I am excited to announce that I have secured funding through the Adelaide Fringe Foundation for 2026. This means the world to me and will make it a little easier travelling to Adelaide to present the tour and the show. Being a wheelchair user, accommodation can be difficult, especially when travelling solo to another state….
Read More
Life Update Hey everyone, I feel like I am constantly apologising for not being present but that seems to be life at the moment! Sometimes it is difficult to keep all of the balls in the air at once! It seems to be an appropriate metaphor for my life at present. I am currently writing…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More