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Forgotten Australia Forgotten Australia
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Created by Michael Adams, author of The Murder Squad and Hanging Ned Kelly, Forgotten Australia delves deep into bloody crimes, dark histories, unsolved mysteries, eccentric personalities and bizarre happenings that are almost always stranger than fiction. 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. This is the history you wish you’d been taught in school.
You can get early ad-free access and bonus Forgotten Australia episodes by subscribing at Apple or supporting at Patreon.
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Nightmare on the Night Train – Part Three
Trapped in Melbourne in bizarre circumstances, Herbert Kopit's last chance is to talk his way out of an arrest and flee the country.
First released in 2022, this episode is re-released as part of Season 8’s ‘Crimes That Shocked Australia’
Support Forgotten Australia:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
The Murder Squad
https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-murder-squad-michael-adams/book/9781922863836.html
Hanging Ned Kelly
https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922992185.html
Australia’s Sweetheart
https://www.booktopia.com.au/australia-s-sweetheart-michael-adams/book/9780733640292.html
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Nightmare on the Night Train – Part Two
How did Herbert Kopit become the most wanted man in Australia, trying to escape a massive tri-state murder manhunt while dressed as a woman?
Part 3 will be released next week. But You can hear it now ad-free as a podcast supporter.
Support Forgotten Australia:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
First released in 2022, this episode is re-released as part of Season 8’s ‘Crimes That Shocked Australia’
Brand-new episodes coming in May.
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Nightmare on the Night Train – Part One
It's just after dawn on 2 April 1936 at Brisbane's Central Railway Station and as a porter enters a sleeping car on the overnight train from Bundaberg he discovers a slaughterhouse. Within minutes Queensland police will begin a desperate hunt for a maniac responsible for multiple murders. Parts 2 & 3 will be released next week. But you can hear them now ad-free as a podcast supporter.
Support Forgotten Australia:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
First released in 2022, this episode is re-released as part of Season 8’s ‘Crimes That Shocked Australia’
Brand-new episodes coming in May.
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Your Stories: ‘My Great-Great Grandfather was a Serial Killer!’
In Victoria in September 1883, moments before he was hanged for murder, Robert Burns made a startling confession, claiming he’d killed not one but eight people. Flash forward 140 years and Bendigo woman Julie di Bella was researching her family history when she made a shocking discovery about her bloodline. Julie joins Forgotten Australia to talk about the thorniest branch in her family tree.
Support Forgotten Australia:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
Check out my books:
The Murder Squad
https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-murder-squad-michael-adams/book/9781922863836.html
Hanging Ned Kelly
https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922992185.html
Australia’s Sweetheart
https://www.booktopia.com.au/australia-s-sweetheart-michael-adams/book/9780733640292.html
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The Human Glove Mystery – Part Two
With ‘The Human Glove’ murder trial just about over, gunshot rings out in Wagga Wagga and another person falls dead. This victim? A witness.
Support Forgotten Australia:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
To send me a question for the David Hunt Book Club episode:
forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com
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https://www.speakpipe.com/forgottenaustralia
Check out my books:
The Murder Squad
https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-murder-squad-michael-adams/book/9781922863836.html
Hanging Ned Kelly
https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922992185.html
Australia’s Sweetheart
https://www.booktopia.com.au/australia-s-sweetheart-michael-adams/book/9780733640292.html
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The Human Glove Mystery – Part One
On release for the first time since 2021, this classic true crime tale is up there with the Shark Arm and Pyjama Girl cases as a Depression-era shocker. On Christmas Day 1933, the discovery of a decayed corpse and a 'human glove' of skin led to incredible forensic work and a murder trial that'd result in a second mysterious murder.
Support Forgotten Australia:
Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia
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Customer Reviews
Good Old Fashioned Storytelling
The narrator goes to great lengths to get facts and details that make you truly feel in the moment, like you know the victims or perpetrators. Love this podcast!
Can’t get enough
Not Australian but that does not make these stories any less riveting! I love the author/narrators tone and it is just a joy to hear him tell these peoples stories. Never stop making this!
Arizona Ryan
I read your story on Arizona Ryan. I am his granddaughter (I was adopted by his daughter late in her life, Martha Elizabeth Ryan) the picture in the article au.news is wrong. It is Albert with a Ethel Maude Ryan (Geelan).
It would be nice of you to correct the article, thank you.