Shark Attack Of The Century — Part Two: The War On Sharks
Like the podcast? Take a sec to leave a rating and review — this helps it reach other people who might be interested. Cheers!Just when they thought it was safe to go back into the water, another young...
10 Feb 20221h 5min
Shark Attack Of The Century — Part One: Into The Jaws Of Death
100 years ago today — 4 February 1922 — Australia's attitude to sharks changed when the first known fatal shark attack on a Sydney ocean beach happened in front of thousands of people as a surf carniv...
4 Feb 20221h
The Plague Returns — Part Three: The Great Fire
In March 1902 — as the Bubonic Plague tightens its grip — Sydney awakes to a disastrous fire at Her Majesty's Theatre. Next the city's Zoo falls victim to the disease that will make encore appearances...
17 Jan 202237min
The Plague Returns — Part Two: Bigger Than Ben Hur
With Bubonic Plague spreading in Sydney, the highest-profile "victim" is Ben Hur at Her Majesty's Theatre, despite producers putting pressure on the Premier to circumvent health orders to get the show...
16 Jan 202239min
The Plague Returns — Part One: The Bays Of Blood
120 years ago today, Sydney faced an epidemic. And it also had a rat problem — but in this case it was there was too many of them.January 1902 saw the second wave of the Bubonic Plague and — despite t...
16 Jan 202256min
Reprise — Murder On The Dance Floor — Part Two
Season Five is just around the corner. We're kicking off with an episode called Blue Murder On The Golden Mile. It’s a killer tale set in 1926 and it takes us inside what was then the most intensive m...
19 Nov 20211h 2min
Reprise — Murder On The Dance Floor — Part One
Season Five is just around the corner. We're kicking off with an episode called Blue Murder On The Golden Mile. It’s a killer tale set in 1926 and it takes us inside what was then the most intensive m...
19 Nov 202147min
Australia's Slave Ship Massacre — Part Three (Season Finale)
In the wake of the massacre, Dr James Patrick Murray makes a series of surprising moves that further his infamy in Australia and across the British Empire.Listener Desiree Pettit-Keating, of Bendigo R...
8 Okt 20211h 6min
