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Locked Up With History

Have you ever wanted to know about colonial gaols and the men, women, and children incarcerated there? Or perhaps executions, escapes, historical murders, urban legends, ghost stories, and much more.T... Read more

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Ranked #1

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The Body in the Window

The Body in the Window

At the height of the Victorian Gold Rush, a bold plan was made by a group of bushrangers to hold up the Private Gold Esc... Read more

19 Mar 2023

29mins

Ranked #2

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Escape and Execution of Angus Murray

Escape and Execution of Angus Murray

Angus Murray was the last man to be executed on the gallows of Old Melbourne Goal in 1924. His life began in Adelaide an... Read more

13 Mar 2022

25mins

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The Season of Murder

The Season of Murder

Christmas is supposed to be the season of giving and family and presents. But it is not everyone's favourite time of yea... Read more

25 Dec 2021

25mins

Ranked #4

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Generations of Hassett's in Geelong Gaol

Generations of Hassett's in Geelong Gaol

The Hassett family have their origins in Birdhill, Ireland and is just one of the families with links to the Geelong Gao... Read more

17 Oct 2021

24mins

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The Great Escape from Geelong Gaol

The Great Escape from Geelong Gaol

In 1889, two wily old convicts named Frederick Clarke and Christopher Farrell made the most infamous escape in Geelong G... Read more

26 Sep 2021

22mins

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Murder of Mary Lucas

Murder of Mary Lucas

In this episode we head back to earlier and perhaps simpler times to 1854 and Little Bourke street in Melbourne.  Luke a... Read more

25 Jul 2021

26mins

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The Execution of James Ross

The Execution of James Ross

What drove a man to murder his neighbours wife and his very own son and leave his wife in a pool of blood clinging to li... Read more

11 Jul 2021

22mins

Ranked #8

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The Fuller Family and Geelong Gaol

The Fuller Family and Geelong Gaol

The story of Edward Fuller and his sister in law Ellen is one of jealousy, infedility and murder.   The events of May 18... Read more

11 Jul 2021

25mins

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The Escape of John McHenry

The Escape of John McHenry

In this episode we have a look into the life and crimes of one of the more cheekier escapes from the Geelong Gaol.   Joh... Read more

13 Jun 2021

19mins

Ranked #10

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Murder at Cherry Tree Flat

Murder at Cherry Tree Flat

In October 1863, Elijah Dixon alias Charles Alfred Dives took an axe and murdered his wife and two small daughters just ... Read more

30 May 2021

20mins

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