Best Forgotten Australia Podcasts (2024)

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The Boys of Death Row – Part Six: Lives Hanging in the Balance 58:33

1h ago58:33

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A new murder committed by a 17-year-old brings the tally of boys on Death Row to ten. From April 1936 onwards, the NSW government has to decide who’ll live and who’ll die. With time running out in one case, they rush towards a ‘ghastly mistake’, while in another what they decide will lead to another murder more than 50 years later in Queensland. To…

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The Boys of Death Row – Part Five: The Defence of Consent 32:10

1h ago32:10

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In March 1936, a young Italian woman testifies against her seven rapists in open court, speaking bravely against their claims she’d consented to their violent group assault. To support the show: Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia Check out my books: (there’s a new one…) They’ll Never Hold…

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The Boys of Death Row – Part Four: A Murderer About Town 39:45

1h ago39:45

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In the lazy days between Christmas and New Year in Wagga Wagga in 1935, a 17-year-old boy spends the festive season indulging in romantic fakery, prepared to defend his deception with cold-blooded murder. To support the show: Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia Check out my books: (there’s…

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The Boys of Death Row – Part Three: The Hooded Bandit 46:33

9d ago46:33

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Another young criminal faces the ultimate penalty after being convicted of shooting a man during a Sydney railway robbery. But is the Hooded Bandit about to be hanged because the government is making a ghastly legal mistake? To support the show: Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia Check ou…

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The Boys of Death Row – Part Two: The Calmest Killer 37:46

18d ago37:46

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With Monty Henwood’s 17-year-old alleged killer in custody, police are amazed by the youth’s calm confessions… even though they might see him sentenced to death. *Part two of The Boys of Death Row. The whole miniseries is available ad-free and early to supporters. Parts three to six on general release over the next three weeks.* To support the show…

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The Boys of Death Row – Part One: A Body on the Line 50:18

21d ago50:18

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On a Monday morning in November 1935, a battered man is found dead beside railway tracks in the Blue Mountains. The victim is revered and his death is a mystery. But Sydney police, led by murder expert Detective-Sergeant Tom McRae, are soon on the trail of a young killer. *Part one of The Boys of Death Row. The whole miniseries is available ad-free…

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The Masked Murderer 59:08

1M ago59:08

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Originally released in 2019, this episode tells the story of a Saturday night stick-up in Sydney that went very, very wrong – leaving a mystery that has endured for nearly a century. My upcoming miniseries will include the similar case of “The Hooded Bandit”, along with other crimes that shocked Australia in 1935-1936. It'll be with you very soon! …

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The Forgotten Man – Part Four: The Truth 41:05

1M ago41:05

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One of Australia’s most respected journalists tells us about his early career on Sydney tabloid The Sun and how he got an exclusive interview with The Forgotten Man to ask the question: ‘Did you do it?’ To support the show: Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia Email: forgottenaustraliapodca…

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The Forgotten Man – Part Three: The Trial 58:09

1M ago58:09

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The man accused of John Smillie’s murder finally has his day in court. But the verdict won’t settle the haunting question of his guilt or innocence. To support the show: Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com Check out my books: Hanging Ned Kelly @ D…

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The Forgotten Man – Part Two: The Accused 59:19

1M ago59:19

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Following new information, received six months after the murder of John Smillie, detectives from Sydney’s CIB swoop on their suspect. What happens next is decried as a travesty of justice. To support the show: Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com C…

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The Forgotten Man – Part One: The Murder 48:11

2M ago48:11

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In September 1935, John Smillie was shot dead in his taxi in western Sydney. Who had murdered this war veteran, loving husband and doting father? Was it a robbery gone wrong? A maniac with a grudge against cabbies? Or was he the victim of mistaken identity in a vicious gangland war? The Forgotten Man is an incredible tale of murder and mystery, fac…

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The Comic Book Killer 38:35

2M ago38:35

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From 1946, Sydney’s Leonard Lawson was a hero to kids for creating the comic book The Lone Avenger. But in reality the young artist was a psychopathic villain responsible for crimes far more terrible than anything in his stories. For five decades, Lawson would outrage the nation by destroying innocent lives and making a mockery of the law’s ability…

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Weachurch: Werewolf of Pentridge – Part Three 45:37

2M ago45:37

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A year after he's 'disappeared' into a solitary cage at Pentridge, Weachurch makes a last stab at freedom... and leaves behind a haunting legacy of resistance to injustice. Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com Check out my books: Hanging Ned Kelly @ Dymocks https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/hanging-ned-kelly-by-michael-adams-9781922992185 The M…

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Weachurch: Werewolf of Pentridge – Part Two 44:15

2M ago44:15

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*Due to an incorrect audio upload error, I'm re-releasing Part Two – this is the correct audio* With Weachurch’s pleas for justice ignored and obstructed as he has punishments piled upon him illegally, he takes desperate action against him enemies again... and again... and again. This never-before-told story is based on extensive research in archiv…

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Weachurch: Werewolf of Pentridge – Part One 52:37

2M ago52:37

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*New episode* A century before Mark ‘Chopper’ Read became infamous in Pentridge, a convict named Weachurch struck terror into that prison’s warders and from behind its bluestone walls he loomed large as an Australian boogeyman. Weachurch’s attacks were so bloodthirsty that he was dubbed a ‘human tiger’ – a ‘wehrwolf’ – and he was kept in a cage in …

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The Murder of Mary Edson 32:00

2M ago32:00

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*New episode* The 1931 murder of young Adelaide wife and mother Mary Edson shocked Australia. But despite this crime’s gruesome details, it was even then a depressingly familiar sort of outrage committed by a depressingly familiar sort of offender. Nearly 100 years later, not enough has changed. 1800RESPECT is the national domestic, family and sexu…

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The Meticulous Maniac – Part Two: We Have All Got To Die Sometime 47:22

3M ago47:22

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*New Episode* With Kingsgrove people reeling from the outrage committed on Paterson Avenue, Sydney detectives swarm the streets to piece together what happened, who was responsible and why the madman struck at beloved citizens. Support Forgotten Australia: Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustral…

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The Meticulous Maniac – Part One: The Good Doctor 50:26

3M ago50:26

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*New Episode* In 1956, Sydney’s usually sedate southern suburbs were stalked by not one but two bloodthirsty men. While the Kingsgrove Slasher’s reign of terror would last years but result in no deaths, the Meticulous Maniac’s outrage was far shorter and far more deadly. Yet in the wake of his violence, victims were to react with extraordinary grac…

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The Deadwood Dick Murders – Part Three 27:53

3M ago27:53

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Jack Brown — murderer of three people, supposedly inspired by reading Deadwood Dick pulp novels — went to trial in October 1906. But could a boy who reckoned he’d slaughtered his best friends in the name of a genocidal revolution for White Australia actually be sane, be convicted and be hanged? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform…

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The Deadwood Dick Murders – Part Two 36:49

3M ago36:49

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Following the supposedly Deadwood Dick-inspired murders committed by Jimmy and Joe Governor, Jack Underwood and Thomas Quinlan, in July 1906 Australia was rocked by a new outrage attributed to “pernicious literature”: the brutal killing and mutilation of three people at German Creek on the NSW north coast. The perpetrator was young Jack Brown. But …

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The Deadwood Dick Murders – Part One 44:33

3M ago44:33

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One more re-release before new episodes. This one originally came out in 2020, and, while it was supposed to be a two-parter, it became a trilogy – fittingly, given it's a bit like the Dark Knight. Parts two and three will be on general release this week, but are available now to Apple and Patreon supporters. Deadwood Dick was the first pop culture…

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The Nature of the Scorpion – Part Three 49:19

4M ago49:19

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Having escaped prison, fled interstate and joined the army under yet another new name, George Blunderfield seeks reinvention and redemption on the Western Front — but his true nature compels him to commit his most atrocious crimes yet. First released in 2021, this episode is re-released as part of Season 8’s ‘Crimes That Shocked Australia’ Brand-ne…

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The Nature of the Scorpion – Part Two 44:39

4M ago44:39

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After committing a sickening outrage in the first weeks of 1900, George Blunderfield serves a relatively short jail sentence. When he's set free he sheds his identity but can’t help but follow the nature that causes him to hurt those who only want to help him. Part 3 will be released next week. But you can hear it now ad-free as a podcast supporter…

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The Nature of the Scorpion – Part One 36:23

4M ago36:23

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Forgotten fiend George Blunderfield left a trail of violence and murder across Australia from the late 19th century until near the end of the First World War. Parts 2 & 3 will be released next week. But you can hear them now ad-free as a podcast supporter. First released in 2021, this episode is re-released as part of Season 8’s ‘Crimes That Shocke…

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Nightmare on the Night Train – Part Three 31:36

5M ago31:36

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Trapped in Melbourne in bizarre circumstances, Herbert Kopit's last chance is to talk his way out of an arrest and flee the country. First released in 2022, this episode is re-released as part of Season 8’s ‘Crimes That Shocked Australia’ Support Forgotten Australia: Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Forgo…

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The Boys of Death Row – Part Six: Lives Hanging in the Balance 58:33

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The Boys of Death Row – Part Five: The Defence of Consent 32:10

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The Boys of Death Row – Part Four: A Murderer About Town 39:45

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The Boys of Death Row – Part Three: The Hooded Bandit 46:33

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The Boys of Death Row – Part Two: The Calmest Killer 37:46

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The Boys of Death Row – Part One: A Body on the Line 50:18

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The Masked Murderer 59:08

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The Forgotten Man – Part Four: The Truth 41:05

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The Forgotten Man – Part Three: The Trial 58:09

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The Forgotten Man – Part Two: The Accused 59:19

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The Forgotten Man – Part One: The Murder 48:11

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The Comic Book Killer 38:35

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Weachurch: Werewolf of Pentridge – Part Three 45:37

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Weachurch: Werewolf of Pentridge – Part Two 44:15

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Weachurch: Werewolf of Pentridge – Part One 52:37

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The Murder of Mary Edson 32:00

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The Meticulous Maniac – Part Two: We Have All Got To Die Sometime 47:22

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The Meticulous Maniac – Part One: The Good Doctor 50:26

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The Deadwood Dick Murders – Part Three 27:53

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The Deadwood Dick Murders – Part Two 36:49

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The Deadwood Dick Murders – Part One 44:33

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The Nature of the Scorpion – Part Three 49:19

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The Nature of the Scorpion – Part Two 44:39

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The Nature of the Scorpion – Part One 36:23

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Nightmare on the Night Train – Part Three 31:36

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