Hosts Bess Gilmore-Lim and Melissa Arriola explore the mystery of Bridget Parker and her missing twins from 1846.

Content Warning:
This episode contains mentions of death, alcohol dependance, and child death.

Resources cited in this episode:
"Police Reports." Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) 10 October 1846: 3. from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59765516>.

Sydney Weekly Transcript (NSW : 1846), Saturday 25 April 1846, page 1

Blackwattle Creek and Swamp Sewer (2025) City of Sydney Archives. Available at: https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/1983358.

"Mysterious Occurance", Star (Sydney, NSW : 1845 - 1846), Friday 24 April 1846, page 2‌

findagrave.com

Ancestry.com

Music used:
Chorale 1 by vartioh -- https://freesound.org/s/131915/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Dark Mysterious Strings 2 by tyops -- https://freesound.org/s/624521/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

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