Wouldn't Read About It

In August 1983, a quiet night at the Inland Hotel in the Northern Territory took a horrifying and unexpected turn. At the centre of it all was truck driver Douglas Crabbe, a man whose actions that night would become part of one of Australia’s most infamous criminal cases. This week on Wouldn’t Read About It, we revisit the events leading up to the Inland Hotel Massacre, what unfolded that night, and the extraordinary story that followed.

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Apologies for the delay - we're back! Camo is still dying from Influenza A and now a chest infection. We catch up on the Trangie Charity Ball and the weekend that was, more Hoemail (the Hyrox poo scandal and more hats), the podcast may be playing cupid in the Central West, our massive weekend ahead with the haunted hospital and a local(ish) Tiger Town appearance, and a quick update on ImpyFest.

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It started like any other Tuesday morning in New York City. Australian James Dorney arrived at work, took the elevator high above Manhattan and settled in for the day. Then, everything changed.

Within minutes, James found himself trapped inside the unfolding horror of September 11 — surrounded by smoke, chaos and thousands of people desperately trying to escape. What followed was a race down the World Trade Center, where a handful of decisions would ultimately mean the difference between life and death.

This is the extraordinary true story of James Dorney — the Australian who walked into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001… and somehow walked back out.

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We're back! A bit of a rogue one for ep #40. Camo is officially done with the Bourke Truckin'! We discuss our love for Bourke, Toby's Top Pick and a brain fart from Lottie, we rip into some Hoemail (digital and physical), and Lottie's rosary beads have arrived. THEN after some technical difficulties, we lost half of the podcast...so we essentially discuss what we were discussing before Camo's laptop went haywire. But more good times than you can poke a stick at! Enjoy!

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Spring has sprung! A nice catch up on the weekend that was, a few pieces of hoe-mail, a warning ahead of our Wellington Hospital visit and a packing list from Lottie, weird things that older generations used to do and a tease for the ImpyFest (we think we've locked in a massive headliner...stay tuned).

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In March 1999, convicted armed robber John Killick pulled off one of the most outrageous prison escapes in Australian history, with a little help from his new found lover of only several months. Russian librarian Lucy Dudko had hatched a daring plan to get Killick out of Sydney’s maximum-security Silverwater prison, using an escape method so audacious that nobody saw it coming - until they did. What followed was a dramatic getaway, 45 days on the run and one of the wildest love stories in Australian criminal history.

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Good to be back! After we catch up on what's been happening for our week off we open up our heads for advertising, Rae gives us an update on Tiger Town, unlikely flexes, we find the one girl Camo might be keen on, more people that need to go to hell and we open up a package from Dust N Diesel (our first head advertisers!)

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In 1983, ultramarathon runners from Australia and across the globe set their sights on the inaugural Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultra Marathon - an 875 kilometre race from Westfield in Parramatta, NSW to Westfield in Doncaster, Victoria. At the time this was seen as one of the hardest races in the world, a feat that would push the most elite endurance athletes in the world to breaking point - or so we thought.

Enter Cliff Young, a 61 year old farmer from Beech Forest, Victoria. Cliff got wind of the race through mention of friends and couldn't help but think it sounded oddly similar to what he did every day on the farm rounding up sheep. So, he decided he'd give it a good old fashioned crack. Unbeknownst to him, he would not only become famous for the Cliff Young Shuffle - he'd defy knowledge and belief, and inspire a nation to believe anything is possible.

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Big announcement today! We've decided not only to follow through on one of our big plans but to actually make it bigger than it was to begin with - ImpyFest! Friday December 18th 2026 we're throwing a mini music festival at our favourite watering hole to send out 2026. Stay tuned for more details :)

We also talk our favourite bronc rider Ben Rasmussen, modern love in the censorship era and What The F**k Does That Mean?

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On Anzac Day 1935 in the popular beachside suburb of Coogee, the Sydney locals were commemorating the Anzacs and making the most of another glorious Autumns day. Beach aquariums were the in thing at the time, and Albert Hobson had managed to catch and deliver a four metre long tiger shark as the new popular attraction.

When the shark began to act strange, almost as though it was going to die, onlookers became intrigued and anticipation started to grow. What happened next is one of the most bizarre and mysterious yarns that to this day, still doesn't have a definitive answer as to what actually happened, and why the shark vomited up a human arm.

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