Ep 76 - The Granville Train Disaster, and The Batavia shipwreck Psycho

January 18, 1977, a morning passenger train headed from the Blue Mountains to Sydney Central Station de-railed at Granville and smashed into the pillars of a bridge, which collapsed on several carriages. Dozens of people were crushed to death or horribly injured, in what remains to this day as Australia’s worst ever rail disaster. The Batavia set sail in 1628 with nearly 350 people on board, heading for Indonesia. When it ran of course and people had to take shelter on Beacon Island, a new horror was waiting.