Alexander Pearce: A Disturbing Journey Through The New World

Published: May 31, 2020, 5:01 p.m.

b"This week we go back to the Penal Colonies of Australia to visit a story of grimey adventure, with Alexander Pearce, a convict who escaped into the bush and then, naturally, ate all his friends\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\nSOURCES\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\nKnopf A., Alfred, (1987) The Fatal Shore: A history of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia 1787-1868, Collins Harvill, UK\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\nCollins, Paul, (2004) Hells Gates, Hardie Grant Books, Australia\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\nBoyce, James. \\u201cReturn to Eden: Van Diemen\\u2019s Land and the Early British Settlement of Australia.\\u201d Environment and History 14, no. 2, \\u201cAustralia Revisited\\u201d special issue (May, 2008): 289\\u2013307.\\n\\n\\nConvict Life, libraries.tas.gov.au/family-history/Pages/Convict-life.aspx.\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\nPearce, Alexander, talis.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU/names/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fNAME_INDEXES$002f0$002fNAME_INDEXES:1424923/one.\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\u201cThe Land of the 'Free': Criminal Transportation to America.\\u201d The History Press, www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/the-land-of-the-free-criminal-transportation-to-america/.\\n\\xa0\\n\\n------\\n\\nFor extended show notes, including maps, links and scripts, head over to darkhistories.com \\nSupport the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories\\nConnect with us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast\\nOr find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistories\\n& Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/\\nOr you can contact us directly via email at contact@darkhistories.com\\nor via voicemail on:\\xa0(415) 286-5072\\nor join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/6f7e2pt\\nMusic was recorded by me \\xa9 Ben Cutmore 2017\\nOther Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that."