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Forgotten Australia

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.


You can get early ad-free access and bonus Forgotten Australia episodes by subscribing at Apple or supporting at Patreon.



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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
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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

    In this special movie episode: the same week that we rediscover the first filmic Ned Kelly, we lose the chance to have Apocalypse Now made in Australia – and while sexy times sell ‘sinema’ tickets, singer-stripper-philosopher-turned-soft core star Count Copernicus hangs up his G-string. Plus, the new trend to sci-fi flicks that includes ‘The Star Wars’, Colonel Sanders pops in for a meat pie and a British fashion commando gives our blokes the big thumbs up.


    Patreon: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia

    Apple: apple.co/forgottenaustralia


    Showgirls, Teen Wolves and Astro Zombies - the link is actually too long to paste here. But it’s available on Amazon.com.au


    The Story of the Kelly Gang:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdD99am_-zU


    The Cosmic Clown

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xc3vgPD4jk&t=3s


    Check out Ross Hamilton’s band Stringybark

    https://stringybark.com/


    Aussie Inventions That Changed The World - show

    (episode 8 has the Ned Kelly segment)


    https://tv.apple.com/au/show/aussie-inventions-that-changed-the-world/umc.cmc.1jkri86gatihce11p8d3wvvc6


    Aussie Inventions That Changed The World - podcast

    (episode 8 has David Hunt and me in conversation)

    https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/aussie-inventions-that-changed-the-world/id1468061172


    To buy 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


    Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com





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    Mon, 10 Feb 2025 - 40min
  • 286 - This Week In… 1951: Melbourne’s Retro “Teacher’s Pet” Case

    This week in 1951, Melbourne’s detectives and a police diver were searching the waters off Frankston for the body of Caroline Scully, a wife and mother who’d been missing for eight months. The chief suspect in her suspected murder? Her husband Edward, hailed as an Australian military Masterchef.


    For a free trial that will give you access to ad-free, early and bonus episodes:


    Patreon: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia

    Apple: apple.co/forgottenaustralia


    To buy 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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    Mon, 03 Feb 2025 - 42min
  • 285 - This Week in... 1926: Ugly Men, Tesla's Predictions, a Fascist ‘Footloose’ and a Mysterious Masked Dancer

    As a sensuous Catwoman seduces Sydney society and Perth’s Ugly Men stage their annual carnival at Uglieland, ugly meanie Mussolini uses his new executive powers to protect fascist Italy from having fun while Elon Musk's original man crush Nikola Tesla predicts a wireless world where you can watch an American presidential inauguration on your pocket-sized screen device.


    This week's bonus episode for subscribers delves into the identity of the Masked Dancer, who was a household name in mid 20th century Australia for a career that extended from vaudeville to videotape.


    For a free trial that will give you access to ad-free, early and bonus episodes:


    Patreon: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia

    Apple: apple.co/forgottenaustralia


    To buy 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



    Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com






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    Sun, 26 Jan 2025 - 39min
  • 284 - This Week in... 1901: the first election, a federal erection and the dying queen

    Australia talks about the first federal election campaign, weeps about the death of beloved Queen Victoria and laughs at a visionary’s plan for a giant statue that’ll rise over Sydney Harbour. Plus: our most famous astronomer mocks Nikola Tesla's "messages from Mars", our most famous meteorologist makes like Elon Musk by firing rockets into the heavens, and our most famous hangman is news for setting a record with his noose. This episode features a short interview with Rachel Franks, historian and author of An Uncommon Hangman: The Life and Deaths of Robert 'Nosey Bob' Howard. (There's also a full-length bonus Rachel Franks interview episode for Apple and Patreon supporters.)For a free trial that will give you access to ad-free, early and bonus episodes:


    Patreon: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia

    Apple: apple.co/forgottenaustralia


    To buy An Uncommon Hangman by Rachel Franks:

    https://www.booktopia.com.au/an-uncommon-hangman-rachel-franks/book/9781742237343.html


    And 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



    Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com



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    Sun, 19 Jan 2025 - 54min
  • 283 - This Week in… 1975: Sex, Speed, Strippers & Skyhooks!

    In the third week of January 1975, the ‘The Sensual Seventies’ live up to the label when 2JJ plays a banned song about bonking as its first-ever broadcast while sex documentary The Love Epidemic erupts in cinemas and causes a 'porn' controversy. Plus: a shocking road toll, weird Darwin fundraisers, power blackouts threaten Number 96, Gough brings home some art and a nudist cop faces his court comeuppance.


    For a free trial that will give you access to ad-free, early and bonus episodes:


    Patreon: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia

    Apple: apple.co/forgottenaustralia


    To buy 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



    Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com



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    Mon, 13 Jan 2025 - 36min
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