Peter Doyle, author of Suburban Noir, talks about researching and writing true crime, and about his uncle Detective-Sergeant Brian Doyle, a top Sydney cop in the 1950s and 1960s, who led the investigations into the Kingsgrove Slasher and the Graeme Thorne

Launched in September 1922, Melbourne's The Sun News-Pictorial forever changed newspapers in Australia.But for decades this historic publication has been difficult to access and to search because it's only available in a handful of physical microfilm cata

Sue Northey knew barely anything about her dads experiences during World War II. That was until she found 98 letters he wrote between 1941 and 1945. Sue joins me to talk about rediscovering her dad through this correspondence, which chronicles the great

Even when the verdict is delivered in the Katoomba murder trial, the story is far from over especially after the convicted man makes a startling allegation.Support Forgotten Australia:Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustraliaPatreon - https://www.

In the wake of the gory outrage at the California, the accused faces an inquest and then his trial for murder. If he's found guilty, he'll be sentenced to death. But is he bad or mad?Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustraliaPatreon - https://www.p

A mountains hotel. A locked room. Screams in the night and a body in the morning. The mystery of what happened in the California boarding house in Katoomba in autumn 1917 was like something by Agatha Christie. Except this wasn’t a whodunit – it was a whyd

Did Lady Justice favour Lady Munro? Would she have the last laugh on her copper nemesis? Has anyone ever faced court more often in Australian history or done it with more style? All will be revealed... almost!Support Forgotten Australia:Apple - http:

Having come back from the grave once, Lady Munro faces another close call with death, becomes ever-more popular in colonial culture and goes toe-to-toe with one of Australia's most prominent gentlemen in a high-profile criminal court case.Support Forgotte

The eccentric Lady Munro cut a swathe through late colonial and early Federation Australia with her drunken antics, defiant unconventionality and mysterious claim to be from one of Englands most famous aristocratic families. The Notorious Lady Munro, w

While The Salvation Army is now a beloved institution, 140 years ago its men and women were regularly the victims of violent assaults by larrikin hordes who marched under the skull and bones and called themselves The Skeleton Army. These shameful attacks