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Forgotten Australia
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ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗

Bloody crimes, unsolved mysteries, eccentric celebrities, dark events and bizarre happenings: it's all here – the stuff you wish they'd taught you in school!


Dive into our strange-but-true history via never-before-told stories, author interviews, weekly flashbacks and the weekly trivia quiz.


Forgotten Australia is created and hosted by Michael Adams, author of the acclaimed true crime books The Murder Squad, Hanging Ned Kelly and They'll Never Hold Me.

He's also a regular history and true crime commentator on ABC Nightlife and the podcast Australian True Crime.


Support Forgotten Australia for a few bucks per month to get ad-free early episodes, exclusive bonus episodes, a show shout-out and the chance to win prizes in the special edition trivia quiz episodes.

Get a week's free trial here:

Patreon: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia

Apple: apple.co/forgottenaustralia


Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com


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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English
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389 episodes
since Nov. 11, 2018
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The Plan to Kill Harold Holt – Part Two: Beyond Conspiracy

The Plan to Kill Harold Holt – Part Two: Beyond Conspiracy

The arrest of Holt’s would-be assassin was at first kept need-to-know. But when the story broke in court, it was sensational front-page news. Why had this young man wanted to shoot Holt? Had he been acting alone? Was Holt being reckless with his own safety? Claim and counter-claim would be heard in…
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The Plan to Kill Harold Holt – Part One: God’s Lonely Man

The Plan to Kill Harold Holt – Part One: God’s Lonely Man

Australian prime minister Harold Holt’s mysterious fate in 1967 is the stuff of lore and conspiracy theory. Which makes it ironic that few know about the documented plan to assassinate him in November 1966. After the news was initially suppressed, the court hearings were a front-page sensation. Joi…
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The Guyra Ghost – Part Two: Portal for a Poltergeist?

The Guyra Ghost – Part Two: Portal for a Poltergeist?

The investigation into the mystery of Minnie introduces a hard-charging cop and a spiritually minded scribe. Our quest for answers takes us from northern NSW to the mean streets of Sydney and the shores of Gallipoli. Check out my other podcast – Australian Murder – where we ‘Do the crime and do the…
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The Guyra Ghost – Part One: Things That Go Bump in the Night

The Guyra Ghost – Part One: Things That Go Bump in the Night

Halloween Special! Just over 100 years ago, Australia was spooked by strange happenings at a farmhouse in northern NSW. Showers of stones! Bumps in the night! Night after night! All centred on a little girl named Minnie. Was she a portal to a poltergeist? The police, press and public wanted answers…
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The Runaway Plane – Part Two: “Shoot It Down!"

The Runaway Plane – Part Two: “Shoot It Down!"

With the Auster Archer over Sydney, and everyone freaking out, the RAAF scrambles to do something… anything… but their responses are 100% inept and 0% intercept. Luckily, a couple of other Top Guns are ready to fly into the Danger Zone... Be sure to check out my new true crime show Australian Murde…
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The Runaway Plane – Part One: “There’s No Pilot!”

The Runaway Plane – Part One: “There’s No Pilot!”

In August 1955, Sydney was suddenly under threat from a rogue plane. Had it really taken off by itself? Would it crash into the city? What were the RAAF doing about it? Be sure to check out my new true crime show Australian Murder. Find it wherever you get your podcasts. Support Forgotten Australia…
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Introducing Australia Murder

Introducing Australia Murder

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Talking History – Musquito: The Real Story of a Legendary Colonial Warrior

Talking History – Musquito: The Real Story of a Legendary Colonial Warrior

Who was Musquito, the Aboriginal warrior feared by colonists in Sydney and Tasmania? Historian Naomi Parry Duncan's new book takes us behind the myths for a better understanding of this remarkable man. But Musquito: The Real Story of a Legendary Colonial Warrior is much more than a biography – it …
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Australian Frankenstein – Part Two: The Infernal Machine

Australian Frankenstein – Part Two: The Infernal Machine

Having successfully toured Australian cities with Frankenstein, Professor Hornburg invents a new machine man that uses a new energy source. But he and his creation – called Adam Iron, first man of iron – will have to share the limelight with a snake charmer and his nest of vipers. Two showmen scien…
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Australian Frankenstein – Part One: The Steam Man

Australian Frankenstein – Part One: The Steam Man

Just as the Iron Outlaw Ned Kelly is going to the gallows, Australians are astonished by a walking automaton called ‘Frankenstein - The Steam Man’. Professor Hornburg’s invention is intriguing, ingenious and imaginative. But is it really ‘the greatest piece of mechanism in the universe’? How much i…
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