GIRLS ON PYLON SEX MACHINE its gotta be the weirdest newspaper headline of the 1930s. So whats the strange story behind it? Join me for a plunge into the "Pashometer" craze that had Australians going bonkers to have a go on the machine that scientifi

Its July 1950 and Sydney detectives have Arthur Graham - aka Fred Stevens, aka Thomas Croft, aka Lionel Thomas cornered in Perth. But can the man they suspect of multiple murders escape justice again?Support Forgotten Australia:Apple - http://appl

Its winter 1950 and Sydney detectives are criss-crossing Australia as they try to piece together the whereabouts of Blacktown widow, Phyllis Mary Page, last seen in the company of Fred Stevens aka Thomas Croft aka Lionel Thomas.Support Forgotten Aust

Its 1945 and Lionel Thomas - aka Thomas Croft looks set to pay for one of the most heinous murders in Melbournes recent history: the cold-blooded shooting of a railway stationmaster. Support Forgotten Australia:Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenau

Lionel Charles Thomas went by a lot of aliases. But by any name, he was one nasty character. In this instalment, we chronicle his early criminal career and piece together the evidence that made Sydney and Melbourne suspect him in a handful of murders.Supp

With the true horror of the pay car outrage revealed but buried ever-deeper in the war-time newspapers Sydney police follow promising leads, conduct sweeping interviews and utilise the skills of the scientific squad in the hope of cracking the case. E

Just hours after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, cold-blooded bandits staged a ruthless ambush on a railway pay car crew south of Sydney. In the aftermath of this ambush, homicide detectives faced an unprecedented task. How could they get the public’s

With Australia's biggest manhunt at an end, Kevin John Simmonds faced the darkest fate imaginable.New episodes are on the way!To support the podcast:Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustraliaPatreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia Hosted

In November 1959, after eluding authorities for nearly one month, wanted killer and gaol escapee Kevin John Simmonds disappeared into harsh bush on the NSW Central Coast, with 500 heavily armed police scouring the terrain for any signs of him in what was

Determined not to serve 15 years for his incredible crime spree, Kevin John Simmonds broke out of Long Bay Jail in October 1959. What followed was a tragic and senseless killing, the biggest manhunt in the nation's history and the first media circus of Au