Episode 170 - The Murder of Inspector Richard Pettinger
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When Adelaide was constructed, planners were sure that, being a free colony without convicts, there would be no crime. How wrong they were... Join Holly and Matthew as they look into the first murder in a government building in Adelaide, and the many voices that saw it happen.
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