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Stories uncovered when researching your family tree - the unexpected stories of everyday people.Subscribe to my podcast - the subscription offers extras to episodes and early access to my weekly pod... more
FAQs about Family History Mysteries:How many episodes does Family History Mysteries have?The podcast currently has 398 episodes available.
October 06, 2024Episode 90 - Was Jack The Ripper in Australia? Part 3**Warning graphic information is contained in thisepisode**Frederick Bailey Deeming used as many as 14 aliases throughout his life. He was known in the press as "Mad Fred" and "The Demon". There is evidence that links him to be Jack The Ripper, the Whitechapel Murderer, in September 1888 and being the culprit of the 5000 sovereigns stolen from the 'Iberia' in Williamstown Victoria in May 1889. ...more37minPlay
October 06, 2024Episode 90 - Was Jack The Ripper in Australia? Part 2**Warning graphic information is contained in thisepisode**Frederick Bailey Deeming used as many as 14 aliases throughout his life. He was known in the press as "Mad Fred" and "The Demon". There is evidence that links him to be Jack The Ripper, the Whitechapel Murderer, in September 1888 and being the culprit of the 5000 sovereigns stolen from the 'Iberia' in Williamstown Victoria in May 1889. ...more39minPlay
October 02, 2024Episode 90 - Was Jack The Ripper in Australia? Part 1**Warning graphic information is contained in thisepisode**Frederick Bailey Deeming used as many as 14 aliases throughout his life. He was known in the press as "Mad Fred" and "The Demon". There is evidence that links him to be Jack The Ripper, the Whitechapel Murderer, in September 1888 and being the culprit of the 5000 sovereigns stolen from the 'Iberia' in Williamstown Victoria in May 1889. ...more49minPlay
October 01, 2024Episode 89 - Captain WhiteCaptain George White, nicknamed ‘Nobby’, was born in 1842 in South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland, and was a riverboat captain along the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers in the 1890s and early 1900s....more37minPlay
September 28, 2024Episode 88 - The SocialiteIn 1945, Dorothy Gilchrist hit the headlines when she went through her second divorce which had been her fourth marriage. ...more38minPlay
September 28, 2024Episode 87 - Mrs BatmanEliza Callaghan was an Irish born young woman who was convicted and sent to Van Dieman's Land in 1822. She went onto marry the founder of Melbourne, John Batman....more41minPlay
September 25, 2024Episode 86 - Martin WiebergMartin was a ship's carpenter aboard the SS Avoca which was a vessel under the P & O Company. In 1877, he managed to steal 5,000 gold sovereigns that would be worth millions of dollars today.Are Martin Weiberg's stolen gold sovereigns buried somewhere in Gippsland? ...more38minPlay
September 25, 2024Episode 85 - The first triplets born in colonised AustraliaThe first triplets to be born in colonised Australiawere featured on the front page of the Sydney Gazette on Saturday January 19, 1806.The triplets were the children of convicts JamesRixon, who arrived in New South Wales in 1798 and Amelia Goodwin, who arrived in 1800. ...more32minPlay
September 22, 2024Episode 84 - Leonard StromLeonard Strom, a Swedish sailor, captained steamers along the Murray River in the late 1800's. This is his story and the story of his descendants....more20minPlay
September 22, 2024Episode 83 - The MidwifeGranny Dunn delivered over 1000 babies in her small country town of Balranald in southern NSW without losing one mother! I was instantly intrigued - here is her story....more38minPlay
FAQs about Family History Mysteries:How many episodes does Family History Mysteries have?The podcast currently has 398 episodes available.