S3 E1. LAND PART I – Alexander Pearce
Description
Kicking Season 3 off with a bang, Carmella and Alix are back with the ‘maneater of Macquarie Harbour’ – Alexander Pearce.
TRANSCRIPT
https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/10/31/s3-e1-land-part-i-alexander-pearce/
CREDITS
Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.
Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.
Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.
Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Bock, T. (1824). Alexander Pearce executed for murder, July 19 1824. [Pencil]. State Library of NSW, Sydney. Available at: https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/collection-items/alexander-pearce-executed-murder-july-19th-1824-thomas-bock
Bonwick, J. (1857). ‘Alexander Pearce the Tasmanian Cannibal’, Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal, 28 January, p. 4. Available at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62051091
Charleston, L.J. (2019). ‘'We ate each other one by one': The gruesome story of Alexander Pearce the cannibal convict’, New Zealand Herald, 5 May. Available at: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/we-ate-each-other-one-by-one-the-gruesome-story-of-alexander-pearce-the-cannibal-convict/IZ7HKYWQD6PM6X67MX5EOWYMQ4/
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