The Girl in Cabin 350

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Gwenda McCallum was young, single and determined to squeeze every drop out of life when she arrived in Sydney in 1949.

Mere weeks later, she found herself in the company of some extremely unsuitable men.

After one night of partying, Gwenda awoke on board an ocean liner. 24 hours later, she vanished.

Our guest today, Gideon Haigh, puts an inspiring amount of work and care into seeking the truth for long forgotten women into his books. His recent book, "The Girl in Cabin 350" is no different.

"The Girl in Cabin 350", can be purchased directly from Gideon here.

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Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram

Guest: Gideon Haigh

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

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0:00.0	We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July,
0:04.3	and I have to tell you that Brisbane sold out already.
0:07.4	Good for you, Brisbane, so we've quickly added a second show.
0:10.3	Now we can't keep adding more shows, so please make sure you get your tickets. Our special guests,
0:15.2	our forensic criminologist Santee Mallet in Brisbane and Sydney and the one and only Charlie Bazzina in
0:19.9	Melbourne. There'll be a Q&A of course so you can ask your own burning questions on the night but you have to book quickly.
0:26.0	This is a true crime podcast as the title suggests.
0:29.0	So please consider this your warning that it's not suitable for children and it probably will
0:33.8	contain content that may be triggering to some people. Also it's an Australian
0:38.3	true crime podcast so Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
0:41.9	listeners should be aware it may contain the voices of deceased people.
0:47.0	The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded.
0:59.5	They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging.
1:07.0	There was a general sense of kind of lawlessness which the crew were trying unsuccessfully to counteract and everything about the last night
1:16.4	of Gwenter's life is confused and you get the sense from every person who talks about it, they're holding something back.
1:25.0	Our friend Gideon Hay is back with another historical Australian true crime case.
1:36.0	Gideon is one of the world's preeminent cricket journalists.
1:39.0	He's written roughly 50 books, mostly about sport, but a significant number of them have been
1:45.3	about his other passion which is true crime. In particular, Gideon tends to be
1:50.2	drawn to Australian stories about female victims who were shockingly let down at the time of their demise.
1:57.3	I'm always very moved by how much care and effort he puts into seeking the truth for long forgotten women in his books and this one is no
2:05.2	exception. It's called The Girl in Cabin 350. The Girl in question is Gwendomalom. She is young, single, restless, and determined to squeeze
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