Mystery of Marrickville mansion’s burial vaults
A reclusive order of nuns were part of decades-old rumours about a body buried in the grounds of the grand Inner West mansion called The Warren.
Today In History
Nun and surgeon’s love story leads to wine dynasty
The love story of a surgeon from Florence and an Irish nun/nurse can be traced from Macquarie St in Sydney to the vineyards of Windsor in the late 1800s.
Man dies of broken heart after losing brothel madam fiancee
The legend behind the grief-stricken ghost of Harrington St, who had a hotel bar named after him, is a bittersweet romance involving a merchant seafarer and a brothel madam.
Perfect shot ended ‘Boy’ bushranger’s bold career
He was the scourge of the roads west of Sydney, until one day felon Jack Donohoe’s luck ran out in bushland near what is today the suburb of Raby.
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Peace Regatta a sweet victory for our Diggers
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Fender guitar creator could not play a note
The Fender guitar is the instrument of choice for many guitarists, but the man who created it was unable to play his own instrument
Manson set on path to murder in childhood
A scruffy bearded cult leader turned from petty crime to murder based on his strange ideas about a global race war
Alice steered her crew into legend on epic drive
Today it would be considered a merry jaunt but 110 years ago when Alice Huyler Ramsey arrived in San Francisco, it had been an epic journey from New York by car
Beatles strode out of studio and into legend
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr walked out of their studio and into one of pop music’s most recognised images
Standover man murdered at rival gang’s party
When a well-dressed man crashed a party in Darlinghurst it ended in a gunfight which ended the life of notorious gangster Guido Calletti
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