In this episode, Elisha introduces us to the historical significance of “19 Crimes” and how British convicts were transformed into Australian colonists as a result of punishment by transportation in the late 1700’s. Then, Emily tells us about the gruesome axe attack on two college coeds who were camping at a park while biking from Oregon to the east coast on the Trans America Trail in 1977.

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Source material for the 19 Crimes case

19 Crimes

WHY WERE CONVICTS TRANSPORTED TO AUSTRALIA?

British Convicts to Australia

John Boyle O’Reilly

Newspaper compositor

Fenian - Irish secret society

John Boyle O’Reilly’s Manuscript Book of Poems

The Hougoumont

Source material for the Cline Falls Axe Attack case

CNN article: Survivor of hatchet attack confronts her past

ABC article: Woman Writes About Almost Fatal Ax Attack

The Seattle Times: Victim returns to crime scene 30 years later as an author

Terri Jentz book: Strange Piece of Paradise

Wikipedia with references