One of Australias most respected journalists tells us about his early career on Sydney tabloid The Sun and how he got an exclusive interview with The Forgotten Man to ask the question: Did you do it?To support the show:Apple - http://apple.co/forg

The man accused of John Smillies murder finally has his day in court. But the verdict wont settle the haunting question of his guilt or innocence.To support the show:Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustraliaPatreon - https://www.patreon.com/Forgot

Following new information, received six months after the murder of John Smillie, detectives from Sydneys CIB swoop on their suspect. What happens next is decried as a travesty of justice.To support the show:Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia

In September 1935, John Smillie was shot dead in his taxi in western Sydney. Who had murdered this war veteran, loving husband and doting father? Was it a robbery gone wrong? A maniac with a grudge against cabbies? Or was he the victim of mistaken identit

From 1946, Sydney’s Leonard Lawson was a hero to kids for creating the comic book The Lone Avenger. But in reality the young artist was a psychopathic villain responsible for crimes far more terrible than anything in his stories. For five decades, Lawson

The jury hands down its verdict in the William Burns murder trial, newspapers discover the existence of his sparrow, a poet is stirred to write verses about what follows... and two more Douglas crew members meet horrible deaths.Apple - http://apple.c

At his December 1882 murder trial William Burns pleads self-defence, even as fellow shipmates testify hed committed cold-blooded murder. But what can his past reveal about his actions?Support Forgotten Australia:Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaust

In September 1882, on a British ship on the high seas bound for Australia, English sailor William Burns stabs and kills a superior officer. For this capital crime, hell face justice in Adelaide and await his fate in the company of a baby sparrow.Suppor

In 1959, entrepreneur Lee Gordon staged an all-star rock n roll show at the Sydney Stadium and filmed it for cinematic release. But this pioneering movie the only one of its kind was soon lost. More than half a century later, Melbourne man Mark Iari

Exclusive to Forgotten Australia listeners, this episode comprises the first 20 pages of The Murder Squad, my new book about homicide investigation in Sydney and NSW during the worst years of the Great Depression. We start with Detective-Sergeant Tom McRa