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The unfortunate incident
Season 1 Episode 6
Every hoarder's nightmare… SMASHING an irreplaceable, precious antique. Annabel Crabb pieces together the tale of prospector Bernhardt Holtermann.
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10 hours ago
The giggle twins
Season 1 Episode 5
Violating the "quiet" rule. The extraordinary, hilarious, heart-warming story of two young Indigenous trainee library curators who started on the sam…
1 week ago
The strong room
Season 1 Episode 4
Long before the Internet introduced us to twinks and furries, the Victorian era had explored 'scandalous' gay porn via explicit love letters between …
2 weeks ago
Australia’s greatest coin heist
Season 1 Episode 3
A charming restaurateur, ballroom dancer, coin collector and porn aficionado. A closely-guarded trove of colonial gold coins in the William Dixson co…
3 weeks ago
Australia’s greatest coin heist
Season 1 Episode 3
A charming restaurateur, ballroom dancer, coin collector and porn aficionado. A closely-guarded trove of colonial gold coins in the William Dixson co…
3 weeks ago
A very drunk history
Season 1 Episode 2
The grim history behind the NSW State Library's doors. Opened in 1826, exclusively to the rich white men who could pass a secret "blackballing" test,…
4 weeks ago
I found a hair in my library
Season 1 Episode 1
Plagued by the question "Am I a hoarder?" journalist Annabel Crabb visits Australia's oldest library and learns that her own issues with 'collecting'…
1 month ago
INTRODUCING History Or Hoarding? With Annabel Crabb
Season 1
Annabel Crabb — who personally struggles to declutter, just ask Annabel's husband — visits Australia's oldest library and immediately feels better ab…
1 month, 2 weeks ago