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Bonus Episode — Australia's Original Radio Bad Boy
Season 1 Episode 17
Long before Mick Molloy or Kyle Sandilands, Arundel Nixon ripped up the radio waves as the risqué “King of the Cads”. For a decade the Cad worked for…
6 years, 10 months ago
Bonus Episode — America’s Anti-Rambo In Australia
Season 1 Episode 16
Radical revolutionaries, maniacal Marines, sexual shenanigans, dodgy dealings, horny hippies, Hare Krishnas and High Court judges: this is the strang…
6 years, 10 months ago
Bonus Episode — A Gallipoli Story
Season 1 Episode 15
Private James Coughlan only saw one day of combat — 25 April 1915 at Gallipoli — yet his war would continue at home for years, one of thousands whose…
6 years, 11 months ago
Mr White and the Walwa Murder Mystery
Season 1 Episode 14
This 1939 case seemed ripped from the pages of a detective novel — and may even have been inspired by one. There was the man with the murky past. Sis…
7 years ago
Arizona Ryan’s Sydney Shootout — Part Two
Season 1 Episode 13
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 kill…
7 years ago
Arizona Ryan’s Sydney Shootout — Part One
Season 1 Episode 13
A century ago, in the Sydney slum of Surry Hills, a Chinese gunman shot more than a dozen people, triggering a dramatic police siege that was only en…
7 years ago
The Ghost of Mount Victoria Pass
Season 1 Episode 12
In 1891 Henry Lawson published a poem called “The Ghost at the Second Bridge”, which told of encountering a terrifying spectre on lonely Mount Victor…
7 years ago
The Murderous Mrs Mitchell — Part Three
Season 1 Episode 11
Another missing woman, more illegal operations and alleged murders, along with scandalous affairs and amnesiac witnesses. In the final part of this e…
7 years ago
The Murderous Mrs Mitchell – Part Two
Season 1 Episode 11
In 1923 Nurse Hannah Mitchell faced trial, charged with the murder of Bertha Coughlan and the attempted murder of her ex-husband Frank Bonfiglio. The…
7 years ago
The Murderous Mrs Mitchell — Part One
Season 1 Episode 11
She dropped a headless torso into the Yarra River and shot her ex-husband full of holes — and these were just two of the horrific crimes alleged agai…
7 years ago