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The Body On The Train
Season 2 Episode 14
In 1919 Australia was baffled by a real-life mystery worthy of Sherlock Holmes when the body of a young man was discovered on top of a railway carria…
6 years, 5 months ago
Side Note: From Model To Movie Star
Season 2 Episode 13
In the mid-1950s, Jeanette Elphick, an Australian model known as "The Face", reinvented herself as Hollywood movie star Victoria Shaw, going on to ma…
6 years, 5 months ago
The Model & The Murder Case — Part Two
Season 2 Episode 12
In 1954 popular Sydney model Shirley Beiger went on trial for the shooting murder of her boyfriend, with the already sensational proceedings made wil…
6 years, 5 months ago
The Model & The Murder Case — Part One
Season 2 Episode 12
In 1954 glamorous Sydney model Shirley Beiger shot her lover dead outside a Sydney nightclub. But why did she kill him — and what punishment would sh…
6 years, 6 months ago
Side Note: Where The Truth Lies
Season 2 Episode 11
Just days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Murray Chambers from Queensland survived when an enemy submarine sank the merchant ship Donerail …
6 years, 6 months ago
Sole Survivor
Season 2 Episode 10
In June 1946 a crew of four sailing the ketch Nova down the New South Wales coast vanished with their boat in bad weather. 132 days later a lone skel…
6 years, 6 months ago
Erbie: King of the Ring-Ins
Season 2 Episode 9
Fifty years before Fine Cotton, Australia was electrified by a series of audacious racing ring-ins starring a champion horse named Erbie. The man who…
6 years, 6 months ago
The First To Fight — Part Two
Season 2 Episode 8
As 1940 starts and the “Phoney War” ends, Australian RAF Bomber Command pilot Jim Brough flies ever-more dangerous missions against the Nazis and fac…
6 years, 6 months ago
The First To Fight — Part One
Season 2 Episode 8
Eighty years ago this week, World War II began when England declared war on Germany in response to the Nazi invasion of Poland. Within 48 minutes of …
6 years, 7 months ago
Spencer: From Movie Mogul To Murderer — Part Two
Season 2 Episode 7
From making pioneering bushranger films and launching the careers of Australia’s most famous early stars to a bitter business betrayal and a bloody m…
6 years, 7 months ago