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11/07/2023

The Unfinished Prince

There's a body buried in the grounds of Windsor Castle whose real home is thousands of miles away. Since 2007, there have been calls for Prince Alamayu’s remains to be returned to Ethiopia. But how exactly did this young royal end up alone in England, and buried at Windsor Castle? To answer that we have to go back to 1868 to hear the message the British wanted to send that still reverberates to this day. This podcast is a co-production of ABC Australia and CBC Podcasts If this episode has raised any issues for you, call Lifeline on 13 11 14.

11/07/2023

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45 min
09/11/2021

Not Your Venus

Sarah 'Saartjie' Baartman was taken to the UK by a British doctor. But did she know what she was signing up for? Stage-named 'The Hottentot Venus', Sarah was paraded around freak shows in London and Paris. During her life and even after her death, she was objectified, mistreated and abused. More than 200 years after her death, her life story reveals confronting truths about the treatment of black female bodies and how much has, and hasn’t, changed. Season Two is co-produced with CBC Podcasts.

09/11/2021

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35 min
01/08/2023

The Girl Called Pocahontas

How do you uncover the true life of a woman whose existence is wrapped in myth, propaganda and a famous animated children’s movie? This is the true story of Matoaka - a young Powhatan girl who you probably know as Pocahontas. This is the mystery of a child, a hidden history and a stolen story. Audio courtesy of Missing Matoaka. This podcast is a co-production of ABC Australia and CBC Podcasts

01/08/2023

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34 min
Season 4, Episode 2

02 Uncropped | Who is visiting?

Hoards of people descend on the Pennisi property to take a look at this ‘saucer nest’, sending the family running for cover. Turns out, in the years to come that would be the least of their worries. Rumours of covert surveillance and odd happenings leave the people at the heart of this mystery looking over their shoulders.

S4, E2

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35 min
Season 6, Episode 3

03 Expanse: The Nannup Four | Down the rabbit hole

Dominique travels across the country to meet the two people who might be able to help her understand how Chantelle came to be living a reclusive life in a hidden corner of Western Australia, alongside a self-styled spiritual guru 18 years her senior.

S6, E3

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33 min
Season 6, Episode 2

02 Expanse: The Nannup Four | Selling snake oil

A chance encounter in the streets of Melbourne in 1998 leaves a friend wondering what Chantelle McDougall has been pulled into. Dominique hears about the escalating pattern of control Simon Kadwill exercises over Chantelle. If you can add to this story, or have information you think might be important, please get in touch by emailing expanse.abc@proton.me. In this episode, we cover topics like: Chantelle McDougall and her daughter 5-year-old Leela vanished from Nannup, Western Australia in 2007, while entwined in the "Truth Fellowship" cult. Who are the missing people who disappeared into this cult? The baffling mystery of a cult Nannup family of four who disappeared in 2007. What happened to them? Four people who were part of an online doomsday cult disappeared from a small Australian town. The 2007 disappearances of the "Truth Fellowship" Cult: Simon Kadwill, 45, Chantelle McDougall, 27, Leela McDougall, 5, and Tony Popic, 40 Missing people who have disappeared into cults? Baffling mystery of a cult Nannup family of four who disappeared in 2007. What happened to them? How can four people just vanish? Odd tales emerge in Nannup case.

S6, E2

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30 min
18/07/2023

Zero Marks The Spot

It’s round. It has a hole in it. It symbolises nothing and yet it is the possibility of something... meet zero. The zero we know and love today is the foundation of our modern world. And we have India to thank for it; in particular one special Indian birch bark book — the Bakhshali manuscript. This is the story of how these fragile pages travelled to Oxford University and what their future looks like. This podcast is a co-production of ABC Australia and CBC Podcasts

18/07/2023

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36 min
04/07/2023

Bottles in the Basement

Deep in the cellars of one of England’s grandest country homes, covered in dirt and cobwebs, lay dozens of bottles of ancient rum. Their discovery set off a frenzy among collectors vying to own the oldest rum in the world. But where did they come from and who produced them? Sealed inside was the story of an enslaved people in one of the first overseas colonies of the British Empire - Barbados. This podcast is a co-production of ABC Australia and CBC Podcasts.

04/07/2023

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37 min
Season 6, Episode 4

04 Expanse: The Nannup Four | A question of belief

Tony Popic is talking about an end of days, Simon is seeing spirits and Chantelle is forced into a difficult decision as increasingly troubling hints something's not right come to light.

S6, E4

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34 min
Season 6, Episode 1

01 Expanse: The Nannup Four | The people in the blue house

When three adults and a child disappear without a trace from the isolated bush community of Nannup in 2007, it sparks disturbing theories about what might have happened. What was going on in the little blue house, and could understanding that hold the key to the disappearance? Host Dominique Bayens starts unpicking the rumours of cults, hidden identities and bizarre behaviour. If you can add to this story, or have information you think might be important please get in touch by emailing expanse.abc@proton.me. In this episode we cover topics like: Chantelle McDougall and her daughter 5 year old Leela vanished from Nannup, Western Australia in 2007, while entwined in the "Truth Fellowship" cult. Who are the missing people who disappeared into this cult? The baffling mystery of a cult Nannup family of four who disappeared in 2007. What happened to them? Four people who were part of an online doomsday cult disappeared from a small Australian town. The 2007 disappearances of the "Truth Fellowship" Cult: Simon Kadwill, 45, Chantelle McDougall, 27, Leela McDougall, 5, and Tony Popic, 40 Missing people who have disappeared into cults? Baffling mystery of a cult Nannup family of four who disappeared in 2007. What happened to them? How can four people just vanish? Odd tales emerge in Nannup case

S6, E1

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30 min

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