Weird Crap in Australia
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Weird Crap in Australia
Welcome to "Weird Crap in Australia," a podcast hosted by Holly and Matthew, a husband and wife team with a passion for all things strange and unusual in the land down under.Each episode, Holly, a trained historian, and Matthew, a pop-culture enthusiast, dive into the weird and wacky aspects of Aust...
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Episode 420 - Fred Nile: Australia's Moral Crusader Part 2
For more than four decades, Fred Nile was one of the most recognisable and controversial figures in Australian politics. As the founder of the Call to...
Episode 419 - Fred Nile: Australia's Moral Crusader Part 1
For more than four decades, Fred Nile was one of the most recognisable and controversial figures in Australian politics. As the founder of the Call to...
Episode 418 - The Formation of Life Education and Healthy Harold Part 2
For generations of Australian schoolchildren, a visit from Healthy Harold was a highlight of the school year. Whether it arrived in a brightly coloure...
Episode 417 - The Formation of Life Education and Healthy Harold Part 1
For generations of Australian schoolchildren, a visit from Healthy Harold was a highlight of the school year. Whether it arrived in a brightly coloure...
Episode 416 - The Murder of Jaidyn Leskie Part 2
In June 1997, the disappearance of 13-month-old Jaidyn Leskie from the small Victorian town of Moe captured the attention of the nation. What began as...
Episode 415 - The Murder of Jaidyn Leskie Part 1
In June 1997, the disappearance of 13-month-old Jaidyn Leskie from the small Victorian town of Moe captured the attention of the nation. What began as...
Episode 414 - The Guyra Geist (1921)
In 1921, the quiet New South Wales town of Guyra became the centre of one of Australia’s strangest paranormal cases. Rocks rained from empty rooms, ob...
Episode 413 - The 1971 Prosh Day Stunt
In 1971, Adelaide woke to a bizarre sight: an FJ Holden hanging from a pedestrian footbridge above North Terrace outside the University of Adelaide. T...
Episode 412 - The Rise and Fall of Rolf Harris Part 3
In this episode, we explore the rise and fall of Rolf Harris — from his beginnings in Perth during the Great Depression to becoming one of the most re...
Episode 411 - The Rise and Fall of Rolf Harris Part 2
In this episode, we explore the rise and fall of Rolf Harris — from his beginnings in Perth during the Great Depression to becoming one of the most re...
Episode 410 - The Rise and Fall of Rolf Harris
Welcome to the start of Year 9!!!!!
In this episode, we explore the rise and fall of Rolf Harris — from his beginnings in Perth during th...
Episode 409 - The Meckering Earthquake
On the morning of October 14, 1968, the small Western Australian town of Meckering was torn apart by one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorde...
Episode 408 - The Gympie Pyramid
Hidden in the hills near Gympie, Queensland, sits a structure that has sparked decades of debate: the Gympie Pyramid. To some, it’s evidence of an anc...
Episode 407 - Cathy Freeman Part 2
In September 2000, on a warm night in Sydney, Cathy Freeman stepped onto the track carrying the weight of expectation — and delivered one of the most...
Episode 406 - Cathy Freeman
In September 2000, on a warm night in Sydney, Cathy Freeman stepped onto the track carrying the weight of expectation — and delivered one of the most...
Episode 405 - They're Bats... Man
They’re loud, they’re messy, and they’ve become one of Australia’s most controversial native animals — the grey-headed flying fox.
Found...
Episode 404 - The 1973 Fuel Crisis
In 1973, a global oil shock reached Australian shores and changed everyday life almost overnight. Fuel shortages, price spikes, and uncertainty ripple...
Episode 403 - Wieambilla Shooting Part 4
In December 2022, a routine missing persons check in rural Queensland turned into one of the deadliest attacks on police in recent Australian history....
Episode 402 - The Wieambilla Shootings Part 3
In December 2022, a routine missing persons check in rural Queensland turned into one of the deadliest attacks on police in recent Australian history....
Episode 401 - The Wieambilla Shootings Part 2
In December 2022, a routine missing persons check in rural Queensland turned into one of the deadliest attacks on police in recent Australian history....
Episode 400 - The Wieambilla Shootings (+ Episode 400 Q&A!)
In December 2022, a routine missing persons check in rural Queensland turned into one of the deadliest attacks on police in recent Australian history....
Haunted Hills VIC
Between Morwell and Traralgon in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley lies a stretch of road with a reputation that refuses to fade. Known locally as Haunted Hil...
Episode 398 - The History of Australian Video Game Censorship Part 4
For decades, Australia treated video games differently.
Titles were banned. Content was refused classification. Games were edited, delaye...
Episode 397 - The History of Australian Film Censorship Part 3
For decades, Australian audiences were told what they could and couldn’t watch — often with scissors, black ink, and outright bans. From silent films...
Episode 396 - The History of Australian Film Censorship Part 2
For decades, Australian audiences were told what they could and couldn’t watch — often with scissors, black ink, and outright bans. From silent films...
Episode 395 - The History of Australian Film Censorship Part 1
For decades, Australian audiences were told what they could and couldn’t watch — often with scissors, black ink, and outright bans. From silent films...
Weird Crap Movie Commentary 5 - Wolf Creek (2005)
Yes… we’re doing it again.
Holly & Matthew return to Wolf Creek for a full watch-along commentary, folding in everything they learned whi...
Episode 394 - The Truro Murders Part 2
In the late 1970s, a string of disappearances around Adelaide quietly escalated into one of South Australia’s most disturbing serial crime cases. Youn...
Episode 393 - The Truro Murders Part 1
In the late 1970s, a string of disappearances around Adelaide quietly escalated into one of South Australia’s most disturbing serial crime cases. Youn...
Episode 392 - Dot and the Kangaroo
Long before the animated adaptation unsettled generations of children, Dot and the Kangaroo began life as an 1898 children’s book by Ethel C. Pedley —...
Episode 391 - The Ben Hall Gang Part 2
In the mid-1860s, the goldfields and bush tracks of New South Wales were ruled by one of Australia’s most notorious outlaw groups: the Ben Hall Gang....
Weird Crap Movie Commentary 4 - Around the World with Dot (1981)
This week, we sit down with Around the World with Dot — the animated adventure that whisked an Australian bush child across continents in a strange bl...
Episode 390 - The Ben Hall Gang Part 1
In the mid-1860s, the goldfields and bush tracks of New South Wales were ruled by one of Australia’s most notorious outlaw groups: the Ben Hall Gang....
Episode 389 - Australia's Flying Terror
Australia has produced many formidable creatures: sharks, snakes, drop bears… but none strike fear into the national heart quite like the humble magpi...
Episode 388 - The Weightman Murders (2000)
In January 2000, a car was found at the bottom of an embankment in Heathcote National Park. Inside were Bill and Pam Weightman — a respectable south-w...
Weird Crap Movie Commentary 3 - Gallipoli (1981)
What happens when you blend mateship, mud, and the gut-punch of history with a film that refuses to let you stay emotionally upright? You get Gallipol...
Episode 387 - The Rats of Tobruk Part 3
In 1941, amid the blistering sands of North Africa, a band of Australian soldiers earned one of the most enduring nicknames in military history — The...
Episode 386 - The Rats of Tobruk Part 2
In 1941, amid the blistering sands of North Africa, a band of Australian soldiers earned one of the most enduring nicknames in military history — The...
Episode 385 - The Rats of Tobruk Part 1
In 1941, amid the blistering sands of North Africa, a band of Australian soldiers earned one of the most enduring nicknames in military history — The...
Episode 384 - Mr. Jolly Squiggles, the Man from the Moon (1959-1999)
He was the upside-down man who brought imagination to life — with nothing more than a pencil for a nose and a blackboard for a stage. Mr Squiggle, the...