Dark Stories – Coal River True Crime – When I Finally Sleep Tonight. A woman defending herself from a potential attacker? Or cold blooded murder? Opinion in Newcastle in the colonial days was certainly divided. What do you think?

 Dark Stories – Coal River True Crime – Not A Reserved Girl. Murder, multiple suspects and one woman whom might not be called a reserved girl…. With special thanks to David Murray for provision of the podcast source material and for authoring the pod...

 Dark Stories – Coal River True Crime – Let’s Spend A Life Together. Marriage is forever….unless married to the honeymoon murderer. With special thanks to David Murray for provision of the podcast source material and for authoring the podcast scripts...

 Dark Stories – Coal River True Crime – The Sandhills. A woman disappears; near her home and a few short years later……a skeleton is discovered in the sandhills; murder, suicide or coincidence – what do you think?

Dark Stories – Coal River True Crime – Johnny’s Gone Mad Again. True Crime or madness – we’ll let you decide. Accepting pleas for insanity brought new difficulties to trials in the 19th century. With special thanks to David Murray for provision of the ...

Dark Stories – Coal River True Crime – Unholy Love. True Crime often entailed love triangles or romance gone wrong. With special thanks to David Murray for provision of the podcast source material and for authoring the podcast scripts episode by episod...

Dark Stories – Coal River True Crime – Jacob’s Mob. True Crime at the beginning of the bushgranging era in early Australian history. With special thanks to David Murray for provision of the podcast source material and for authoring the podcast scripts ...

Dark Stories – Coal River True Crime – Season Introduction Season 1 focuses on true crime from Newcastle’s colonial past. With special thanks to David Murray for provision of the podcast source material and for authoring the podcast scripts episode by ...

Welcome to the Dark Stories True Crime Podcast. This is a short introductory episode to fill you in on what this podcast is and what our podcasting format will be going forward. To summarise Dark Stories will cover the forgotten years of Australia’s Tr...