About this episode

The episode explores a mysterious murder case in Katoomba during autumn 1917.

A Katoomba hotel. A locked room. Screams in the night and a body in the morning. The mystery of what happened in Australia’s favourite resort town in autumn 1917 was like something by Agatha Christie. Except this wasn’t a whodunit – it was a whydunit. Parts 2 & 3 will be on general release soon. You can hear them now early and ad-free by supporting the podcast: Apple - http://apple.co/forgottenaustralia Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenAustralia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Forgotten Australia

Topics covered

• true crime
• mystery
• historical events
• Australia
• locked room
• murder

Keywords

• Katoomba
• Blue Mountains
• murder
• 1917
• mystery
• Agatha Christie
• true crime

Sponsors

Apple, Patreon

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Agatha Christie

Places: Katoomba, Blue Mountains

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