Her neighbours knew her as Sarah Willoughby but the woman they found brutally beaten to death in Geelong in 1852 had a secret past none could have imagined.

Her neighbours knew her as Sarah Willoughby but the woman they found brutally beaten to death in Geelong in 1852 had a secret past none could have imagined. She was born Eliza Callaghan, became a convict and later married Melbourne pioneer John Batman. Love, secrets, betrayal, murder - this story has it all. 
 

A podcast on what happens when we die, from those who have been brought back

A podcast on what happens when we die, from those who have been brought back

(Playlist formerly 'True and Amazing Stories': Heroism, mystery, scandal, triumph - you'll find it all in the Geelong Advertiser's new podcast series that brings to life some of our biggest ever stories.)

A podcast on what happens when we die, from those who have been brought back
(Playlist formerly 'True and Amazing Stories': Heroism, mystery, scandal, triumph - you'll find it all in the Geelong Advertiser's new podcast series that brings to life some of our biggest ever stories.)

Death, interrupted

A podcast on what happens when we die, from those who have been brought back

Her neighbours knew her as Sarah Willoughby but the woman they found brutally beaten to death in Geelong in 1852 had a secret past none...

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