Tasmania is a Mecca for bushwalkers, with its wilderness known world-over for its breathtaking beauty. But Australia’s most natural state has also increasingly become known for its secrets. Episode one of The Lost Ones reveals some of the reasons why people seem to literally vanish from the face of the Earth on this remote island. It also looks into the story of devoutly religious man Geoffrey Rallings, a piano accordion player who moved to Tasmania but disappeared without a trace about Christmas 1995.

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