Horror at the Milk Bar

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!!

Today, we pick up where we left off. Gregory is atop Mt Goonengerry. The skies have opened in a torrent of monsoon rain, and Gregory is hunched beneath his Driza-Bone, covered in leeches, wondering if he should return to society or go deeper into the forest. Get ready—this is a spectacular trip into the unknown.

In this final instalment, the last desperate plan to get Jan across the mountains to Sweden unfolds—while German patrols and brutal weather threaten to end his journey once and for all......

In this instalment, Jan’s fight for survival reaches its darkest moment. Alone in the mountains, suffering from gangrene and starvation, he endures weeks buried in snow and performs a desperate act to stay alive.