Episode description
Episode description
0:00:00 IntroductionRichard Saunders 0:06:56 Healers Quacks or Mystics - A Review
In 1983, ABC TV broadcast a 6 part documentary on alternative medicine. On this week's show we take a look at the series and explore some of the claims made at the time. After 40 years, what can we learn from this uncritical series.
https://vimeo.com/nevilldrury 0:27:00 A Dive into a Trove
A wander through the decades of digitised Australian newspapers on a search for references to so-called psychics and clairvoyants.
1978.12.31 - The Sydney Morning Herald
1987.03.22 - The Sydney Morning Herald
1986.07.02 - The Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.trove.nla.gov.au