
Forgotten Australia
Forgotten Australia
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.
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Categories: Education
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When Sydney detectives confirm star Balmain rugby league player Bob Lulham has been poisoned with Thall-Rat, they begin an investigation that at first turns up few leads. A series of mysterious phone calls to the CIB keeps the police wondering until they finally make a shocking arrest. While the identification of the suspect is sensational, what emerges at the accused's committal hearing has jaws on the floor in 1950s Australia — as it would be today.
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Want more original Australian true crime and history? Check out my books!
They’ll Never Hold Me:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/they-ll-never-hold-me-michael-adams/book/9781923046474.html
The Murder Squad:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-murder-squad-michael-adams/book/9781923046504.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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Previous episodes
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318 - Before the Mushroom Trial – The Poisoned Footy Player: Part Two Sun, 06 Jul 2025 - 0h
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317 - Before the Mushroom Trial – The Poisoned Footy Player: Part One Tue, 01 Jul 2025 - 0h
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316 - This Week in 1980 – The Family Court Murders, Miracle Babies and Birds, Our Richest Real Estate and the Village People Conquer Australia Thu, 26 Jun 2025
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315 - This Week in 1955 – Part Two: A Ban on Aboriginal People, Putting An End to Polio, the Murder Manhunt and the ‘Murderphobia’ Case Mon, 16 Jun 2025 - 0h
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314 - This Week in 1955 – Part One: A Murderer Escapes, Our Politicians Jail Pressmen and an Aussie Witnesses Horror at Le Mans Thu, 12 Jun 2025 - 0h
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313 - Before the Mushroom Case: Australia’s Infamous Poisoning Murder Trial – Part Five Wed, 11 Jun 2025 - 0h
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312 - Before the Mushroom Case: Australia’s Infamous Poisoning Murder Trial – Part Four Sun, 08 Jun 2025 - 0h
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311 - This Week in 1930 - America's Tariff Apocalypse, Aviatrix Amy Johnson Awes Aussies... and Ferris Bueller? Thu, 05 Jun 2025 - 0h
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310 - Before the Mushroom Case: Australia’s Infamous Poisoning Murder Trial – Part Three Fri, 30 May 2025 - 0h
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309 - Before the Mushroom Case: Australia’s Infamous Poisoning Murder Trial – Part Two Thu, 29 May 2025 - 0h
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308 - Before the Mushroom Case: Australia’s Infamous Poisoning Murder Trial – Part One Thu, 29 May 2025 - 0h
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307 - This Week in 1905: Aussie Feminist Highs & Lows, the First Empire Day, an American President Ends a Russian War, and a Ratcatcher Echoes in Eternity Fri, 23 May 2025 - 0h
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306 - This Week in 1979: Aussie Movies Go Global, Ye Olde TV Listings & Our Forgotten Comedy Genius Fri, 16 May 2025 - 0h
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305 - This Week in 1954 - Sydney Anarchy, Killer Trains, a Climate Warming Warning, Record Setters & the Roo Roo Hop Thu, 08 May 2025 - 0h
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304 - Short – Nazi Aftertaste Mon, 05 May 2025 - 0h
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303 - This Week in 1929: The Blind Digger – Part Two Sun, 27 Apr 2025 - 0h
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302 - This Week in 1929: The Blind Digger – Part One Wed, 23 Apr 2025 - 0h
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301 - This Week in 1904: Rampaging Percy Ramage – Part Two Sat, 19 Apr 2025 - 0h
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300 - This Week in 1904: Rampaging Percy Ramage – Part One Wed, 16 Apr 2025 - 0h
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299 - Short: Cocaine Kurtz Fri, 11 Apr 2025 - 0h
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298 - This Week in 1978: Dead End – The Bloody Last Stand of a Brazen Bank Bandit Mon, 07 Apr 2025 - 0h
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297 - This Week in 1953: One Murderous Cop, Two Serial Killers & Roy Cohn Runs Riot Against the 'Reds' Mon, 31 Mar 2025 - 0h
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296 - This Week in 1928: Cocaine Raids, Razor Gangs, Racist Orgy Conspiracies and Girl Bosses vs Man Worms! Mon, 24 Mar 2025 - 0h
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295 - Short: Murder at the Melbourne Races Sun, 23 Mar 2025 - 0h
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294 - This Week in 1903: Gaslight in Perth – Bella Heckler, the Reverend and the Rape Scandal Mon, 17 Mar 2025 - 0h
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293 - This Week in 1977: Just Like Jaws Mon, 10 Mar 2025 - 0h
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292 - This Week in 1952: Miss Kangaroo & the Great Koala Heist Mon, 03 Mar 2025 - 0h
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291 - Short: The Brutal Birth of Mardi Gras Fri, 28 Feb 2025 - 0h
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290 - This Week In… 1927: The First Miss Australia & the Newspaper Stunt that Launched a Media Empire  Mon, 24 Feb 2025 - 0h
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289 - This Week in 1902: Bubonic Plague, the Crutchy Push, Breaker Morant, Boer War barbarities & the first choice for an Aussie capital Mon, 17 Feb 2025 - 0h
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288 - Your Stories: ‘My Father was Count Copernicus!' Thu, 13 Feb 2025 - 0h
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287 - This Week in… 1976: Ned Kelly lives, Apocalypse Now dies, sex sells cinema tix but Australia’s star stripper quits Mon, 10 Feb 2025 - 0h
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286 - This Week In… 1951: Melbourne’s Retro “Teacher’s Pet” Case Mon, 03 Feb 2025 - 0h
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285 - This Week in... 1926: Ugly Men, Tesla's Predictions, a Fascist ‘Footloose’ and a Mysterious Masked Dancer Sun, 26 Jan 2025 - 0h
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284 - This Week in... 1901: the first election, a federal erection and the dying queen Sun, 19 Jan 2025 - 0h
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283 - This Week in… 1975: Sex, Speed, Strippers & Skyhooks! Mon, 13 Jan 2025 - 0h
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282 - Summer Shorts - The Murdochs and the Child Murders Thu, 09 Jan 2025 - 0h
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281 - Forgotten Australia This Week… In 1950 Mon, 06 Jan 2025 - 0h
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280 - Summer Shorts: TAA Flight 408 – Australia’s First Skyjacking Fri, 03 Jan 2025 - 0h
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279 - Forgotten Australia This Week … in 1925 Tue, 31 Dec 2024 - 0h
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278 - Summer Shorts: Archibald McCafferty – Australia's Charles Manson Mon, 30 Dec 2024 - 0h
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277 - Summer Shorts: Curtains for the Magician Mon, 23 Dec 2024 - 0h
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276 - The End of the Year Interview Episode Mon, 23 Dec 2024 - 0h
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275 - The Model & The Murder Case – Part Two Mon, 09 Dec 2024 - 0h
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274 - The Model & The Murder Case – Part One Sun, 08 Dec 2024 - 0h
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273 - Vanishing Cousins – Part Two: The Suspects Thu, 28 Nov 2024 - 0h
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272 - Vanishing Cousins – Part One: The Disappearance Thu, 28 Nov 2024 - 0h
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271 - Michael Adams talks They’ll Never Hold Me with Australian True Crime – Part Two Fri, 22 Nov 2024 - 0h
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270 - Michael Adams talks They’ll Never Hold Me with Australian True Crime – Part One Thu, 21 Nov 2024 - 0h
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269 - They’ll Never Hold Me – The Next Few Audiobook Chapters Thu, 14 Nov 2024 - 0h