
Forgotten Australia
Forgotten Australia
True crimes, dark histories, unsolved mysteries, eccentric personalities and strange happenings: Forgotten Australia is history as you've never heard it before. 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.
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Listen to the last episode:
“GIRLS ON PYLON SEX MACHINE”– it’s gotta be the weirdest newspaper headline of the 1930s. So what’s 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 scientifically measured their all-important Sex Appeal!
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Previous episodes
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184 - The Pashometer Craze – Measuring Aussie Sex Appeal In The 1930s Mon, 13 Mar 2023 - 0h
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183 - The Terrible Mr Thomas – Part Four Tue, 28 Feb 2023 - 0h
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182 - The Terrible Mr Thomas – Part Three Sun, 26 Feb 2023 - 0h
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181 - The Terrible Mr Thomas – Part Two Fri, 24 Feb 2023 - 0h
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180 - The Terrible Mr Thomas – Part One Wed, 22 Feb 2023 - 0h
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179 - Pearl Harbor and the Pay Car Ambush – Part Two Sun, 19 Feb 2023 - 0h
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178 - Pearl Harbor and the Pay Car Ambush – Part One Wed, 15 Feb 2023 - 0h
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177 - From The Archives: The Fugitive – Epilogue Thu, 26 Jan 2023 - 0h
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176 - From The Archives: The Fugitive – Part Three Sun, 22 Jan 2023 - 0h
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175 - From The Archives: The Fugitive – Part Two Wed, 18 Jan 2023 - 0h
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174 - From The Archives: The Fugitive – Part One Mon, 16 Jan 2023 - 0h
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173 - The Christmas Murder – Part Two Sun, 25 Dec 2022 - 0h
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172 - The Christmas Murder – Part One Sun, 18 Dec 2022 - 0h
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171 - The Mayor of Tiny Town vs Australia's Shiftiest Showman – Part Four Mon, 12 Dec 2022 - 0h
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170 - The Mayor Of Tiny Town vs Australia's Shiftiest Showman – Part Three Wed, 07 Dec 2022 - 0h
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169 - The Mayor Of Tiny Town vs Australia's Shiftiest Showman – Part Two Sun, 04 Dec 2022 - 0h
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168 - The Mayor Of Tiny Town vs Australia's Shiftiest Showman – Part One Thu, 01 Dec 2022 - 0h
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167 - The Cairns Grenade Murders Part 3 Wed, 19 Oct 2022 - 0h
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166 - The Cairns Grenade Murders Part 2 Sun, 16 Oct 2022 - 0h
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165 - The Cairns Grenade Murders Part 1 Mon, 10 Oct 2022 - 0h
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164 - Hanging Ned Kelly – A Special Audio Preview Sun, 25 Sep 2022 - 0h
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163 - Sydney's Wildest Woman Mon, 12 Sep 2022 - 0h
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162 - Farewell, Henry Lawson... World's First Screenwriter? Thu, 01 Sep 2022 - 0h
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161 - The Vampire Murder – Part Five: A Life & Death Trial Sat, 13 Aug 2022 - 0h
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160 - The Vampire Murder – Part Four: 'Miss X' Spills Her Secrets Wed, 10 Aug 2022 - 0h
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159 - The Vampire Murder – Part Three: A Surprise Suspect Sun, 07 Aug 2022 - 0h
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158 - The Vampire Murder — Part Two: Manhunt for a Maniac Wed, 03 Aug 2022 - 0h
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157 - The Vampire Murder – Part One: The Death of Dot Everett Sun, 31 Jul 2022 - 0h
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156 - The Aussie Who Saved John F. Kennedy – Part Two Fri, 22 Jul 2022 - 0h
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155 - The Aussie Who Saved John F. Kennedy – Part One Fri, 22 Jul 2022 - 0h
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154 - More Than Australia's Most Beautiful Girl – Part Two Thu, 23 Jun 2022 - 0h
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153 - More Than Australia's Most Beautiful Girl – Part One Sun, 19 Jun 2022 - 0h
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152 - The First Dismissal – Part Two: The Public Servant Who Brought Down The Premier Wed, 25 May 2022
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151 - The First Dismissal – Part One and a Half: The Public Servant Who Brought Down The Premier Fri, 20 May 2022
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150 - The First Dismissal – Part One: The Last Days of Jack Lang Thu, 12 May 2022 - 0h
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149 - Nightmare on the Night Train – Part Three Fri, 22 Apr 2022 - 0h
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148 - Nightmare on the Night Train – Part Two Sun, 17 Apr 2022 - 0h
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147 - Nightmare on the Night Train – Part One Sun, 10 Apr 2022 - 0h
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146 - 'Young Ned Kelly' – The Boy Bushranger of 1922 – Part Two Mon, 28 Mar 2022 - 0h
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145 - 'Young Ned Kelly' – The Boy Bushranger of 1922 – Part One Sun, 27 Mar 2022 - 0h
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144 - Kathleen Butler — Mother Of The Sydney Harbour Bridge: Part Two Fri, 18 Mar 2022 - 0h
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143 - Kathleen Butler — Mother Of The Sydney Harbour Bridge: Part One Thu, 17 Mar 2022 - 0h
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142 - Shark Attack Of The Century — Part Two: The War On Sharks Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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141 - Shark Attack Of The Century — Part One: Into The Jaws Of Death Fri, 04 Feb 2022
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140 - The Plague Returns — Part Three: The Great Fire Mon, 17 Jan 2022 - 0h
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139 - The Plague Returns — Part Two: Bigger Than Ben Hur Sun, 16 Jan 2022 - 0h
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138 - The Plague Returns — Part One: The Bays Of Blood Sun, 16 Jan 2022 - 0h
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137 - When Santa Broke Into Pentridge Mon, 20 Dec 2021 - 0h
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136 - Blue Murder On The Golden Mile — Part Five Mon, 13 Dec 2021 - 0h
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135 - Blue Murder On The Golden Mile — Part Four Mon, 06 Dec 2021 - 0h