Episodes
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G'day mates! If you're an old listener of THE ZEST IS HISTORY or ALL AUSSIE MYSTERY HOUR - we've got some great news for you! Mel and Josie are back with a brand new podcast (which is basically the same as the old podcasts) called ALL AUSSIE HOUR!
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Wow guys, we finally got the season 3 finale episode up for you! Here's the second part of our Ned Kelly series, following the Kelly Gang as they take on the coppers and then all die, RIP. Some actual mysteries are involved! Like where is Ned's skull!
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It's FINALE TIME BABY! And for season 3, we've done a two-parter on everyone's favourite problematic Aussie outlaw, Ned Kelly. This week, Josie begins the story with Ned's upbringing and journey towards full blown bushranger.
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Want to skip the zest? Head to 6:32.
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In the second part of AAMH's live show recorded at Melbourne's Chapel Off Chapel theatre on Dec 15, Mel tells Josie all about Frederick Deeming, a ghost with an extremely spicy back story. Ps. If you missed Part 1 of the live show, it went up last week.
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Sneaking in one last ep for 2019, this is Part 1 of our sold out Melbourne live show held at Chapel Off Chapel on Dec 15, featuring Josie telling Mel all about the mysterious disappearance of chef Willi Koeppen from the Cuckoo restaurant in 1979. Stay tuned next week for Part 2!
CREDITS:
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/the-cuckoo-affair-what-happened-to-willi-koeppen-20180712-p4zr4l.html
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/the-cook-the-sleaze-and-his-killer/news-story/bfd174b9c80b1660d6e80f7a28681bfd
https://rangestrader.mailcommunity.com.au/mail/2018-07-16/chef-death-mystery/
https://www.theage.com.au/interactive/2018/misc/KOEPPENsummarydocument.pdf
https://www.cuckoorestaurant.com.au/
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For the second part of AAMH's Sydney live show - recorded on Dec 5 at Marrickville's Factory Theatre - Josie talks Mel through one of the most famous unsolved disappearances in the city's history... what happened to prominent social activist Juanita Nielsen? Ps. If you missed Part 1 of the live show, it went up last week.
CREDITS:
https://www.smh.com.au/national/juanita-nielsen-never-before-seen-photos-unearthed-20190712-p526s2.html
https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/the-40year-mystery-of-juanita-nielsen-the-lady-who-vanished-20150702-gi3c50.html
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/king-cross-activist-juanita-nielsens-1975-disappearance-is-australias-biggest-murder-mystery/news-story/fa444e9567ce62928582adfc15b60315
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/struggle-victoria-st
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Mystery Minutes is our space for talking, well, sh*t. Don't expect researched mysteries here, folks! Instead, this week enjoy Mel telling Josie for five whole minutes about one of her favourite books, The Outsider by Penelope Williamson.
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Finally, a venue decides to record Josie and Mel's live show! Here's the first part of All Aussie Mystery Hour's Sydney show at Marrickville's Factory Theatre on Dec 5, featuring Mel regaling us with horrible stories about the making of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Stay tuned next week for Part 2!
CREDITS:
https://sydney-harbour-bridge.nesa.nsw.edu.au/https://www.smh.com.au/national/honour-at-last-for-workers-whose-deaths-fell-from-view-20070216-gdphh8.html https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/10-sydney-urban-legends-that-will-give-you-the-creeps/news-story/973d3920c7315c3bc9d35e9e89505441 -
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/sydney-harbour-bridge-gets-a-fresh-coat-of-paint-again/news-story/993350d50f7a08e7d20a0d00f4b616f5
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62411832timeout.com/sydney/attractions/sydney-myths-busted
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2019/06/the-life-of-a-rigger-on-the-sydney-harbour-bridge/
https://www.moveoutmates.com.au/blog/5-creepy-sydney-legends/ https://www.eastcoastcarrentals.com.au/blog/weird-and-wonderful-urban-legends-of-sydney
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Mel takes Josie through one of AAMH's most requested stories this week -- the phenomena of the mysterious Min Min Lights. Also, the gals have important news re. merch and live shows!
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Want to skip the zest? Head to 19:11.
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Josie and Mel are on a real old-timey bend right now and they won't stop! This week, Josie talks Mel through the 1934 case of the Pyjama Girl Murder, which is officially "solved"... but many people think otherwise. PLUS: a huge exciting announcement!
If you want to skip the zest, you can head straight to 16:07 but you'll miss that exciting announcement if you do. Your choice.
Credits:
Medium article by Pauline Montagna, October 2017: https://medium.com/the-history-buff/the-pyjama-girl-mystery-case-closed-or-forced-shut-274c7569346
Unsolved True Crime dot com by Tamsin Francis, January 2019: https://unsolvedtruecrime.com/2019/01/18/alburys-pyjama-girl-mystery/
Daily Telegraph True Crime Australia article by Staff Writers, July 2018: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/special-features/in-depth/the-pyjama-girl-murder/news-story/0aa413ae5f7be59870c8871beea63600
Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/4byiow/the_girl_with_the_dragon_pyjamas/
Blogspot called the Pyjama Girl Project: http://pyjamagirlproject.blogspot.com/2013/10/who-was-anna-philomena-morgan.html
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This week, Mel scares the living daylights out of Josie with the creepy tale of The Lady In Black, a ghostly woman who haunts a highway in NSW's Blue Mountains.
Credits:
The Daily Telegraph, Gillian McNally, June 10 2015
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/10-sydney-urban-legends-that-will-give-you-the-creeps/news-story/973d3920c7315c3bc9d35e9e89505441
Mamamia, Belinda Jepsen, April 6 2019
https://www.mamamia.com.au/victoria-pass-ghost-blue-mountains/
Blue Mountains Library Blogspot, 31 March 2014
http://bmlocalstudies.blogspot.com/2014/03/murder-on-victoria-pass.html
Smiths Lawyers, Pauline Morrissey, March 27 2019
https://www.smithslawyers.com.au/post/6-of-the-spookiest-roads-in-australia
Mysterious Universe
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/10/the-ghost-in-black-and-other-spooks-of-the-blue-mountains/
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It's our spoOooOooky special, just in time for Halloween! Josie and Mel tell true stories from listeners in the All Aussie Mystery Hour Facebook group and manage to scare the hell out of themselves in the process, Listen at your own risk!
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Josie spins a yarn for Mel all about Perth's self-confessed serial killer, the shifty, drifty & suss Richard Dorrough. He has been linked to two women's deaths... but who is the third?
If you hate the zesty banter, skip to 12:58.
CREDITS:
The West Australian by Tim Clarke Sep 2016:
https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/three-kills-may-not-include-broome-woman-coroner-ng-ya-117635
The West Australian by Grant Taylor Oct 2015:
https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/inside-the-dark-twisted-mind-of-a-serial-killer-ng-ya-130971
ABC News by David Weber Oct 2015:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-10/appeal-for-info-on-former-navy-sailor-linked-to-murder-case/6843802
ABC News by Natalie Jones April 2016:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-10/appeal-for-info-on-former-navy-sailor-linked-to-murder-case/6843802
WA Coroner’s Court Report: Inquest into the death of Sara-Lee Davey
https://www.coronerscourt.wa.gov.au/I/inquest_into_the_death_of_sara_lee_davey_print.aspxhttps://www.coronerscourt.wa.gov.au/I/inquest_into_the_death_of_sara_lee_davey_print.aspx
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This week, Mel tries out horse-racing expertise. Obviously failing miserably - was Australia's favourite racehorse Phar Lap murdered by gangsters, or was his tragic death an accident?
CREDITS:
News.com.au, 23/8/19, Nathan Jolly
https://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/how-did-australias-first-champion-racehorse-phar-lap-really-die/news-story/5fc3b2858ccf91a9e951b71924e44fde
Courier Mail, 19/9/1936
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37027569
The Argus, 7/4/1932
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4445563
Herald Sun, 24/10/2006 . Peter Game
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/who-killed-phar-lap/news-story/35e379316b39363b7ef5194d035d0a38?sv=61c80c995b59e16b117075c438ef1301
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Adding "aviation enthusiast" to her repertoire, Josie takes Mel through the last hours of missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 and together they go through the most logical - and of course, the most insane - theories about what really happened.
Want to skip the zesty chit-chat? Head straight to 19:37.
CONTENT WARNING: This podcast discusses suicide. If you require immediate assistance, please call 000. If you are in distress, please call Lifeline on 13 11 44 or chat online.You can also reach the Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467 or chat online.
CREDITS:
CNN article timeline Jan 2017 no byline: https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/17/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-timeline/index.html
ABC News article timeline March 2015, no byline: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-08/timeline-a-year-of-searching-for-mh370/6261778
Reuters article from March, 2014 by Anshuman Daga and Siva Govindasamy:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysiaairlines-flight/malaysian-pm-says-lost-airliner-was-diverted-deliberately-idUSBREA2701720140315
The Independent, March 2019 by Simon Calder:
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/mh370-missing-theory-evaluated-malaysia-airlines-boeing-777-a8812426.html
The Guardian, March 2019 by Naaman Zhou:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/07/mh370-five-years-of-theories-about-one-of-aviations-greatest-mysteries
Wired, March 2015 by Jordan Golson:
https://www.wired.com/2015/03/logical-craziest-mh370-conspiracy-theories/
Gawker, March 2014 by Taylor Berman
https://gawker.com/cnn-did-a-black-hole-make-flight-370-disappear-1548003099
Business Insider, Aug 2018 by Sinead Baker:
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/mh370-report-quashes-theory-that-batteries-and-fruit-cargo-caused-explosion-2018-8
Interesting reads:
Atlantic article by William Langwiesche, July 2019.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/mh370-malaysia-airlines/590653/?fbclid=IwAR3cGaSrzOCzHJKjYDVE3eh9uAgVWy8wcePjlZTac8_TsrETCRu2BZMpRkE
New York Magazine, Jeff Wise: http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/02/jeff-wise-mh370-theory.html
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This week, Mel tells Josie about the ye olde Gatton Murders of 1898, where three of the Gatton family were murdered, case unsolved. Was incest and revenge involved? Or was it the work of a serial killer?
Skipping the zest? Tune in at 1
CREDITS:
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/murder-she-wrote-a-century-too-late-20130615-2obbm.html
https://www.unsolvedcasebook.com/the-gatton-murders-the-brutal-killings-of-the-murphy-siblings/
http://www.gattonmurders.com
The Gatton Murders, Stephanie Bennett
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Josie can't resist re-hashing her mystery, the Bogle-Chandler case, from the Sydney live show because a) the venue didn't record it b) it is just that zesty and c) Mel can't remember it because they were both v. drunk at the time.
Skipping the zest? You're gonna wanna head straight to 13:10.
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Mel, back on her spooky sh*t, scares the bejesus out of Josie with some terrifying tales of NSW's Pilliga Princess, a real-life woman who is now believed to haunt the Newell Highway. Plus, a bonus Pilliga Yowie story which will give you nightmares!
Skipping the zest? Tune in at 14:35.
CREDITS:
https://bitey.com/the-piliga-princess/
http://www.brauntransport.com.au/the-pilliga-legends/
https://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t42314385/pilliga-princess/
http://twwoz.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-pilliga-princess.html
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Newcastle local Josie takes Mel through one of the most horrific crimes from her hometown - the brutal murder of 87-year-old grocer Frank Newbery.
If you know any information that could help police with their investigation, contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000.
Skipping the zesty chat? Head straight for 13:40.
CREDITS:
Northern Star by Nathan Jolly: https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/unsolved-murder-of-87yearold-gentleman-grocer/3549024/
Sydney Morning Herald by David Braithwaite: https://www.smh.com.au/national/shock-at-killing-of-old-frank-20070314-gdpnuo.html
Newcastle Herald by Stephen Ryan: https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/269747/plea-to-help-solve-frank-newbery-murder/
ABC Newcastle by Giselle Wakatama: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-13/killer-still-at-large-10-years-after-murder-of-frank-newbery/8335306
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Our first Mystery Minutes for season 3! And it makes no sense! This week, we plead for your love once again (what's bloody new) then delve deep into the very self-absorbed mystery of Mel's missing laptop. Did a flight attendant pinch it? Was it ASIO? Was Harold Holt involved? Who knows.
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