All Aussie Hour

This week, Josie tells Mel all about Errol Flynn, who left Tassie for the bright lights of Hollywood and ended up becoming a huge (and problematic) movie star in the 1940s. We also filmed the episode for Patreon supporters! Become a supporter at https://www.patreon.com/thezestishistory

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CREDITS:

Vanity Fair by Julie Miller, 2013

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/09/errol-flynn-toronto-film-festival

Diffords Guide for Discerning Drinkers by Theodora Sutcliffe

https://www.diffordsguide.com/en-au/people/51745/celebrity-drinker/errol-flynn

High Times by Harry Wasserman, 1979

https://hightimes.com/culture/high-times-greats-errol-flynn/

Vintage News by Katie Vernon

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/08/20/errol-flynn/ 

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Flynn 

Australian Dictionary of Biography by William Bryden

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/flynn-errol-leslie-6364

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This week, Mel tells Josie about the Granville rail disaster of 1977, the worst in Australian history with 84 passengers killed. It sparked mass reform across not just rail infrastructure, but the way we treat survivor and responder mental health after a traumatic incident.

Credits:

BBC article, 17 Jan 2017, no author

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38645976

ABC article, 14 Jan 2017, Phillippa McDonald

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-14/granville-train-disaster-nsw-government-to-apologise-to-families/8182976

ABC article, 17 Dec 2016, Phillippa McDonald

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-17/granville-train-disasters-life-saving-bond/8127598

ABC article, 17 Jan 2017, Phillippa McDonald

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-17/granville-train-disaster-memorial-services-to-mark-anniversary/8186222

Daily Telegraph, 18 Jan 2018, Parramatta Advertiser

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/parramatta/australias-worst-rail-tragedy-remembered-41-years-on/news-story/80bae68fd675c5f39f7185576f2835f7

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This week for Spin Us A Yarn, our zesty listener Danika sent us a horrific real-life tale about the cursed Pilliga area of NSW.

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Josie tells Mel the tale of Harry Leo Crawford, a man who was actually born Eugenia Falleni in 1875 and whose story is studied by law students today.

Wine pairing: 2019 Rocca di Montemassi Calasole Vermentino from the Tuscany wine region of Italy.

Want to be boring and skip the zest? Head to 23:40.

Credits:

ABC Conversations episode from October 25, 2012:

https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/10/25/3618433.htm 

Australian Dictionary of Biography by Carolyn Strange: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/falleni-eugenia-12911 

SBS The Feed by Patrick Abboud

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/thefeed/story/discovering-eugenia-one-australias-most-unusual-murder-cases 

Sydney Morning Herald by Tim Barlass: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/he-was-a-she-but-a-killer-20120218-1tfpu.html 

Adelaide Register article from Aug 1920:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62922342 

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Falleni

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This week for Spin Us A Yarn, our zesty listener Karen sent in a story about cute old people that hits harder than The Notebook.

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This week, Mel tells Josie about Kalkajaka Mountain, a super sacred (and super scary) granite mountain in Queensland where people, cattle and horses have gone missing over the centuries.

Wine pairing: A spooky bottle from Supernatural Wine Co called Green Glow. We picked it up on DRNKS.

Want to skip the zest? Killjoy. Head straight to 29.00.

Credits:

ABC, Brendan Mounter and Adam Stephen, 2018

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-21/mysterious-black-mountain/10067072

QLD national parks

https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/black-mountain/about/culture

9 News, 2918, Emily MacPherson

https://www.9news.com.au/national/black-mountain-the-little-known-landmark-dubbed-queenslands-bermuda-triangle/8cf5addd-ac42-4343-b05e-bb8c77e16437

Mysterious Universe, Brent Swancer, 2014

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/12/the-mysterious-black-mountain-of-queensland/

Reddit thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/80bclu/the_mysterious_black_mountain_of_queensland/

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It's still spooky season, so Josie tells Mel all about the graves that weren't deleted from Devonshire St cemetery - and how they just went ahead and built Central Station on top of them anyway.

Wine pairing: Extremely alcoholic Take It To Your Grave Pinot Noir in a can.

Want to skip the zest? Killjoy. Head straight to 16:50.

Credits:

Past Lives of the Near Future

https://pastlivesofthenearfuture.com/2013/06/27/devonshire-street-cemeterycentral-station-sydney-nsw/

State Library of NSW exhibition from 2019 called Dead Central

https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/dead-central

Sydney Morning Herald article 2019 by Julie Power

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/dead-central-30-000-buried-under-sydney-train-station-20190523-p51qb2.html 

Sydney Morning Herald article 2015 by Tim Barlass

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-ghost-platforms-at-central-station-a-haunting-feature-of-sydney-open-weekend-20151008-gk40my.html 

News.com.au by Benedict Brook

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/the-gruesome-secrets-lying-beneath-sydneys-central-station/news-story/98030ec27a67086589997119a8a1055b 

ABC News article by Michelle Brown

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-25/sydney-metro-construction-unearths-160-yo-grave/11244148 

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devonshire_Street_Cemetery 

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It's spooky season! We're continuing the spooks with Letta Me Out, a haunted doll living in Queensland that enjoys leaving scuff marks on floors and moving of its own accord! Love that for us all.

Wine pairing: water because Mel can't get her act together.

Want to skip le zest? Then head straight to 35.00.

CREDITS:

Listverse, Dana Angelo

https://listverse.com/2014/04/04/10-freaky-dolls-you-dont-want-to-play-with/

Amy;’s Crypt

https://amyscrypt.com/letta-me-out-haunted-doll/

Warwick Daily News

https://www.warwickdailynews.com.au/news/meet-one-of-australias-most-haunted-dolls-in-warwi/3349628/

Pedestrian, Melissa Mason

https://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/letta-me-out-cursed-australian-doll/

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It's spooky season and aquatic mystery fan Josie is back on her waterlogged bullshit, scaring the bejesus out of Mel with the story of the Alkimos, a haunted shipwreck off the coast of WA.

Wine pairing: a not too oaky chardonnay from The Hidden Sea Wines.

Want to skip le zest? Then head straight to 22:46.

CREDITS:

Western Australia for Everyone:

http://www.australiaforeveryone.com.au/files/wa/alkimos.html 

TV show "The Extraordinary":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwePELXgiuQ&t=3386s 

Unexplained Australia:

http://www.unexplainedaustralia.com/21-ghosts-hauntings/60-the-alkimos-haunted-shipwreck 

TV series "Haunted":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs4TO1C0Ufc 

Perths Ghosts and the Supernatural Facebook post:

https://www.facebook.com/perthghosts/posts/was-sinister-shipwreck-the-alkimosa-wreck-lies-stranded-in-the-shallows-off-the-/372153916266525/ 

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CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussion of abuse and graphic murder.

This week, Mel returns the gals to their All Aussie Mystery Hour roots, telling Josie the story of Katherine Knight, who infamously murdered her partner and left behind one of the most horrific crime scenes in Australian history.

Credits:

Blood and Stain, Peter Lalor 2002

NY Daily News, 2013, Mara Bovsun

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/aussie-woman-removed-beau-skin-article-1.1476480

Womens Weekly interview with Sandra Lee, 2002

https://web.archive.org/web/20131224122543/http://www.aww.com.au/living/arts-entertainment/2002/10/katherine-knight-qa/

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