{"podcast":{"title":"Forgotten Australia","slug":"forgotten-australia-761872","podcast_index_feed_id":761872,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/8dc4b04f-b05b-4eac-9556-2a69d0be13cc","website_url":"https://forgottenaustralia.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6113eaa88b490330c716f7f9/1783601534761-7913cbac-a79d-4ac7-81f4-f8332d078bab.jpeg","author":"Michael Adams","episode_count":373,"summary":"Bloody crimes, unsolved mysteries, eccentric celebrities, dark events and bizarre happenings: it's all here – the stuff you wish they'd taught you in school! Dive into our strange-but-true history via never-before-told stories, author interviews, weekly flashbacks and the weekly trivia quiz. Forgotten Australia is created and hosted by Michael Adams, author of the acclaimed true crime books The Murder Squad , Hanging Ned Kelly and They'll Never Hold Me. He's also a regular history and true crime commentator on ABC Nightlife and the podcast Australian True Crime . Support Forgotten Australia for a few bucks per month to get ad-free early episodes, exclusive bonus episodes, a show shout-out and the chance to win prizes in the special edition trivia quiz episodes. Get a week's free trial here: Patreon: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia Apple: apple.co/forgottenaustralia Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com Check out my books! They’ll Never Hold Me: https://www.booktopia.com.au/they-ll-never-hold-me-michael-adams/book/9781923046474.html The Murder Squad: https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-murder-squad-michael-adams/book/9781923046504.html Hanging Ned Kelly: https://www.booktopia.com.…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T18:21:11.646145+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forgotten-australia-761872"},"episode":{"title":"Dead Men Don’t Fill Out Census Forms – Part One: Murder at Scrubby Creek","slug":"dead-men-don-t-fill-out-census-forms-part-one-murder-at-scrubby-creek","published_at":"2026-08-05T11:34:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forgotten-australia-761872/dead-men-don-t-fill-out-census-forms-part-one-murder-at-scrubby-creek","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forgotten-australia-761872","url":"https://shows.acast.com/forgotten-australia/episodes/dead-men-dont-fill-out-census-forms-part-one-murder-at-scrub","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/forgotten-australia/e/6a731fbb9a5e4ed165087747/media.mp3","summary":"A shocking early result of our first national census was... murder! In 1911, a Cloncurry census collector's investigations into an unreturned form turned up a dead man, burned to bones in the vastness of the Never Never. But this cold-blooded crime was very likely not the killer's first murder – nor his last. Get a supporter free trial here: Patreon: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia Apple: apple.co/forgottenaustralia Forgotten Australia is created and hosted by Michael Adams, author of the acclaimed true crime books The Murder Squad, Hanging Ned Kelly and They'll Never Hold Me. He’s also a regular history commentator on ABC Nightlife and the podcast Australian True Crime. Michael's books: They’ll Never Hold Me: https://www.booktopia.com.au/they-ll-never-hold-me-michael-adams/book/9781923046474.html The Murder Squad: https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-murder-squad-michael-adams/book/9781923046504.html Hanging Ned Kelly: https://www.booktopia.com.au/hanging-ned-kelly-michael-adams/book/9781922992185.html Australia’s Sweetheart: https://www.booktopia.com.au/australia-s-sweetheart-michael-adams/book/9780733640292.html Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"A shocking early result of our first national census was... murder! In 1911, a Cloncurry census collector's investigations into an unreturned form turned…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3004,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/forgotten-australia-761872/episodes/dead-men-don-t-fill-out-census-forms-part-one-murder-at-scrubby-creek/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forgotten-australia-761872/dead-men-don-t-fill-out-census-forms-part-one-murder-at-scrubby-creek.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}