ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Perth is one of the most isolated cities in the world, so far removed from the rest of the globe, it might as well be its own planet.
Join Jeff Bullen and Danielle Raffaele for a deep dive into the weird, wacky and unexplained history of our eccentric city on Planet Perth.
From cults, to abandoned theme parks and tank rampages across the CBD, Planet Perth is your guide to the events, personalities and bygone icons that have shaped one of the most isolated cities in the world.
Assistant Producer Alice Hartrick.
Executive Producer Danielle Raffaele.
Theme Music by The Mackerels.
Artwork by Olive Coakley.
Streaming weekly on iTunes, Spotify and RTRFM.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
37 minutes
Guest interviews
English
Australia
42 episodes
since Feb. 5, 2023
episodic
IN THIS PODCAST 🔗
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Jeff recounts the story of the Catalpa rescue, one of the most audacious and famous prison breaks in history on what is its one hundred year anniversary.
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
The Great Mint Swindle of 1982 is the story of one of the most extraordinary gold heists in Australia’s history and it all happened at the Perth Mint.
Today, Dani and Jeff answer the age old question, “If your friends told you to go live in a cave for 90 days, would you?”.
The answer? Absolutely! If you’re local beautician, Dorothy Willaims.
Today, Jeff Bullen unpacks one of his favourite subjects; the greatest political scandal in Australian History known as WA Inc.
Ahoy, me hearties!
We’re sailing the high seas and running aground off the coast of Western Australia to tell you to rollicking tale of the Batavia shipwreck disaster; the most bizzare and violent mutiny in maritime history.
The Kalgoorlie Boulder ethnic riots are considered the worst ethnic conflict in Australian history.
Was it the working conditions in the mining town, the heat, or simply prejudice that saw a week of unprecedented violence unleashed in the small mining community?
The case of Martha Rendell is one of the most harrowing crimes in Western Australia you’ve probably never heard of.
Officially charged for the murder of her stepson (and widely suspected of killing two other stepchildren), her trial was a media spectacle, resulting in her execution in the gallows …
Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
No, it’s a big hunk of space junk that crash landed in Esperance in 1979 and resulted in the Shire of Esperance suing NASA!
Jeff Bullen returns for season five of Planet Perth and he’s bringing producer Danielle Raffaele along for the ride!
Brendan James Abbot is considered one of the most notorious criminals in Australian history. His escapades saw him rob banks throughout Perth and across the country with cheeky snap…
Drew Kraplijanov tells us of a mystery of the Australian outback – The Min Min lights.
Described as eerie and unsettling, these floating orbs of light might lead you in the opposite direction of your journey…without you even realising.
Gather ’round the campfire for the new season of Planet Perth…
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