• An Arm Is Not Enough [the 1935 Sydney shark arm case]

  • May 16 2022
  • Length: 40 mins
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An Arm Is Not Enough [the 1935 Sydney shark arm case]

  • Summary

  • On Anzac Day 1935, a shark in a Sydney aquarium vomited up a severed human arm. The police investigation that followed went to some truly strange places. This story has everything: insurance fraud, blackmail, attempted suicide, a high speed boat chase, and murder. Plus sharks.

    Transcript, sources, links and more at
    https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/an-arm-is-not-enough/

    Key sources for this episode inclue Philip Roope and Kevin Meagher's Shark Arm, Victor Coppleson's Shark Attack, and contemporary newspaper reports.

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