Episodes

  • The Nature of the Scorpion – Part Two
    Apr 28 2024

    After committing a sickening outrage in the first weeks of 1900, George Blunderfield serves a relatively short jail sentence. When he's set free he sheds his identity but can’t help but follow the nature that causes him to hurt those who only want to help him.


    Part 3 will be released next week. But you can hear it now ad-free as a podcast supporter.

    First released in 2021, 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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    45 mins
  • The Nature of the Scorpion – Part One
    Apr 21 2024

    Forgotten fiend George Blunderfield left a trail of violence and murder across Australia from the late 19th century until near the end of the First World War.


    Parts 2 & 3 will be released next week. But you can hear them now ad-free as a podcast supporter.

    First released in 2021, 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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    36 mins
  • Nightmare on the Night Train – Part Three
    Apr 17 2024

    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’


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    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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    32 mins
  • Nightmare on the Night Train – Part Two
    Apr 14 2024

    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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    39 mins
  • Nightmare on the Night Train – Part One
    Apr 11 2024

    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.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    35 mins
  • Your Stories: ‘My Great-Great Grandfather was a Serial Killer!’
    Mar 28 2024

    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:

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    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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    52 mins
  • The Human Glove Mystery – Part Two
    Mar 17 2024

    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

    or

    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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    51 mins
  • The Human Glove Mystery – Part One
    Mar 10 2024

    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:

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    Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia


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    1 hr and 8 mins