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Publisher |: Forgotten Australia

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Australia,; History,; Society & Culture

Categories Via RSS |: History,; Society & Culture,; True Crime

True crimes, dark histories, unsolved mysteries, eccentric personalities and strange happenings: Forgotten Australia is history as you've never heard it before. Each episode brings to life people and events that were once known to everyone but are now barely remembered by anyone. Based on intensive original research, Forgotten Australia is crafted with a novelist’s eye for character and detail to create gripping narratives that sound so fresh it's like they're ripped from today's headlines.

You can get early ad-free access and bonus Forgotten Australia episodes by subscribing at Apple or supporting at Patreon.

My new book, Hanging Ned Kelly, about Melbourne's 19th century executioners, is out now.

You can read an excerpt here for free.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People |: Michael Adams
Country Of Origin |: Australia
Produced In |: Sydney, New South Wales
Premiere Date |: 2018-11-11
Related Hashtags |: #forgottenaustralia
Frequency |: Weekly
Explicit |: No

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187 Available Episodes (187 Total) / Average duration: 00:45:40

Date Duration Most Reviewed Highest Rated

187 Available Episodes (187 Total)Average duration: 00:45:40

Apr 19, 2023

00:53:09

Did Lady Justice favour Lady Munro? Would she have the last laugh on her copper nemesis? Has anyone ever faced court more often in Australian history or done it with more style? All will be revealed... almost!

Support Forgotten Australia:

Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia

To submit questions for the Peter Doyle Book Club episode:

https://www.speakpipe.com/forgottenaustralia

or: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 16, 2023

00:50:27

Having come back from the grave once, Lady Munro faces another close call with death, becomes ever-more popular in colonial culture and goes toe-to-toe with one of Australia's most prominent gentlemen in a high-profile criminal court case.

Support Forgotten Australia:

Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia

To submit questions for the Peter Doyle Book Club episode:

https://www.speakpipe.com/forgottenaustralia

or: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 10, 2023

01:07:01

The eccentric Lady Munro cut a swathe through late colonial and early Federation Australia with her drunken antics, defiant unconventionality and mysterious claim to be from one of England’s most famous aristocratic families. The ‘Notorious Lady Munro’, who confessed to having been been ‘drunk around the universe’, was celebrated as ‘one of the most remarkable women alive’ – and stayed alive long enough to read of her own death in the newspapers more than once. Join me for a strange, funny, sad and always surprising deep dive into the utterly forgotten life of our very own blue-blooded lady larrikin.

Parts 2 & 3 available now early and ad-free for Apple Subscribers and Patreon Supporters.

**Take advantage of the Apple three-day free trial to hear them and all bonus episodes. Cancel before it expires and you won't pay anything**

Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia

To submit questions for the Peter Doyle Book Club episode:

https://www.speakpipe.com/forgottenaustralia

or: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 27, 2023

01:07:32

While The Salvation Army is now a beloved institution, 140 years ago its men and women were regularly the victims of violent assaults by larrikin hordes who marched under the skull and bones and called themselves The Skeleton Army. These shameful attacks were staged all over Australia but were most prevalent in Melbourne and Victoria. In this episode, we explore the rise of the Salvos, the hostility they faced from the police, press and the public – and how these factors set the scene for their brutal persecution by the hateful Skeletons.

Hear the new bonus episode Gotcha! Australia’s April Fools via:

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia

Apple (you can get a three-day free trial):

http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia

Questions for the Book Club episode featuring Peter Doyle can be submitted:

In writing: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com

As audio: speakpipe.com/forgottenaustralia

Hanging Ned Kelly is 40% off here (at time of writing):

https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922806406.html

Save Trove:

Change.org petition to fully fund Trove:

https://www.change.org/p/fully-fund-trove

Email Arts Minister Tony Burke:

https://www.tonyburke.com.au/contact

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Mar 13, 2023

00:44:45

“GIRLS ON PYLON SEX MACHINE”– it’s gotta be the weirdest newspaper headline of the 1930s. So what’s the strange story behind it? Join me for a plunge into the "Pashometer" craze that had Australians going bonkers to have a go on the machine that scientifically measured their all-important Sex Appeal!

Change.org petition to fully fund Trove - https://www.change.org/p/fully-fund-trove

Contact Tony Burke - https://www.tonyburke.com.au/contact

Support Forgotten Australia:

Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia

Contact email forgottenaustraliapodcast (at) gmail.com

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Feb 28, 2023

00:38:30

It’s July 1950 and Sydney detectives have Arthur Graham - aka Fred Stevens, aka Thomas Croft, aka Lionel Thomas – cornered in Perth. But can the man they suspect of multiple murders escape justice again?

Support Forgotten Australia:

Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia

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Feb 26, 2023

00:36:52

It’s winter 1950 and Sydney detectives are criss-crossing Australia as they try to piece together the whereabouts of Blacktown widow, Phyllis Mary Page, last seen in the company of Fred Stevens – aka Thomas Croft – aka Lionel Thomas.

Support Forgotten Australia:

Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia

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Feb 24, 2023

00:49:08

It’s 1945 and Lionel Thomas - aka Thomas Croft – looks set to pay for one of the most heinous murders in Melbourne’s recent history: the cold-blooded shooting of a railway stationmaster.

Support Forgotten Australia:

Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia

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Feb 22, 2023

00:58:42

Lionel Charles Thomas went by a lot of aliases. But by any name, he was one nasty character. In this instalment, we chronicle his early criminal career and piece together the evidence that made Sydney and Melbourne suspect him in a handful of murders.

Support Forgotten Australia:

Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 19, 2023

00:31:51

With the true horror of the pay car outrage revealed – but buried ever-deeper in the war-time newspapers – Sydney police follow promising leads, conduct sweeping interviews and utilise the skills of the scientific squad in the hope of cracking the case. Eventually they’ll come up with a prime suspect – but where is he?

Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia

Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia

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Apr 19 | 00:53:09

The Notorious Lady Munro – Part Three: A Most Remarkable Woman

Apr 16 | 00:50:27

The Notorious Lady Munro – Part Two: Drunk Around the Universe

Apr 10 | 01:07:01

The Notorious Lady Munro – Part One: The Woman in the Waterhole

Mar 27 | 01:07:32

Unholy War – The Salvation Army vs The Skeleton Army

Mar 13 | 00:44:45

The Pashometer Craze – Measuring Aussie Sex Appeal In The 1930s

Feb 28 | 00:38:30

The Terrible Mr Thomas – Part Four

Feb 26 | 00:36:52

The Terrible Mr Thomas – Part Three

Feb 24 | 00:49:08

The Terrible Mr Thomas – Part Two

Feb 22 | 00:58:42

The Terrible Mr Thomas – Part One

Feb 19 | 00:31:51

Pearl Harbor and the Pay Car Ambush – Part Two

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