EPISODE · Apr 30, 2023 · 45 MIN
Bloody Murder in the Blue Mountains – Part One
from Forgotten Australia
A mountains hotel. A locked room. Screams in the night and a body in the morning. The mystery of what happened in the California boarding house in Katoomba in autumn 1917 was like something by Agatha Christie. Except this wasn’t a whodunit – it was a whydunit.Parts 2 & 3 will be on general release soon. You can hear them now early and ad-free by supporting the podcast:Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustraliaPatreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustraliaBook Club: I’ll be interviewing Peter Doyle about his non-fiction book Suburban Noir, which is a cracking portrait of crime and punishment in Sydney in the 1950s and 1960s.We’ll also be talking about Peter’s other books, the non-fiction Crooks Like Us and City Of Shadows, and his four period crime novels, The Devil’s Jump, Amaze Your Friends, Get Rich Quick and The Big Whatever.There’s plenty to talk about – and Peter would love to hear your questions about his workIf you want me to read them to him, send them as an email to [email protected] you’d like to record your question in a free audio file from your computer, go to: https://www.speakpipe.com/forgottenaustralia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A mountains hotel. A locked room. Screams in the night and a body in the morning. The mystery of what happened in the California boarding house in Katoomba in autumn 1917 was like something by Agatha Christie. Except this wasn’t a whodunit – it was a whydunit.Parts 2 & 3 will be on general release soon. You can hear them now early and ad-free by supporting the podcast:Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustraliaPatreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustraliaBook Club: I’ll be interviewing Peter Doyle about his non-fiction book Suburban Noir, which is a cracking portrait of crime and punishment in Sydney in the 1950s and 1960s.We’ll also be talking about Peter’s other books, the non-fiction Crooks Like Us and City Of Shadows, and his four period crime novels, The Devil’s Jump, Amaze Your Friends, Get Rich Quick and The Big Whatever.There’s plenty to talk about – and Peter would love to hear your questions about his workIf you want me to read them to him, send them as an email to [email protected] you’d like to record your question in a free audio file from your computer, go to: https://www.speakpipe.com/forgottenaustralia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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