All Aussie Hour

This week Josie takes Mel through our very own Aussie homegrown UFO abduction and the story of Kelly Cahill (if that IS her real name...)!

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EPISODE REFERENCES:

ABC article Sep 2020 by Matt Neal

SMH article 2016 by Daniella Miletic

A 2022 Ferntree Gully Star Mail article by Parker McKenzie

Aliens, Ghosts and Vanishings: Strange and Possibly True Australian Stories by Stella Tarakson

PDF of Encounter: The True Story by Kelly Cahill

YouTube vid featuring grabs from Today Tonight

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This week Mel tells Josie of the landslide that stopped the nation, the tragic Thredbo Disaster of 1997. 

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EPISODE REFERENCES:

9 News, Ellen Connolly, 2014

SBS News, 2017

ABC, Bill Brown, 2017

SMH, Heroes Of Thtredbo, Andrew Brown, 2017

Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub

ABC, 2022

Mamamia

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This week Josie re-does an old AAMH story, it's the incredible mystery of the 1948 death of the unknown 'Somerton Man'.

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(00:01) Zesty Chat

(17:50) Somerton Man begins

(01:22.00) End

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EPISODE REFERENCES:

SMH extract from Kerry Greenwood’s book “Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery”: https://www.smh.com.au/national/riddle-on-the-sands-20121119-29kwz.html 

Transcript of Coronial Inquest 17th June 1949:

https://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/personal/dabbott/wiki/index.php/The_Taman_Shud_Case_Coronial_Inquest 

The Advertiser 6 Dec 1948: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43794348 

The Advertiser article 11 Dec 1948: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43795238 

The Advertiser article 18 January 1949: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43800320 

The Advertiser article 25 Nov 1949: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36677719 

ABC article April 2021: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-24/mysterious-somerton-man-to-be-exhumed-by-sa-police/100092750 

ABC Australian Story episode November 2022: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-21/my-name-is-charles-somerton-man-mystery/101680520 :

SA Police statement: https://web.archive.org/web/20220727061712/https://www.police.sa.gov.au/sa-police-news-assets/front-page-news/statement-regarding-somerton-man#.YuDYbOzP1qY 

Daily Mail Sep 2023: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12528299/Somerton-Man-Twist-Australias-mysterious-cold-cases-case-bizarre-birthday-card-emerges.html 

Josie's own chaotic notes from 2018 and All Aussie Mystery Hour S1E5

A bit of Wikipedia too - some of their links were broken.

 

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Join Mel as she regales Josie of the worst explorers ever, our very own Burke & Wills.

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EPISODE REFERENCES:

burkeandwills.net.au

Burke and Wills' Courage and Folly Pt. 1: Marching Onwards to the Great Unknown". Australian Stamps Professional.

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This week Josie tells Mel about the tragic 1973 unsolved murder of Lynette White. 

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EPISODE REFERENCES:

1800RESPECT is available for free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to support people impacted by domestic, family or sexual violence – call 1800 737 732 or visit 1800respect.org.au

Police are urging anyone with information that may assist Strike Force Tourmaline investigators to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au/  Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

ABC Australian Story episode from 2017: “Murder by the Sea”: 

2018 9News article by Tim Rose

2016 Sydney Morning Herald article by Ava Benny-Morrison

2023 Daily Telegraph article by Madeleine Crittenden

2022 Sky News segment by Danica De Giorgio

2017 ABC News article by Heidi Pett and Rebecca Latham

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This week Mel redoes an old Aussie Mystery Hour ep (Mel's Version) and dives even deeper into the mystery of the Lithgow Panther!

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This week Josie regales Mel with the incredible story of the 1834 Frederick Escape!

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EPISODE REFERENCES:

ABC Radio National program Hindsight, episode broadcast 15 Feb 2009

Discover Tasmania

Australian Geographic

University of Tasmania article from Companion to Tasmanian History

James Porter’s account

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This week Mel tells Josie all about the 1974 Darwin disaster of Cyclone Tracy, and the devastating effects it had on NT's capital city. 

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EPISODE RESOURCES:

The Elements Podcast: Air: Cyclone Tracy

Big Blow Up North: A History of Tropical Cyclones in Australia’s Northern Territory, Kevin Murphy, 1984

BOM: Remembering Cyclone Tracy 

The NT News, Cyclone Tracy 40 Years On

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**If you would like to skip the catch up chat, head straight to 19 mins for Chopper!

This week Josie tells Mel all about the ridiculous life of Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read. 

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EPISODE RESOURCES:

The Guardian, 2013:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/09/mark-chopper-read-obituary

Sydney Morning Herald by Andrew Rule, 2010: https://www.smh.com.au/national/in-a-gang-started-by-choppers-christmas-sausages-20100420-srrp.html 

Herald Sun article by staff writers, 2013:

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/the-life-times-and-crimes-of-notorious-celebrity-crook-mark-8216chopper8217-read/news-story/6eff9b560e70e82dd599eaed4bea662d 

Article by Adam Shand: The Overcoat War or Who Hid The Sausage? https://adamsh.wordpress.com/2016/09/11/the-overcoat-war-or-who-hid-the-sausage/ 

The Age by John Silvester, 2012: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/trotter-v-chopper-day-of-judgment-20121130-2am3m.html 

The Herald Sun by Anthony Dowlsey and Mark Buttler, 202:

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts/chopper-v-gangitano-inside-a-vicious-underworld-rivalry/news-story/27bdd395e0aea83077c36009a32244e9 

Daily Telegraph by Nui Te Koha, 2008: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/chopper-read-doesnt-deserve-transplant/news-story/87a66b354e73f72965c3ab8ace8236d7 

Nine News by Erin Tennant, 2013: https://www.9news.com.au/national/chopper-s-murder-confessions-fairy-tales/e30f9d36-e664-4602-84ed-0b183bec92fd#:~:text=Read%20made%20the%20admissions%20in,Sidney%20Michael%20Collins%20in%202002. 

New York Times by Matt Siegel, 2013: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/13/world/asia/chopper-read-australias-brand-name-for-ferocity-is-softened-by-illness.html?_r=0 

Acclaim Magazine by Andrew Montell:: https://www.acclaimmag.com/culture/from-vaults-chopper-read/ 

Enough Rope with Andrew Denton, episode aired June 4 2007

Chopper: From the Inside by Mark “Chopper” Read

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G'day mates! On today's ep, Josie tells Mel about the 1975 Tasman Bridge Disaster.

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