FRUITLOOPS SHORT: Dennis Dumbiri Rostron

Fruitloops: Serial Killers of Color

Fruitloops

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.4 • 953 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that this story contains the names of people who have died. This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Dennis Dumbiri Rostron, an aboriginal Australian man who shot and killed his family at Molgawo outstation in Arnhem Land in 1988. This episode was researched & scripted by Wendy & Beth Williams and edited by Minnie Williams. Thanks for listening! This is a weekly podcast and new episodes drop every Thursday, so until next time... look alive guys, it's crazy out there! Sponsors This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/FRUIT and get on your way to being your best self! Footnotes: Music “Hit Me On My Way” by Text Me Records & Jorge Hernandez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwzoNlp2-Ek Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License “Lil Sky Beats” by Arulo Mixkit Stock Music Free License https://mixkit.co/free-stock-music/trap/ “Blue Scorpion” by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3791-furious-freak License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Torey” by Arulo Mixkit Stock Music Free License https://mixkit.co/free-stock-music/trap/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Connect with us on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQHgsKYPbzsI4AEiMrUgabA Twitter @FruitLoopsPod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fruitloopspod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Fruitloopspod and https://www.facebook.com/groups/fruitloopspod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Aboriginal and tourist straight Islander listeners are advised that the following story contains the names of people who have died.
0:07.5	This podcast contains adult themes and language and some of the things that we discuss may be disturbing to some listeners.
0:13.2	In this podcast we discuss sexual assault, torture, race, and murder.
0:17.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:18.9	Please take care of yourself. So now we're going to get into Dennis Dumbei Rostran's early life.
0:46.0	So he was born the son of Mandarg of the Balang Clan of Eastern Arnhem Land to the son totem.
0:54.8	Mandarg was born in 1915, had four possibly five wives and 18 children total.
1:02.0	And by the way, you know, Polyamory in Aboriginal Australian
1:06.2	culture is is complex so it's not like just we it's the different culture so we
1:11.0	think of it differently. Yes.
1:13.0	But Dennis was his 12th child, born to his first wife, Rosie Maljabi, in 1963.
1:20.0	Rosie was born in 1925 and she was a strong-willed woman.
1:24.8	By the 1970s she had separated from Mandargh,
1:28.5	set up a home on the other side of the camp,
1:30.6	and announced, quote, I am now divorced unquote I love that so much.
1:38.4	Put it on a t-shirt. She encouraged her daughters to be independent as well.
1:44.4	If they had any trouble with their men,
1:46.7	they were encouraged to leave and come back to stay with their mother.
1:49.9	Her daughters were described as spirited,
1:52.1	whereas her sons were described as laid back.
1:55.1	Mandarg has been described as a dominant father
1:58.3	with unquestionable authority.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Fruitloops, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Fruitloops and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.