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Hudson Fysh was a decorated World War I hero who not only founded Australia's national airline, Qantas, but steered it for almost half a century from its humble beginnings with two rickety biplanes to the age of the jumbo jets. One of Australia's celebrated Light Horsemen at Gallipoli, Fysh went on to fly death-defying missions for Lawrence of Arabia with the Australian Flying Corps and battle Germans in deadly dogfights in the skies over Palestine. 

As a teenage orphan in England in 1791, Mary Reibey was sentenced to death for stealing a horse. When police cornered her, she was dressed as a boy, and she maintained that disguise until she was unmasked at her trial. Due to her 'tender age', Reibey was spared the hangman's noose and sentenced to seven years' transportation to the colony of New South Wales. With the odds stacked against her, Reibey went on to become Australia's first female business tycoon and the richest woman in the colony, founding the Bank of New South Wales, now one of the nation's biggest financial institutions.

The Murdaugh Murders, Money & Mystery offers an in-depth look at the unfolding criminal saga centered around disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh. The podcast is hosted by veteran journalist Anne Emerson, along with former South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon and producer Drew Tripp.In addition to stealing nearly $9 million from his friends, clients and own law firm, Alex Murdaugh is charged with the ghastly murders of his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, and their youngest son, Paul Murdaugh. That's not to mention allegations of bank fraud conspiracy, drug trafficking, money...

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En esta historia hay tres personajes: está Daniel Sancho, está Edwin Arrieta y está una pequeña isla del Océano Pacífico. A lo largo de tres episodios, trazaremos una línea cronológica del caso para localizar qué sabemos a ciencia cierta. Repasaremos todas las claves que se tendrán en cuenta en el juicio que comienza a celebrarse este 9 de abril y también analizaremos el bullicio formado alrededor de esta noticia y cómo ha provocado que las pruebas se diluyan entre suposiciones y conjeturas.

The haunting disappearance of a teenage Brittanee Drexel loomed over her family and friends for 13 agonizing years. Stunning revelations in May 2022 have finally brought Brittanee’s loved ones answers and a chance at closure, but the pursuit of some semblance of justice continues in this infamous South Carolina missing person case.Finding Brittanee Drexel is a new podcast from WCIV’s Edward R. Murrow award-winning Unsolved South Carolina series. In it you’ll hear exclusive interviews with Brittanee’s family, and get unprecedented access to details of an investigation spanning more ...

ABC crime podcast is a true crime podcast hosted by LADY ACE & BADDIE B. Two friends who wanna talk about crime and share it with friends who share their love for all things true crime. We will release a teaser and clue package on our Instagram page @ABCcrimepodcast the week leading up to the release of our show. Take a guess and then join us as we walk you though the abc's/(d🍆) of the case. The first season we covered killers by last name alphabetically. This season we will cover victims by their last name alphabetically. Tiktok- @abccrimepodcastInstagram- https://www.instagram.com/...

Laughing at the hilarious highs and lows of dating hosted by Sam & Liv with Rachel R Kovach, author of DisHarmony: a Jigsaw Collection of Misguided Dating

Same China. Different stories. We are the ones who found our way in a new life, Adoptees Born in China. Chinese adoptees’ stories and the stories of those lives they have become a part of. This podcast acts as a personal journal, archive, and resource for adoptees and others. Want to share your story? Email adoptedbabiesfromchina@gmail.com @adopteesborninchinapodcast on Instagram/ Facebook. Please rate and review. Music | bensound.com

Join Dani & Sarah each Sunday for True Crime ABCs podcast, where we take a journey through true crime, one letter at a time! Listen through the end of each episode for reading recommendations and a sneak peek into what is going on in the podcast next week. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truecrimeabcpodcast/support

Gender is a mystery. Or is it? Taking a different letter of the alphabet each week, from A-Z, writer, musician, actor and gender explorer Ri Baroche mixes incisive research and eccentric humour to put all that is, was and may be gender under the microscope and, hopefully, better understand it, the world and themselves. With historical oddities, fascinating stories, interviews, and more.Support them and become a part of the podcast on Patreon at Patreon.com/drodge Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Award-winning journalist LZ Granderson draws from his own lived experience as a gay, Black father to host thought-provoking, poignant and engaging conversations with some of the most influential and inspirational people in the LGBTQ+ community.

Bring Them Home is a podcast series with a mission of solving missing persons cases in South Carolina.When a loved one is missing, the world stops turning for their family and friends. Usually there's a resolution — for better or worse. But in some cases, the answers and the closure never come — even as decades pass.Join veteran journalist Mel Orlins as she brings new eyes to the investigations and fresh energy to the searches for dozens of missing persons in the Charleston area and beyond.Subscribe to Bring Them Home wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on TikTok and on Instagram - ...

Bangka Island, 1942. Australian Army nurse Vivian Bullwinkel was just 26 when Japanese soldiers marched her and her fellow nurses into the shallow waters of a remote beach to be executed. Miraculously, Vivian would be the lone survivor. The Lieutenant-Colonel would also be the first woman to be honoured with a statue at the Australian War Memorial for her extraordinary bravery and service.

When Dark Emu was adopted by Australia like a new anthem, Bruce found himself at the centre of a national debate that often focussed on the wrong part of the story. But through all the noise came Black Duck Foods, a blueprint for traditional food growing and land management processes based on very old practices. Bruce Pascoe and Lyn Harwood invite us to imagine a different future for Australia, one where we can honour our relationship with nature and improve agriculture and forestry.

Fearless, sharp-eyed and handsome, Matthew Flinders was one of the greatest of all maritime adventurers and undertook one of the most important voyages of discovery – to circumnavigate and map the famed Great Southern Land. Together with his Aboriginal interpreter and guide, Kuringgai man Bungaree, and his beloved rescue cat Trim, Flinders explored the furthest reaches of Australia and meticulously recorded its rugged coastlines on maps so accurate they are still used today.

After spending almost 20 years in city courtrooms reporting for the ABC on some of the country's highest profile cases, Wells takes you into our country courtrooms, from the grand sandstone edifices of Cobar and Grafton to the repurposed community halls and police stations in outback Queensland the Northern Territory – introducing you to the court staff – the solicitors, prosecutors, magistrates, witnesses and the accused, in cases that shock, captivate and divide communities.

254 days, 12,700 kilometres, sea sickness, sharks, crocodiles and ocean. Bonnie Hancock broke numerous records on her fastest ever circumnavigation by paddle around Australia but that wasn't the achievement she is most proud of. Testing the limits of her mental and physical toughness, she learned what it means to overcome adversity and how important teamwork and perspective truly are. What looks distressing from the rocky shore or storm-tossed waves can be inspiring when you look to the heavens.

Why did transportation occur, why did it end and what was it like living in Australia from 1788 to 1870? Skilfully researched and told in Jim Haynes's warm and witty style, Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia answers these questions and brings to life well-known and unknown figures from Australia's history as a penal settlement. This is the true story of the colonisation of Australia.

When satirist John Clarke died, in 2017, many people mourned his passing as if they had lost a friend or a member of the family. Many of us felt we grew up with him. After all, for the best part of half a century, since he burst into our lives as Fred Dagg in 1974, he was a performer, an actor, a writer, a satirist and as a commentator in both Australia and New Zealand. In this fascinating memoir, Lorin Clarke tells the story of growing up with her famous father, her art historian mother Helen and her little sister Lucia. Much has been written about John Clarke, but this is the insider’s view.