About this episode

The episode explores the story of a dodo's murder and its implications on colonial history.

It’s become a symbol for extinction; the dodo is a semi-mythical creature which most of us know only through Alice in Wonderland. But one particular dodo was the victim of a crime – murder. Its skull now sits in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. And it holds the clues to a thrilling mystery which illustrates a little-known colonial legacy. Season Two is co-produced with CBC Podcasts.

Topics covered

• extinction
• colonial legacy
• dodo
• natural history
• mystery

Keywords

• dodo
• extinction
• murder
• colonialism
• natural history
• mystery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Books & works: Alice in Wonderland

Places: Oxford, Australia, Canada

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