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At the height of the Victorian Gold Rush, a bold plan was made by a group of bushrangers to hold up the Private Gold Escort carrying its bounty to the Melbourne Treasury from the McIvor goldfields in 1853.The robbery and subsequent trial ended
Angus Murray was the last man to be executed on the gallows of Old Melbourne Goal in 1924.His life began in Adelaide and would see him incarcerated in 4 states - South Australia, Western Australia NSW and Victoria.He became a master thief, a
Christmas is supposed to be the season of giving and family and presents.But it is not everyone's favourite time of year.A quick look through the newspapers of the day revealed no less than 16 murders and 2 attempted murders here in Victoria,
The Hassett family have their origins in Birdhill, Ireland and is just one of the families with links to the Geelong Gaol. Over a period of 40 years, at least 4 members of the family have been prisoners of the Geelong Gaol.It was initially th
In 1889, two wily old convicts named Frederick Clarke and Christopher Farrell made the most infamous escape in Geelong Gaol history. Overpowering a warder in the middle of the night they used a skeleton key to make good their escape over the w
In this episode we head back to earlier and perhaps simpler times to 1854 and Little Bourke street in Melbourne. Luke and Mary Lucas had immigrated to Australia in 1849 with hopes of a better life. But by November 1854, both Mary and Luke wo
What drove a man to murder his neighbours wife and his very own son and leave his wife in a pool of blood clinging to life.James Ross would be executed for his crimes at the Geelong Gaol, becoming the first regional execution following the pas
The story of Edward Fuller and his sister in law Ellen is one of jealousy, infedility and murder. The events of May 1869 in a small house in Noble Street, Chilwell led to the death of one man and set in play a series of events that led to the
In this episode we have a look into the life and crimes of one of the more cheekier escapes from the Geelong Gaol. John McHenry or James Clark as he was originally known grew up in the streets of Shoreditch in London. Before coming to Austra
In October 1863, Elijah Dixon alias Charles Alfred Dives took an axe and murdered his wife and two small daughters just outside Ballarat. The couple's two sons were left alive.What made a husband and father take this course of action - what i
On August 21st, 1918 in a tenement in a low class area of Carlton, the body of Roma Smith was found brutally murdered with her throat cut so severly it broke one of her vertebrae.To this day, the perpertrator of this murder has not been found.
In this episode, we look at the first and only public execution in Geelong. Before the passing of the Act for the Execution of Criminals which took executions behind the Gaol walls, the judicial death of criminals were a public event seen to b
In 1853, Trooper John Goldman shot his superior Corporal William Harvey in his tent at Buningyong following an altercation with a local shopkeeper over some boxes. Harvey died 24 hours later and Goldman disappeared for 9 months before being ar
In 1865, two prisoners were let out of the cooks cells to make their way to the kitchens to cook for the rest of the prisoners. But these two men had other ideas - for one man it would result in him never returning to the Geelong Gaol. For th
For over 170 years, the old Geelong Gaol has overlooked the township of Geelong. It has been a place of incarceration of men, women and children during its 138 years of operational history. Some of the roles it has been used may surprise you!
So you have come across Locked Up With History amongst your podcast offerings?! Welcome! But who are we, why are we doing with this podcast, why would you want to listen to me! Join Deb in this episode for all these answers and much more i
Locked Up With History is our brand new podcast brought to you by the team at Geelong Gaol Museum and Twisted History. In this episode we give you a brief overview of some of the topics we will be exploring in upcoming episodes with topics su
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