hold Me
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Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com
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Mon, 30 Sep 2024 - 56min - 262 - Weachurch: Werewolf of Pentridge – Part Two
With Weachurch’s pleas for justice ignored and obstructed as he has punishments piled upon him illegally, he takes desperate action against him enemies again... and again... and again.
This never-before-told story is based on extensive research in archival files. It’s made possible by Ancestry’s sponsorship and by supporter contributions.
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com
Check out my books:
Hanging Ned Kelly @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/hanging-ned-kelly-by-michael-adams-9781922992185
The Murder Squad @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/the-murder-squad-by-michael-adams-9781923046504
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Wed, 26 Jun 2024 - 44min - 261 - To Live & Die in D.C. – Part Two: A Race Against Time
Sherry Frahm and Sharan Tapp settle into living and working in Washington. But it’s dangerous being a counter girl in a McDonald’s during D.C.’s ever-bloodier wave of senseless murders.
The five-part miniseries is based on information unearthed in Australian government archives, US court transcripts, American and Australian historic newspaper articles – and on recent interviews with two family members.
More than a true crime deep dive, this miniseries remembers two fearless Australian women whose fates have been overlooked while Billy and Sonia McMahon’s ‘sexy’ White House shenanigans became part of pop culture history.
To Live & Die in D.C. poses still relevant questions about sexism, racism, crime and justice – and who we remember and why.
To pre-order They'll Never Hold Me:
https://affirmpress.com.au/browse/book/Michael-Adams-They%27ll-Never-Hold-Me-9781923046474
To support the show:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Check out my new book, They’ll Never Hold Me
https://affirmpress.com.au/author/61917
Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com
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Wed, 25 Sep 2024 - 58min - 260 - To Live & Die in D.C. – Part One: Two Aussie Girls
In November 1971, at the exact moment that Prime Minister Billy McMahon’s wife Sonia stepped out in her infamously revealing dress at a White House dinner, Australian embassy officials in Washington were thrust into the first crucial hours of a serial killer investigation. Two young women had just been found murdered in a nearby apartment and D.C. homicide detectives believed the victims were from Down Under. In a race against time, American and Australian cops and diplomats would have to work together to identify the maniac before he stuck again.
To Live & Die in D.C. reveals - for the very first time - an extraordinary instance of Australian true crime and Australian political history colliding during a shocking murder wave that was engulfing not only the American capitol but all of the United States.
The five-part miniseries is based on information unearthed in Australian government archives, US court transcripts, American and Australian historic newspaper articles – and on recent interviews with two family members.
More than a true crime deep dive, this miniseries remembers two fearless Australian women whose fates have been overlooked while Billy and Sonia McMahon’s ‘sexy’ White House shenanigans became part of pop culture history.
To Live & Die in D.C. poses still relevant questions about sexism, racism, crime and justice – and who we remember and why.
To pre-order They'll Never Hold Me:
https://affirmpress.com.au/browse/book/Michael-Adams-They%27ll-Never-Hold-Me-9781923046474
To support the show:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com
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Mon, 23 Sep 2024 - 51min - 259 - The Rise of Roger Rogerson – Part Two: Men Died Because of What He Did
How was the 1976 case of armed robber Phillip Western a prototype for the “Green Light” that’d soon be given to Neddy Smith? Continuing our in-depth interview, veteran journalist Neil Mercer explains how Roger Rogerson perverting the legal system for profit resulted in a forgotten murder and set the scene for future bloodbaths. Be sure to read Neil Mercer’s new book, The Kingpin and the Crooked Cop: The Definitive Inside Story of Neddy Smith and Roger Rogerson, Partners in Crime.
Buy it here:
https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Neil-Mercer-Kingpin-and-the-Crooked-Cop-9781760879952
Support Forgotten Australia:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Check out my books:
The Murder Squad
https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-murder-squad-michael-adams/book/9781922863836.html
Hanging Ned Kelly
https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922992185.html
Australia’s Sweetheart
https://www.booktopia.com.au/australia-s-sweetheart-michael-adams/book/9780733640292.html
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Thu, 19 Sep 2024 - 39min - 258 - The Rise of Roger Rogerson – Part One: All Hell Broke Loose
How did a hero detective become Australia’s most notoriously corrupt killer cop? In an in-depth conversation, veteran journalist Neil Mercer talks about the Rogerson he interviewed and investigated, starting with their first meeting in 1982. Be sure to read Neil Mercer’s new book, The Kingpin and the Crooked Cop: The Definitive Inside Story of Neddy Smith and Roger Rogerson, Partners in Crime.
Buy it here:
https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Neil-Mercer-Kingpin-and-the-Crooked-Cop-9781760879952
Support Forgotten Australia:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Check out my books:
The Murder Squad
https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-murder-squad-michael-adams/book/9781922863836.html
Hanging Ned Kelly
https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922992185.html
Australia’s Sweetheart
https://www.booktopia.com.au/australia-s-sweetheart-michael-adams/book/9780733640292.html
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Mon, 16 Sep 2024 - 41min - 257 - The Boys of Death Row – Part Six: Lives Hanging in the Balance
A new murder committed by a 17-year-old brings the tally of boys on Death Row to ten. From April 1936 onwards, the NSW government has to decide who’ll live and who’ll die. With time running out in one case, they rush towards a ‘ghastly mistake’, while in another what they decide will lead to another murder more than 50 years later in Queensland.
To support the show:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Check out my books:
(there’s a new one…)
They’ll Never Hold Me @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/theyll-never-hold-me-by-michael-adams-9781923046474
Hanging Ned Kelly @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/hanging-ned-kelly-by-michael-adams-9781922992185
The Murder Squad @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/the-murder-squad-by-michael-adams-9781923046504
Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com
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Sun, 01 Sep 2024 - 58min - 256 - The Boys of Death Row – Part Five: The Defence of Consent
In March 1936, a young Italian woman testifies against her seven rapists in open court, speaking bravely against their claims she’d consented to their violent group assault.
To support the show:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Check out my books:
(there’s a new one…)
They’ll Never Hold Me @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/theyll-never-hold-me-by-michael-adams-9781923046474
Hanging Ned Kelly @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/hanging-ned-kelly-by-michael-adams-9781922992185
The Murder Squad @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/the-murder-squad-by-michael-adams-9781923046504
Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com
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Mon, 26 Aug 2024 - 32min - 255 - The Boys of Death Row – Part Four: A Murderer About Town
In the lazy days between Christmas and New Year in Wagga Wagga in 1935, a 17-year-old boy spends the festive season indulging in romantic fakery, prepared to defend his deception with cold-blooded murder.
To support the show:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Check out my books:
(there’s a new one…)
They’ll Never Hold Me @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/theyll-never-hold-me-by-michael-adams-9781923046474
Hanging Ned Kelly @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/hanging-ned-kelly-by-michael-adams-9781922992185
The Murder Squad @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/the-murder-squad-by-michael-adams-9781923046504
Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com
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Wed, 21 Aug 2024 - 39min - 254 - The Boys of Death Row – Part Three: The Hooded Bandit
Another young criminal faces the ultimate penalty after being convicted of shooting a man during a Sydney railway robbery. But is the Hooded Bandit about to be hanged because the government is making a ghastly legal mistake?
To support the show:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Check out my books:
(there’s a new one…)
They’ll Never Hold Me @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/theyll-never-hold-me-by-michael-adams-9781923046474
Hanging Ned Kelly @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/hanging-ned-kelly-by-michael-adams-9781922992185
The Murder Squad @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/the-murder-squad-by-michael-adams-9781923046504
Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com
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Sun, 18 Aug 2024 - 46min - 253 - The Boys of Death Row – Part Two: The Calmest Killer
With Monty Henwood’s 17-year-old alleged killer in custody, police are amazed by the youth’s calm confessions… even though they might see him sentenced to death.
*Part two of The Boys of Death Row.
The whole miniseries is available ad-free and early to supporters.
Parts three to six on general release over the next three weeks.*
To support the show:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Check out my books:
(there’s a new one…)
They’ll Never Hold Me @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/theyll-never-hold-me-by-michael-adams-9781923046474
Hanging Ned Kelly @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/hanging-ned-kelly-by-michael-adams-9781922992185
The Murder Squad @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/the-murder-squad-by-michael-adams-9781923046504
Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com
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Wed, 14 Aug 2024 - 37min - 252 - The Boys of Death Row – Part One: A Body on the Line
On a Monday morning in November 1935, a battered man is found dead beside railway tracks in the Blue Mountains. The victim is revered and his death is a mystery. But Sydney police, led by murder expert Detective-Sergeant Tom McRae, are soon on the trail of a young killer.
*Part one of The Boys of Death Row.
The whole miniseries is available ad-free and early to supporters.
Parts two to six on general release over the next three weeks.*
To support the show:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Check out my books:
(there’s a new one…)
They’ll Never Hold Me @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/theyll-never-hold-me-by-michael-adams-9781923046474
Hanging Ned Kelly @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/hanging-ned-kelly-by-michael-adams-9781922992185
The Murder Squad @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/the-murder-squad-by-michael-adams-9781923046504
Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com
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Sun, 11 Aug 2024 - 50min - 251 - The Masked Murderer
Originally released in 2019, this episode tells the story of a Saturday night stick-up in Sydney that went very, very wrong – leaving a mystery that has endured for nearly a century.
My upcoming miniseries will include the similar case of “The Hooded Bandit”, along with other crimes that shocked Australia in 1935-1936. It'll be with you very soon!
To support the show:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com
Check out my books:
Hanging Ned Kelly @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/hanging-ned-kelly-by-michael-adams-9781922992185
The Murder Squad @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/the-murder-squad-by-michael-adams-9781923046504
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Tue, 30 Jul 2024 - 59min - 250 - The Forgotten Man – Part Four: The Truth
One of Australia’s most respected journalists tells us about his early career on Sydney tabloid The Sun and how he got an exclusive interview with The Forgotten Man to ask the question: ‘Did you do it?’
To support the show:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com
Check out my books:
Hanging Ned Kelly @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/hanging-ned-kelly-by-michael-adams-9781922992185
The Murder Squad @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/the-murder-squad-by-michael-adams-9781923046504
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Sun, 28 Jul 2024 - 41min - 249 - The Forgotten Man – Part Three: The Trial
The man accused of John Smillie’s murder finally has his day in court. But the verdict won’t settle the haunting question of his guilt or innocence.
To support the show:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com
Check out my books:
Hanging Ned Kelly @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/hanging-ned-kelly-by-michael-adams-9781922992185
The Murder Squad @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/the-murder-squad-by-michael-adams-9781923046504
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Thu, 25 Jul 2024 - 58min - 248 - The Forgotten Man – Part Two: The Accused
Following new information, received six months after the murder of John Smillie, detectives from Sydney’s CIB swoop on their suspect.
What happens next is decried as a travesty of justice.
To support the show:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com
Check out my books:
Hanging Ned Kelly @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/hanging-ned-kelly-by-michael-adams-9781922992185
The Murder Squad @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/the-murder-squad-by-michael-adams-9781923046504
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Sun, 21 Jul 2024 - 59min - 247 - The Forgotten Man – Part One: The Murder
In September 1935, John Smillie was shot dead in his taxi in western Sydney.
Who had murdered this war veteran, loving husband and doting father? Was it a robbery gone wrong? A maniac with a grudge against cabbies? Or was he the victim of mistaken identity in a vicious gangland war?
The Forgotten Man is an incredible tale of murder and mystery, fact and fantasy, insanity and injustice, which unfolded over nearly half a century.
This four-part miniseries concludes with an unexpected revelation from one of Australia’s most respected journalists, who joins us with his recollections of covering this story early in his career.
To support the show and get access to all episodes ad-free, get access to bonus shows and get a show shout-out:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com
Check out my books:
Hanging Ned Kelly @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/hanging-ned-kelly-by-michael-adams-9781922992185
The Murder Squad @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/the-murder-squad-by-michael-adams-9781923046504
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Tue, 16 Jul 2024 - 48min - 246 - The Comic Book Killer
From 1946, Sydney’s Leonard Lawson was a hero to kids for creating the comic book The Lone Avenger. But in reality the young artist was a psychopathic villain responsible for crimes far more terrible than anything in his stories. For five decades, Lawson would outrage the nation by destroying innocent lives and making a mockery of the law’s ability to control violent offenders.
I’ve re-released The Comic Book Killer in anticipation of my new miniseries, The Forgotten Man, which will be out from next week. Not only does The Comic Book Killer fit with this season’s theme of Crimes That Shocked Australia, it also crosses over with The Forgotten Man in strange and significant ways.
To support Forgotten Australia:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com
Check out my books:
Hanging Ned Kelly @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/hanging-ned-kelly-by-michael-adams-9781922992185
The Murder Squad @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/the-murder-squad-by-michael-adams-9781923046504
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Fri, 12 Jul 2024 - 38min - 245 - Weachurch: Werewolf of Pentridge – Part Three
A year after he's 'disappeared' into a solitary cage at Pentridge, Weachurch makes a last stab at freedom... and leaves behind a haunting legacy of resistance to injustice.
Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com
Check out my books:
Hanging Ned Kelly @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/hanging-ned-kelly-by-michael-adams-9781922992185
The Murder Squad @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/the-murder-squad-by-michael-adams-9781923046504
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Fri, 28 Jun 2024 - 45min - 244 - Weachurch: Werewolf of Pentridge – Part Two
With Weachurch’s pleas for justice ignored and obstructed as he has punishments piled upon him illegally, he takes desperate action against him enemies again... and again... and again.
This never-before-told story is based on extensive research in archival files. It’s made possible by Ancestry’s sponsorship and by supporter contributions.
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com
Check out my books:
Hanging Ned Kelly @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/hanging-ned-kelly-by-michael-adams-9781922992185
The Murder Squad @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/the-murder-squad-by-michael-adams-9781923046504
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Thu, 27 Jun 2024 - 44min - 242 - Weachurch: Werewolf of Pentridge – Part One
A century before Mark ‘Chopper’ Read became infamous in Pentridge, a convict named Weachurch struck terror into that prison’s warders and from behind its bluestone walls he loomed large as an Australian boogeyman. Weachurch’s attacks were so bloodthirsty that he was dubbed a ‘human tiger’ – a ‘wehrwolf’ – and he was kept in a cage in between court trials for attempted murder. If convicted, he faced the hangman. But Weachurch risked the noose because he was a rebel with a cause: he wanted the public to hear about his illegal detention and the barbaric treatment he suffered ‘outside the regulations’.
To some he was a monster. To others a martyr. To himself he was unbreakable.
This never-before-told story is based on extensive research in archival files. It’s made possible by Ancestry’s sponsorship and by supporter contributions.
Parts 2 and 3 will be on general release soon.
They’re available now to Apple and Patreon supporters:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com
Check out my books:
Hanging Ned Kelly @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/hanging-ned-kelly-by-michael-adams-9781922992185
The Murder Squad @ Dymocks
https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/the-murder-squad-by-michael-adams-9781923046504
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Mon, 24 Jun 2024 - 52min - 241 - The Murder of Mary Edson
The 1931 murder of young Adelaide wife and mother Mary Edson shocked Australia.
But despite this crime’s gruesome details, it was even then a depressingly familiar sort of outrage committed by a depressingly familiar sort of offender.
Nearly 100 years later, not enough has changed.
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Thu, 20 Jun 2024 - 32min - 240 - The Meticulous Maniac – Part Two: We Have All Got To Die Sometime
With Kingsgrove people reeling from the outrage committed on Paterson Avenue, Sydney detectives swarm the streets to piece together what happened, who was responsible and why the madman struck at beloved citizens.
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Wed, 05 Jun 2024 - 47min - 239 - The Meticulous Maniac – Part One: The Good Doctor
In 1956, Sydney’s usually sedate southern suburbs were stalked by not one but two bloodthirsty men. While the Kingsgrove Slasher’s reign of terror would last years but result in no deaths, the Meticulous Maniac’s outrage was far shorter and far more deadly. Yet in the wake of his violence, victims were to react with extraordinary grace.
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Mon, 03 Jun 2024 - 50min - 238 - The Deadwood Dick Murders – Part Three
Jack Brown — murderer of three people, supposedly inspired by reading Deadwood Dick pulp novels — went to trial in October 1906. But could a boy who reckoned he’d slaughtered his best friends in the name of a genocidal revolution for White Australia actually be sane, be convicted and be hanged?
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Sun, 26 May 2024 - 27min - 237 - The Deadwood Dick Murders – Part Two
Following the supposedly Deadwood Dick-inspired murders committed by Jimmy and Joe Governor, Jack Underwood and Thomas Quinlan, in July 1906 Australia was rocked by a new outrage attributed to “pernicious literature”: the brutal killing and mutilation of three people at German Creek on the NSW north coast. The perpetrator was young Jack Brown. But he said his motivation wasn’t to be a pulp novel hero. Instead, Jack wanted to start a genocidal revolution in the name of White Australia.
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Thu, 23 May 2024 - 36min - 236 - The Deadwood Dick Murders – Part One
Deadwood Dick was the first pop culture superhero – 50 years before Batman — and he was the first such character to spark widespread moral condemnation as a "cause" of crime. In Australia from the 1890s, Deadwood Dick was blamed for everything, from truancy to... mass murder.
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Mon, 20 May 2024 - 44min - 235 - The Nature of the Scorpion – Part Three
Having escaped prison, fled interstate and joined the army under yet another new name, George Blunderfield seeks reinvention and redemption on the Western Front — but his true nature compels him to commit his most atrocious crimes yet.
First released in 2021, this episode is re-released as part of Season 8’s ‘Crimes That Shocked Australia’
Brand-new episodes coming in May.
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Sun, 05 May 2024 - 49min - 234 - The Nature of the Scorpion – Part Two
After committing a sickening outrage in the first weeks of 1900, George Blunderfield serves a relatively short jail sentence. When he's set free he sheds his identity but can’t help but follow the nature that causes him to hurt those who only want to help him.
Part 3 will be released next week. But you can hear it now ad-free as a podcast supporter.
First released in 2021, this episode is re-released as part of Season 8’s ‘Crimes That Shocked Australia’
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Sun, 28 Apr 2024 - 44min - 233 - The Nature of the Scorpion – Part One
Forgotten fiend George Blunderfield left a trail of violence and murder across Australia from the late 19th century until near the end of the First World War.
Parts 2 & 3 will be released next week. But you can hear them now ad-free as a podcast supporter.
First released in 2021, this episode is re-released as part of Season 8’s ‘Crimes That Shocked Australia’
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Sun, 21 Apr 2024 - 36min - 232 - Nightmare on the Night Train – Part Three
Trapped in Melbourne in bizarre circumstances, Herbert Kopit's last chance is to talk his way out of an arrest and flee the country.
First released in 2022, this episode is re-released as part of Season 8’s ‘Crimes That Shocked Australia’
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Hanging Ned Kelly
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Wed, 17 Apr 2024 - 31min - 231 - Nightmare on the Night Train – Part Two
How did Herbert Kopit become the most wanted man in Australia, trying to escape a massive tri-state murder manhunt while dressed as a woman?
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Sun, 14 Apr 2024 - 39min - 230 - Nightmare on the Night Train – Part One
It's just after dawn on 2 April 1936 at Brisbane's Central Railway Station and as a porter enters a sleeping car on the overnight train from Bundaberg he discovers a slaughterhouse. Within minutes Queensland police will begin a desperate hunt for a maniac responsible for multiple murders. Parts 2 & 3 will be released next week. But you can hear them now ad-free as a podcast supporter.
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Thu, 11 Apr 2024 - 35min - 229 - Your Stories: ‘My Great-Great Grandfather was a Serial Killer!’
In Victoria in September 1883, moments before he was hanged for murder, Robert Burns made a startling confession, claiming he’d killed not one but eight people. Flash forward 140 years and Bendigo woman Julie di Bella was researching her family history when she made a shocking discovery about her bloodline. Julie joins Forgotten Australia to talk about the thorniest branch in her family tree.
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Australia’s Sweetheart
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Thu, 28 Mar 2024 - 51min - 228 - The Human Glove Mystery – Part Two
With ‘The Human Glove’ murder trial just about over, gunshot rings out in Wagga Wagga and another person falls dead. This victim? A witness.
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Hanging Ned Kelly
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Australia’s Sweetheart
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Sun, 17 Mar 2024 - 51min - 227 - The Human Glove Mystery – Part One
On release for the first time since 2021, this classic true crime tale is up there with the Shark Arm and Pyjama Girl cases as a Depression-era shocker. On Christmas Day 1933, the discovery of a decayed corpse and a 'human glove' of skin led to incredible forensic work and a murder trial that'd result in a second mysterious murder.
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Sun, 10 Mar 2024 - 1h 07min - 226 - Murder in the Treasury Gardens – Part Four: The Gallows of Gay Hate
With the survivor of the tragedy tried for murder, the only hope is an insanity defence and mercy from Melbourne’s most powerful men.
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Sun, 03 Mar 2024 - 47min - 225 - Murder in the Treasury Gardens – Part Three: Posing With Pistols
After having their photos taken holding hands and pointing pistols at each other, Ned and Charlie head for the Treasury Gardens. Only one will emerge alive – to face a fate worse than death as their private lives are exposed in the courts and in the press.
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Sun, 25 Feb 2024 - 47min - 224 - Murder in the Treasury Gardens – Part Two: Romeo & Romeo
In 1871-1872, Ned Feeney and Charlie Marks were more than friends in a Melbourne where acting on homosexual desire might get you hanged. Using their letters to each other, we explore the mysteries of their tortured relationship and how it led to tragedy.
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Sun, 18 Feb 2024 - 39min - 223 - Murder in the Treasury Gardens – Part One: We Die Together
In 1872, Australia was shocked by a shooting in Melbourne’s Treasury Gardens. One man lay dead, the other lay nearby smoking a cigar. What had led these best friends to point their guns at each other? Using original archival records, we explore the circumstances of one of our history’s most tragic crimes, committed during a time of hateful homophobia.
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Mon, 12 Feb 2024 - 46min - 222 - The City Bank Axe Murders – Part Two
With the survivors of the bank massacre identifying the axe-wielding maniac, a frantic search is undertaken in western NSW. But if he’s caught, will he escape justice with a plea of insanity?
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Hanging Ned Kelly
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Australia’s Sweetheart
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Sun, 28 Jan 2024 - 43min - 221 - The City Bank Axe Murders – Part One
In this first episode of the new season devoted to Crimes That Shocked Australia, we look at the 1893 horror that became known across the colonies as ‘The Carcoar Tragedy’. Set against the backdrop of a forgotten economic catastrophe, this is the story of a young bank manager who’d already endured tragedy – only to find himself and his loved ones at the mercy of a bloodthirsty burglar. What made the case even more chilling was that it appeared to have been predicted by the killer’s fortune-telling celebrity wife.
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Hanging Ned Kelly
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Australia’s Sweetheart
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Wed, 24 Jan 2024 - 38min - 220 - The Battle For Rothbury – Part Two
After police opened fire on miners at Rothbury on 16 December 1929, killing one man and seriously wounding several more, the battle for the hearts and minds of the Australian public began in the NSW and federal parliaments and in the conservative and leftist newspapers. We delve into the recriminations, accusations, and basher-gang reign of terror that followed the Rothbury shootings — and explore the fates of the miners, the politicians and the enigmatic coal baron John Brown.
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The Murder Squad
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Hanging Ned Kelly
https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922992185.html
Australia’s Sweetheart
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Wed, 17 Jan 2024 - 58min - 219 - The Battle For Rothbury – Part One
On 16 December 1929, at the Rothbury colliery near Newcastle, thousands of miners protesting against an illegal wage cut were fired on by police with tragic results. But the battle began long before the bullets started flying. For most of that year, these miners had been at the centre of a bitter battle that toppled a federal government, saw the NSW state government use basher gangs of police and resulted in a new Labor prime minister committing an act of political betrayal — all just as the economic after-shocks of the Wall Street Crash were starting to be felt.
**This episode was originally released in December 2019**
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The Murder Squad
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Hanging Ned Kelly
https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922992185.html
Australia’s Sweetheart
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Mon, 15 Jan 2024 - 39min - 218 - Australia’s First Serial Killer Manhunt – Part Three
In San Francisco in February 1897 a trio of Australian police officers await the arrival of Frank Butler, wanted for the murder of three men in the Blue Mountains and beyond. While they’ll capture the fugitive, their problems are only starting as Butler enjoys his newfound American celebrity, with newspapers printing his every word, thousands of people clamouring to meet him and canny defence attorneys arguing he has no case to answer. It’ll be a life-or-death tug-of-war that’ll include cameos from America’s new president, a world-famous famous boxer and one of Australia’s most beloved actress.
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The Murder Squad
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Hanging Ned Kelly
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Australia’s Sweetheart
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Sun, 07 Jan 2024 - 1h 02min - 217 - Australia’s First Serial Killer Manhunt – Part Two
With the alarm raised about three missing miners, Sydney police begin a massive search of the Blue Mountains. It’s a hunt that draws large crowds of ghoulish spectators, who get more than they bargained for as gruesome discoveries are made. Yet by then suspected murderer Frank Butler is well on his way to San Francisco, forcing Australian detectives to give chase across the seas as American newspapers make a front-page sensation of this “Monster of the Mountains”.
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The Murder Squad
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Hanging Ned Kelly
https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922992185.html
Australia’s Sweetheart
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Sun, 31 Dec 2023 - 51min - 216 - Australia’s First Serial Killer Manhunt – Part One
In 1896 a cold-blooded serial killer calling himself Frank Butler advertised for mining partners in Sydney newspapers. Those who went west with him to the Blue Mountains were never seen alive again. Yet one man who escaped Butler’s clutches was to become a police officer — and take part in the manhunt for this monster, a chase that stretched from Sydney to San Francisco and made headlines all over the world.
*This episode was originally released in October 2020.*
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The Murder Squad
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Hanging Ned Kelly
https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922992185.html
Australia’s Sweetheart
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Sat, 30 Dec 2023 - 51min - 215 - Free Beer For All!
Nearly a century before cocaine bundles started washing up on the Sydney coast, the city’s citizens clamoured to recover a different sort of illicit bounty from the sea: kegs of beer that’d floated free of Malabar, the happiest shipwreck disaster in Australian history.
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The Murder Squad
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Hanging Ned Kelly
https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922992185.html
Australia’s Sweetheart
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Thu, 28 Dec 2023 - 45min - 214 - When Santa Broke Into Pentridge
It was the criminal Christmas miracle to warm the hardest heart. During the festive season in 1951, Pentridge prisoners got a surprise visit from Santa, aka the cheeky crook Harold 'Dusty' Sheehan, who could get out of — and into — prisons as easily as Old St Nick down a chimney.
This ‘regifted’ episode was originally released in 2021.
Another new episode will be out next week.
Merry Christmas!
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Wed, 20 Dec 2023 - 32min - 213 - The Birth of the Bodgies
In December 1950, Australia was under threat from a new menace to society: sex-crazed Bodgies and Widgies. This youth ‘cult’ indulged in wild orgies and violent crime sprees and its ranks teemed with unwanted immigrants and perverted homosexuals. Or so the tabloid newspapers warned. In this episode, we look at the moral panic that went with the Bodgies and Widgies - and the Sydney surfing hero at the epicentre of this ‘youthquake’.
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Check out my books as possible Christmas presents for yourself or a loved one:
The Murder Squad
https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-murder-squad-michael-adams/book/9781922863836.html
Hanging Ned Kelly
https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922992185.html
Australia’s Sweetheart
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Mon, 18 Dec 2023 - 39min - 212 - How The Bikini Conquered Bondi Beach
Once upon a time not too long ago, wearing a bikini on Australia’s most famous stretch of sand meant you risked the wrath of veteran Bondi Beach inspector Aub Laidlaw. Show too much skin and he’d kick you off – and even threaten you with arrest. But Aub’s enforcement of prudish regulations caused a massive backlash in 1961 when young Joan Barry donned a gold bikini, pushed back against beach bullying and refused to be silenced by the cops and the court.
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Check out my books as possible Christmas presents for yourself or a loved one:
The Murder Squad
https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-murder-squad-michael-adams/book/9781922863836.html
Hanging Ned Kelly
https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922992185.html
Australia’s Sweetheart
https://www.booktopia.com.au/australia-s-sweetheart-michael-adams/book/9780733640292.html
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Sun, 10 Dec 2023 - 52min - 211 - In the Execution of Their Duty
On the 3rd of January 1931, Sydney suffered one of the worst days in Australian police history — the result of a trauma that had festered since a "White Feather" taunt from the Great War.
*This episode was originally released in 2019 and has been archived since May 2022*
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Wed, 29 Nov 2023 - 39min - 210 - Murder at Devils River - Part Three: Australia’s First Femme Fatale
To colonial Australia, Betsy Scott had become a ‘female monster’ – all the more dangerous and diabolical for being alluring and attractive. But how much did this image influence her fate?
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Sun, 26 Nov 2023 - 47min - 209 - Murder at Devils River - Part Two: I’m Innocent But I’ll Know I’ll Hang
With Mansfield police arresting Bob Scott’s murderer, the case looks like it’ll be closed quickly. But revelations before the cops reach Devil’s River will cause a sensation – and leave the Victorian government with a controversial decision to make.
Murder at Devil’s River - Part Three: Australia’s First Femme Fatale will go general release on 27 November.
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Wed, 22 Nov 2023 - 40min - 208 - Murder at Devils River - Part One: Bob Scott is Shot!
On 11 November 1863 – 160 years ago this month – history was made in Victoria when the murder of drunkard Bob Scott was avenged on the gallows in Melbourne Gaol.
But what had really happened when a midnight shot was fired in the darkness of a Devils River grog shanty?
Was justice done at the hands of the hangman?
Murder at Devil’s River - Part Two: I’m Innocent But I Know I’ll Hang will go general release on 23 November.
Murder at Devil’s River - Part Three: Australia’s First Femme Fatale will go general release on 27 November.
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Sun, 19 Nov 2023 - 40min - 207 - RAAF Hero Len Fuller - Part Three: Blood Moon and the Setting of the Sun
Len’s arrival to RAF Bomber Command makes for morale-boosting news. But more than half the men who serve as air crew will not live to see the end of the war. Len’s luck will need to hold if he’s to return to Australia and marry Thelma.
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Sun, 05 Nov 2023 - 1h 03min - 206 - RAAF Hero Len Fuller - Part Two: The Mid-Air Miracle
Faced with almost certain death during a mid-air collision between two planes, RAAF trainee pilot Len Fuller takes advantage of million-to-one odds by keeping a cool head and a courageous heart. Overnight, he’s acclaimed as an example of Australian heroism. But no good deed goes unpunished - not when the air force brass have something to say about the accident’s aftermath.
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Sun, 29 Oct 2023 - 1h 04min - 205 - RAAF Hero Len Fuller - Part One: Born to Fly and Fight
In September 1940, young RAAF trainee pilot Len Fuller pulled off a mid-air miracle that made front-page news around Australia and around the world. In this instalment, we look at how his whole life seemed to prepare Len for those desperate moments 3000 feet above the NSW Riverina – and for the year he’d spend dicing with death as he fought the Nazis as a member of RAF Bomber Command.
RAAF Hero Len Fuller - Part Two: The Mid-Air Miracle will go on general release on 30 October.
RAAF Hero Len Fuller - Part Three: Blood Moon and the Setting of the Sun will go on general release on 6 November.
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Sat, 21 Oct 2023 - 1h 05min - 204 - Your Stories: ‘I Was Hunter S. Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing in Australia” Tour Manager’
In September 1976, Dr Hunter S. Thompson, then at the height of his infamy as the drink-and-drug-soaked Dean of Gonzo Journalism, came Down Under to give a series of public lectures. What ensued was chaotic – but not for the reasons you might expect. In this episode, we look at what Australia was like when Hunter S. touched down – and we hear from Peter Olszewski, aka "J.J. McRoach", then a young hippie tasked with wrangling the good doctor… and whose adventures would include flying through an electrical storm with the man... while tripping on LSD.
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Fri, 06 Oct 2023 - 1h 02min - 203 - Our First Cop Killer, the Luckiest Man Unhung and the Birth of Australia True Crime Reporting - Part Two
In 1803 Sydney Gazette publisher George Howe got a gallows story beyond imagination – and one that would be retold forever after.
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Thu, 21 Sep 2023 - 30min - 202 - Our First Cop Killer, the Luckiest Man Unhung and the Birth of Australian True Crime Reporting - Part One
In 1803 in Sydney, Constable Joseph Luker became the first Australian policeman murdered in the line of the duty. Who was responsible for this crime that shocked the colony? How did his death trigger one of the strangest twists of fate in our history? Thankfully, the incredible details were captured in Australia's first-ever newspaper, The Sydney Gazette, which had appeared just months earlier to usher in Australian true crime reporting.
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Thu, 14 Sep 2023 - 41min - 201 - Bolts From The Blue
In October 1919, South Grafton, on the NSW North Coast, was the site of the one of the strangest and deadliest coincidences in Australian history. Later, the town's mayor, Dr Earle Page, would have his own experience of tragedy at the hands of fate – before fate briefly made him Australia's prime minister.
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Thu, 31 Aug 2023 - 51min - 200 - The Garden Palace Fire Mystery
Raised in mere months for the 1879 International Exhibition, the Garden Palace was colonial Sydney's most spectacular building. But its fiery demise was even more spectacular, the grand complex razed to burning rubble in mere minutes. Why did it burn? Who was to blame? And how are its losses still being felt 140 years later?
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Thu, 17 Aug 2023 - 1h 05min - 199 - The Birdman of Adelaide Gaol – Part Three: Not Dead But Gone
The jury hands down its verdict in the William Burns murder trial, newspapers discover the existence of his sparrow, a poet is stirred to write verses about what follows... and two more Douglas crew members meet horrible deaths.
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If you want to hear my interview with Jen Kelly of In Black & White:
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Thu, 03 Aug 2023 - 52min - 198 - The Birdman of Adelaide Gaol – Part Two: Dark Threats & Darker Secrets
At his December 1882 murder trial William Burns pleads self-defence, even as fellow shipmates testify he’d committed cold-blooded murder. But what can his past reveal about his actions?
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Mon, 31 Jul 2023 - 56min - 197 - The Birdman of Adelaide Gaol – Part One: Murder on the High Seas
In September 1882, on a British ship on the high seas bound for Australia, English sailor William Burns stabs and kills a superior officer. For this capital crime, he’ll face justice in Adelaide – and await his fate in the company of a baby sparrow.
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Thu, 27 Jul 2023 - 49min - 196 - Your Stories: ‘I Found Australia’s Lost Rock ’n’ Roll Concert Film’
In 1959, entrepreneur Lee Gordon staged an all-star rock ’n’ roll show at the Sydney Stadium and filmed it for cinematic release. But this pioneering movie – the only one of its kind – was soon lost. More than half a century later, Melbourne man Mark Iaria found the film. He talks about his remarkable discovery and his efforts to digitise, restore and share the “Lee Gordon 1959 Rock ’N’ Roll Spectacular” with modern cinema audiences.
Check out the film’s webpage for screenings near you: https://rocknroll1959.com/
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Thu, 13 Jul 2023 - 51min - 195 - Book Preview – The Murder Squad
Exclusive to Forgotten Australia listeners, this episode comprises the first 20 pages of The Murder Squad, my new book about homicide investigation in Sydney and NSW during the worst years of the Great Depression.
We start with Detective-Sergeant Tom McRae in Albury in September 1934 as he investigates the Pyjama Girl, before flashing back to the triple tragedies he endured in his early life and as he started his rise through the ranks.
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Here's what some very nice folks have been saying about The Murder Squad:
‘The Murder Squad is a cracking decade-long history of crazed killers and cunning cops – a triumph of true crime storytelling backed by exhaustive research.’ – Stephen Gibbs, Daily Mail
‘Michael Adams has that rare ability to drop the reader right in the heart of the action. He gives such precise and evocative detail that the reader can almost see, hear and smell each crime scene. Murder Squad is a riveting read, bringing Australia’s Great Depression era to life through a series of cracking true crime stories starring the ingenious Sydney detective Tom McRae.’ – Jen Kelly, Herald Sun, In Black & White column and podcast
‘Michael Adams takes you on a tense journey into Sydney’s historical badlands. Compelling, rich and meticulous: this is Australian true crime at its very best.’ – Candice Fox, author of Fire With Fire, The Chase and Crimson Lake
‘Michael Adams is a master true crime storyteller. His mastery is firstly, in digging out intriguing historical crimes – many of which have long been forgotten – and secondly, in recounting them in the most compelling way. The Human Glove Mystery, The Pyjama Girl and The Park Demon all get the Michael Adams treatment, but so too the stories that didn’t attract the sensational headlines, but are no less intriguing. And all of it against a backdrop of historic Australia and the men of the Murder Squad who hunted out the killers and tried to bring them to justice. So thoroughly researched, this is the ultimate reference for true crime in Australia during the depression years.’ – Mercedes Maguire, The Daily Telegraph
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Mon, 03 Jul 2023 - 37min - 194 - Book Club: Peter Doyle – Suburban Noir
Peter Doyle, author of Suburban Noir, talks about researching and writing true crime, and about his uncle Detective-Sergeant Brian Doyle, a top Sydney cop in the 1950s and 1960s, who led the investigations into the Kingsgrove Slasher and the Graeme Thorne kidnapping-murder. With thanks to listeners who contributed questions for Peter.
Read Peter’s wonderful essay about taxi driving in Sydney here:
https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essay/doyle-passage/
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Mon, 19 Jun 2023 - 1h 04min - 193 - History Matters: The Birth & Rebirth of The Sun News-Pictorial
Launched in September 1922, Melbourne's The Sun News-Pictorial forever changed newspapers in Australia.
But for decades this historic publication has been difficult to access and to search because it's only available in a handful of physical microfilm catalogues. Now we have a chance to liberate this extraordinary Melbourne daily tabloid and give everyone free digital access in perpetuity via the National Library of Australia's Trove database.
In this "History Matters" episode, I'm joined by the State Library of Victoria's Paul Dee to hear more about this exciting project. I also sample how The Sun News-Pictorial began and how it quickly served up big photo stories about an upcoming solar eclipse, about the war threat that might see Anzacs fight and die again at Gallipoli, and about the sensational surrender of Melbourne's Public Enemy #1.
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Thu, 08 Jun 2023 - 39min - 192 - Your Stories: 'My Father, the Spitfire Pilot'
Sue Northey knew barely anything about her dad’s experiences during World War II. That was until she found 98 letters he wrote between 1941 and 1945. Sue joins me to talk about rediscovering her dad through this correspondence, which chronicles the great events and the small details of these turbulent and tragic years.
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Thu, 25 May 2023 - 50min - 191 - Bloody Murder in the Blue Mountains – Part Three
Even when the verdict is delivered in the Katoomba murder trial, the story is far from over – especially after the convicted man makes a startling allegation.
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Wed, 10 May 2023 - 46min - 190 - Bloody Murder in the Blue Mountains – Part Two
In the wake of the gory outrage at the California, the accused faces an inquest and then his trial for murder. If he's found guilty, he'll be sentenced to death. But is he bad – or mad?
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Book Club: I’ll be interviewing Peter Doyle about his non-fiction book Suburban Noir, which is a cracking portrait of crime and punishment in Sydney in the 1950s and 1960s.
We’ll also be talking about Peter’s other books, the non-fiction Crooks Like Us and City Of Shadows, and his four period crime novels, The Devil’s Jump, Amaze Your Friends, Get Rich Quick and The Big Whatever.
There’s plenty to talk about – and Peter would love to hear your questions about his work.
If you want me to read them to him, send them as an email to ForgottenAustraliapodcast@gmail.com
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Sun, 07 May 2023 - 41min - 189 - Bloody Murder in the Blue Mountains – Part One
A mountains hotel.
A locked room.
Screams in the night and a body in the morning.
The mystery of what happened in the California boarding house in Katoomba in autumn 1917 was like something by Agatha Christie.
Except this wasn’t a whodunit – it was a whydunit.
Parts 2 & 3 will be on general release soon. You can hear them now early and ad-free by supporting the podcast:
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Book Club: I’ll be interviewing Peter Doyle about his non-fiction book Suburban Noir, which is a cracking portrait of crime and punishment in Sydney in the 1950s and 1960s.
We’ll also be talking about Peter’s other books, the non-fiction Crooks Like Us and City Of Shadows, and his four period crime novels, The Devil’s Jump, Amaze Your Friends, Get Rich Quick and The Big Whatever.
There’s plenty to talk about – and Peter would love to hear your questions about his work
If you want me to read them to him, send them as an email to ForgottenAustraliapodcast@gmail.com
If you’d like to record your question in a free audio file from your computer, go to: https://www.speakpipe.com/forgottenaustralia
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Sun, 30 Apr 2023 - 45min - 188 - The Notorious Lady Munro – Part Three: A Most Remarkable Woman
Did Lady Justice favour Lady Munro? Would she have the last laugh on her copper nemesis? Has anyone ever faced court more often in Australian history or done it with more style? All will be revealed... almost!
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Wed, 19 Apr 2023 - 53min - 187 - The Notorious Lady Munro – Part Two: Drunk Around the Universe
Having come back from the grave once, Lady Munro faces another close call with death, becomes ever-more popular in colonial culture and goes toe-to-toe with one of Australia's most prominent gentlemen in a high-profile criminal court case.
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Sun, 16 Apr 2023 - 50min - 186 - The Notorious Lady Munro – Part One: The Woman in the Waterhole
The eccentric Lady Munro cut a swathe through late colonial and early Federation Australia with her drunken antics, defiant unconventionality and mysterious claim to be from one of England’s most famous aristocratic families. The ‘Notorious Lady Munro’, who confessed to having been been ‘drunk around the universe’, was celebrated as ‘one of the most remarkable women alive’ – and stayed alive long enough to read of her own death in the newspapers more than once. Join me for a strange, funny, sad and always surprising deep dive into the utterly forgotten life of our very own blue-blooded lady larrikin.
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Mon, 10 Apr 2023 - 1h 07min - 185 - Unholy War – The Salvation Army vs The Skeleton Army
While The Salvation Army is now a beloved institution, 140 years ago its men and women were regularly the victims of violent assaults by larrikin hordes who marched under the skull and bones and called themselves The Skeleton Army. These shameful attacks were staged all over Australia but were most prevalent in Melbourne and Victoria. In this episode, we explore the rise of the Salvos, the hostility they faced from the police, press and the public – and how these factors set the scene for their brutal persecution by the hateful Skeletons.
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Mon, 27 Mar 2023 - 1h 07min - 184 - The Pashometer Craze – Measuring Aussie Sex Appeal In The 1930s
“GIRLS ON PYLON SEX MACHINE”– it’s gotta be the weirdest newspaper headline of the 1930s. So what’s the strange story behind it? Join me for a plunge into the "Pashometer" craze that had Australians going bonkers to have a go on the machine that scientifically measured their all-important Sex Appeal!
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Mon, 13 Mar 2023 - 44min - 183 - The Terrible Mr Thomas – Part Four
It’s July 1950 and Sydney detectives have Arthur Graham - aka Fred Stevens, aka Thomas Croft, aka Lionel Thomas – cornered in Perth. But can the man they suspect of multiple murders escape justice again?
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Tue, 28 Feb 2023 - 38min - 182 - The Terrible Mr Thomas – Part Three
It’s winter 1950 and Sydney detectives are criss-crossing Australia as they try to piece together the whereabouts of Blacktown widow, Phyllis Mary Page, last seen in the company of Fred Stevens – aka Thomas Croft – aka Lionel Thomas.
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Sun, 26 Feb 2023 - 36min - 181 - The Terrible Mr Thomas – Part Two
It’s 1945 and Lionel Thomas - aka Thomas Croft – looks set to pay for one of the most heinous murders in Melbourne’s recent history: the cold-blooded shooting of a railway stationmaster.
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Fri, 24 Feb 2023 - 49min - 180 - The Terrible Mr Thomas – Part One
Lionel Charles Thomas went by a lot of aliases. But by any name, he was one nasty character. In this instalment, we chronicle his early criminal career and piece together the evidence that made Sydney and Melbourne suspect him in a handful of murders.
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Wed, 22 Feb 2023 - 58min - 179 - Pearl Harbor and the Pay Car Ambush – Part Two
With the true horror of the pay car outrage revealed – but buried ever-deeper in the war-time newspapers – Sydney police follow promising leads, conduct sweeping interviews and utilise the skills of the scientific squad in the hope of cracking the case. Eventually they’ll come up with a prime suspect – but where is he?
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Sun, 19 Feb 2023 - 31min - 178 - Pearl Harbor and the Pay Car Ambush – Part One
Just hours after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, cold-blooded bandits staged a ruthless ambush on a railway pay car crew south of Sydney. In the aftermath of this ambush, homicide detectives faced an unprecedented task. How could they get the public’s attention – get the information they needed to catch these killers – when all anyone could talk about was the new and unprecedented threat to Australia?
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Wed, 15 Feb 2023 - 50min - 173 - The Christmas Murder – Part Two
In the weeks after Shirley Butler's murder, newspaper reports hinted that police weren't divulging everything they knew. Then, in June 1953, nearly six months after her death, detectives announced a stunning breakthrough. But the arrest of their suspect would pale in comparisons with the revelations to come.
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Sun, 25 Dec 2022 - 42min - 172 - The Christmas Murder – Part One
Christmas Day 1952 saw three tragedies result in eight sudden deaths in Sydney. But the most haunting of these was the vicious murder of Shirley Butler, a 21-year-old woman whose body was found just a stone’s throw from her home in Waverton on the lower North Shore. Who had killed her and why? An army of detectives would scour the city for clues – and even authorise a world-first radio re-enactment of Shirley’s last tram journey.
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Sun, 18 Dec 2022 - 41min - 171 - The Mayor of Tiny Town vs Australia's Shiftiest Showman – Part Four
After Fred Jones's betrayal, with Hayati branded an 'enemy alien', the showman and the performer go head to head in a series of court cases that make headlines all around Australia.
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Mon, 12 Dec 2022 - 58min - 170 - The Mayor Of Tiny Town vs Australia's Shiftiest Showman – Part Three
Who was Frederick Hooper Jones, the man who tried to ruin Hayati Hassid? In this instalment, we look at Fred's life and career as a showman and as a pioneering aviator.
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Wed, 07 Dec 2022 - 42min - 169 - The Mayor Of Tiny Town vs Australia's Shiftiest Showman – Part Two
Having conquered Australia with Tiny Town, Hayati Hassid goes out on his own and falls into the orbit of Frederick Hooper Jones. To heat parts 3 & 4 right now ad-free, become an Apple subscriber or Patreon supporter.
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Sun, 04 Dec 2022 - 36min - 168 - The Mayor Of Tiny Town vs Australia's Shiftiest Showman – Part One
From a digitised formerly secret Australian military intelligence file comes one of Forgotten Australia’s strangest stories.
In 1911-1912, from Sydney to Brisbane, Perth to Melbourne, and all points in between, Australia was enthralled by the little people entertainment troupe known as Tiny Town.
Everyone was especially fond its undisputed star, 'The Mayor of Tiny Town', aka 'The Turkish Tom Thumb', the incomparable small-man performer Hayati Hassid.
Yet how did this beloved celebrity - who also acted as editor of 'The Tiny Town Times' - become designated an enemy alien after the Great War broke out?
What did this dark twist have to do with showman and self-professed father of Australian aviation Frederick Hooper Jones?
And just where do genocidal Turkish sultan Abdul The Damned, legendary escapologist Harry Houdini and Aussie rock band The Angels fit into this picture?
Join me for a four-part deep dive that takes us from the harems of the dying Ottoman Empire to the roller-skating-mad London vaudeville scene, from a forgotten antipodean box office blockbuster to the controversial very earliest days of Australia aviation.
You won't believe your ears.
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My new book Hanging Ned Kelly is out now and will make a cracker of a Christmas present.
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Thu, 01 Dec 2022 - 47min - 167 - The Cairns Grenade Murders Part 3
With the accused murderer of Holly Murphy and Kathleen Brown set to go to trial in April 1946, there's a series of shocking secret developments, including a bombshell letter that makes disturbing claims against Queensland's boys in blue. Via the original police murder file - and from information from a descendant of one of the men involved - we explore what might've really happened.
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In Black & White - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/in-black-and-white/id1466009446
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Wed, 19 Oct 2022 - 47min - 166 - The Cairns Grenade Murders Part 2
With Detective Senior-Sergeant Frank Bischof in Cairns, Bob Davis soon identifies the murderer. But how far can Bob be trusted? And what is Bischof offering?
Part 3 will be available later this week via regular podcast platforms. But as an Apple subscriber or Patreon supporter, you can hear it right now ad-free.
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
To hear me talk about my new book Hanging Ned Kelly - and for excellent true crime and history episodes, check out these podcasts:
Australian True Crime - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/australian-true-crime/id1217681421
In Black & White - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/in-black-and-white/id1466009446
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Sun, 16 Oct 2022 - 37min - 165 - 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 deep dive into this callous crime, whose solution was frustrated not only by the underworld’s code of silence but also by the conduct of Queensland’s most infamously corrupt cop.
Parts Two & Three will be available next week via regular podcast platforms. But as an Apple subscriber or Patreon supporter, you can hear them right now ad-free.
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
To hear me talk about my new book Hanging Ned Kelly - and for excellent true crime and history episodes, check out these podcasts:
Australian True Crime - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/australian-true-crime/id1217681421
In Black & White - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/in-black-and-white/id1466009446
To read an excerpt of Hanging Ned Kelly - https://affirmpress.com.au/publishing/hanging-ned-kelly/
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Mon, 10 Oct 2022 - 40min
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