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Introducing “In Her Words”

Hey everyone, It has been a little while since I posted but I thought I would update you on what is happening in the world of Locked Up With History. I am currently writing a book on the 25 women who have been executed on Australian soil. It is called “In Her Words” which is…

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Catch Up – 2025 So far!

Hello friends, it has been a while! Let me catch you up on what I have been doing and what is planned for the remainder of 2025. Late in 2024, I co authored another book with Roy Maloy and another author called Ash Tonkin. This book is called Black Widow – Women Who Kill (and…

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The Only Woman Executed in South Australia – Elizabeth Woolcock

Elizabeth Woolcock’s life ended on the portable gallows inside the Adelaide Gaol in December 1873. She was only 25 years old. Elizabeth’s life was one of lifelong trauma that touched on one of the biggest episodes in Australian history, witnessing the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat, Victoria. On top of this she had to deal with…

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What a Year …… So Far!

Hey to everyone who is still here! I promise I am still in the land of the living – but what a year 2024 has been so far and with more still to come! I have finally managed to put up a new podcast on the fabulous Cecilia Curtain and I promise I am working…

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The One Eyed Tiger of Little Bourke Street

The story of Cecilia Curtain takes in several crimes in different areas of Victoria. Cecilia’s story has fascinated me ever since I first saw her rap sheet photo complete with an eye patch covering her right eye! Her family history also links 2 other infamous crimes – a murder and a gold robbery!   Cecilia…

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The One Eyed Tiger of Little Bourke Street

Cecilia Curtain is one our prisoners at Geelong Gaol, being incarcerated there in 1893 as part of one of her many sentences. She has always fascinated me with her eye patch over her right eye, wondering what had happened to her to cause such an injury. I will tell you what I think during the…

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A Night in the Museum

 I am pleased to announce that Madam Murder is doing a tour of the Geelong Gaol – National Crime and Justice Museum on April 7th at 8pm. Come along and listen to Madam Murder as she regales you with stories of the gaol, her staff and prisoners, colonial crimes, murder and executions. Plus a few…

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Criminal Outsider Events

It’s been a while! But I have been rather busy and thought I would quickly pop on here and update what has been happening. And more excitingly what is coming up! As many of you may now I have been working with prolific True Crime Author Roy Maloy at his Criminal Outsider Events and the…

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Dawn of Crime with Roy Maloy

Roy and I had the pleasure of meeting at the Geelong Gaol Museum a couple of years ago now, when I purchased some of his Dawn of Crime books to stock in the shop at the Gaol. It ended up being a meeting of minds and the emergence of a great friendship! Nobody quite gets…

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The Australian Ripper

Last year, Roy Maloy, the author of over 12 true crime books asked me to write a chapter for his book called “The Australian Ripper”. To say I was stoked was an understatement. I have wanted to write books since I was a teenager although I never knew what to write about and it was…

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