Across pop culture we have seen and heard the rise and fall of many different types of cults. From new age religious groups to extreme political parties to even some self-help clubs, we are naturally curious as to what goes on behind the fence of cult groups and how people fall victim to the likes of Jim Jones and Shoko Asahara.

In this episode and season finale, join the gang as they uncover how cults function and as they go into the details of one of Australia's most famous cults, The Family.

Warning this episode contains themes of physical and emotional abuse and discusses domestic violence and coercive control. Your mental health is important, and Australia is home to many support services. You are not alone, and you are worthy, if you feel that you need to talk to someone, please consider reaching out to one of the services listed below:
- Beyond Blue - 1300 22 4636
- lifeline - 13 11 14
- Black Dog Institue
- MensLine Australia - 1300 78 99 78
- Kidshelpline - 1800 55 1800

Content references
Growing up with The Family: inside Anne Hamilton-Byrne’s sinister cult | Documentary films | The Guardian

Australian cult: The Family leader Anne Hamilton-Byrne dies (bbc.com)

The Family (arcgis.com)

Tragic update from The Family ‘cult’ survivor | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

The Cult of the Family review – the definitive history of a notorious Australian cult | Documentary | The Guardian

'I'm still alive': Cult survivor speaks about life beyond Anne Hamilton-Byrne (theage.com.au)

Sale link to The Cult of the Family | Gippsland Times

Anne Hamilton-Byrne dies; We remember the 1987 raid on the cult, The Family with this flashback (theage.com.au)

The Family: 'Raised in a doomsday cult, I entered the real world at 15' (bbc.com)

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CULT EXPERIENCE - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

The Cultic Lifecycle: A Thematic Analysis of Fulfillment and Fear in Cult Membership (cuny.edu)

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So what do foot calluses and a steel rack have in common? Well, they both relate to the two unsolved mini-mysteries that will be unpacked in this episode.

Join Cal, Dave, Rachel and Steveo as they speculate on how a man named Harry famously got his barefoot moniker before submerging themselves into the mystery of the NSW Rackman.

 Content references
Crucified body of NSW’s ‘Rack Man’ identified after 25 years – case is referred to Cold Case Homicide Squad – Australian True Crime & Unsolved Mysteries (unsolvedtruecrime.com)

Max Tancevski | Unidentified Wiki | Fandom

Rack Man: Mystery of body in Hawkesbury River tied to cross | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

Unsolved Australian crimes: Justine Ford book extract | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

Rack Man: Mystery of body in Hawkesbury River tied to cross | The Courier Mail

Rack Man: Mystery of body in Hawkesbury River tied to cross | The Courier Mail

85UMNSW (doenetwork.org)

Max TANCEVSKI (australianmissingpersonsregister.com)

Crucified body of NSW’s ‘Rack Man’ identified after 25 years | Herald Sun

Max Tancevski | Graham's Blog (wordpress.com)

Australia - Australia - Max Tancevski, 'Rack Man', Hawkesbury River, N.S.W, remains found, 11 Aug 1994 | Websleuths

TANCEVSKI, Max - Responses [2015] NSWCorCResp 17 (22 May 2015) (austlii.edu.au)

27 May 1939 - BAREFOOT HARRY. - Trove (nla.gov.au)

Colorful Characters — Barefoot Harry Rice | Ahcuah (wordpress.com)

The Northern Miner, 4 June 1930. 

The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 May 1939.

Submerged corpse found 24 years after the murder - a case study (jomswsge.com)

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Australia is home to many legends and larrikins, from Cathy Freeman to Ned Kelly, we want to unpack the stories of our Aussie icons.

In this episode, join us as we peak into the life of our favourite Aussie larrikin, the man behind the democracy manifest - Jack Karlson.

Content resources:
VIDEO: Charles Dozsa: eating a meal... a succulent chinese meal... (youtube.com)”

BOOK: Carnage: A succulent Chinese meal, Mr Rent-a-Kill and the Australian Manson murders written by Mark Dapin. 

Jack Karlson, man behind 'succulent Chinese meal' meme, dies (9news.com.au)

Prison escapee behind iconic 'succulent Chinese meal' footage meets with arresting officer - ABC News

A succulent Chinese meme: the real story behind Australia’s most bombastic arrest | Queensland | The Guardian

Jack Karlson: The incredible untold story of the man behind the viral 'Succulent Chinese Meal' arrest video | Daily Mail Online

The Man Behind The Succulent Chinese Meal That Demonstrates Democracy Manifest (dannydutch.com)

'Democracy manifest' diner from viral 'succulent Chinese meal' video has died | Mashable

His 'Succulent Chinese Meal' rant became a classic meme but the arrested man has a complicated past - ABC News

Paul Charles Dozsa (1940-2003) - Find a Grave Memorial

forde-comminquiry.pdf (www.qld.gov.au)

The world of the supergrass (theage.com.au)

11 Nov 1980 - Two men jailed for life for murders - Trove (nla.gov.au)

12 Sept 1980, page 6 - The Age at Newspapers.com

Ivanka Katherine Karlson (1960 - 1979) - Victoria | AncientFaces Free Family History

LADbible on X: "Jack Karlson was a talented painter and painted his vir

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From Scotland's Loch Ness Monster to America's Mothman, there are thousands of stories and alleged sightings of mystical cryptic creatures across the world. But what about Australia? What's lurking just beyond the bushes?

Join us we open the Aus-Files and have an unearthly yarn about Australia's greatest known cryptid the Yowie. 

Video links:
A wild boar is found in Australia ripped into half along with huge foo... | #wildanimals | TikTok

Content resources:

-Book: 'The Yowie Files - encounters with Australian ape-men' written by Tony Healy and Paul Cropper

- Book: The Yowie in search of Australia's bigfoot, written by Tony Healy and Paul Cropper.

- Book: Australian Cryptozoology - the Australian Yowie, New Guinea Mermaid, Big Cats and other WildLife Wonders, written by Gary Opit. 

- Wallace Line - Wikipedia

- Yowie | Cryptid Wiki | Fandom

- Chew on this! The diet of an extinct "panda-like" marsupial from New Guinea - The Australian Museum Blog

- Australian Yowie Research - Home (yowiehunters.com.au)

- Death rituals in the animal kingdom (bbc.com)

- Do foxes & badgers bury their dead? | Wildlife Online

- Meowfest: Why Do Cat Eyes Glow in the Dark? (carnegiemnh.org)

- Phantoms and Monsters: Pulse of the Paranormal

- The remote Queensland town where there have been more sightings of the Yowie than anywhere else | Daily Mail Online

- Yowie spotted in Nimbin, NSW on March 5 | Daily Mail Online

- Wilderness Society | 10 facts about deforestation in Australia                          

- A review of listed extinctions in Australia (nespthreatenedspecies.edu.au)

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In part two of going round the bend, we continue the discussion of the heinous history behind Australian Mental Asylums and the treatment of those suffering from a variety of medical conditions. Starting with Insulin Therapy, join us as we continue to travel through time discussing the evolution of medical theories and treatments.

Please note that this episode is heavy and discusses many themes that may be triggering such as mental illness, suicide, physical and sexual violence, malpractice and medical procedures.

Your mental health is important, and Australia is home to many support services. You are not alone, and you are worthy, if you feel that you need to talk to someone, please consider reaching out to one of the services listed below:
- Beyond Blue - 1300 22 4636
- lifeline - 13 11 14
- Black Dog Institue
- MensLine Australia - 1300 78 99 78
- Kidshelpline - 1800 55 1800

Content resources
- Natisha Marina Sands, 2009. Round the bend: a brief history of mental health nursing in Victoria, Australia 1848 to 1950s. Issues in mental health nursing. Informa healthcare. 30:364-371

- The road to recovery – a history of mental health services in Queensland 1859-2009

- Toby Raeburn, Carol Liston, Jarrad Hickmott, Michelle Cleary. 2017. Liverpool “lunatic asylum”:  a forgotten chapter in the history of Australian health care. Collegian.1322-7696. 

- Philippa Martyr. 2018. “Relaxed and pleasant’: women undergoing leucotomy in Western Australia, 1947-1970. Blog of the Australian Women’s History network. 

- Tony Slavotinek. Leucotomy and Psychosurgery. The Rise and Fall of a promising surgical procedure. South Australian Medical Heritage Society Inc. Leucotomy and Psychosurgery (samhs.org.au)

- Electrocshock is torture but is legal for all ages. Citizens commission on human rights Australian National office. Electroshock is Legal for All Ages in NSW | CCHR Australia

- Patrick Clark. 2019.  Hip hip horray, ECT turns 80! Australasian psychiatry. Vol 27(1) 53-55

- Ben Pike (2015). Sydney’s shameful asylums: the silent houses of pain where inmates where chained and sadists reigned. Daily Telegrath. 

- Richmond Report. 2014. Mental Health Commission of New South Wales.

- Specialised mental health care facilities (2024). Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. 

- National study of mental health and wellbeing (2023). Australian Bureau of Statistics. 

- Arbete och fritid på Långbro sjukhus - Långbro sjukhus (langbrosjukhus.se)

- The Short and Brutal History of Lobotomy | by Grant Piper | Medium

- Rosemary Kenned

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In this two-part episode, we discuss the heinous history behind Australian Mental Asylums and the treatment of those suffering from a variety of medical conditions. Starting with the first Australian institute which was built in 1811, join us as we travel through time discussing the evolution of medical theories and treatments.

Please note that this episode is heavy and discusses many themes that may be triggering such as mental illness, suicide, physical and sexual violence, malpractice and medical procedures.

Your mental health is important, and Australia is home to many support services. You are not alone, and you are worthy, if you feel that you need to talk to someone, please consider reaching out to one of the services listed below:
- Beyond Blue - 1300 22 4636
- lifeline - 13 11 14
- Black Dog Institue
- MensLine Australia - 1300 78 99 78
- Kidshelpline - 1800 55 1800

Content resources
- Natisha Marina Sands, 2009. Round the bend: a brief history of mental health nursing in Victoria, Australia 1848 to 1950s. Issues in mental health nursing. Informa healthcare. 30:364-371

- The road to recovery – a history of mental health services in Queensland 1859-2009

- Toby Raeburn, Carol Liston, Jarrad Hickmott, Michelle Cleary. 2017. Liverpool “lunatic asylum”:  a forgotten chapter in the history of Australian health care. Collegian.1322-7696. 

- Philippa Martyr. 2018. “Relaxed and pleasant’: women undergoing leucotomy in Western Australia, 1947-1970. Blog of the Australian Women’s History network. 

- Tony Slavotinek. Leucotomy and Psychosurgery. The Rise and Fall of a promising surgical procedure. South Australian Medical Heritage Society Inc. Leucotomy and Psychosurgery (samhs.org.au)

- Electrocshock is torture but is legal for all ages. Citizens commission on human rights Australian National office. Electroshock is Legal for All Ages in NSW | CCHR Australia

- Patrick Clark. 2019.  Hip hip horray, ECT turns 80! Australasian psychiatry. Vol 27(1) 53-55

- Ben Pike (2015). Sydney’s shameful asylums: the silent houses of pain where inmates where chained and sadists reigned. Daily Telegrath. 

- Richmond Report. 2014. Mental Health Commission of New South Wales.

- Specialised mental health care facilities (2024). Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. 

- National study of mental health and wellbeing (2023). Australian Bureau of Statistics. 

- Carlo Patriarca, Carlo Alfredo Clerici, Stefano Zannella and Carlo Fracticelli. (2021). Ugo Cerletti, Pathologica and electroconvulsive therapy. Pathologica. 113(6): 4810487. Ugo Cerletti, Pathologica and electroconvulsive therapy - PMC (nih.gov)

- Is Gladesville Mental Hospital haunted? Here's what

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Australia is famously known as the land where everything wants to kill you. From gigantic spiders to a plant that will drive you insane, we want to unpack the weird and crazy flora and fauna of this great southern land. Join us for a creature feature episode where we talk all about one of the largest apex predators in Australian waters - the crocodile.

Video links:
ABC news interview 1985 - Philosopher Val Plumwood recounts near death encounter with crocodile

"Let there be a thousand blossoms bloom!" Bob Katter on same-sex marriage (youtube.com)

Content resources:
- Kayakanglermag.com - Scariest Wildlife Encounters, A famous tale of an
infamous crocodile attack. Doug Olander. (C)2024 Rapid media
- Crocodile biology and ecology. Fresh water crocodile. DESI.
environment.des.qld.gov.au
- Crocodile biology and ecology. Saltwater crocodile. DESI. environment.des.qld.gov.au
- kayakangler (c) 2024 - Scariest Wildlife encounters: crocodiles. A famous tale of
an infamous crocodile attack. Doug Olander.
- Aislingmagazine - Issue 30, 2002.Written by Val Plumwood.
- Teens describe killer crocodile ordeal. The Guardian. David Fickling. Wed 24 Dec 2003.
- The night of the hunter. The Guardian. Barbara McMahon. Sun 20 Jan 2008.
- Caldecott DGE,Croser D, Manolis C, Webb G, Britton A. Crocodile attack in
Australia: an analysis of its incidence and review of the pathology and management of crocodilian attacks in general. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. 2005; 16(3): 143-159
- Crocodile launches itself onto Australian fisherman’s boat with jaws wide
open. SBS. Kerry Breen. January 2 2024
- Crocodile attack in Australia: an analysis of its incidence and
review of the pathology and management of crocodilian attacks in general
- Northern Territory Government - Be crocwise fact sheet
- Savannah Meacham, Laine Clark (2024). Teenager dies in suspected crocodile attach on island in Torres Strait. Brisbane Times. 
- Miriah Davis. (2024). Torres Strait crocodile attack victim remembered as humble kid hearted teen. 9 News. 
-Adam Steer and Jano Gibson. (2022). Tourists risking lives to see crocodiles at Cahills Crossing in Kakadu National Park
- Understanding complex interactions the key to the freshwater croc's future - CSIRO
-Feral Pigs May Have Helped Boost Crocodile Numbers in the Northern Territory, Australia | Smithsonian (smithsonianmag.com)
- becrocwise.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/719472/be-crocwise-teaching-and-learning-resource-kit.pdf

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Join us as we continue to chisel through the bars and unpack some of Australia's greatest prison escapes.

In part two, we bring our attention to the modern 70s and 90s focusing on tales of disguise and the Post Card Bandit's stress of cutting through several razor wire fences.

Content resources
- Great escapes. The Sydney Morning Herald. January 21 2006

- Jailed Australian drug lord found hanged. UPI Top News. May 1997.

- Brisbane’s mad dog quizzed over underworld death. Brisbane times. March 23 2010.

- Public Enemies: Russel ‘Mad Dog’ Cox Ray Denning and the golden age of armed robbery. Mark Dapin 2020.

- Mad Dog free after life term cut. AP Grafton, The Guardian 2004.

- From the archives, 1988: Russel Cox arrest after a decade on the run. The Age. May 2020

- Crime files with John Ure: Russell "Mad Dog" Cox escapes from maximum security prison. 29 June 2022. Crime files with John Ure: Russell "Mad Dog" Cox escapes from maximum security prison | The Maitland Mercury | Maitland, NSW

- ‘Mad Dog’ Cox set to walk free. The Sydney Morning Herald. October 17 2004.

- The Banjo Patterson of bank robbers, how Australia’s most wanted man reminded undetected for 11 years. 9 news. Eden Faithfull. 2020.

- Exercise yard. Maitland Gaol 2023. Exercise yard - Issuu

- Australia outlaw - the true story of postcard bandit Brendan Abbott. Derek Pedley 2006.

- Stick 'em up: how crims made the '80s a special kind of hell for banks (smh.com.au)

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In this two-part episode, join us as we chisel through the bars and unpack some of Australia's greatest prison escapes.

In part one, we discuss the harrowing tale of Alexander Pearce, a convict who famously escaped Macquarie Harbour Penal station and resorted to cannibalism to survive.

In part two, we bring our attention to the modern 70s and 90s focusing on tales of disguises and the Post Card Bandit's stress of cutting through several razor wire fences. Part 2 will be released 20 August 2024.
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Resources
- SONG: "The Cyprus Brig" Gary Shearston ℗ 1965 Gary Shearston

-  BOOK: Jailbreak: Australia’s most unforgettable prison escape by Wendy Lewis published 27 July 2016.  

- Escape Stories. Fremantleprison.com.au (c) 2024

- William Graham 1830-1891. Harveyhistoryonline.com

- Trove article - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3748653

- Convicts | National Library of Australia (nla.gov.au)

- what was life like on a convict ship - Google Search

- Macquarie Harbour Penal Statio (utas.edu.au)

- Truly Horrible History: Macquarie Harbour Penal Station – Real History

- Push to bring skull of infamous Tasmanian cannibal convict home from Pennsylvania museum | The Mercury

- ART & ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Strahan Western Tasmania - from brutal convict colony to beautiful port (melbourneblogger.blogspot.com)

- 200th Anniversary of Sarah Island (roundearth.com.au)

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On Christmas Eve 1926, Eileen Walsh, a down on her luck single mother and local police sergeant Marquis Cummings, were caught having an extramarital romp and shot point bank on a grassy knoll near Brisbane's Bogo Road Goal.

But who murdered the adulterous couple? Was it a vengeful ex-husband? A long-suffering wife and loyal son? Perhaps a disgruntled co-worker or a jealous and forgotten lover?

Settle into your armchairs, put on your detective caps and join us as we dig through the facts and unravel one of Brisbane's oldest unsolved mysteries.

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Resources
- Death strikes guilty pair in last embrace, dead bodies in field. Truth, Brisbane, 26 Dec 1926. Resourced from the National Library of Australia. 26 Dec 1926 - DEATH STRIKES GUILTY PAIR IN LAST EMBRACE - Trove

- ‘Double murder. Brisbane shooting’. The Argus Melbourne Vic, Tues 28 1926. Resourced from The National Library of Australia. 28 Dec 1926 - DOUBLE MURDER. - Trove (nla.gov.au)

- Double murder tragedy in Brisbane. News, Adelaide 24 Dec 1926. Resourced from the National Library of Australia. 24 Dec 1926 - DOUBLE MURDER - Trove (nla.gov.au)

- Paul Granville (2019). A mystery murder of married lovers. Highgate Hills and it’s history, stories from Brisbane’s Inner Southside Past. A Mystery Murder of Married Lovers | Highgate Hill and Its History (highgatehill-historical-vignettes.com)

- The true facts of Australia’s greatest double murder mystery. Commonwealth (illustrated) 2nd edition. George Howe Sydney Gazette Press, Ferguson Collection National Library Canberra. Published Nielsen & Simmons, 1928. The True facts of Australia's greatest double murder mystery : who murdered Act. Sgt. Cumming and Mrs Eileen Walsh at Brisbane, 23rd December, 1926? (nla.gov.au)

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