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The Battle For Rothbury – Part Two
Season 7 Episode 16
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 an…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Battle For Rothbury – Part One
Season 7 Episode 15
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…
2 years, 2 months ago
Australia’s First Serial Killer Manhunt – Part Three
Season 7 Episode 14
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 B…
2 years, 3 months ago
Australia’s First Serial Killer Manhunt – Part Two
Season 7 Episode 13
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 …
2 years, 3 months ago
Australia’s First Serial Killer Manhunt – Part One
Season 7 Episode 12
In 1896 a cold-blooded serial killer calling himself Frank Butler advertised for mining partners in Sydney newspapers. Those who went west with him t…
2 years, 3 months ago
Free Beer For All!
Season 7 Episode 11
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 …
2 years, 3 months ago
When Santa Broke Into Pentridge
Season 7 Episode 10
It was the criminal Christmas miracle to warm the hardest heart. During the festive season in 1951, Pentridge prisoners got a surprise visit from San…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Birth of the Bodgies
Season 7 Episode 9
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 …
2 years, 3 months ago
How The Bikini Conquered Bondi Beach
Season 7 Episode 8
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 insp…
2 years, 3 months ago
In the Execution of Their Duty
Season 7 Episode 7
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 "Wh…
2 years, 4 months ago