Calluses and a steel rack

So what do foot calluses and a steel rack have in common? Well, they both relate to the two unsolved mini-mysteries that will be unpacked in this episode.

Join Cal, Dave, Rachel and Steveo as they speculate on how a man named Harry famously got his barefoot moniker before submerging themselves into the mystery of the NSW Rackman.

 Content references
Crucified body of NSW’s ‘Rack Man’ identified after 25 years – case is referred to Cold Case Homicide Squad – Australian True Crime & Unsolved Mysteries (unsolvedtruecrime.com)

Max Tancevski | Unidentified Wiki | Fandom

Rack Man: Mystery of body in Hawkesbury River tied to cross | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

Unsolved Australian crimes: Justine Ford book extract | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

Rack Man: Mystery of body in Hawkesbury River tied to cross | The Courier Mail

Rack Man: Mystery of body in Hawkesbury River tied to cross | The Courier Mail

85UMNSW (doenetwork.org)

Max TANCEVSKI (australianmissingpersonsregister.com)

Crucified body of NSW’s ‘Rack Man’ identified after 25 years | Herald Sun

Max Tancevski | Graham's Blog (wordpress.com)

Australia - Australia - Max Tancevski, 'Rack Man', Hawkesbury River, N.S.W, remains found, 11 Aug 1994 | Websleuths

TANCEVSKI, Max - Responses [2015] NSWCorCResp 17 (22 May 2015) (austlii.edu.au)

27 May 1939 - BAREFOOT HARRY. - Trove (nla.gov.au)

Colorful Characters — Barefoot Harry Rice | Ahcuah (wordpress.com)

The Northern Miner, 4 June 1930. 

The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 May 1939.

Submerged corpse found 24 years after the murder - a case study (jomswsge.com)

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This episode of Austranged is hosted, produced and edited by Cal, Dave, Rachel and Stevo. Opening song, 'Shivers in the Shadows' is composed by Victor Lundberg.

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