Haunted Hills

Bendigo Crime covers stories about storekeepers who used bad weights to steal from prospectors. A bigamist and a man who did not keep his promises and more.

This episode is about the history that today is known as Bendigo The traditional owners of Bendigo are the Dja Dja Wurrung (Djaara) people Taungurung Peoples of the Kulin Nation. The first name colonisers called it Sandhurst.   The narrative follows the Absalom family and the town.

Hear about the historical true crime from the Beechworth area. Hear about the local rules, robbery, murder, adultery and more.   Over on Patreon is Beechworth Breakouts - the escapes from the Prison. https://www.patreon.com/Hauntedhills  

The final part to the Beechworth History and Kibell family.

Beechworth and Miners, Grocers, Truck drivers the Kibell's - Christopher and Joseph.    Over on Patreon is part one of the Beechworth Breakouts

There is a lot to say about Beechworth Victoria also many of its landmarks have been there since close to when it was converged upon as a gold mining area. This had a seriously negative impact on the Aboriginal people of the area, along with the beliefs of the colonisers which were reported in the media. 

This true crime episode is from Mansfield Victoria. The Traditional Custodians of Country are the people of the  the traditional owners of this land are the Taungurung clan -Taungurung people, also spelt Daung Wurrung. Hear about bushrangers, murders, theft and more. The bonus episode on Patreon.com/hauntedhills is Bogong Jack - traditionally people think he is John Payner - we have found another potentiality.     

Hear about historical people from Mansfield Victoria including a soldier who fought in the Boer War. Hear about the McMillan's from the Mansfield area, the school, and other bits. 

Omeo true crime has a number of murders in it. Which his different for our usual crime episodes which usually have less featured - because there are less and more crime.    We are not posting any episodes during December if you miss us, check out our Patreon www.patreon.com/hauntedhills  

One of the bonus episodes about the oldest woman who lived and died in Gippsland in 1933, spent sometime in Omeo. There is also a well known murder that occurred here in 1928 - but during the crime episode you will also hear this was a place for bushrangers and murderers. But before we hear about the crimes let us get a feel for the town and the regular people who make the town. It was a very isolated town difficult to get too, the gold miners made it there by 1854.

The final instalment of the Spooktober episodes, for Karin and Jamaica Inn along with some extra paranormal content as well. 

Part two to the interview with Karin Beasant about the Jamaica Inn on the Bodmin Moor. Continuing with the historical and paranormal of this special place.

The Jamaica Inn is a historic place that attracts spirits maybe off the moor or has such a long history many spirits have stayed and call it home some for a season some for longer.   For Halloween Month we have a special three part interview with Karin Beasant of the South Bristol Paranormal and Jamaica Inn Paranormal Team - https://www.facebook.com/jamaicainnghosthunts   There is a write up in Haunted Magazine about the Jamaica Inn Part one of an interview with Karin Beasant

Three murders in one small town in Gippsland Victoria. Plus other crimes.

The history of Stratford Victoria, on the Avon river. Stratford was named after Shakespeare's home town, Stratford-on-Avon, it was in the council area of Avon adjacent to bushy park. Settlers started coming out to take up land in 1842.

This true crime episode is from San Remo Victoria. The Traditional Custodians of Country are the people of the The Bunurong People.   Hear about horse crimes, theft, other crimes and a murder.    True crime podcasts or episodes usually focus on just murders and missing people but that's not all there is in the field of crimes. Haunted Hills started out exploring a theory that criminals kept the legend going to give them space to keep on distilling illegally, making illegal coins. It shares a little about the small towns, as Robert Kennedy once said "Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on."   While I encourage people to play judge and jury, we are not re-adjudicating these crimes most of them occurred too long ago to be appropriate however, these discussions create a contrast of values.   For ad-free listening and live discussions about the content shared here join Patreon.com/hauntedhills for as little as $2US a month.    

Before it was named San Remo by the settlers it would have been named something else. Prior to this it was named Griffiths point then colloquially - not officially named after the first settler we will met the Davis'. Lets meet the people cos its the people who make the place.

Corinella is a small town on the coast in Bass Coast Shire, with French Island off the coast that ran a prison.    Hear about financial disputes, prison escapes, murder and more in this episode of small town crime. 

This episode looks at the township of Corinella, the traditional owners of this land are the Bunerong People who would have had different names for it. Corinella may mean running water in an Aboriginal language group. Following the Early Settlers James McNabb and other people. 

Korumburra Crime history -Hear about strikers, assaults, arson and horse thieving and family of sly grog traders. 

As with all social history episodes we're going to meet the people because it's the regular people who make the town. We will meet a secretary, sports people, and an early settler family the Cornall's.  

Hear about theft, cattle rustling, a chop shop - stealing and breaking apart cars and many more, including a fatal shootout. 

Meet the postmistress, heroes of the bushfires and farmers. 

Poowong Crime from labour disputes to assaults and attempted murder, trespassing and horse thefts, there have been many crimes.   Over on our Patreon Account is the story of Margret Clements the Lady of the Swamp, who went missing in 1952.        

In Poowong History we will meet the people because it's the regular people who make the town. We will meet a teachers, girl guide captains, cricket captains and  with snippets of other stories showing casing the townsfolk.

The Leongatha Crime has some thefts, serious crimes murder and serious assault.    While the serial killer did live in Leongatha the story was told in the Inverloch Episode. You can hear about who took young June Rushmer's life.

Meet Leongatha's dress maker, hotelkeeper, soldiers, farmers and butchers.   This podcast is about the history of Leongatha.   Leongatha according the a settler Bunce in 1859, said Leongatha is the Aboriginal word for teeth.

Today's true crime episode is from Inverloch Victoria. The Traditional Custodians of Country are the people of the Bunerong People. Inverloch is a sleepy seaside town. But wow, they had a guy who ripped off the Oriental Bank tons of sovereigns and buried them in Inverloch, a serial killer struck taking a young life, some fishing crimes, cheating the scales and stealing.    

We're going to meet Inverloch's regular people who make the town. We will meet a boatbuilder, postmaster, storekeeper, mailman, and hotel owner with snippets of other stories. Inverloch was the home of the Lowandjeri Bulluk of the Bunerong People with ceremonial spaces at Andersons Inlet which is where the Tarwin River meets the ocean and on the shore to the West is what today is known as Inverloch

This town in Garnet Montana, is a ghost town, where the American government will pay you to stay.    This town feels like Walhalla Victoria, except it doesn't seem to take off in the same or if it does it wasn't reported in the same way.    There are owners of gold mines, woodmen and crimes and ghosts. 

Hear about the ghosts of Sale with guest PollyannaR. See what PollyannaR describes here: https://www.facebook.com/pollyannar.love/posts/10210130098589617 The clocktower, the old boys home, the prison and more.

Hear about crimes involving the Sale Prison, theft and when mental health was criminalised.    True crime podcasts or episodes usually focus on just murders and missing people but that's not all there is in the field of crimes. Haunted Hills started out exploring a theory that criminals kept the legend going to give them space to keep on distilling illegally, making illegal coins. It shares a little about the small towns, as Robert Kennedy once said "Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on."   While I encourage people to play judge and jury, we are not re-adjudicating these crimes most of them occurred too long ago to be appropriate however, these discussions create a contrast of values.

Hear about Sale Victoria and the location to the East called The Heart.     In this episode you'll meet a lawyer, farmer and doctor.    

The ghosts of Alton, Illinois cemeteries, ghosts of the past and despair and violence.   Hear about Elijah Parish Lovejoy, Alton Military Prison, Enos Sanatorium and McPike Mansion.   Bex from Ti Tu Bruja joins the host Tegan for this episode. References that were discussed.   Bex's Ti Tu Bruja - Alton episode   https://pinecast.com/listen/f2211b3c-216b-47ea-be8b-aad4d6e48664.mp3?source=rss&ext=asset.mp3 Troy Taylor https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/

Villisca Iowa's main reported ghost stories come from the ax house, many of the locals don't like this, so I found many ghost stories in the local papers from around that time to see what stories they told each other.    Enjoy. 

Villisca Iowa is well known for an ax murder which has never been solved - in the bonus episode on Patreon we look at the lives of the people who were victimised, the witnesses and potential murderers, including the defamation case that sprung out as a result of the finger pointing that went on in town after the shock to this otherwise low crime town - I looked for all types of crimes over the years from 1858 through to 1912 when the ax murder crime occurred. Listen to the crimes and let me know what you thought of the outcomes.   Hear about the other crimes in Villisca Iowa before the tragic ax murders. There was a stabbing on main street, a brutal assault and fraudulent cheques.   Learn more about our advertisers or support us by support them: https://www.hauntedhillstours.com.au/about-haunted-hills-advertisers/   SMALL INFAMOUS TOWNS AND THE BIG STORIES   Enhance your listening experience: https://www.patreon.com/Hauntedhills   Our website: https://www.hauntedhillstours.com.au  Here you can search for what you've heard on our podcast.   Share a story tip or idea: https://www.hauntedhillstours.com.au/share-your-story-with-haunted-hills/   Leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/HauntedHills   Get more Haunted Hills: Hauntedhills.redbubble.com    

Villisca is between two tributaries of the Nodaway River, the West and Middle Nodaway Rivers, known as the forks. Probably why it was an attractive place for a town to support local farmers. This town is infamous for the Villisca Axe Murder, a tragedy where 8 people were murdered and no one was ever brought to justice for it.    As with all social history episodes we're going to meet the people because it's the regular people who make the town. So we will meet some farmers, blacksmiths, travellers, and teachers and accountants.

What kinds of crimes had happened in Snowtown before then? Listen to the episode as we hear about an armed robbery, poisoning and an escaped prisoner.    Snowtown South Australia has become infamous due to the a ring of murderers who stored their victims in barrels in the bank there. None of them lived in Snowtown, their final victim was killed there.      Learn more about our advertisers or support us by support them: https://www.hauntedhillstours.com.au/about-haunted-hills-advertisers/   SMALL INFAMOUS TOWNS AND THE BIG STORIES   Enhance your listening experience: https://www.patreon.com/Hauntedhills   Our website: https://www.hauntedhillstours.com.au  Here you can search for what you've heard on our podcast.   Share a story tip or idea: https://www.hauntedhillstours.com.au/share-your-story-with-haunted-hills/   Leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/HauntedHills   Get more Haunted Hills: Hauntedhills.redbubble.com  

This historical episode is about Snowtown, South Australia. The Traditional Custodians of Country are the people of the Kaurna Nation. It is infamously known for the shocking murder cases of the bodies found in barrels at the bank, discovered in 1999.    As with all social history episodes we're going to meet the people because it's the regular people who make the town. We will meet a Banker, Farmers, Salt Mine operator and hotel keepers.

The ghosts of Warragul, Victoria episodes covers stories about the Warragul Cinema, private residences and a school.    Listen to find out more.    SMALL INFAMOUS TOWNS AND THE BIG STORIES   Enhance your listening experience: https://www.patreon.com/Hauntedhills   Our website: https://www.hauntedhillstours.com.au  Here you can search for what you've heard on our podcast.   Share a story tip or idea: https://www.hauntedhillstours.com.au/share-your-story-with-haunted-hills/   Leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/HauntedHills   Get more Haunted Hills: Hauntedhills.redbubble.com      

Hear about Warragul's assaults, accidental killing, broken engagement and other civil actions or crimes.     Just to let you know there was a cross over a crime that occurred in Warragul by a Traralgon person you can hear it in the Traralgon Crime bonus Patreon only episode or you can purchase it from hauntedhillstours.com.au/shop   Join us on a live podcast: https://hauntedhillspod.eventbrite.com.au/   Today's true crime episode is from Warragul, Victoria. The Traditional Custodians of Country are the people of the Kurnai Nation   True crime podcasts or episodes usually focus on just murders and missing people but that's not all there is in the field of crimes. Haunted Hills started out exploring a theory that criminals kept the legend going to give them space to keep on distilling illegally, making illegal coins. It shares a little about the small towns, as Robert Kennedy once said "Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on."   While I encourage people to play judge and jury, we are not re-adjudicating these crimes most of them occurred too long ago to be appropriate however, these discussions create a contrast of values.    

Warragul formed as a town in 1882. It also was built around the railway line. The land as the Kurnai Nations people would have known and utilised had large thick trees with their stone axes, their dwellings and communities were established on the hills (these details were published in the obituary of the first white settlers house and stores). The land was quite damp which created boggy conditions for hooved animals drawing carts that the settlers brought with them. Described by early journalists as a swamp and virgin bush wilderness. Brandy Creek was originally settled first as people pushed further south into the actual location of Warragul as the railway line was out through in 1878.   Let's meet the butter makers, farmers, and painters.    Join us on live podcast:  https://hauntedhillspod.eventbrite.com.au/  

While Skidmore Missouri has many tragedies occurring there, there aren't many stories of hauntings that have become well known. So this episode mostly focuses on the stories surrounding Skidmore Missouri. Maybe for the residents of Skidmore, the tragedies are the most haunting things they experienced.   Hear about the High Creek Cemetery Haunting, Workman's chapel and cemetery haunting, and more.    Bex from Tu Tía Bruja, a series about brujería, witchcraft, ghosts, and the abnormal from the perspective of people with melanin joined me again in this episode: https://www.bexbecasting.com/   If you want to share your ghost story with me, send me an email -- hauntedhillstours@gmail.com   Enhance your listening experience: https://www.patreon.com/Hauntedhills   Our website: https://www.hauntedhillstours.com.au  Here you can search for what you've heard on our podcast.   Join us on a live event:  https://hauntedhillspod.eventbrite.com.au/  

Skidmore Missouri is another town well known mainly because of a crime that occurred there. But then when you start looking at this small farming community with a post office, rail line and hotel - but a number of crimes have occurred there in modern times - we explore the historical crimes.   This episode also covers an overview of the infamous story and murder of Ken McElroy in 1981. The third episode about shooting in the main street of a small town.    Join us for a live event: https://hauntedhillspod.eventbrite.com.au/  

Skidmore Missouri has a present-day population of 250 people which is really interesting and likely wouldn't be known so infamously if not for a murder that appears to have happened with most of the townspeople knowledge. We'll talk about that in the next episode. But let's find out about this town, through the butcher, baker and candlestick maker or hotel keeper, nurses and townsfolk.   It is named after a surname of person - Marteny Skidmore who settled in the area around 1864 and then in 1880 and planned the town around the Nodaway Valley Railway depot and line. It appears from what I've discovered online is that it was mostly a farming community that had a railway to ship their produce to larger areas.   Join us on a live discussion: www.hauntedhillspod.eventbrite.com.au

This episode will look at the people, history, crime and legends of Wilson's Promontory, Victoria - A tourist destination in Gippsland. As with all history episodes we're going to meet the people because it's the regular people who make the town or National Park. As this is a National Park we're going to share as much history as we can of here and surrounding areas reliant on this area. Then the last part will be ghost stories.   Other episodes you might enjoy: If you're interested in more Shipwrecks, a beach in Portsea, the Cheviot was named after the shipwreck there - the story is on the public episode and a paid episode goes through more of the people of the Cheviot.   Lakes Entrance and Mallacoota also had these stories also.

Moe, Victoria is filled with ghosts - stories dating back to the 1880's probably some from before even then which we just haven't heard about. Many happy children again with the interaction of the spirit with them, sometimes the family's only indication of a presence.   Other similar stories you might like are also from the: Brown Coal Mine Ghost

Content Warning (CW) the last story before the bonus content discusses infanticide and suicide (it's not usually something I give a warning for, but in this case, I think it is important.)   Today Moe, Victoria has a reputation for a crime. It appears it wasn't always like that as Matt points out many of these crimes take place in Coalville and Narracan, or by people outside the town.    Join us as we explore the true-crime of Moe Victoria.    Learn more about our advertisers or support us by support them: https://www.hauntedhillstours.com.au/about-haunted-hills-advertisers/   SMALL INFAMOUS TOWNS AND THE BIG STORIES   Enhance your listening experience: https://www.patreon.com/Hauntedhills   Our website: https://www.hauntedhillstours.com.au  Here you can search for what you've heard on our podcast.   Share a story tip or idea: https://www.hauntedhillstours.com.au/share-your-story-with-haunted-hills/   Leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/HauntedHills   Get more Haunted Hills: Hauntedhills.redbubble.com     These are related episodes that have similar themes you might want to revisit: For 'successful' or 'complete' bank robbery stories, they are in Brown Coal Mine True Crime.  Available on Patreon called "Tragedy on the banks of the Latrobe River"  Rosedale Crime Episode  Portsea True Crime - Soldiers The Traralgon Crime case has a case of infanticide. Similar to Morwell True Crime Story of family annihilation

Hear about Moe Victoria's History through the gardener, baker and hotel keeper.   You can enhance your listening experience by continuing to listen to: Walhalla History or take a virtual tour  Portsea History and Lakes Entrance (about more military people and their experience) Mallacoota History (about more gardeners and hotel keepers ) Rosedale History Episode (re more details about the position of the nightman) Traralgon Crime episode (re condy crystals) or the other one that is much more confronting for sale at the Haunted Hills Shop - Traralgon True Crime part 2.      Learn more about our advertisers or support us by support them: https://www.hauntedhillstours.com.au/about-haunted-hills-advertisers/   SMALL INFAMOUS TOWNS AND THE BIG STORIES   Enhance your listening experience: https://www.patreon.com/Hauntedhills   Our website: https://www.hauntedhillstours.com.au  Here you can search for what you've heard on our podcast.   Share a story tip or idea: https://www.hauntedhillstours.com.au/share-your-story-with-haunted-hills/   Leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/HauntedHills   Get more Haunted Hills: Hauntedhills.redbubble.com  

This was recorded during the February 2021 snap lockdown (in Victoria).  This is an interview-style episode with members of the Mornington Peninsula Paranormal Society - Martyne, Deanne and Kelly.    Learn more about our advertisers or support us by supporting them: https://www.hauntedhillstours.com.au/about-haunted-hills-advertisers/   SMALL INFAMOUS TOWNS AND THE BIG STORIES   Enhance your listening experience: https://www.patreon.com/Hauntedhills   Our website: https://www.hauntedhillstours.com.au  Here you can search for what you've heard on our podcast.   Share a story tip or idea: https://www.hauntedhillstours.com.au/share-your-story-with-haunted-hills/   Leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/HauntedHills   Get more Haunted Hills: Hauntedhills.redbubble.com  

Portsea True Crime episode on this infamous small town, a holiday town appears to lead the charge in changing the regulations and laws around appropriate bathing costumes and theft, indecency, negligence, and failure to report a birth.   Check out Haunted Hills Podcast's website.