Episode 108 - Batavia's Graveyard - Part 1 - Shipwreck and intro to a madman....

Episode 111 - Batavia's Graveyard - Retribution

In the final part of Batavia’s Graveyard, Francisco Pelsaert returns from Java aboard the Sardam to find that Jeronimus Cornelisz has led a reign of terror, murdering more than 216 men, women and children. Only the courage of Wiebe Hayes and his band of survivors, who fought off repeated attacks by the mutineers, prevents Cornelisz from seizing the rescue ship. Cornelisz and his followers are arrested and brutally executed, bringing one of the darkest and most shocking true stories in maritime history to its dramatic end. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode 110 - Batavia's Graveyar part 3 - The Massacre begins.....

What begins as desperation descends into calculated slaughter. Men, women, and children are hunted, drowned, stabbed, and silenced in the night. The sick are executed where they lie. The weak are deemed expendable. Entire groups are lured away and murdered, their deaths hidden beneath lies and shifting sands. Each day, the body count rises as Cornelisz tightens his grip, building a reign of terror fueled by paranoia, power, and the promise of piracy. This episode dives into one of the most horrifying chapters of survival history—a place where humanity fractures, morality vanishes, and the greatest threat is no longer the elements, but each other. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode 109 - Life on the the Batavia, Mutiny, scurvy and punishments at sea

The Batavia sets sail—packed with silver, secrets, and men with everything to gain… and nothing to lose. Beneath the promise of unimaginable wealth, tension brews as disease, filth, and power struggles take hold on the open ocean. As alliances form and dark ideas begin to surface and the seeds of mutiny are quietly planted. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode 108 - Batavia's Graveyard - Part 1 - Shipwreck and intro to a madman....

13,000 miles into her maiden voyage carrying around 330 people, the pride of the Dutch East India Company struck a reef off the coast of Western Australia. But the shipwreck was only the beginning of the horror. What followed was a sadistic reign of terror led by Jeronimus Cornelisz, a man history remembers as one of its most abhorrent psychopaths. We’re opening the books on the massacre at the Houtman Abrolhos islands. Welcome to Horror at the Milk Bar! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode 107 - Gregory P. Smith Part 3 - Out of the Forest

This is the astonishing conclusion to Gregory’s story so far. We pick up where we left off at the Tweed Heads Hospital, with a bag full of illicit materials. Gregory is about to experience a life-altering event that will reroute his entire life course, take his place among his ancestors, and lead him to discoveries that help him re-evaluate and confront his past. Strap on in!! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.