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The Body On The Train
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…

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Side Note: From Model To Movie Star
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…

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The Model & The Murder Case — Part Two
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…

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The Model & The Murder Case — Part One
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

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Side Note: Where The Truth Lies
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 …

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Sole Survivor
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…

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Erbie: King of the Ring-Ins
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…

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The First To Fight — Part Two
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…

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The First To Fight — Part One
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

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Spencer: From Movie Mogul To Murderer — Part Two
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

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