Shortcut: The "Human Tiger" Inside Pentridge Prison
Australian True Crime
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4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2024
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
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In the 19th century, Victorian newspapers labeled Pentridge Prison inmate John Weachurch as a "bloodthirsty werewolf."
Who was this supposed homicidal maniac who, for a time, shared his prison sentence with Ned Kelly? And why did he not share the same fame as the aforementioned inmate?
Michael Adams from the Forgotten Australia podcast joins us on this episode of Australian True Crime to tell us all about the "rebel with a cause," John Weachurch.
You can listen to Michael Adam's "Forgotten Australia" wherever you get your podcasts.
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| 0:00.0 | Just before we get into today's episode of Australian True Crime, I wanted to personally |
| 0:04.2 | recommend a podcast to you that I love. |
| 0:06.5 | It's kind of true crime adjacent. |
| 0:08.5 | Who's shat on the floor at my wedding? |
| 0:10.3 | I know most of you have heard it and are well across it but there's a new |
| 0:13.7 | iteration there's a new series coming out and so it's kind of been renamed who's chat |
| 0:17.9 | on the floor at my wedding and other crimes where three women tackle the |
| 0:21.7 | world's most pressing comedy crimes, including the world's first |
| 0:25.6 | podcast, Poo-Dunet. Huge news, which I've kind of already given away is that they've just launched season two, where they take on a brand new mystery called |
| 0:33.6 | The Case of the Tiny Suit Case. |
| 0:36.6 | You can find Hooschat on the floor at my wedding |
| 0:38.6 | and other crimes on all major podcast platforms. |
| 0:42.2 | This is a true crime podcast as the title suggests. |
| 0:45.2 | So please consider this your warning that it's not suitable for children and it |
| 0:49.2 | probably will contain content that may be triggering to some people. |
| 0:52.6 | Also, it's an Australian true crime podcast, so Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander |
| 0:58.0 | listeners should be aware it may contain the voices of deceased people. |
| 1:09.0 | The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded. |
| 1:15.0 | They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging. |
| 1:36.0 | Michael Adams from the forgotten Australia podcast joins us again to shine a light on an overlooked figure in Australian crime history. Michael's such a fantastic storyteller that I won't need to waste any time setting this episode up for you. |
| 1:42.0 | So over to Michael Adams to tell us the story of the ill-fated |
| 1:45.6 | 19th century inmate from Pentridge Prison, John We Church. |
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