{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8dc4b04f-b05b-4eac-9556-2a69d0be13cc/6a9cf51ed024784c9918135c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Australia’s Slave Ship Massacre – Part One: Doctor Evil","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6113eaa88b490330c716f7f9/1788669913027-ecae05cb-12f1-47f2-9177-5b19f216b17b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Dr James Patrick Murray ranks as one of the most evil characters in Australian history.</p><p>In September 1871, he ordered the massacre of 70 men that his slavers had kidnapped from Bougainville and imprisoned aboard their ship.</p><p>In Part One, we look at Dr Murray’s background – and how he became widely hated across Australia long before he became a mass murderer.</p><p><br></p><p>Originally released in 2021. Re-released to accompany the new Talking History episode called Blackbirding – A Reckoning With the Australian Slave Trade</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Michael Adams"}