Untold Stories of the Coalfields Alaina Earl

Untold Stories of the Coalfields looks into the phenomenon of the Min Min Lights, Boulia's enduring mystery lights, and how they compare to similar lights around the world. We even revisit our OG podcast topic, showing the spookiness of our Sporting Fields lingers still. Thanks to Julie from Boulia and Anon from the Bah for sharing your stories!

The final part of our 2 part look into the lingering effects of Australia's little known slave trade. Featuring audio from internationally and nationally acclaimed artist Jasmine Togo-Brisby, and local Moranbah identities, Blaire Vea Vea, Quentin Baggow and Kristie Geiger, aka Deadly G. 

Join 4RFM as we explore the little known practice of Blackbirding, and it's impact on the very fabric of Qld life. Described as "the practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders and using them as forced labour, in particular on sugar and cotton plantations in Australia", descendants of Blackbirded families are spread throughout our state and country, we were lucky enough to chat with 4 members of different families connected to Australia's hidden slave trade. This is part 1 of our 2 part Podcast, featuring internationally and nationally acclaimed Artist Jasime Togo-Brisby, and local Moranbah identities, Blaire Vea Vea, Quentin Baggow and Kristie Geiger, aka Deadly G.

Come with us as we head across the range to the coastal town of Mackay to catch up with local author SK Munt, & go over details of her best selling book "And the Memory Remains". Each chapter is dedicated to ghost stories, paranormal activity, history & strange phenomena that takes place in Moranbah's nearest city! You'll learn things you never knew before about the Sugar City!

It's said that, next to theatres,  pubs are home to the most wandering spirits. Perhaps because this is where you will generally find the biggest personalities? Come with us as we go through 2 lived experiences of departed folks who just weren't ready to leave their post. We enter the Jolly Collier Hotel in Dysart Qld, through the eyes of a former cleaning lady, and spend a night (almost) at the Cracow Pub Qld with a spooked traveller. Seems spirits of all kinds like to linger in alehouses.

On 7 September 1936 the last known thylacine, 'Benjamin', died from exposure in a zoo in Hobart, Tasmania. The last of his kind in captivity, & likely one of the last of his kind full stop. But being officially declared in 1986 has not stopped reported sightings and encounters of Tasmanian Tigers both in Tasmania and on the Australian mainland, from suburban Victoria to Qld's remote Cape York. Come with us as we discuss the very real possibility of living Thylacines with expert Neil Waters from Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia (TAGOA). Could 2021 be the year proof is finally recovered?