Death, Dirt & Disease

Price: $0.00

Location: Melbourne
City: Melbourne
Country: Australia
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 47:33
Class: Walking
Date Created: 7/18/2007
File Size: 21.79 MB
Tracks: 1
Attachments: pdf map
Description: 774 ABC Melbourne invites you to put on your walking shoes, turn on your MP3 player and discover Melbourne's secrets with the ABC Melbourne Podtours: Eat, Drink Melbourne, Death, Dirt & Disease and Showbiz, Sexy Spectacles and Sideshows. Whether you are a visitor to the city or a born and bred local, you'll be surprised at the stories you'll uncover in Melbourne's hidden lanes and historical buildings. Join Derek Guille, Jon Faine and Red Symons as they guide you through the sights, sounds and smells of Melbourne town with the free audio tours that you can download to your MP3 player. The tours are a co-production with the University of Melbourne's Cultural Heritage Unit. Presented by Jon Faine. WARNING: This podtour includes descriptions of crimes and events that some listeners may find confronting. Please choose a different podtour to download if you think you may be offended by such content. Join Jon Faine on an exploration of the macabre side of Melbourne. There are dead bodies being pulled out of the Yarra, coroners counting maggots and nightmen dumping bedpans on flowerbeds. Under every glistening, stylish sophisticated city (and Melbourne's certainly one of those) there lies a long tale of grime and crime. This tour about what's waiting for you if it all goes wrong. Highlights Include: * The story of the Gun Alley murder. * Early sewers and waste disposal in a burgeoning city. * The decapitated head on display outside the city morgue. * The unique way that coroners determine the time and cause of death Route: Starting at Federation Square, through the hidden laneways up to Russell Street, past the old police station and along Lygon Street to conclude at the Exhibition Buildings in the Carlton Gardens.