{"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":"Mysteries of the Sea – Part One: More Haste, Less Speed","slug":"mysteries-of-the-sea-part-one-more-haste-less-speed","published_at":"2026-09-24T12:32:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forgotten-australia-761872/mysteries-of-the-sea-part-one-more-haste-less-speed","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/forgotten-australia-761872","url":"https://shows.acast.com/forgotten-australia/episodes/mysteries-of-the-sea-part-one-more-haste-less-speed","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/forgotten-australia/e/6ab51882079b46c819bf6005/media.mp3","summary":"In March 1911, with the loss of the ship Waratah still fresh in memory, a big passenger liner went missing in a cyclone off northern Queensland. As a massive search began, Australia tried to believe that ‘no news is good news’. Incredibly, a year later almost to the day, the same scenario played out again – involving a ship from the same company, in the same conditions, in the same latitude. In this three-part miniseries, we look at the entangled tales of the Adelaide Steamship Company’s coastal vessels Yongala and Koombana – and how these tragedies were bookended by Waratah and Titanic. Part Two – Dead Unlucky and Part Three – Beyond Human Knowledge are available now ad-free for Apple and Patreon supporters. Use a free trial to hear them now! Patreon: patreon.com/forgottenaustralia Apple: apple.co/forgottenaustralia Email: forgottenaustraliapodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In March 1911, with the loss of the ship Waratah still fresh in memory, a big passenger liner went missing in a cyclone off northern Queensland. As a mass…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2917,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/forgotten-australia-761872/episodes/mysteries-of-the-sea-part-one-more-haste-less-speed/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/mysteries-of-the-sea-part-one-more-haste-less-speed.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}