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Monday, 26 October 2026

Historic Mysteries 19:00

Croydon Poisonings: Three Exhumed Bodies Held Arsenic, Yet No One Was Charged

Between April 1928 and March 1929, arsenic killed Edmund Duff, Vera Sidney and Violet Sidney of one Croydon family. Two inquest juries found murder, a third could not decide, and in August 1929 the authorities said no one would be…

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Historic Mysteries 15:00

The Valentich Disappearance: A UFO Over Bass Strait or a Fatal Spiral?

On October 21, 1978, a 20-year-old pilot told Melbourne air traffic control that a long, lit craft was hovering above him over Bass Strait. Then the radio filled with noise. But did Valentich really see something the official inquiry…

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Monday, 26 October 2026

Croydon Poisonings: Three Exhumed Bodies Held Arsenic, Yet No One Was Charged

The Valentich Disappearance: A UFO Over Bass Strait or a Fatal Spiral?

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