
This landmark documentary series explores the most iconic crimes of Australia's colonial history. These are stories of violent murder and gun toting mayhem, foundation tales of those that make and break the law. From the birth of the Ned Kelly legend to the brutal death of Ben Hall, these pivotal events are shrouded in mystery and folklore. Using archaeology and the latest forensic methods to test the historical evidence, Mike Munro and the team illuminate a fact-based version of our history.
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Air Date: 2017-10-24
Stringybark Creek (Vic) 1878, Ned Kelly and his gang kill three policemen in a brutal gunfight: he later claimed the ...
Air Date: 2017-10-31
'Captain Moonlite' leads a group of five young men into one of the most violent gunfights of the bushranging era at W...
Air Date: 2017-11-07
Ben Hall is ambushed and killed by police near Forbes (NSW) in 1865: was Hall a dangerous criminal, lawfully killed w...
Air Date: 2017-11-14
In 1902 the notorious Kenniff brothers were convicted for one of the grisliest double murders in Queensland colonial ...