Deb Robinson

Adelaide Fringe & In Her Words

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….

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Life Update

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…

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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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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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In Black & White podcast

While I haven’t been incredibly present for my own podcast, I have been a guest on Jen Kelly’s In Black & White podcast for the Herald Sun here in Victoria. Jen manages to gather information on a range of historical subjects from people who are fascinated by their stories. As their blurb says “From alleyway…

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Locked Up With History Social Media

As I said in a previous post, I have started doing some short social media posts. These can be stories from the Geelong Gaol, On This Day or murder posts You can now follow me at the following pages: Facebook Instagram Tik Tok  YouTube Hope to see some of you online there!

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