FORENSICS | Ned Kelly
Jun 22, 2025•37 min•Season 3Ep. 219
Episode description
Ned Kelly was executed in 1880, yet he remains one of the most iconic and divisive figures in Australian history.
For more than a century, a question has haunted historians, scientists, and the public alike: What happened to his remains?
In this episode, we follow the high-stakes forensic investigation that set out to uncover the truth.
Professor David Ranson from the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, takes host Liz Porter inside the two-year effort to reconstruct history from fragments of bone, historical news clippings, and long-forgotten medical records, eventually untangling fact from folklore.
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