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Gatton: Three Bodies, A Paddock And A Right Muddle

They found three dead people in a Queensland paddock in 1898 and the whole place acted like it had never seen trouble before.Read More

Queensberry Left A Card And It All Went Pete Tong

He scribbles on a card, and a perfectly ordinary life is ripped sideways - proper odd, innit.Read More

Frances Coles and That Night in Swallow Gardens

A small lane, a sloppy cutting, and a police team that made everyone ask 'give over' out loud.Read More

James Lyons and the Silenced Pocket

A bloke who thought a quiet choke was a clever trick, and then the whole street decided to make him famous in the worst way.Read More

Sarah Dazley and the Tea That Lied

A countrywoman who slipped arsenic into kettles and kitchens, and a village that pretended to be baffled.Read More

How They Lamped an Opera House

An American opera night went proper pear-shaped when actor loyalties turned the stalls into absolute scenes and the militia had to show up.Read More

George Lamson and the Bitter Cup

A doctor who knew his plants ended up in a courtroom because a medicine tasted like trouble.Read More

Frederick Deeming and the Many Names

An English conman who kept changing his name, married under false pretences, and ended up hung in Melbourne while everyone pretended it was tidy and simple.Read More

They Turned Trafalgar Into A Punch-Up

A demonstration in 1887 that started like a mooch and ended with policemen swinging sticks everywhere - absolute scenes, me.Read More

How Dr Cream Made Everyone Eye Their Brew

A clever medic who liked his bottles a bit too much and left people wondering if their cuppa was safe.Read More
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