Apocryphal Australia Podcast

Great grass growing, a hunky vicar and mistaken identities.

The Bligh Diaries Hoax, the tomato tsunami and the persistent poet.

Variable borders, game time and the king of the noddies.

Ignored instrumentalists, lethal foodstuffs and digging into the depths.

Dog kennel architect, chicken wrangling and a pigeon racing outrage.

Microscopic wonders, flying flounders and directional shenanigans.

Fascinating physical features, a stargazer and a mysterious medical condition.

Oblique espionage, extraordinary flora and baffling corporate hijinks.

Genius criminals, ingenious engineers and and a neglected first.

Forgotten scandals, unsung visionaries and geographical oddities.

Coming soon, Season 3 of the Apocryphal Australia podcast! Thrill to stories of unknown charlatans, rogues and villains! Admire forgotten heroes, leaders and pre-eminent thinkers! Be awestruck at neglected bumblers, bunglers and blunderers!

The last episode of Season 2 features: The Master Criminal – a shadowy figure. Barry McKeon – the antipodean Shakesperean. Kenneth Miller – so be it. Manfred Chilbaster – the mysterious calligraphist. Harriet Golongly – speed queen, daredevil, stuntwoman. The Tiny Desert – so sandy, so small.

You simply won't believe it when you hear about: Bob Chapman – good intentions gone astray. George's Variety Extravaganza – that’s showbiz! The Napalm Tests – disaster averted. Inner Empowerment Training – mime your way to success? The Great Apple Nomenclature Scandal – core values. Cicely Marzipan – the profit prophet.

For your enjoyment, we bring to you: The Warragul – ahead of its time? Peter Spanaker – eyes right. The Hanging Gardens of Dandenong – extravagant and romantic. Ambrose Quamby – The Man With One Face That No One Could Remember. Rick Heezel – hipster, shyster, fraudster. The Whirly – dance ‘til you drop.

What a treasure trove of tales! Charles O’Rourke and Finbar Agarn – wayward explorers. Robert Less – inimitable neologist. Edward Gilby – sidelined aviator. The Tantgallanka Drive-In – in car New Wave. Stan Wollack – artificial additives to the rescue. Zoltan Feshfeshfesh – marsupial cheese, anyone?

In this episode, we proudly bring to light: Gavin Prentice – a reign of terror. Wayne Snow – the Clown Prince of Australian Accountants. The Fast Glacier – icy but speedy. Colin Sangford – The Singing Surgeon. Tansy Strigil – arty, much? The Wreck of the Archibald – airship ahoy.

Look at what we've uncovered! The Malmarsh Rock Festival – the beat goes on. Edward ‘Crispy’ McPherson – amazing. The Kelp Kings of King Island – sea weed and harvest it. Moonlight Beach – haunted but picturesque. North Hummerford – a twitcher’s paradise. The Roscoe-Hannover Affair – I spy spies.

More strange tales and outlandish biographies! Dendy Jumpup – a song, a dance, an inability to complete a motto. Samuel J Krantzberg – the walking legend. The Trans-Australian Railway – all aboard! Hiskins Street – so groovy. The Handelburg Invasion of Australia – unbelievable. The Menington Private Library – an eccentric collection.

This episode is proud to bring you: The Great Wall of Jindaberri – they built it. Katherine Hockaday – the Singing Nurse. Pamela Juice – the Voice of Voices. Hadrumetum – the lost Roman town. Hendersons Track – in the wild wilderness. Panombi Rocks – an outstanding outcrop.

This episode features The Election Debate of 1928 – talkfest to end all talkfests. Harley (Slasher) Fontaign– butcher to the stars. Julia Frabu – always first past the post. Trixie Wuff – corporate artist supreme.  The ‘Act of God’ Match – the apocalypse stops play?  Greytown – the ghost suburb.

Marvel at the Slalom Witch Trials – very athletic persecutions, Misty Dreams – peacekeeper extraordinaire and Lasetter’s Reef – gold fever? Then thrill to accounts of Cruel Nancy – mysterious but ridiculous, the Collapse of the Universal Lattice – antisocial media and Philo Pargetter – hair today, gone tomorrow.

Apocryphal Australia Season 2 is just around the corner! More marvels! More mysteries! More malcontents and miracles! Michael Pryor and Stephen Higgins have been hard at work, getting to the bottom of unbelievable stories from Australia's past and they're ready to roll them out for you!

We unearth more stories that need the light of day: The Acquisto–Miller Feud. Unbelievable. Astonishing. Petty. , Milo Hammond, architect, cardsharp, visionary. What a guy. John Hobbs, a convict with convictions. Lonnie Gerk, ‘the mouth from the South-east’. Johnny 'Guitar' Drabbs, whose patisserie influenced songs were both soft-centred and sweet. And a tale from the hidden history of the introdu...

More extraordinary tales from Australia's past to delight, daunt and dazzle. The Snainton Kidnapping of 1956. Bunglers or criminal geniuses? Archibald Cistoon, one of Australia’s greatest all round athletes, all but unknown today. Penny Mallison, conservationist of the unattractive. Tim Bleary, counter culture guru, with two sugars. The Hard Flood of 1948 and subsequent bakeoff. Corrugated Ironhen...

You simply won't believe these stories! Evadne Handapple, Intellectual, freethinker and solipsist. Warren Nephron, the artists' artist. St Vanessa's, a hospital unlike any other. The Leaning Tower of Pewley. So tilted. Harold Cupps. Art for his sake? Jeffrey Woo, an auteur ahead of his time - and many others'.